Last Night’s Quick Scores
- Las Vegas drops third straight game to Tacoma, losing on Thursday, 5-4.
- Binghamton loses first game of series to Trenton, 6-5.
- St. Lucie and Daytona postponed due to rain. Doubleheader scheduled for Friday at 5:05 PM.
- Savannah scores one in ninth to break tie and earn the victory over Augusta, 2-1.
- Brooklyn opens a three game series by defeating Vermont, 7-2.
- Kingsport takes two of three games after defeating Greeneville, 1-0.
Prospect Pipeline
- Matt den Dekker was 2 for 4 on Thursday and has five straight multi-hit games and four straight games with a double.
- Brandon Nimmo has breakout game batting leadoff for B-Mets by going 3 for 5, with two doubles, raising his average above the Mendoza line to .207.
- Dilson Herrera singles to extend current hit streak to 12 games.
- T.J. Rivera raises his batting average to .350 with a 3 for 4 night. He also added a double and a RBI.
- Left hander Dario Alvarez threw two innings of relief on Thursday and won his seventh game of the season. In 19 relief appearances (6 starts), Alvarez is 7-0, with a 0.90 ERA, allowing only six earned runs, while striking out 93 batters in 60 innings.
- Akeel Morris earned is tenth save in Savannah’s victory. In 30 relief appearances, he is 4-0, a 0.80 ERA, and 69 strikeouts in 45 innings.
- Matthew Oberste goes 0 for 4, ending his hit streak at 21 games.
- Michael Conforto singles to extend his hit streak to six straight games.
- Amed Rosario triples and extends his hitting streak to nine games. In his last ten games he is batting .364 (16 for 44).
- Right hander Martires Arias tossed seven shutout innings, allowing two hits, and struck out five batters, while lowering his ERA to 0.59 in Kingsport’s victory.
Organizational Offensive Leaders
Hits
1 | Dilson Herrera | BIN | 132 |
2 | T.J. Rivera | BIN | 114 |
3 | Matt Reynolds | LV | 109 |
4 | L.J. Mazzilli | STL | 103 |
5 | Dominic Smith | SAV | 103 |
Upcoming Special Events On The Farm
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— Savannah Sand Gnats (@gnatsbaseball) July 24, 2014