Notes From the Minors 8/16

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http://www.orioleshangout.com/article/5297/minor-league-game-summaries-816

Chance Sisco has been tearing it up so far with the Baysox. He went 4-for-4 with a double and a walk tonight and is hitting .583 at AA since his callup. He's the Hangout Milb Player of the Night.

Tides [AAA] Lost 4 to 0

Elih Villanueva made the start (7 IP, 10 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 4 K).

Dariel Alvarez went 1-for-3.

Baysox [AA] Won 7 to 3

Chris Lee picked up the win (6 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 5 K).

David Freitas went 3-for-5 with a home run.

Keys [A+] Lost 6 to 1

Luis Gonzalez made the start (5 IP, 6 H, ER, BB, 5 K).

Josh Hart went 2-for-4 with a double.

Shorebirds [A] Won 4 to 2

John Means picked up a win (5 IP, 4 H, ER, BB, 3 K).

Yermin Mercedes went singled and drove in two.

Ironbirds [A-] Lost 6 to 2

Lazaro Leyva made the start (3 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K).

Oswill Lartiguez doubled and tripled.

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Douglass Newton

The Delmarva Shorebirds edged out the Lakewood BlueClaws in the series finale, notching a tight 4-2 victory for a series win. The Shorebirds (57-60) improved to 32-27 at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium this season with another win in front of the home crowd.

John Means and Tyler Viza squared off in a battle of top-10 ERAs in the South Atlantic League. Means allowed a run to Lakewood in the third on a two-out RBI single by Damek Tomscha. The Shorebirds’ starter buckled down and did not surrender any more runs in his five innings of work.

The BlueClaws’ starter suffered some bad luck in the bottom half of the third. Delmarva scored three runs on six singles and an error, with only one hard hit line drive in the frame. The Shorebirds took advantage of three infield singles, including run-scoring swinging bunts by Yermin Mercedes and Elier Leyva.

Delmarva added to their lead in the fifth, building a 4-1 advantage. Cam Kneeland laced a leadoff double, his 22nd two-bagger of the season, most on the team. Mercedes lifted a sacrifice fly to right field, though Herlis Rodriguez dropped the catch, so Kneeland scored without a contest.

Lakewood tightened the game with a run in the seventh, but Tanner Scott minimized the damage. A single and two walks loaded the bases with no outs. Scott induced a double play grounder to allow just one run in the frame, holding onto a 4-2 lead.

Max Schuh recorded the final six outs for the first save of his professional career. John Means tallied his ninth win, retaking the Shorebirds’ team lead. Means also dropped his ERA to 3.50, eighth-best in the league. Viza dropped to 4-8 with another tough luck loss for Lakewood.

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Frederick Keys News Release

For Immediate Release: August 16, 2015

THREE LONGBALLS HELP MUDCATS AVOID SWEEP

KEYS FINISH HOMESTAND 4-2

FREDERICK, Md. –The Carolina Mudcats used three home runs and another outstanding start from Seth Webster to defeat the Frederick Keys 6-1 on Sunday afternoon at Nymeo Field. With the loss Frederick saw its four game winning streak come to a close, while the club was denied a three-game sweep. In spite of the setback, the Keys conclude their homestand with a 4-2 record.

Frederick’s lone run came against Webster (8-6) in the bottom of the second. After Yaisel Mederos opened the inning with a single, he advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt and an error by Reed Harper and a single by Anthony Caronia. Later in the frame, Mederos would come home on a bounce out by Jay Gonzalez.

The run would be unearned against Webster, as the right-hander tossed seven innings and scattered six hits. He struck out eight and did not walk a batter. Since joining the Muddies rotation, Webster has turned in 12 quality starts and has pitched seven innings or more 10 times.

Keys starter Luis Gonzalez stranded six on base through the first three innings, but would give up two runs in the fourth. Reed Harper opened the inning with a solo home run to tie the game, while Johan Camargo collected his first of three hits two batters later with a single to left. He moved up to third on an errant pickoff toss by Gonzalez and scored on a sac-fly by Keith Curcio.

Working five innings, Gonzalez (5-10) allowed two runs (one earned) on six hits to go with a walk and five strikeouts. It was the left-hander’s third loss in his last four starts.

Carolina plated runs in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings to close out their scoring. A two-run homer by Camargo highlighted things, while Curcio connected on his third longball of the season in the eighth. In the seventh, Dustin Peterson, Jacob Schrader and Joseph Odom all singled to account for the frame’s only run. The three longballs allowed by Keys arms tied a season-high.

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Baysox

Matt Wilson

Harrisburg, PA - Baysox DH Chance Sisco provided four hits of 15 for the club as the Baysox opened up a tight game late to win 7-3 in Harrisburg Sunday afternoon.

Up 2-1 in the top of the eighth inning, the Baysox got consecutive one-out RBI hits from 3B Drew Dosch and SS Garabez Rosa to lead 4-1. An inning later, Bowie blew the game wide open. Sisco doubled to left-center to lead off the inning. RF Quincy Latimore then doubled him home and C David Freitas followed with a two-run home run off of the right field foul pole for a 7-1 advantage.

The Baysox scored 12 runs over the last two days against the Harrisburg pen.

Bowie's pitching continued to stand tall. LHP Chris Lee went six shutout innings (3-0) allowing four hits while striking out five. He won three games in 14 starts with Advanced-A Frederick but now has won all three of his starts with Bowie. The Baysox allowed just six runs in the three game series.

With the win the Baysox close the season series with Harrisburg as 12-8. Bowie is now 18 games above .500 for the first time this season. Their lead is 4.5 games over Akron and 5.5 games on top of Altoona in the West.

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Jacob Shreffler

LOUISVILLE Ky.- Michael Lorenzen (W, 3-1, 1.93) threw a complete-game shutout on Sunday as the Louisville Bats (59-64) were able to snap a six-game skid and were able to salvage the final game of the series with the Norfolk Tides (70-51) by winning, 4-0. Lorenzen gave up four hits and one walk while striking out one.

The Bats got an early lead in the bottom of the second inning as Ramon Cabrera and Ryan LaMarre each hit singles. Juan Perez hit the third single of the inning to score Cabrera. Hernan Iribarren continued the trend and hit a single to score both LaMarre and Perez and give the Bats a 3-0 lead.

Louisville picked up another run in the seventh after Kristopher Negron doubled to right and later scored on a single by Irving Falu.

Offensively for the Bats, Perez was 2-for-3 with one RBI, Falu was 2-for-4 with one RBI, and Cabrera was 2-for-4.

Elih Villanueva (L, 3-2, 4.20) suffered the loss for Norfolk. Villanueva threw seven innings. He gave up 10 hits, four runs, three earned runs and no walks while striking out four