Worcester: W, 5-3 (BOX SCORE)
Have a day, Mikey Romero… and about five other guys! The former first rounder had three hits off of the Iron Pigs (Phillies AAA), two of which being RBI knocks in vital spots. One opened scoring in the third with two outs, and the other added a huge cushion run in the top of the ninth to score Anthony Seigler, who himself had just broken a tie with a single of his own that carried a .278 WPA. Finally, Vinny Capra’s had two hits, Tsung-Che Cheng notched his sixth home run of the season and Tyler Uberstine
had a solid four innings in relief.
Portland: W, 7-6 (BOX SCORE)
The Sea Dogs may have been the beneficiary of four defensive errors by the Patriots (Yankees AA) and that may have been extremely important in what would become a walkoff win, with an ending sequence must have been exhilarating to be a part of. With Portland’s chances of winning hovering around 10 percent to start the 9th inning, Marvin Alcantara hit a home run to tie things up. After Abhram Liendo reached on a single, Franklin Arias was then intentionally walked, and new arrival Stanley Tucker made them pay for advancing Liendo with a walk-off double. Tucker is right at home with his new team: in addition to pinch hitting for a rehabbing Romy Gonzalez, who himself had a two-run homer as he works his way back up to Boston, he also swiped his first two bags in Double-A. Good day to be a second baseman for the Sea Dogs!
Greenville: W, 2-1 (BOX SCORE)
Besides a 3-for-3 performance by Newton-native Jack Winnay, who’s slashing .343/.465/.629 in the month of June so far and who also boasted a double and a walk Tuesday night in Jersey Shore (Phillies High-A), the Drive had just three more hits and stranded eight. But, it didn’t matter that Winnay and Enddy Azocar were the only batters really seeing the ball well last night, because former Vanderbilt Commodore Devin Futrell had a fantastic outing. He pitched seven scoreless innings, striking out five and allowing just two hits. Steven Brooks would allow a solo shot, but that was the closest the Drive would come to letting that caliber of start slip into obscurity.
Salem: L, 2-7 (BOX SCORE)
As the RidgeYaks head into their third series of June, they still have won just one game on the month. This one wasn’t particularly close despite the pitching staff striking 13 Nationals out in Fredericksburg. This game looked like it may have been close for the first few innings, but the RidgeYaks had no answer for the relief staff Fredericksburg trotted out, having just one baserunner after the fourth; meanwhile, Salem kept letting runs through.
With rain possibly on the horizon, please do not have a wet Wednesday.
