Triple-A: Memphis Redbirds (STL) 14, Norfolk Tides 4
A rough way to close out the series at Harbor Park. The story of the afternoon was a scary moment in the third inning when starter Trey Gibson took a comebacker off his left leg and had to exit the game. He’d allowed five runs (four unearned) on three hits over his 2.2 innings before leaving. Gibson had been the Tides’ most reliable starter this season, so any injury concern around him is worth watching closely.
So many unearned runs—nine of Memphis’s 14 runs—speaks to lots of errors. There were four,
in fact: one apiece by Willy Vasquez, José Barrero, Bryan Ramos and Jud Fabian. It was the kind of day where the final score doesn’t reflect the full picture, but that picture still wasn’t pretty. A rehabbing Dietrich Enns also allowed a home run.
The runs were too few and came too late to matter, but the bright spot on offense was catcher Silas Ardoin, who homered and drove in three runs. Willy Vasquez, Jhonkensy Noel, Bryan Ramos and Fernando Peguero each had a hit from the bottom of the lineup.
Double-A: Akron RubberDucks (CLE) 10, Chesapeake Baysox 5
More rough pitching, but it wasn’t starter Trace Bright’s fault. The righty threw four one-run innings and struck out eight. But he ran into trouble in the fifth and the bullpen couldn’t stem the tide. Carlos Tavera allowed two runs, Tyson Neighbors four, and Daniel Lloyd three more.
The Baysox had been up 4-0 before that. They scored one quick run on a Brandon Butterworth homer in the first. In the third, Anderson De Los Santos hit a bases-clearing double to put Chesapeake up 4-0. They’d get one back on an eighth-inning sac fly by Tavian Josenberger.
High-A: Wilmington Blue Rocks (WAS) 5, Frederick Keys 2
The Keys dropped the finale of this series against Wilmington, all with one bad inning. Starter Carson Dorsey, a seventh-rounder in 2024, had thrown three scoreless but he allowed the first three hitters to reach in the fourth, then got pulled for Ryan Cabarcas. It didn’t go any better for Cabarcas, who allowed the score to balloon to 5-0.
The Keys got two back, one on a sac fly that scored Nate George, the other on an RBI groundout—Nate George scored again here, too. The O’s high-ranking prospect reached base three times on Sunday, in fact. Wehiwa Aloy and Victor Figueroa each had a hit, but that was it as the Keys only racked up three base knocks on the day.
Unfortunately, one major story from this game was Vance Honeycutt, who was removed during the game with left thumb discomfort. Honeycutt is the organization’s top 2024 draft pick and has been a key piece of the Frederick lineup. No diagnosis has been reported yet, but it’s the kind of thing that will be worth monitoring closely over the next few days.
Low-A: Wilson Warbirds (MIL) 6, Delmarva Shorebirds 3
The Warbirds built a 5-1 lead with four runs on four hits off starter Kiefer Lord, a third-rounder in 2023. The loss put Lord at 0-3 for a 3.98 ERA on the season thus far. After him, Kenny Leiner, Keegan Gillies, Riley Cooper and Brandon Downer combined for 4.2 two-run innings.
First baseman Jordan Sanchez had four hits, including a homer and a double, in what was ultimately a losing cause for the Shorebirds. Sanchez’s huge individual performance gave him half of his team’s total hits. Luis Almeyda, Braylon Whitaker, and Johnny Tincher accounted for the others, Whitaker’s a double.
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