Triple-A: Norfolk Tides 4, Gwinnett Stripers (Braves) 3
The Tides trailed 3-0 after former Oriole Maverick Handley’s RBI single in the fourth, but Norfolk stormed back with four unanswered runs. Tommy Pham cut the deficit to one with a two-run home run, and Luis Vázquez tied the game with a base hit in the sixth inning. Jonathan Rodríguez drove in the go-ahead run with an RBI single in the seventh inning.
Pham finished 2-for-4 with a walk. Christian Encarnacion-Strand led Norfolk with three hits, and Aaron Noda recorded a pair of singles in four trips.
Heston Kjerstad finished 0-for-5 with two strikeouts.
Nestor German came within one out of a quality start. German allowed six hits and three runs over 5.2 innings. He struck out seven and walked three.
Double-A: Chesapeake Baysox 11, Akron RubberDucks (Guardians) 6
Chesapeake broke the game open with six runs in the fifth inning. Frederick Bencosme led the Baysox with four hits and two home runs out of the leadoff spot. Thomas Sosa went 2-for-5 but left the game for precautionary reasons after a collision on the basepaths. Adam Retzbach (2-for-3) finished with a game-high 5 RBIs after delivering a three-run homer. Griff O’Ferrall finished 1-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored.
Sebastian Gongora continued to pitch well with six strong innings. The former 11th-round pick limited Akron to three hits and two runs (one earned). Gongora struck out six and walked three. Chesapeake’s bullpen allowed four runs in three innings, but the big lead allowed for a drama-free finish.
High-A: Hudson Valley Renegades (Yankees) 10, Frederick Keys 1
Frederick trailed 7-0 after two innings. Kiefer Lord lasted only three innings with seven runs (five earned) and six hits allowed. Lord still managed to strike out five, but a long ball, a wild pitch, and a couple of walks did him in.
Victor Figueroa produced Frederick’s only run with a solo homer in the bottom of the ninth. The late-inning rally fell nine runs short. Leandro Arias tallied the Keys’ only other hit. Vance Honeycutt and Wehiwa Aloy both finished 0-for-3 with a walk. Ike Irish went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts, and Braylin Tavera finished 0-for-2 with a pair of walks.
Low-A: Delmarva Shorebirds 4, Augusta GreenJackets (Braves) 2
Edwin Amparo launched a two-run homer in the top of the ninth to propel Delmarva to a 4-2 victory. DJ Layton drove in a run with a ground ball in the first inning, and Jose Perez doubled the lead with an RBI double in the fifth. Eight of Delmarva’s nine starters recorded a hit, but nobody notched a multi-hit game.
Esteban Mejia tossed three scoreless innings to start the game. Mejia allowed one hit, struck out three and walked two. Kailen Hamson earned the win with 3.2 innings of relief. Hamson surrendered a pair of runs on three hits.
Friday’s schedule
Norfolk: at Gwinnett, 7:05 pm. Starter: Trace Bright (0-3, 7.18 ERA)
Chesapeake: vs Akron, 7:05 pm. Starter: TBD
Frederick: vs Hudson Valley, 7:00 pm. Starter: Caden Hunter (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
Delmarva: at Augusta, 7:05 pm. Starter: Stephen Still (0-0, 2.84 ERA)
