Las Vegas (61-49) 7, Tacoma 2
Dillon Gee pitched his second straight complete game giving up two runs on ten hits (HR) and two walks while striking out four. Gee is now 6-1 with a 4.85 ERA and 1.44 WHIP in eight starts for the 51’s.
Dilson Herrera leadoff the bottom of the first inning with his second homerun in as many days, he finished going 2-4 with three RBI, two runs scored, his 18th double, and 5th homerun. Over his last 10 games Dilson is hitting .351 with three homeruns, 13 RBI, 11 runs scored, and a 7/8 BB/SO ratio. Here is video of the homerun.
Matt Reynolds was 2-4 with two triples, run scored, his 51st RBI of the season, and is now 8-20 with four RBI since coming off the disabled list. Brandon Nimmo went 2-3 with a walk, stolen base,and scored two runs while starting the game in right field and sliding over to center later in the game. Jayce Boyd played in the DH slot going 1-3 with a walk and a run scored. Anthony Recker was 0-4 with a RBI. Box Score
Savannah (58-48) 7, Rome 4
The Sand Gnats entered the 7th inning trailing 4-2 before scoring three in the inning and two more in the 8th. Vicente Lupo led Savannah with three hits including two doubles and scored two runs. Here is video of one of the doubles.
Jean Rodriguez went 2-4 with a double, two runs scored, and his 12th stolen base of the year. Leadoff hitter Jonathan Johnson was 2-3 with a walk, two runs scored, two RBI, and is now hitting .316 with eight RBI in his last ten games. Shortstop Luis Guillorme was 1-4 with two RBI giving 43 on the season.
Wuilmer Becerra returned to the lineup after missing two games going 1-4 with a walk and a run scored, now has a slash line of .296/.346/.448 for the year. Eudor Garcia went 1-5 knocking in two runs giving him 44 RBI in 77 games this year. John Mora was 2-4 with a walk, he is hitting .278/.366/.441 with 53 RBI and 35 extra base hits including a league leading 12 triples.
Edioglis Villasmil moved to 3-0 with 2.2 scoreless innings of relief issuing just one walk while striking out two. Alberto Baldonado pitched a perfect 9th inning with a strikeout to pick up his 4th save. He now has a 1.70 ERA and a 1.01 WHIP in 47.2 innings while holding opponents to a .178 average. Box Score
Brooklyn (23-19) 7, Lowell 6
The Cyclones scored four runs in the top of the 7th to put them ahead 7-5 with pinch hitter David Thompson walking with the bases loaded to force in the winning run. Kevin Canelon moved to 4-2 with a 4.15 ERA after going 6 innings allowing five runs (four earned) on nine hits and a walk while striking out four.
Michael Bernal was 3-4 with run scored, two doubles, and two RBI giving him 18 on the year. Jeffrey Diehl was 2-5 with a run scored, two doubles, and a RBI. Catcher Jose Garcia was 3-3 with a walk and RBI. Vinny Siena went 1-4 with walk, RBI, run scored, and his 5th double of his career. Brandon Brosher was 1-3 with a walk, run scored, double, and is now hitting just .190 for the year.
Corey Taylor picked up his 3rd hold but gave up the first run in his professional career in one inning on three hits. He has pitched 13 innings allowing the lone run on nine hits and only two walks with eleven strikeouts. Alex Palsha secured his 10th save allowing one single and striking out two, extending his scoreless streak to 16.2 innings to start the year. Box Score
GCL Nationals 8, GCL Mets (20-15) 4 Game One F/7
The Mets started this game in a deep whole picking up a suspended trailing 8-1 after Joel Huertas lasted just 0.1 of inning while giving up eight earned runs. Anthony Chavez, Josh Prevost, and Aejandro Castro combined to throw 5.2 scoreless innings of relief with eight strikeouts. Prevost was making his 3rd rehab appearance striking out four over three shutdown innings.
Yeffry De Aza was 2-3 with a RBI while playing shortstop. Ricardo Cespedes was 1-2 with a walk, run, and 10th RBI of the season. Box Score
GCL Nationals 2, GCL Mets (20-16) 1 Game Two Walk-Off
Mets lost on a walk-off single in the bottom of the 9th inning to get swept in the doubleheader with Chavez taking the loss. Huertas pitched 5 scoreless innings in relief allowing four hits and a walk while striking out seven.
Ali Sanchez was 1-4 with a run scored and his 2nd stolen base of the year, he was threw out two of four base stealers. Desmond Lindsay was 0-2 with two walks while playing center field and batting 6th. De Aza went 1-4 extending his hitting streak to ten games, he is hitting .424 over that span. Box Score
