Worcester: W, 7-6 (BOX SCORE)
The WooSox enjoyed an early home run from Mickey Gasper, his fifth on the year, but the good feelings didn’t last for too long against the Rail Riders (Yankees AAA). As referenced earlier, the WooSox are going to be pre-cautiously switching out their pitchers to rest arms in case the big league team needs them. With Alec Gamboa being the seventh WooSox pitcher to make his Major League debut in just 36 Red Sox games last night, the logic makes sense. The pitching staff wasn’t awesome, but the five
arms did their jobs in time for Kristian Campbell to rescue the offense with three hits, including a homer off Carlos Rodon and a double. The WooSox would not look back, and Tommy Kahnle, officially on the WooSox roster to stay after his upward mobility clause ran its course and he went unclaimed, slammed the door.
Portland: L, 2-3 (BOX SCORE)
Facing New England rivals the Fisher Cats (Blue Jays AA), Gage Ziehl sat a lot of (read: seven) of New Hampshire bats down on strikes. While he didn’t last very long, Patrick Halligan and Cooper Adams drove the bus the rest of the way. Unfortunately, Adams hit a metaphorical pothole, allowing a home run in the top of the ninth in what would be a fitting answer to the Johanfran Garcia home run that knotted it up at two in the seventh. Portland’s loss was also attributed to those two home runs (the first coming from catcher Nate Baez, who DH’d Tuesday) accounting for half of their four hits on the night, while only managing one walk, driving none of those other runners home.
Greenville: L, 9-11 (BOX SCORE)
Fifteen hits on the night wasn’t enough for Greensville in Greensboro against the Grasshoppers (Pirates High-A). Though the Grasshoppers committed three defensive errors, so did the Drive. The Drive also stranded fourteen runners despite having twenty-three total on the night. That would’ve been awesome most nights, but on Tuesday, Greenville found themselves in a three-run hole after four despite scoring in four consecutive frames.
Salem: : W, 12-4 (BOX SCORE)
A five-run, two-homer fifth inning propelled Salem over Delmarva (Orioles A) with relative ease, as, despite only notching seven hits, the patient RidgeYaks watched fourteen walks go by, including four from outfielder Andrews Opata alone. If you look up and down the RidgeYak lineup, you see a lot of guys under the Mendoza line, but if you consider those walks, it takes the need to hit MOSTLY out of the equation. All told, Salem looked at almost 100 balls outside the strike zone on the night.
Have a wacky Wednesday.
