Worcester: L, 6-7 (BOX SCORE)
Allan Castro continues his hot streak after the break with three knocks in Scranton (Yankees AAA). The WooSox had a pretty awesome day at the plate all things considered. Nate Eaton hit a home run off a rehabbing Max Fried, the eighth inning featured homers from Mikey Romero and Bret Harris, and the team as a whole had thirteen hits on the night. That was not enough to overcome a rough pitching night from Raymond Burgos, who’s for sure this year’s Jose De Leon – a pitcher with some Major League experience
who just takes the brunt of some starts. Either way, the two home runs (and five runs) he allowed in four innings were the albatross around the neck that ended up costing the WooSox Friday.
Portland: L, 2-7 (BOX SCORE)
Dalton Rogers also had a pretty rough start against Somerset (Yankees AA), lasting just three innings and allowing seven runs, but the Sea Dogs did not have the same night offensively as the WooSox did and scored in just one inning (the sixth), after the game was already 7-0, so this game was never even close. Brooks Brannon did hit a home run in that sixth inning, his fourth in six games, and Ronald Rosario had a double and ended up subsequently scoring on an error. But outside of that, the team had just two other hits on the night and struck out fifteen times. Brannon has looked awesome for a while, though, and his OPS hovers closer back to that 1.000 mark he was eclipsing for much of the spring.
Greenville: W, 8-7 (BOX SCORE)
It looked like a lost cause after Joe Vogatsky went probably two more outs longer than he should have and ended up blowing a save. Devin Futrell also went just a bit too long despite striking out eight Keys (Orioles High-A) on the night. The Drive should not have won this game, but they did thanks to some early offense; they scored five runs in first three innings including Mason White’s fourth home run in the month of July and capped the night off with an Enddy Azocar walk-off double.
Salem: L, 11-14 (BOX SCORE)
In a game where 25 total runs were scored and seven total errors were committed, it’s usually the team that allows the most destructive innings that loses. This was the case in Salem, as the Shorebirds (Orioles A) had an 8-run fifth inning, getting to Jay Allmer for seven runs (four earned.) The RidgeYaks were far from stagnant at the plate, though; Avinson Pinto had two doubles, catcher Franklin Primera went 4-for-4 and Louis Andujar had 4 RBI’s including a home run in the 9th to make it a sweat for Delmarva. But Salem had also let some runs go in the 9th, which ended up being the difference here.
