Games Played on 7/3/2013
Minor League Player of the Day: Leadoff hitter Juan Silva reached all five times he came to the plate and scored three times. He finished the day with a triple, a homerun, two walks, and was hit by a pitch.
AAA
Louisville 4 – Indianapolis 3
Yohan Pino struck out 10 batters over 6.2 innings. All three of the runs were his (two earned) on 5 hits and 3 walks.
No Louisville player had more than one hit, but Josh Fellhauer was 1-for-4 with a BB, an RBI and a run scored.
AA
Pensacola 5 – Jacksonville 3
Josh Smith allowed just 2 runs in six innings on 7 hits and 1 walk.
Ryan LaMarre was 2-for-4 with a solo homerun and two runs scored.
High A
Bakersfield 11 – Lancaster 6
Mike Dennhardt allowed 4 runs, 8 hits, and 1 walk in 5.1 innings, while striking out 4. Jake Johnson didn’t allow a hit or a walk while striking out 2 over the final 2.2 innings.
The Blaze pounded out 19 hits and everyone contributed to the offensive outburst. Leadoff hitter Juan Silva (2-for-2, HBP, 2 BB, 3B, HR, 3 runs) reached all five times he came to the plate.
Low A
Game 1: Bowling Green 2 – Dayton 1
Jackson Stephens allowed both runs in his 3.2 inning start. He walked 2 and struck out 4.
Joe Hudson doubled and then scored in the 3rd inning for the Dragons’ lone run.
Game 2: Dayton 7 – Bowling Green 5
Sal Romano allowed 4 runs, 4 hits, 5 walks and struck out 4 over 4 innings.
Adam Matthews went 2-for-3 with a grand slam and two runs scored in his Midwest League debut.
Rookie
Missoula 7 – Billings 6
Amir Garrett allowed 2 runs (1 earned run) on 3 hits, 4 walks, and 3 strikeouts over 5 innings.
Jose Ortiz was 2-for-4 with 2 homeruns and 4 RBI.
Michael Lorenzen made his professional debut, pitching in just the first inning. In his inning of work, he struck out a batter, allowed one hit and one unearned run. Junior Morillo pitched the next 5 shutout frames, allowing just 3 hits, no walks, and striking out 5.
The only run came in the first inning on an RBI double off the bat of Aristides Aquino.