Minor League Game Summaries 6/29/2019

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CURRAN POWERS ‘BIRDS TO SIXTH STRAIGHT
All-Star pounds 12th homer, Delmarva sneaks by Suns 5-3

HAGERSTOWN, MD - The Delmarva Shorebirds muscled their way to their sixth straight win, downing the Hagerstown Suns 5-3 on Friday at Municipal Stadium.

Hector (5-3) battled over five innings for the Shorebirds (8-1, 56-22), allowing three runs on six hits with two walks and five strikeouts. Tomas Alastre (3-8) finally saw his luck against Delmarva run out for the Suns (2-7, 32-47), giving up four runs (three earned) on seven hits over five frames. Matt De La Rosa converted his league-best seventh hold with two scoreless out of the bullpen, and Felix Bautista nailed down his first save with a scoreless eighth and ninth.

Just like they did the day before, the Shorebirds grabbed an instant lead in the first inning. Robert Neustrom chipped a one-out single, then two batters later Jean Carlos Encarnacion smoked a 106 mph line drive to the left center gap for a double, scoring Neustrom to make it 1-0.

Delmarva tacked on a pair in the second as Nick Horvath walked and Seamus Curran clubbed a two-run homer to right, his 12th of the season, to push the Shorebird lead to 3-0.

The Suns got one of those runs back in the bottom of the second as Kyle Marinconz worked a two-out single and Nic Perkins doubled him home. The teams traded a run each in the third inning; Nick Horvath plated one on a sac fly for Delmarva, while Jacob Rhinesmith grounded into a run-scoring double play for Hagerstown, making it 4-2 Shorebirds.

In the bottom of the fifth, Cole Daily worked a one-out walk, stole second base, and took third on a wild pitch. Armond Upshaw then brought him home with an RBI groundout, cutting the Suns’ deficit to 4-3. Justin Connell followed with a two-out single and Rhinesmith walked to put two on, but Guance punched out Gilbert Lara swinging to get through the fifth with minimal damage.

The Shorebirds reinforced their lead in the top of the eighth. Horvath hit a routine grounder to short that Jackson Cluff threw away, putting Horvath at second base. After a groundout moved the runner up to third, Curran poked a single into third, scoring Horvath to give the game its final margin.

Hagerstown threatened to spoil the party in the bottom of the ninth. Marinconz led off with a single, then two batters later Daily walked. After a strikeout, Connell hit a tough grounder to third for an infield hit, loading the bases. Bautista clamped down from there, though, striking out Rhinesmith to put it to bed.

Curran finished 1-for-3 with a homer and three RBIs to pace the Shorebird attack, while Encarnacion finished 2-for-5 with a double, run, and RBI. Curran and Encarnacion each have five hits and have combined for six RBIs in the first two games of the series.

Connell notched four singles for the Suns, going 4-for-5. Marinconz finished 2-for-4 with a run.

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Ryan Mountcastle hit a two-run home run, but Charlotte edged the Tides 4-3 in game two of a doubleheader Friday night at Harbor Park. The Knights also topped Norfolk in the opener, 10-3.

The opener of the twinbill was the completion of a game that was originally suspended due to rain at Harbor Park on May 5th. Charlotte led that contest 5-3 in the fifth inning when play was resumed, and the game stayed that way until the ninth frame. The Knights broke open the contest on a two-run double by Paulo Orlando in the ninth, and Trey Michalczewski followed with a broken-bat three-run homer that gave the Knights a 10-3 cushion.

Luis Ortiz took the loss, despite not appearing in the contest Friday. Ortiz had allowed five runs (one earned) over five innings when the game was originally played. Tyler Herb pitched the final four innings of Friday's opener, allowing five runs on seven hits over four innings of relief. Herb walked three and struck out four while throwing 49 of his 76 pitches for strikes.

Three players currently with the Orioles - Anthony Santander, Chance Sisco and DJ Stewart - all had hits in the contest, with those stats to be retroactively added to their Norfolk season totals.

In the nightcap, Charlotte plated two late runs to edge the Tides 4-3.

Norfolk led the contest 3-2, but the Knights rallied against the bullpen to take the lead. Evan Phillips (0-1) allowed two baserunners to open the inning, and Ivan De Jesus Jr. gave Charlotte the lead with a two-out, two-run single off of Matt Wotherspoon.
The offense was just enough for Knights starter Justin Nicolino (6-3), who went the distance in earning the victory. Nicolino needed just 88 pitches to navigate his seven frames, striking out two without walking a batter.

Mountcastle's two-run homer highlighted Norfolk's six-hit attack, while Zach Vincej plated a run with a second inning double. Jesus Sucre singled and scored a run as he extended his hitting streak to nine games.

Chandler Shepherd turned in a solid start for Norfolk, allowing two runs on six hits over five innings of work. He struck out five without walking a batter, throwing 65 of his 83 pitches 
 

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Baysox Battle Back in 3-2 Win

Bowie wins in comeback fashion for fourth straight win.

 

BOWIE, Md. – Single runs in the middle innings and clutch pitching sent the Bowie Baysox to a 3-2 win over the Akron RubberDucks in front of 2,067 at Prince George's Stadium Friday night.

 

Following a 30-minute pregame delay, the RubberDucks (4-7) took a 1-0 lead for the second straight game on a 2-out RBI single by Ernie Clement in the third inning. That lead lasted just an inning, when Jesse Valentin tied the game with a two-out RBI double down the left field line. The owner of a 12-game hitting streak, Valentin drove in Carlos Perez, who also doubled down the left field line to start the fourth inning rally.

 

Akron re-took the lead on a RBI infield single by Clement in the top half of the fifth inning, but the Baysox (8-2) quickly responded. Ryan McKenna lined a RBI triple to the right-center field gap, easily scoring Chris Clare on the second two-out run-scoring hit in as many innings. 

 

Rylan Bannon ensured the hosts scored in three consecutive innings by launching a go-ahead line drive over the left field wall. The solo home run for the game's designated hitter was the fifth of the season and first for Bannon since May 2 when he had a four-hit game at Erie. 

 

Defensively, Bruce Zimmermann bounced back from a defeat in Harrisburg to help to earn his first home win since May 10. The lefty allowed two earned runs on five hits with six strikeouts over six innings, qualifying for his eighth quality start in 14 appearances this season.

 

Zach Muckenhirn and Cristian Alvarado shut the door over the final three innings, with Alvarado earning his second career save (and first since the 2014 season with the Gulf Coast League Orioles.

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Frederick Keys News Release

 

For Immediate Release: June 28, 2019

 

BOWLAN GOES BOWLING AGAIN

KEYS TALLY NINE HITS BUT CREATE LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES

FREDERICK, MD. – Despite nine hits, the Frederick Keys (4-5, 33-45) were stifled offensively by the Wilmington Blue Rocks (5-4, 49-29), scoring just one run in a 6-1 loss on Friday night at Nymeo Field. The Keys advanced just two runners past first base after they scored in the second inning while the Blue Rocks took advantage of seven walks, three errors and other defensive miscues to score six unanswered runs. Frederick could not shake Jonathan Bowlan (2-0), who won his second straight against the Keys, striking out seven in six innings.

The Keys jumped out to an early lead in the second inning. Ryan Ripken led off with a single and advanced to third on Yeltsin Gudino’s line drive into right field. Kirvin Moesquit then hit a sharp ground ball that snuck into centerfield that score Ripken and gave the Keys a 1-0 lead.

Wilmington got the run back in the fourth. Brewer Hicklen climbed aboard on a fielder’s choice, moved to second after a walk and tagged to third on a fly-ball to right. During the next at-bat, MJ Melendez took off for second base on a pitch in the dirt, and Jean Carrillo tried to back-pick Hicklen at third, but his throw bounced into left-field and Hicklen scored easily to tie the game at 1-1.

In the sixth, David Lebron allowed the first two hitters to reach. He got a fly-ball out to right field, but both runners tagged up and reached safely to put runners at second and third. Lebron was pulled after that in favor of Luis Perez. The second pitch he threw got past Carrillo and allowed the go-ahead run to score. Melendez then lined an RBI single to right to make it 3-1 Wilmington.

Lebron (2-3) was handed his third straight loss after he left the mound with runners on base. He gave up three runs (two earned) on three hits, two walks and struck out three in 5.1 innings.

Meanwhile, Jonathan Bowlan was dealing. The righthander scattered seven hits but also struck out a batter in every inning in route to seven punch outs.

The Blue Rocks struck for another in the eighth as Melendez doubled with two outs and scored on Nick Pratto’s RBI single to make it 4-1. Wilmington scored twice in the ninth afterMatthias Dietz walked four batters and Carrillo allowed a passed ball.

Moesquit, Gudino and Zach Jarrett finished the night each with a pair of hits. Melendez finished 3-for-3 with two RBIs, two walks and a pair of stolen bases.

 

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Straily, Hess, and the new guy combined for a shutout for Norfolk today.

 

Dan Straily, and David Hess.

 

Shutout.