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Notes From the Minors 6/5


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Dariel Alvarez is finally starting to heat up at the plate, batting .394 with 3 HR over his last 10 games. He went 2-for-3 at the plate tonight and hit his 7th home run of the season. He's the Hangout Milb Player of the Night.

Tides [AAA] Won 5 to 0

Eddie Gamboa turned in a scoreless outing (6 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, BB, 5 K).

Chris Parmelee hit his 5th home run of the season.

Nolan Reimold went 2-for-4 with an RBI double.

Baysox [AA] Won 5 to 3

Parker Bridwell proved hittable tonight (5.2 IP, 10 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K)

Quincy Latimore went 3-for-4 with two doubles.

Keys [A+] Lost 5 to 1

Luis Gonzalez made the start (5.2 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K).

Adrian Marin went 2-for-4 with a double.

Shorebirds [A] Lost 5 to 3

Brian Gonzalez threw a quality start (6 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K).

T.J. Olesczuk went 3-for-4.

Conor Bierfeldt doubled twice.

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Some notes from the Bowie game last night as I was present in Portland sitting right behind homeplate.

Bidwell was not only Hitt able but also erratic. At time he locked in and his fastball was truly unhittavle. At other times he struggled to find the zone and started grooving pitches, as happened on the first inning home run.

That home run would have been a 2 run variety but for the lackluster defense of Ozzie Martinez. He was slow getting to a ball in the hole and the runner beat the throw. Although he had a big hit in the eighth he looked lost versus Masterson. His defense was questionable all night, as H3 actually double clutched on a ball hit to his left. He moved and stopped and then started moving again.

Nothing falls in that outfield.

The only player making really solid contact against Masterson was Yaz. Although the rest of the team scrapped out a bunch of hits including some on what was a very nasty slider.

Tolliver made his 90 mph fastball look nasty. Lefties were toast against him.

More impressions later.

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