Triple-A: Gwinnett Stripers (ATL) 6, Norfolk Tides 4
Christian Herberholz pitched four innings and allowed six runs, though just three were earned. The Tides made three errors in the game, including two in the three-run fifth inning. Once and future Oriole Dietrich Enns pitched 2.1 scoreless innings. They were winning until that inning.
Creed Willems and José Barrero both hit solo home runs, while Bryan Ramos and Jud Fabian had two hits apiece from the bottom of the lineup. Willems has an .889 OPS in the season. The Tides had 10 hits pretty evenly spaced
out. The only player without a hit was Heston Kjerstad.
Double-A: Akron RubberDucks (CLE) 6, Chesapeake Baysox 1
Through four innings, Juaron Watts-Brown allowed three walks and a hit. He allowed one run in the third, but held his own. Then things fell apart in the fifth when he allowed three hits, all for extra bases. That includes a two-run homer and three runs total.
The offense also struggled, waiting until the bottom of the ninth to score the team’s only run. That run came on a single by Frederick Bencosme followed by an Aron Estrada double. Bencosme and Estrada had two hits. combining for four of the team’s six hits.
High-A: Frederick Keys 8, Hudson Valley Renegades (NYY) 6
The Keys fell behind early, came back with a five-run third inning, blew the lead in the sixth, then went ahead for good in the seventh. A real back-and-forth affair!
Starter Yeiber Cartaya gave up three runs, one earned, in five innings. He struck out seven and didn’t walk a batter. He gave up a solo home run in the second, then allowed two more in third after an error by Leandro Arias.
It was a good day for Victor Figueroa, who homered, doubled, and five RBI. Rehabbing Enrique Bradfield singled thrice and walked as the leadoff batter. Vance Honeycutt walked twice and didn’t strike out at all.
Low-A: Delmarva Shorebirds 7, Augusta GreenJackets (ATL) 3
Christian Rodriguez pitched six innings and allowed just two runs. He did allow eight hits but didn’t walk a batter.
The game was tied 3-3 until a four-inning eighth. Stiven Martinez, Braylon Whitaker, and Juan Ortega doubled in the game. It was a two-hit game for Ortega and Whitaker. Elvin Garcia walked four times! Edwin Amparo reached twice with a single and a walk.
Today’s Schedule
- Norfolk @ Gwinnett, 1:05. Starter: Yaqui Rivera
- Chesapeake vs Akron, 1:05. Starter: Evan Yates
- Frederick vs Hudson Valley, 3:00. Starter: JT Quinn
- Delmarva @ Augusta, 2:05. Starter: Denton Biller
