Notes From the Minors 6/11

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Christian Walker went three for four. Nolan Reimold talked again tonight on how ward it is to hit at Harbor Park. Chris Jones pitched 7 innings and allowed a hit. They are the Orioles Hangout MiLB Co-Players of the day.

Tides [AAA] Won 4 to 3

Chris Parmelee had a double in two hits and a walk.

Dariel Alvarez stayed hot with two hits.

Baysox [AA] Lost 6 to 0

Glynn Davis collected two hits.

Mike Yastrzemski got two hits.

Kevin Gausman allowed four runs in three innings.

Keys [A+] Won 7 to 4

Jeff Kemp and Chance Sisco had two hits with a double apiece.

Jon Keller pitched tow inning allowing a run.

Shorebirds [A] are Losing 7 to 3

Brian Gonzalez allowed three runs in five innings.

Donnie Hart allowed four runs in one inning.

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Doug Newton

6/11/2015

Suns Spoil Sweep in Extras, 7-3

Hagerstown wins with four-run tenth

SALISBURY, Md. -- The Delmarva Shorebirds were once again unable to complete a sweep, losing Thursday’s finale 7-3 in extra innings to the Hagerstown Suns. Delmarva (28-30) just missed out on their first sweep of the year, but the Suns scored four runs in the tenth for the victory.

The game started as a seesaw battle, with Hagerstown leading 1-0 with a two-out RBI single by Jose Marmolejos in the first inning. The Shorebirds took a 2-1 advantage with RBI grounders from T.J. Olesczuk and Phildrick Llewellyn. Llewellyn made his Delmarva debut on Thursday, while Olesczuk recorded an RBI for the seventh straight contest.

Hagerstown tilted the scales in their favor with runs in the third and fourth innings. An error by Steve Wilkerson at shortstop allowed Alec Keller to score, tying the game at 2-2. Another error set up a second unearned run as Dale Carey scored on a double play, putting Hagerstown on top 3-2 in the fourth.

Cam Kneeland led off the bottom half of the fourth with a triple, and then promptly scored on a RBI grounder by Ronarsy Ledesma. Deadlocked again at 3-3, the offenses shut down as neither team recorded another hit until the ninth inning.

Stefan Crichton tossed three scoreless innings in relief without surrendering a hit. Closer Donnie Hart pitched a perfect ninth inning, but he slipped in the tenth, ending his scoreless streak. Two walks and two bunt singles sparked the big inning for Hagerstown, scoring the go-ahead run on a wild pitch. The Suns scored two runs on a single by Marmolejos, and another on sacrifice fly by Dale Carey.

Giving up his first runs of the season, Hart suffered his first loss of 2015. Drew Van Orden pitched four shutout frames in relief for Hagerstown, earning his third win. It was the third time the Shorebirds failed to complete a sweep in a home finale, with other chances coming against Kannapolis and Lakewood.

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Geoff Arnold

6/11/2015

KEYS GAIN GROUND THANKS TO FIVE-RUN SIXTH

GONZALEZ DEFEATS MYRTLE BEACH FOR SECOND TIME

FREDERICK, Md.-The Frederick Keys scored five times in the sixth thanks to three Myrtle Beach errors, while Luis Gonzalez turned in one of his best starts of the season as the orange and black defeated the Pelicans 7-4 on Thursday night at Nymeo Field. With the win, the Keys earn a split of the four-game series and gain a game in the CL North standings. The Blue Rocks suffered a Thursday loss to Winston-Salem, keeping Frederick’s elimination number at six with 10 games remaining in the first-half.

Myrtle Beach utilized a walk and back-to-back singles by Carlos Penalver and Kevin Brown to grab the lead in the second, but the Keys answered with a pair in the fourth. After Pelicans starter Paul Blackburn retired the first nine in-a-row, the righty gave up a leadoff single to Josh Hart and an RBI double to Jeff Kemp. He would score later in the inning on an RBI single by Chance Sisco to make it 2-1 Frederick.

In the sixth, the Keys would bust the game open scoring five times and sending 10 men to bat against Blackburn (4-3) and Michael Heesch. Kemp opened the inning with a triple and came home on a fielder’s choice and a throwing error by Birds second baseman Daniel Lockhart. With runners at the corners Sisco doubled in Tucker Nathans to make it 4-1. On the two-bagger, Brenden Webb also advanced to third, before scoring on a double-error by Jacob Rogers on a groundball to first. Back-to-back walks and a sacrifice fly by Hart completed the scoring.

Gonzalez (4-5) was sharp over 5.1 innings, allowing one run on five hits. He walked three and struck out three. It was his second win in three home starts.

Myrtle Beach added a run in seventh off Jon Keller thanks to a hit-by-pitch, a fielding error by Adrian Marin, and a pair of flyball outs, which included a sac-fly by Pin-Chieh Chen.

In the ninth, Chen would tack on his second RBI on a single which scored Zagunis who opened the inning with a double. Chesney Young (single) and Victor Caritini (error) then reached to load up the bases. In search of a double play, Cody Wheeler got Rogers to hit into a 4-3 twin-killing before striking out Carlos Penalver to end the game.

Blackburn suffered the loss for the Pelicans, giving up a career-high six runs (five earned) on six hits. He walked one and struck out two.

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Matt Wilson

6/11/2015

B-Mets Bomb Baysox in Series Finale

Bowie, Md. – The Baysox got roughed up in a 6-0 shutout loss in the series finale against Binghamton on Thursday night. With the loss, the Baysox dropped the home series against Binghamton 2-1.

Orioles RHP Kevin Gausman made the start for Bowie in a major league rehab assignment and took the loss in the game. Gausman was limited to 61 pitches and threw 3.1 innings, giving up four runs on four hits while striking out four batters. All four runs came off home runs, the first a solo shot from Aderlin Rodriguez in the second inning and the second a three run shot from Josh Rodriguez in the fourth inning that scored Michael Conforto and Brock Peterson. By the end of the fourth inning the Mets had a 4-0 lead.

The night didn’t get better for the Baysox after Gausman exited the game. Reliever Marcel Prado (3-0, 2.65) came on to pitch in the fourth and lasted one inning. He walked L.J. Mazilli, threw a wild pitch to move Mazilli to second and then tried to pick Mazilli off at second but threw wide of the bag, moving Mazzilli to third on the error. Conforto then walked to put men on the corners and Peterson doubled to score the final two runs of the night and give the Mets a 6-0 lead and the eventual win.

One bright spot from the game for Bowie was reliever Mychal Givens’ (2-1, 1.02) performance as he threw 1.2 innings and gave up only one hit and struck out two. Relievers Matt Hobgood and Kenn Kasparek combined to throw three scoreless innings to close out the game of the Baysox.

The Baysox lineup couldn’t get much going on offense as they were 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position in the shutout loss. Binghamton’s Luis Cessa (5-3, 2.51) picked up his team leading fifth win after throwing six scoreless innings.

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Ian Locke

Jun 11 at 10:39 PM

Norfolk jumped out to an early lead behind an outstanding outing from Chris Jones, then held off a late rally in a 4-3 win over the Lehigh Valley IronPigs Thursday night at Harbor Park.

Jones (2-4) was excellent in earning the win as he allowed just one hit over seven shutout innings. The 26-year-old southpaw took a perfect game into the sixth inning – retiring the first 16 batters of the contest - before yielding a one-out single to center field by catcher Gabriel Lino.

Jones, who struck out six without walking a batter, lowered his season ERA to 2.24 – the lowest among qualifying Orioles minor leaguers and the 2nd-best in the International League behind the 2.19 ERA registered by Gwinnett’s Manny Banuelos.

Norfolk led the contest 4-0 before Lehigh Valley plated three runs in the eighth inning to pull within 4-3. Tides closer Oliver Drake then struck out the side in the ninth after allowing a leadoff single to nail down the win and record his 11th save of the season.

Drake has now turned in 13 consecutive scoreless outings with the Tides, over which he’s registered nine saves while holding IL batters to a .128 average (6-for-47) with 21 strikeouts in 13.2 innings pitched.

Christian Walker had three hits, an RBI and two runs scored to lead Norfolk’s 11-hit attack, while Dariel Alvarez had two run-scoring infield singles. It was the third straight multi-hit game for Alvarez, who is now batting .438 (14-32) with a home run and nine RBI through nine games in June.