Worcester: W, 6-3 (BOX SCORE)
On a night the Red Sox broadcasters remembered a Nate Eaton double off the top of the Green Monster’s ladder, he hit a home run that was instrumental in the Worcester club taking the series’ first game in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Yankees AAA), putting the game out of reach, especially with an extremely dependable Tommy Kahnle slamming the door in the ninth. Also important was a Mikey Romero triple with no outs and a full count in the sixth; he’d eventually score to put Worcester up by two runs.
Portland: W, 7-3 (F/10) (BOX SCORE)
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Eyanson showed his first chink in the armor, but if four innings with 46 strikes and 8 strikeouts across 76 pitches and leaving the game with a 3-2 lead is a bad outing, well, I’ll take it, especially as the bullpen held the Rumble Ponies (Mets AA) at bay and off the scoreboard. Wondering about Franklin Arias’ contributions to this 4-run lead in extra innings? He hit a double to score Tyler McDonough, who had just hit a triple to score Manfred runner Miguel Bleis. Arias would then score on a subsequent Marvin Alcantara single, and Portland’s chances of winning were up to 94%.
Greenville: W, 10-2 (BOX SCORE)
This year, I found out the Drive’s mascot, Reedy, a frog of some sort, has the same birthday as my brother.
Well, aside from Tyler Uberstine making a rehab opening start and striking out four of the five batters he faced (the one hit being a home run), the Drive gave Reedy plenty to celebrate on Tuesday against Asheville (Astros High-A). They hit four home runs, including three in the first three innings. Yoelin Cespedes hit a 3-run shot in the first and catcher Luke Heyman, who DH’d Tuesday, had one each in the second and third. By that point, it was 6-1, and Dylan Brown, the bulk guy and last year’s eighth round draft pick, held Asheville to just one more run while going 4 1/3 innings and striking 9 out. Add in a Henry Godbout homer in the fifth, and this game was never remotely close.
Salem: W, 3-1 (F/6) (BOX SCORE)
Stanley Tucker’s second consecutive game with a home run came at a perfect time, as, with a storm brewing in the 5th inning, Tucker knocked one over the fence to break a 1-1 tie. Barrett Morgan had just been pulled after five one-run innings giving up four hits and no walks, and the umps had seen enough when it started downpouring and it was enough to make it official after a 40 minute delay. Even with a runner on second and a very conceivable comeback in the cards for Hickory (Rangers A), a rain-delayed game became a rain-shortened game and a win in the books for the RidgeYaks.
