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Rochester (23-33) 9, Syracuse (29-30) 0 Box Score

It was a rough day for the Syracuse offense as they only managed to rack up three base hits on the day while collectively striking out twelve times.

  • RHP Andrew Church: 3.1 IP, 10 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 1 K, 2 BB, Loss | 0-1, 13.50 ERA, 3.60 WHIP
  • RHP Louis Coleman: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 K, 1 BB | 0-0, 27.00 ERA, 3.50 WHIP
  • RHP Eric Hanhold: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 K, 0 BB | 2-3, 5.14 ERA, 1.75 WHIP
  • RHP Tim Peterson: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BB | 1-4, 2.49 ERA, 0.55 WHIP
  • RHP Tyler Bashlor: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 K, 1 BB | 2-1, 5.40 ERA, 1.46 WHIP

Making his first start since reversing on his prior decision to retire, Andrew Church had a good first inning but was not effective after that allowing ten total hits in only 3.1 innings of work, five of which were for extra bases. Another recent addition to the Syracuse team, Louis Coleman, helped bail Church out of a jam in the fourth inning but allowed a two run home run to former Met Jordany Valdespin in the fifth inning.

Harrisburg (37-22) 7, Binghamton (31-23) 3 Box Score

The Rumble Ponies offense was able to get runners into scoring position, but could not drive them in as they went 0-for-8 in those situations. Thompson and Barnes opened the game for Binghamton with back to back two out solo home runs in the first inning. Thompson would add his second RBI of the day on a bases loaded walk in the fifth inning.

  • RHP Tommy Wilson: 4.0 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 6 K, 2 BB, Loss | 0-2, 9.24 ERA, 1.82 WHIP
  • RHP Joseph Shaw: 2.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 K, 1 BB | 0-1, 1.93 ERA, 1.71 WHIP
  • RHP Ryley Gilliam: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 K, 0 BB | 3-0, 4.58 ERA, 1.25 WHIP

After dominating the Florida State League, Tommy Wilson is finding the promotion to the (AA) Eastern League to be much tougher as he allowed seven plus base-runners to reach for the third consecutive game in a row without completing a fifth inning of work. He also allowed two more home runs which brings him up to an astounding seven in three (AA) starts. This is more than he’s allowed in the last two years combined pitching for St. Lucie, Brooklyn, and Cal State-Fullerton.

St. Lucie (30-29) 5, Tampa (24-35) 4 Box Score

Brandon Nimmo (neck) began a rehab assignment last night and played the entire game at DH. He tripled in the bottom of the seventh inning and would scored on a two run home run by Carlos Cortes to give the St. Lucie Mets a 5-4 lead.

  • RHP Dedniel Nunez: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 6 K, 1 BB | 0-1, 3.94 ERA, 1.04 WHIP
  • RHP Darwin Ramos: 2.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 K, 0 BB, Win, Blown Save | 1-1, 1.29 ERA, 1.57 WHIP
  • RHP Ezequiel Zabaleta: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 K, 0 BB, Save(2) | 1-0, 3.00 ERA, 1.11 WHIP

Nunez bounced back nicely from his previous start tossing five scoreless innings with only one hit allowed before running into trouble in the sixth inning. After allowing a two run home run to Welfrin Mateo, Nunez was pulled in favor of Darwin Ramos who would allow two more runs to score to put the Mets down 4-3. He would end up with the win though thanks to Cortes’ home run in the seventh and Zabaleta would shut down the Tarpons offense for the next two innings to lock down the save.

Hickory (38-22) 4, Columbia (23-36) 3 Box Score

Top prospect Ronny Mauricio had himself a career day at the plate with three extra base hits for the first time of his career and scoring three times for only the second time in his young career. In the process, Mauricio extended his hitting streak to nine consecutive games while reaching base safely at least once in fifteen of his last sixteen games.

  • LHP Thomas Szapucki: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 K, 2 BB | 0-0, 1.74 ERA, 1.45 WHIP
  • RHP Colin Holderman: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 6 K, 2 BB | 3-1, 3.86 ERA, 1.29 WHIP
  • RHP Jose Moreno: 0.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 K, 0 BB, Blown Save, Loss | 2-2, 2.61 ERA, 1.35 WHIP

Szapucki returned to the mound for the first time since May 16th and looked solid tossing two scoreless innings of work while touching 96 with his fastball.

DSL Cardinals Blue (3-1) 2, DSL Mets1 (3-2) 1 Box Score

It was a quiet day offensively for the Dominican Summer League team, but, Federico Polanco continued his strong start to the season posting his fourth straight multi-hit game.

  • RHP Ronny Rincones: 4.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 K, 0 BB | 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.00 WHIP
  • RHP Williams Valencia: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 K, 1 BB, Loss | 0-1, 3.38 ERA, 1.31 WHIP
  • RHP Christian Olivero: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 K, 3 BB | 0-0, 2.25 ERA, 1.25 WHIP

17-year-old Ronny Rincones, a member of the 2018 IFA signing class, tossed four perfect innings of work in his first start of the season striking out four along the way.

DSL Phillies White (4-1) 6, DSL Mets2 (4-1) 5 Box Score

The DSL Mets2 offense was quiet for most of the night but they broke out with four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning capped off by Velasquez’s two RBI triple.

  • RHP Rolfy Vargas: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 K, 0 BB | 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1.25 WHIP
  • RHP Eiker Huizi: 2.2 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 5 K, 4 BB, Loss | 0-1, 1.93 ERA, 0.86 WHIP

It was a sloppy game defensively for the team as they allowed three unearned runs to score on five errors in the field. Vargas and Huizi were the strongest performers on the day with a combined nine strikeouts in 5.2 innings of work.