Minor League Game Summaries 5/13

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Dariel Alvarez had a big night at the plate in the Tides win. He finished 3-for-3 with three doubles while driving in two and scoring once. He's the Hangout Milb Player of the Night!

(12-24) Tides [AAA] Won 5 to 2

Andy Oliver made the spot start in place of David Hale and worked four scoreless innings.

Trey Mancini went 2-for-4 with a double.

Christian Walker doubled and drove in a run.

(16-18) Baysox [AA] Lost 8 to 7

Jason Garcia had yet another early exit and now has a 7.43 ERA on the season. Not good, folks. (2 IP, 6 H, 6 ER, BB, K).

Quincy Latimore went 3-for-5 and drove in two.

Chance Sisco singled, walked, and drove in a run.

Jeff Kemp went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer, his 2nd of the season.

(15-19) Keys [A+] Lost 8 to 3

Mitch Horacek allowed a pair of homers and was pulled after five innings (5 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 0 BB, 3 K).

Jay Gonzalez went 2-for-4, bringing his AVG up to .298 on the season.

Jomar Reyes went 1-for-4 with an RBI single.

Anderlin Rodriguez went 2-for-4 with a home run,his 7th of the season.

(19-14) Shorebirds [A] Won 5 to 4

Francisco Jimenez struggled with the free passes but managed to make it through five innings (5 IP, 3 H, 4 ER, 4 BB, 4 K).

Ryan Mountcastle went 1-for-3 and scored a run. He now has a 12-game hitting streak.

Yermin Mercedes went 1-for-3 with an RBI double and walk. He has a six game hitting streak now during which his AVG has risen from .329 to .377.

Alex Murphy hit a two-run homer, his 3rd of the season.

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Ian Locke

Dariel Alvarez doubled three times and drove in two, powering Norfolk to a 5-2 win over the Buffalo Bisons Friday night at Harbor Park.

Alvarez doubled and scored in the second inning, hit a sacrifice fly in the third frame, then added doubles in the fifth and eighth innings to help Norfolk snap a seven-game skid. Alvarez, who now ranks third in the IL with 10 doubles this season, has batted .340 (16-47) with five doubles and 11 RBI through 12 games in May.

The Tides got to Buffalo starter Roberto Hernandez (1-2) early, plating a run in the second inning before scoring three more in the third. Christian Walker and Jimmy Paredes both had RBI hits in the third frame, while Trey Mancini added a double.

Paredes has now hit safely in all six rehab games he?s appeared in with the Tides, batting .381 (8-21) with one home run and three RBI.

Andy Oliver turned in an exceptional outing in a spot start, as he blanked the Bisons on one hit over four innings of work. Oliver, starting in place of David Hale after Hale was placed on the disabled list with a right calf injury earlier Friday, struck out four without walking a batter as he lowered his ERA to 1.14 through 10 appearances (two starts) this season.

Zach Phillips (3-1) earned the win with two shutout innings of relief, while Richard Rodriguez earned the save by striking out Darrell Ceciliani with the bases loaded and two out in the ninth inning. It was just the second career save for Rodriguez, who has posted a 2.50 ERA in 12 relief outings this season.

Adam Pohl

A dramatic Baysox rally was enough to send Friday night?s game to extra innings but Erie got the last laugh. John Hicks hit a solo home run to left to end it on the first pitch of the bottom of the tenth inning as the Baysox fell by a final of 8-7.

Bowie got great work from the relieving tandem of Jon Keller and Genison Reyes to stay in the game. Down 6-0 through two innings, the duo each worked three innings to keep the Baysox in the game. Bowie?s bats would get hot late against the Erie pen.

SeaWolves starter Tommy Collier worked six shutout innings. After his exit the Baysox went to work. Bowie scored four runs in the seventh inning to get back in the game aided by two walks and a costly throwing error.

Down 7-4 in the eighth inning, Jeff Kemp launched a two-run home run off of the hockey arena in left field to bring Bowie within 7-6. It was Kemp?s second home run of the season.

The Baysox made the comeback complete in the ninth inning. Mike Yastrzemskiand Chance Sisco singled with one down. Quincy Latimore then lined a single into left, his third hit of the night, to tie the game scoring Yastrzemski. Bowie loaded the bases with a Joey Terdoslavich walk but consecutive strikeouts ended the inning knotted at 7-apiece.

Baysox starter Jason Garcia worked just two innings allowing six runs on six hits. Julio Borbon was thrown out of the game arguing balls and strikes in the eighth inning. The Baysox left 11 men on base and went 2-for-w with runners in scoring position.

Geoff Arnold

The Myrtle Beach Pelicans hit a season-high three home runs to defeat the Frederick Keys 8-3 on Friday night at Nymeo Field. With the loss, the Keys saw their three-game winning streak come to a close.

Myrtle Beach jumped out to a 4-0 lead after two innings thanks to a pair of two-run homers. Following a fielder?s choice by Ian Happ, Yasiel Balaguert homered off Mitch Horacek, before Charcer Burks add a two-run blast in the next inning. The two homers equaled a career-high for Horacek (1-4).

Erick Leal delivered a strong start for Myrtle Beach, as he faced the minimum and allowed only two hits through his first four innings. In the fifth though, the Keys trimmed Myrtle Beach?s lead in half. Aderlin Rodriguez and Wynston Sawyer opened the inning with singles, while an error by Burks in left put two in scoring position. Jomar Reyes would then drive home Rodriguez, while Erick Salcedo plated Sawyer.

Rodriguez added a solo homer in the home seventh, but that was all that Leal (4-2) would give up in 7.2 innings. Picking up the victory, the right-hander allowed three runs (two earned) on six hits to go with three strikeouts. It was the longest start by a Pelicans pitcher in 2016.

Myrtle Beach added four runs in its final three trips to bat. In the seventh, Gleyber Torres hit a three-run homer off Tanner Chleborad, while Cael Brockmeyer added a sac-fly in the eighth.

Horacek took the loss, giving up four runs on seven hits in five innings. He struck out three.

Brendan Gullick

Some things can't be explained. Alex Murphy?s 2-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning lifted the Shorebirds to a 5-4 win in improbable fashion on Friday, May 13th when a thick, dense fog settled across the outfield at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium. The game was called after a 35-minute delay with two outs in the home half of the sixth inning.

A mounting fog interfered with Stone Garrett?s ability to see Gerrion Grim?s two out double to left field in the sixth, igniting a discussion between Grasshoppers? manager Kevin Randel and umpires Justin Anderson and Mike Carroll. Garrett?s body language clearly showed he was perturbed when Grim?s double sailed over his head in left field. Just over a half hour later, Grim?s double proved to be the last play in the game.

After allowing 10 runs in 2.2 innings during his last start, Shorebirds (19-14) starting pitcher Francisco Jimenez (2-2) came out firing bullets in the first inning. 10 of his 11 pitches in the first frame were strikes and he sent down the Grasshoppers in order.

After surrendering the game?s first run to their opposition in nine consecutive contests, the Shorebirds finally scored first with a pair of first inning runs. Ryan Mountcastle, who finished the game 1-3, singled sharply through the middle with one out. While DJ Stewart was batting, Mountcastle was picked off first base, but reached safely at second when shortstop Anfernee Seymour mishandled first baseman Josh Naylor?s throw. After a Stewart ground out moved Mountcastle to third base, Yermin Mercedes doubled him home to put Delmarva ahead 1-0. The ?Birds padded their lead when Mercedes advanced on a pair of wild pitches during Alex Murphy?s at bat.

Greensboro (11-23) got to Jimenez in the top of the second on Isael Soto?s long solo home run to right-center, his first of the year. Then the Grasshoppers took a 4-2 lead in a three run third inning. Garrett collected two RBI on a double to left-center, and he later scored on Angel Reyes? flare to center field.

The Shorebirds plated their third unearned run of the night in the bottom of the fourth. Natanael Delgado hit a one out single to left field and reached safely at second base when Ricardo Andujar grounded a ball to second baseman Justin Twine. Twine had a chance to turn a double play, but he booted the ball and both runners reached safely. After Gerrion Grim struck out, an ordinary 2-1 pitch to Drew Turbin became anything but routine. Everyone on the field seemed to forget the situation, including Delgado, who halfheartedly broke for third base. Catcher Roy Morales saw Delgado in no-mans land between bases, but he double-clutched on his throw to third when Rony Cabrera didn?t break for the bag. Morales sailed his throw down the left field line, scoring Delgado to cut into the Greensboro lead at 4-3.

Shortly thereafter, things got spooky in the sixth. The heavy fog began growing in both corner outfield spots, but didn?t begin playing a decisive role until after Mercedes walked a Murphy blasted his team-leading third home run of the year to open the inning. Once Grim doubled to left field, the umpires and managers decided the game shouldn?t continue until the fog lifted. About 15 minutes into the delay, conditions seemed to be improving. But it became clear quickly afterwards with heavy fog billowing into the stadium that play couldn?t resume. As fans left the ballpark, the entire stadium was covered in a cloud. Apparently, Friday the 13th is a fortuitous day for the Shorebirds.