Saturday BPKC Hitter of the Day: Nathan Eaton 4-5 R, 2b, 3b
Sunday BPKC Hitter of the Day Rudy Martin 3-5 2R, 2b, HR, 3 RBI

Saturday BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Josh Dye 5 IP 4 H 1 R 0 ER 1 BB 6 K 5-3 GO-OF 71p/51k
Sunday BPKC Pitcher of the Day Josh Staumont 2.2 IP 0 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 5 K 1-1 GO-FO 35p/27k

Saturday Lexington Legends 2 Hagerstown Suns 1
Sunday Hagerstown Suns 10 Lexington Legends 5

Despite a split over the weekend, the Legends find themselves three games up in the loss column with eight to play to win the second half division title. Saturday’s game featured a pair of good starting outputs as Yefri Del Rosario kept his run of good starts (1.98 ERA last 9 starts) with six innings of one-run pitching. For six innings Del Rosario was outdone though as Hagerstown starter Andrew Lee no-hit the Legends until the seventh. In that seventh inning, a leadoff walk by MJ Melendez started the inning before Nick Pratto’s blast to the left of centerfield gave Lexington a 2-1 lead with their first hit of the game. The bullpen shut things down and Lexington earned the win despite just three hits in the game. Sunday’s affair didn’t feature as much pitching with Lexington starter Charlie Neuweiler giving up seven runs in just three and one-third innings including a pair of home runs. The Legend scored five runs off the Sun’s starter in just three-plus innings but it wasn’t enough as the bullpen kept them off the board the rest of the way.

Nick Pratto: 2-6 HR, 3b, BB, 3K
MJ Melendez: 2-7 2R, HR, 2b, 2BB, 2 RBI
Janser Lara: 2 Ip 0 H 0 R 1 BB 2 K 3-0 25p/16k

Saturday Wilmington Blue Rocks 8 Salem Red Sox 2
Sunday Wilmington Blue Rocks 8 Salem Red Sox 3

A sweep of Salem over the weekend ended Wilmington’s abysmal 12 game losing streak that likely cost them a shot at the division title. The offense scored eight runs in all three games with an 11 hit output on Saturday making a winner of Gerson Garabito despite five innings in which he walked three and struckout just one. The righty did limit the damage to just one run while Gabe Cancel and Travis Jones paced the offense with two hits and two runs scored each. Sunday’s game saw Dan Tillo get his first victory since June 17th as the lefty worked into the seventh inning with five strikeouts while navigating seven hits with two runs allowed. Outfielder Rudy Martin did much of the offensive damage, finishing a triple short of the cycle while accounting for four of the Wilmington’s eight runs. Leadoff man Blake Perkins pitched in a four-hit effort as well. The Rocks trail Lynchburg by five games with nine left to play although their next four comes against the first place squad.

Rudy Martin: 5-10 3R, 2b, 3b, HR, 5 RBI, 3K
Emmanuel Rivera: 4-9 R, 2-2b, SB
Dan Tillo: 6.2 IP 7 H 2 R 2 ER 0 BB 5 K 9-2 GO-FO 89p/59k

Saturday NW Arkansas Naturals 3 Arkansas Travelers 1
Sunday NW Arkansas Naturals 4 Arkansas Travelers 3 F/10

A weekend sweep kept the Naturals season alive for now. Both games featured quality starting pitching as Jace Vines gave the Naturals five innings with just a run allowed on Saturday before Emilio Ogando toss his fifth consecutive quality start on Sunday. A throwing error in the third inning on Saturday put a pair of runners in scoring position and first baseman Samir Duenez made the Arkansas pay with a two-run single. A wild pitch gave them insurance in the sixth and the bullpen did some lifting with four scoreless innings. Sunday’s game saw Ogando’s streak of 31 innings scoreless pitching end in the first inning when a passed ball allowed an unearned run. Two innings later the lefty gave up an earned run as he completed six innings of two-run ball with just three hits allowed. Trailing 2-0 into the seventh the Naturals got a run with an Anderson Miller rbi double before scoring two more in the eighth on Jecksson Flores RBI single and Samir Duenez’s sacrifice fly. The Travelers answered that with a run in the ninth off Franco Terrero to send the game into extra innings. In extras, Erick Mejia doubled in the free runner for the Naturals and Grant Gavin secured the win with a pair of strikeouts sandwiched around a groundout. The win pulled the Naturals even with Arkansas for second place with an opportunity to overtake them on Monday before a five-game series with first place Tulsa.

Samir Duenez: 2-7 R, 3 RBI, BB
Jecksson Flores: 3-9 R, 2b, RBI
Emilio Ogando: 6 IP 3 H 1 R 1 ER 1 BB 5 K 4-4 GO-FO 74p/45k

Saturday Omaha Storm Chasers 3 Iowa Cubs 2
Sunday Omaha Storm Chasers 7 Iowa Cubs 2

The Chasers used home runs to take the weekend games over Iowa. Shortstop Nicky Lopez hit his third home run in six games as part of a three-run sixth inning. That made a winner out of Jon Dziedzic as the lefty didn’t give up a hit until one out in the sixth inning. Reliever Richard Lovelady finished things up with two and one-third innings with just one hit allowed to secure the save. With Glenn Sparkman back from Kansas City on Sunday, the Chasers bats showed they could hit like major leaguers as Paulo Orlando connected on a three-run home run to go with Frank Schwindel’s 23rd home run of the season. Six of the seven runs came late which made a winner out of Josh Staumont who tossed two and two-thirds innings of perfect ball with five strikeouts.

Richard Lovelady: 2.1 IP 1 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 2 K
Frank Schwindel: 2-7 HR, 2b, 2 RBI
Glenn Sparkman: 5.1 IP 3 H 2 R 2 ER 1 BB 5 K 9-1 GO-FO 78p/57k

Saturday Burlington Royals 11 Kingsport Mets 2
Sunday Burlington Royals 9 Kingsport Mets 5

A very offensive weekend for the Royals as they piled up 20 runs on 26 hits against the Mets rookie squad. Starter Josh Dye earned the win for his one run (0 ER) five-inning effort that featured five strikeouts while lefty Marcelo Martinez earned Sunday’s win with a quality start over six frames. Saturday’s game featured a seven run sixth frame that included a Michael Emodi three-run home run to blow things open. Looking for the weekend sweep the top five hitters in the lineup each had multi-hit games on Sunday to pace the way for a win.

Jose Marquez: 3-9 3R, 3b, 3 RBI
Eric Cole: 4-10 R, 3 RBI
Isaiah Henry: 3-4 2R, 2 RBI

Saturday Grand Junction Rockies 9 Idaho Falls Chukars 5
Sunday Idaho Falls Chukars 3 Grand Junction Rockies 1

The Chukars defense let down start Jon Heasley Saturday as four defensive miscues led to five unearned runs in just four and two-thirds innings despite just four hits allowed. The offense missed plenty of opportunities, going just 1 for 10 with runners in scoring position in the loss. Sunday’s starter Rito Lugo gave the Chukars his third consecutive outstanding start with six innings with just a run allowed while striking out eight. The lefty has now put away 24 hitters via strikeout in his 18 innings of work in the Pioneer League. The Chukars scored a pair in the fifth on a balk and a Julio Gonzalez double before adding an insurance run in the eighth via a groundout by Kyle Kasser that scored Jesus Atencio after his leadoff double.

Nathan Eaton: 6-9 R, 2-2b, 3b, K
Rito Lugo: 6 IP 6 H 1 R 1 ER 0 BB 8 K HR 4-3 GO-FO 86p/60k
Jon Heasley: 4.2 IP 4 H 7 R 2 ER 2 BB 4 K 8-5 GO-FO 84p/55k

Friday Boxscores
Saturday Boxscores

BPKC Hitter of the Day: Jose Marquez 3-4 4R, HR, 4 RBI, BB

BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Emilio Ogando 7 IP 1 H 0 R 0 ER 2 BB 5 K 9-1 GO-FO 92p/56k 

Lexington Legends 2 Lakewood BlueClaws 1

Starter J.C. Cloney bounced back from his first loss of the season to position the Legends for a win Tuesday night. The lefty tossed seven scoreless innings, working around a leadoff double in the sixth, a one-out double in the fourth and a two-out triple in the fifth to keep the Phillies Low-A club off the board. A Brewer Hicklen double drove in Nick Pratto in the first inning to give Lexington a 1-0 lead. An insurance run was provided in the seventh inning by Ricky Aracena with a one-out single that scored Cristian Perez after he started the inning with a leadoff single. Reliever Janser Lara gave up a run in the eighth but closer Tad Ratliff shut the door in the ninth to secure the series sweep for the Legends.

Brewer Hicklen: 1-3 2b, RBI
Nick Pratto: 2-3 R, BB, SB, CS
J.C. Cloney: 7 IP 5 H 0 R 0 ER 2 BB 4 K 7-4 GO-FO 79p/46k

NW Arkansas Naturals 4 Springfield Cardinals 1 

The Naturals Emilio Ogando continued his incredibly odd season by improving his scoreless streak to 31 innings with seven shutout innings in this one. Working seven innings, Ogando gave up just a leadoff single in the seventh with a pair of walks over his seven shutout innings. He was backed by a two run home run by Samir Duenez and a pair of RBI singles by Kort Peterson and Erick Mejia to take a 4-0 lead. Reliever Gabe Speier worked the final two innings, allowing a run in the ninth before securing the win.

Samir Duenez: 1-4 HR, 2 RBI
Kelvin Gutierrez: 1-3 2b
Erick Mejia: 2-4 RBI

Omaha Storm Chasers 13 Oklahoma City Dodgers 2

Another good start for Arnaldo Hernandez as he makes a late push to win Royals minor league pitcher of the year. The right-hander backed up his complete game with a quality start in this one, tossing six innings of one-run ball by retiring 18 of the last 19 hitters he faced with just a walk allowed in that time. The two teams exchanged one-run first innings before Paulo Orlando connected on a solo home run in the third to take a 2-1 lead. With Hernandez tossing up zeroes, the Chasers exploded for eight runs in the fifth inning, getting a grand slam off the bat of Frank Schwindel and a pair of doubles by Ramon Torres and Donnie Dewees that drove in three more. The Chasers tacked on three runs in the ninth inning for the final margin of victory.

Frank Schwindel: 3-5 HR, 5 RBI
Arnaldo Hernandez: 6 IP 3 H 1 R 1 ER 1 BB 4 K 5-6 GO-FO 90p/57k
Donnie Dewees: 2-5 2R, 2b, 3 RBI

Burlington Royals 13 Johnson City Cardinals 5

A big offensive night by the Royals as they clubbed 17 hits and walked seven times in a blowout win. Four different Royals hitters had at least three hits with Jose Marquez scoring four times and while driving in four runs with his three-hit including his seventh home run. Starter Yerelmy Garcia earned the win despite four runs allowed in five and one-third innings.

Eric Cole: 4-6 2R, 2b, RBI, SB (6)
Brhet Bewley: 3-6 2R, 2-2b
Chris Hudgins: 3-5 2b, 3 RBI, BB

Billings Mustangs 5 Idaho Falls Chukars 4

Idaho Falls Kris Bubic didn’t have his best start, giving up seven hits and a walk in his five innings. A pair of bunt hits in the third inning loaded the bases against him in the third inning before a single to left scored a pair. Two innings later, a two-out single scored a run after a passed ball. Infielder Nathan Eaton drove in a run in the third inning with a sacrifice fly before Chase Vallot homered in the fourth to tie the game back up. Seventh-round pick Tyler Gray gave up two runs in the eighth to put Idaho Falls behind 5-2. In the eighth inning first baseman Nick Hutchins drove in two with a one-out double to pull the Chukars within a run at 5-4. The Chukars would threaten in the ninth by walking the bases loaded but Jose Caraballo would ground out to end the threat and the game.

Kris Bubic: 5 IP 7 H 3 R 2 ER 1 BB 6 K 4-4 GO-FO 65p/46k
Nick Hutchins: 2-4 2b, 2 RBI
Chase Vallot: 1-3 HR, BB

Tuesday Boxscores

BPKC Hitter of the Day: Kelvin Gutierrez 3-3, 2R, HR, 3 RBI, BB

BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Arnaldo Hernandez 9 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 6-8 GO-FO, 97p/80k

Hagerstown Suns 8, Lexington Legends 3

Starter Charlie Neuweiler was roughed up for the second start in a row as the right-hander couldn’t make it out of the second inning. Neuweiler gave up a run just two batters in when he gave up a single to the leadoff hitter and quickly moved him to third with a balk and a wild pitch. The very next hitter drove him in with a single to tie up the game 1-1. Three singles, a walk and a hit by pitch forced Neuweiler out of the game with just one out in the second inning as the club gave up five runs to dig a hole the offense couldn’t escape. The lineup couldn’t get much going outside of Nick Pratto’s big night at the plate, going 3 for 4 with hit 10th home run of the season while driving in the three Legends runs.

Nick Pratto: 3-4, HR, 2b, 3 RBI
Kyle Isbel: 2-4, 2R
MJ Melendez: 0-4, 2K

Lynchburg Hillcats 4, Wilmington Blue Rocks 0

Wilmington lost their second in a row to the Indians High-A club, with the offense going on hiatus. Lynchburg starter Sam Hentges limited the Rocks to just two hits and two walks over 6.1 innings as he struck out seven hitters. Just one more hit off the bullpen came for Wilmington as they were shut out. The lack of run support made starter Dan Tillo a loser despite a quality start of two runs over six innings for the lefty. A pair of two-out RBI hits in the third inning gave Lynchburg the two runs off Tillo and two more came later off the bullpen.

Dan Tillo: 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 6-6 GO-FO, 91p/58k
D.J. Burt: 1-3, BB, SB
Julio Pinto: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-1 GO-FO, 10p/8k

NW Arkansas Naturals 8, Midland RockHounds 0

Lefty Emilio Ogando kept his great run of pitching going on Wednesday during a blowout Naturals game. The Naturals piled up four singles with an error in the third to jump out to a 3-0 lead before a pair of home runs blew the doors wide open. In the third inning Alex Liddi homered behind a Kelvin Gutierrez single; an inning later it was Gutierrez tagging his fifth home run with two on base to push the score to 8-0. Those runs were plenty for Ogando who increased his scoreless streak to 24 innings with six shutout frames, allowing just two hits and two walks while striking out six. Reliever Yunior Marte tossed the final three innings perfectly to secure the save.

Yunior Marte: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 5-3 GO-FO, 27p/20k
Emilio Ogando: 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 8-3 GO-FO, 95p/63k
Nick Heath: 2-3, R, 2b, 2 BB

Omaha Storm Chasers 3, Oklahoma City Dodgers 1

One start after taking a perfect game into the sixth, Arnaldo Hernandez was about as efficient as one could be during a complete game victory. The right-hander pounded the strikezone with a ridiculous 80 strikes on 97 pitches over nine innings while working around five hits with six strikeouts. The Chasers offense backed him with 10 hits and three runs to earn the win including the eighth home run of the season by Jack Lopez to push the lead to 3-1 in the sixth inning.

Jack Lopez: 1-3, HR, BB
Frank Schwindel: 2-3, 2b, RBI, BB
Billy Burns: 3-4, R, RBI

Idaho Falls Chukars 6, Billings Mustangs 0

Another double-digit strikeout performance for Kris Bubic as the former Stanford lefty put away 10 hitters for the second time in three starts for Idaho Falls. Working five scoreless innings, Bubic allowed just two singles and a walk while tossing 50 strikes on 80 pitches. The Chukars broke a scoreless tie in the sixth with a pair of doubles by Reed Rohlman and Jose Caraballo to lead to two runs. An RBI single by Nathan Eaton an inning later would tack on another to make it 3-0 Idaho Falls. The Chukars added three more runs in the ninth with a hit by pitch and four singles. Those runs were plenty for Tyler Gray as the fellow 2018 draftee tossed the final four innings with just one hit allowed, striking out six to earn the save.

Kris Bubic: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 10 K, 2-2 GO-FO, 80p/50k
Tyler Gray: 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 1-3 GO-FO, 57p/33k
Jose Caraballo: 2-5, R, 2b, 2 RBI

Wednesday Boxscores

BPKC Hitter of the Day: Cristian Perez 3-5 2R, 2b, RBI

BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Garrett Davila 4 IP 2 H 1 R 0 ER 1 BB 3K 7-1 GO-FO 71p/46k

Transactions – OF Brewer Hicklen promoted to Wilmington from Lexington and OF Kyle Isbel promoted from Idaho Falls to Lexington.

Lexington Legends 10 Greenville Drive 3

Former Florida Gator and 1st round pick Jackson Kowar made his second start for Lexington, struggling with the strikezone again somewhat in his abbreviated outing. The right-hander walked a pair in the first before tossing a wild pitch to move two into scoring position. With the two on, he gave up an RBI double to drive in two runs before getting a strikeout to finish off the inning. In his second inning of work he got a strikeout before giving up a pair of singles, the second of which was a bunt single that was perfectly placed down the line prior to stranding the runners with a pop out and a groundout. The Legends offense quickly countered the two-run innings with a four-run frame of their own with three rbi hits and an RBI groundout to take a 4-2 lead through two. Lefty Garrett Davila would replace Kowar in the third inning, yielding just an unearned run over the next four innings. After an insurance run in the eighth, the Legends broke the game open with a five-run ninth inning with a pair of rbi singles by Matt Morales and Cristian Perez before Manny Olloqued doubled in a pair to give Lexington their eventual winning margin.

MJ Melendez: 0-5 RBI, K

Jackson Kowar: 2 IP 3 H 2 R 2 ER 2 BB 2 K 3-0 GO-FO 40p/24k

Springfield Cardinals 3 NW Arkansas Naturals 2

Defensive errors helped the Cardinals towardsthree runs in a one-run defeat of NW Arkansas. Struggling starter Emilio Ogando gave his teammates a quality start, working six innings of one-run baseball with the only run allowed coming on a sacrifice fly after Ogando had moved them forward with an errant pickoff attempt at first. That unearned run tied the game after Erick Mejia had given NW Arkansas a 1-0 lead with a two-out double that scored Khalil Lee from first base. After the teams exchanged another run each, third baseman Kelvin Gutierrez made a two-out fielding error that allowed the Cardinals to take the lead and the eventual win after the Naturals failed to counter in the ninth.

Khalil Lee: 0-1 R, BB, K 2 Sac
Jecksson Flores: 2-3 R
Erick Mejia: 1-3 2b, RBI, BB

Nashville Sounds 11 Omaha Storm Chasers 1

Not much to see in this one with starter Zach Lovvorn giving up eight runs in the first two innings while the offense put together just five hits in the blowout loss.

Josh Staumont: 3 IP 0 H 0 R 0 ER 3 BB 5 K 2-1 GO-FO 65p/35k
Nicky Lopez: 0-4
Ramon Torres: 3-4 2b

BPKC Hitter of the Day MJ Melendez 3-5 2b, 2HR, 5 RBI

BPKC Pitcher of the Day Carlos Hernandez 5 IP 0 H 0 R 0 ER 3 BB 5 K 6-5 GO-FO 87p/57k

Lexington Legends 6 West Virginia Power 0

The battery combination the Legends put on the field Friday night dominated the early innings on the way to a win over the Pirates Low-A squad. Starting pitcher Carlos Hernandez backed up a one hit five-inning performance last time out with another five-inning shutout effort in this one. The 6’5 right-hander didn’t allow a hit in that time while striking out five hitters and three walks while avoiding problems most of the time while on the hill. His battery mate MJ Melendez staked Hernandez with plenty of run support, homering in the first to put Lexington up 2-0, driving in a run in the third with a double and homering again in fifth to drive in his four and fifth runs of the night. The 2017 2nd round pick has 18 extra base hits among his 28 while moving up to 3rd in the league in OPS with his .955 to date. Lefty Holden Capps would follow Hernandez, working the next three innings while working around three hits before turning it over to Sal Biasi who tossed a scoreless ninth.

Travis Jones 3-4 3R, 2b, RBI
Cal Jones 1-3 BB
Holden Capps 3 IP 3 H 0 R 0 ER

NW Arkansas Naturals 4 Springfield Cardinals 2

The Naturals going into this one had lost fifteen consecutive games at Springfield’s Hammons field so when they were shutout for five straight innings it wasn’t looking great to snap that skid. Fortunately starter Emilio Ogando was able to match that effort and take a tad further, shutting out Springfield for seven innings despite just one strikeout. A sac fly by Donnie Dewees after a leadoff triple by Corey Toups gave the Naturals a 1-0 lead in the sixth. An inning later Corey Toups got ahold of an opposite field home run with a runner on to push the advantage to 3-0 and finally, Erick Mejia’s solo home run in the eighth ran the advantage to four. A scoreless eighth for Yunior Marte ran into trouble in the ninth but newfound closer Luis Vasquez entered to shut things down with a pair of strikeouts.

Corey Toups 2-4 2R, 3b, HR, 2 RBI
Nicky Lopez 1-3 2b, BB
Emilio Ogando 7 IP 7 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 1 K 9-4 GO-FO 95p/64k

Omaha Storm Chasers 8 Iowa Cubs 6 

The Chasers offense woke up in Des Moines with six extra-base hits and fifteen total hits. First baseman Ryan O’Hearn who entered this game in the midst of a difficult hitting month (.189/.306/.226) connected on a run-scoring double in the first as part of a two-run inning. That lead held up until the third inning when starter Scott Barlow gave up a pair of home runs to fall behind, 3-2. The Chasers would score again before falling behind 4-3 entering the sixth when they would break out for a big inning that would pave them towards the win. Catcher Cam Gallagher opened the inning with a solo home run an was quickly followed by a pair of rbi doubles by Humberto Arteaga and Billy Burns to give Omaha a 7-4 lead. An inning late O’Hearn connected on his second home run of the season to push the advantage to four runs which the Cubs would cut in half before Eric Stout entered to get the final out.

Ryan O’Hearn 2-4 2b, HR, 2 RBI, BB
Humberto Arteaga 3-4 R, 2-2b, 2 RBI
Richard Lovelady 2.1 IP 1 H 0 R 0 ER 1 BB 2 K 3-1 GO-FO 40p/25k

Friday Boxscores

Saturday Probables
Omaha – Glenn Sparkman 4-2 2.72 ERA 1.06 WHIP
NW Arkansas – Andres Machado 0-5 8.40 ERA 2.23 WHIP
Wilmington – Gerson Garabito 1-2 2.34 ERA 1.33 WHIP
Lexington – Garrett Davila 2-1 3.28 ERA 1.35 WHIP

HR Roll Call: Ryan O’Hearn (21), Dennicher Carrasco (10)

BPKC Hitter of the Day: Ryan O’Hearn 2-3 HR, 3 RBI, BB

BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Anthony Bender 6 IP 4 H 0 R 0 ER 1 BB 6 K 4-6 GO-FO 80p/54k

Oklahoma City Dodgers 9 Omaha Storm Chasers 1

The Chasers didn’t have much going for them on this night. The offensive squad went 1 for 11 with runners in scoring position while collecting just six hits as they dropped their third straight game.

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Raul Mondesi 2-4 2b
Cam Gallagher 1-3 RBI
Ramon Torres 0-4 BB
Kevin Lenik 1 IP 2 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 2 K 26p/18k

NW Arkansas Naturals 4 Springfield Cardinals 2

Lefty Emilio Ogando gave the Double-A squad a fifth quality start in his last six opportunities at that level. The lefty worked seven innings while allowing just four hits, working the first four and two-thirds hitless until giving up a solo home run to Jacob Wilson. Despite that home run, Ogando continued his solid work to earn his ninth win for NW Arkansas and tenth overall.

The win was earned thanks to a four run third inning by the Naturals which featured an RBI single by Samir Duenez and a three run home run by Ryan O’Hearn.

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Samir Duenez 1-4 R, RBI
Ryan O’Hearn 2-3 HR, 3 RBI, BB
Emilio Ogando 7 IP 4 H 1 R 1 ER 1 BB 4 K

Frederick Keys 5 Wilmington Blue Rocks 3

The Rocks lost a close game after Frederick plated a pair of runs in the seventh on a two out hit off reliever Justin Camp. The lefty uncorked a wild pitch earlier in the inning to push the two runners into scoring position prior to giving up the hit that scored two runs.

The Rocks pushed a runner into scoring position in each of the next two innings but failed to score in both to drop the game.

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Brandon Downes 1-3 R, BB

Lexington Legends 4 Rome Braves 0

Legends pitching kept the Braves Low-A squad at bay for the second night in a row to win the three game series.

Starter Anthony Bender hit the zone with 54 strikes on 80 pitches while striking out six hitters against just four hits and a walk. The righty worked around runners in scoring position in three of the six innings, only being forced to get more than one out in just the sixth though.

Reliever Arnaldo Hernandez dominated after Bender with three perfect innings to earn the save while the offense plated four runs with Gabe Cancel scoring two and driving in another.

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Khalil Lee 0-3 R, BB
Michael Gigliotti 1-4
Emmanuel Rivera 1-4
Gabe Cancel 2-4 2R, RBI
Anthony Bender 6 IP 4 H 0 R 0 ER 1 BB 6 K 4-6 GO-FO 80p/54k

Ogden Raptors 13 Idaho Falls Chukars 6

A rough night for Janser Lara as the hard throwing starter gave up three home runs in the first inning. Those three long balls were part of the thirteen hits allowed in a nine run performance (6 ER). The one small bright spot for Lara was that he didn’t walk a hitter for just the second time in 22 minor league appearances.

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Matt Morales 2-4 R, 2b, BB
Travis Jones 1-5 R, RBI
Janser Lara 5.2 IP 13 H 9 R 6 ER 0 BB 5 K 3 HR HBP WP 7-2 GO-FO

Princeton Rays 3 Burlington Royals 2

A pair of errors led to two Rays runs and a defeat of the Royals. A second inning error by Reed Rohlman pushed a runner to third base which led to a second run in the frame despite a double play that could’ve helped starter Sal Biasi get out of the inning later.

After the Royals had tied the game the Rays got the eventual winning run in the eighth after Jeison Guzman made a throwing error on a possible force out.

A pair of walks in the ninth put the tying run in scoring position for Burlington but a Jose Marquez ground out ended the night.

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Sebastian Rivera 2-4 R
Seuly Matias 0-4
Jeison Guzman 1-3 BB

DSL Dodgers1 9 DSL Royals 0

Starter Adriam Castillo didn’t have much control for the strikezone in a short outing, walking four hitters and allowing three hits in a seven run outing. The offense collected just three hits and three walks in getting shutout.

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Adriam Castillo 2.1 IP 3 H 7 R 7 ER 4 BB 2 K
Kember Nacero 0-2 2BB

HR Roll Call: Cheslor Cuthbert (4), Gabe Cancel (12), Emmanuel Rivera (11), Marten Gasparini (9), Brady Cox (1)

BPKC Hitter of the Day: Cheslor Cuthbert 2-5, 2R, 2b, HR, 2 RBI

BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Garrett Davila 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 9-2 GO-FO, 89/48 p/k

Omaha Storm Chasers 7, Sacramento River Cats 1 

The Chasers bullpen quartet led the way in Papillion to another win. Former starter Brian Flynn kept the Giants Triple-A bats off tune for his 4.1 innings, as the lefty struck out seven against just one hit allowed. Third baseman Cheslor Cuthbert hit a two-run home run in the first frame to give Omaha all the runs they would need after relievers Seth Manness, Eric Stout, and Kevin McCarthy put nothing but zeroes on the board. Fortunately for the pitching staff, the Chasers offense put five more runs put on the board with Cam Gallagher contributing with a two-run single.

Outfielder Logan Moon continued his hot Triple-A hitting with a 3 for 4 night that included a double and a triple.

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Raul Mondesi 0-3, K
Cheslor Cuthbert 2-5, 2R, HR, 2b, 2 RBI
Jorge Soler 1-2, R, 2b, 2 BB
Cam Gallagher 2-4, 2R, 2b, 2 RBI

Springfield Cardinals 5, NW Arkansas Naturals 3

The Naturals Emilio Ogando got roughed up in his five innings, allowing eight hits including four that went for extra bases to take his eighth defeat at Double-A. The NW Arkansas offense was held scoreless by Springfield starter Chris Ellis in his seven innings and didn’t dent the board until the ninth when they scored three times, but ultimately came up short.

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Hunter Dozier 1-3, BB
Paulo Orlando 1-3
Samir Duenez 1-4, R, RBI, 2 K
Nicky Lopez 1-4, SB (20)
Donnie Dewees 0-4, K

Wilmington Blue Rocks 3, Frederick Keys 2

A pair of relievers that started their seasons in Lexington led the Rocks to a comeback win over Frederick. After Colin Rodgers gave up a pair of runs in the second and Wilmington answered with one on their side, reliever Walker Sheller took over and gave the offense time to work. The former Stetson pitcher worked 3.1 innings and gave up just two singles and a walk.

With Sheller tossing zeros on the board, shortstop Jeckkson Flores was helping out on the offensive side. He doubled and scored on a D.J. Burt single in the fifth before walking and scoring on a Nick Heath single in the seventh. From there, reliever Grant Gavin did the rest, working two perfect innings with four strikeouts to close the game and earn his eighth save between Lexington and Wilmington.

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Nick Heath 3-4, RBI, CS (5)
Brandon Downes 0-3, BB
D.J. Burt 1-3, RBI

Lexington Legends 9, Hickory Crawdads 1 

The Legends bats got rocking, and starter Garret Davila put together one of his best starts of the season, rolling to a win in Hickory. The lefty Davila spun six shutout innings, allowing just one hit and two walks earning nine groundouts along the way.

The Legends offense rewarded Davila with nine runs, eight of which came via three home runs. Infielder Gabe Cancel connected on his twelfth home run of the year to break the scoreless tie in the fourth. Just two hitters later, his second base partner John Brontsema doubled home Meibrys Viloria to push the Lexington lead to 3-0. An inning later Emmanuel Rivera hit his eleventh home run of the season to bring in Khalil Lee and Angelo Castellano. After reliever Ofreidy Gomez gave up a run, Marten Gasparini capped the game’s scoring with a three-run home run in the ninth.

The home run for Cancel was his seventh of the second half, pushing his line to .356/.400/.701 in the 22 games he’s played since the break.

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Khalil Lee 2-5, R, 3b
Gabe Cancel 1-4, HR, 2 RBI
Emmanuel Rivera 2-5, HR, 3 RBI
Marten Gasparini 1-4, HR, 3 RBI
Garrett Davila 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 9-2 GO-FO, 89/48 p/k

Idaho Falls Chukars 7, Great Falls Voyagers 1 F/10

The Chukars received perhaps their best team pitching performance of the season with three pitchers combining for 10 innings of one run baseball. Starter Dillon Drabble got it started by tossing five shutout innings in just his second Pioneer League start, striking out three and working around five hits and a walk. The Chukars gave him a lead in the sixth inning when Travis Jones drove in Matt Morales after his leadoff double.

That lead held up until the eighth when Geoffrey Bramblett gave up a run after working two scoreless innings. The Alabama product would work another inning without allowing anything which would allow the Chukars offense to bust things up in extras. In the tenth, an error by Great Falls allowed Idaho Falls to take the lead but the Chukars didn’t stop there. Two hits and a sac fly put three more runs on the board before Logan Gray doubled in two more to push the score to eventual final 7-1 tally.

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Travis Jones 2-5, R, 2 RBI, 2 SB (9)
Matt Morales 1-4, 2R, 2b

Burlington Royals 4, Elizabethton Twins 1

Royals third round pick Dan Tillo picked up his first professional win by tossing five shutout innings on 65 pitches for Burlington. The left-handed starter only struck out two hitters against three singles and a walk, but he kept balls on the infield with eight groundouts.

Infielder Jeison Guzman got a pair of hits and scored twice to lead the offense, while the bottom three hitters in the lineup drove in three of the four Royals runs in the win.

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Jeison Guzman 2-3, 2R, BB, SB (3)
Seuly Matias 1-4, RBI
Michael Gigliott 0-4, R, BB, SB (14)
Sebastian Rivera 1-4, RBI, 1-1 CS/Att

AZL Dodgers 5, AZL Royals 3

The Royals lost their fourth game in a row despite Malcolm Van Buren tossing his high inning total for the season. The right-handed former N.C. State commit worked 4.2 innings while allowing three runs on three hits and three walks. While those numbers aren’t all that impressive, Van Buren did strikeout a season-high six hitters.

The game was tied at three into the eighth inning, but a two-run home run by Marcus Chiu off Royals reliever Randy Acevedo put the game out of reach.

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Angel Media 2-4, R
Brewer Hicklen 1-4, R, CS (2)
Malcolm Van Buren 4.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 4-2 GO-FO

DSL A’s 3 DSL Royals 2

The Superman kept his outstanding season going, working five more scoreless innings on Thursday. This pushed Delvin Capellan’s scoreless streak to 22 innings which top the 20 inning streak he had to start his season. The righty struck out five hitters, allowed just his second walk of the season and worked around a pair of defensive errors. The offense took a fifth inning lead but the bullpen couldn’t hold it, allowing three runs in the seventh to fall to the A’s again.

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Delvin Capellan 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 6-2 GO-FO
Reynin Reynoso 0-2, BB
Kember Nacero 1-5, 4K, SB

In my opinion, the loss of Strahm hurts some but the Royals are trading from a point of strength with Scott Alexander and Mike Minor in the majors alongside Eric Stout and Richard Lovelady knocking on the door for the affiliates. The biggest loss here is Ruiz who, with his continued results in the DSL and AZL, might actually be a top-5 bat in this system despite me rating him outside the Top 30 while I waited for the AZL season. Someone in the industry comped him to Alphonso Soriano with that type of strength in the bat. The kid is a quick twitch athlete and will be missed to go alongside the future rookie grouping of Seuly Matias and Sebastian Rivero. That said, if you’re going to give up a minor league player in the complex league for a major leaguer then you do it if it could be the difference between a playoff appearance or not. It’s a loss, but it’s one that can be replaced next year with the addition of draft picks and international money rather quickly.

The affiliates went 1-5 on Monday.

HR Roll Call: Frank Schwindel 2 (16), Mauricio Ramos (8), John Brontsema (4), Logan Gray (2), Brewer Hicklen (3)

BPKC Hitter of the Day: Frank Schwindel 2-4, 2 HR, 4 RBI

BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Adan Frias 5 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 4-4 GO-FO

El Paso Chihuahuas 14, Omaha Storm Chasers 6

With player movement all over the place, the Storm Chasers were forced to call up a pair of pitchers from Low-A and use their usual position players to get through their game against El Paso. Omaha used Miguel Almonte to start, but the righty didn’t fare well, allowing three runs in his three innings. The game really got away from Justin Camp when he allowed five runs in just two-thirds of an inning.

The offense was in the game until the sixth after Frank Schwindel clubbed a pair of home runs, but Brayan Pena and Dean Anna couldn’t continue to shut the door.

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Cheslor Cuthbert 1-3, R, 2b, 2 BB
Jorge Soler 0-5, 2K
Ryan O’Hearn 1-3, R, RBI, 2 BB
Miguel Almonte 3 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, HR, 48p/33k, 2-2 GO-FO

Arkansas Travelers 4, NW Arkansas Naturals 3

The Naturals bats were flummoxed by starter Anthony Misiewicsz for eight innings. The Angels prospect limited them to four hits, three of which didn’t even leave the infield, and just one walk of shutout baseball.

That put the squad in a 4-0 hole after Emilio Ogando gave up three runs (one earned) in his seven innings and Richard Lovelady gave up a run in his inning. That insurance run proved to be the difference after Mauricio Ramos hit a three-run home run in the ninth, but the Naturals could get no more.

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Richard Lovelady 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 30p/15k, 1-1 GO-FO
Nicky Lopez 0-4, K
Samir Duenez 1-4, R, 2b
Donnie Dewees 0-2, R, 2 BB
Anderson Miller 3-4

Wilmington Blue Rocks 1, Salem Red Sox 1 Susp/6

The Blue Rocks game was suspended after five and a half innings. Starter Scott Blewett was solid in his six innings, allowing one run on four hits with one allowed and five strikeouts.

West Virginia Power 8, Lexington Legends 7 – F/11

The two teams traded punches for eleven innings until West Virginia got the final knockout punch with a run in the bottom of the inning to floor the Legends.

Lexington took a one run lead into the ninth, but reliever Arnaldo Hernandez gave up his second home run of the game to send things into extras. In the eleventh, reliever Vance Tatum gave up a leadoff double and a one out single to take the loss.

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Khalil Lee 2-6, R, 2 K, SB (17)
Emmanuel Rivera 3-4, 3R, 3-2b, RBI
Meibrys Viloria 1-4, RBI, 1-1 CS/Att
Marten Gasparini 2-5, K, SB (14)

Idaho Falls Chukars 14, Missoula Osprey 7

All nine batters in the lineup had at least one hit in the game, and the pitching staff did enough to earn the win for the Chukars on Monday night.

The Idaho Falls offense collected 19 hits, walked nine times and kept the line moving with sixteen singles in the game that saw them go 11 for 26 with runners in scoring position.

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Freddy Fermin 4-5, 3R, 2b, 4 RBI, BB
Amalani Fukofuka 1-5, 2R, BB, 3K

Johnson City Cardinals 4, Burlington Royals 1

The Royals went 0 for 11 with runners in scoring position while starter Carlos Hernandez allowed a pair of home runs to drop the first game in their series in Johnson City.

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Seuly Matias 0-3, BB
Dennicher Carrasco 0-3, BB
Michael Gigliotti 1-3, 2b, BB
Jeison Guzman 1-3, BB, 2 CS (2)

AZL A’s 4, AZL Royals 3

A walk and error opened the door for the A’s in the ninth, and a three-run home run kicked it in for a comeback win. The Royals had a 3-1 lead to that point after a Brewer Hicklen solo home run and a two-run fifth inning.

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Marlin Willis 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Cristian Perez 2-5, R, 2b, E (7)
Nick Pratto 2-3, RBI, SB (6)
MJ Melendez 0-3, BB, 0-1 CS/Att

DSL Red Sox 7, DSL Royals 0 – F/11

The Royals and Sox went to extras tied at zeros but a seven run eleventh put the game away for the bad guys.

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Adrian Alcantara 4 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 4 K
Reynin Reynoso 1-5

HR Roll Call None

BPKC Hitter of the Day Cody Jones 4-4 R, 2-2b

BPKC Pitcher of the Day Eric Stout 3.2 Ip 2 H 0 R 0 ER 1 BB 3 K 58p/38k 3-4 GO-FO

Memphis Redbirds 8 Omaha Storm Chasers 4

The struggles for Josh Staumont continued with the Royals prospect able to record just four outs in his latest start on Friday versus Memphis.

With a pair of hits allowed and six walks, the righty allowed four runs (3 ER) before leaving while tossing just 25 strikes among his 61 pitches thrown. While Staumont wavered reliever Eric Stout continued his stellar run of late, toss three and two-third innings scoreless, lowering his ERA to 2.35 while striking out three on the night.

The offense trimmed the deficit to two runs but former Cardinal prospect Seth Maness gave up three runs to his former Triple-A squad to put the game out of reach for Omaha.

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Raul Mondesi 2-5 R, 2b, 3b, RBI
Jorge Soler 1-3 2R, 2BB
Bubba Starling 0-5

Tulsa Drillers 8 NW Arkansas Naturals 2

The defense behind lefty Emilio Ogando was sub par which amplified his own mistakes in the NW Arkansas loss.

Up 1-0 at the time a two-out error by first baseman Zach Walters on what would’ve been the third out allowed a run in and extended the inning. The Drillers quickly took advantage with a double to plate the runner that reached on the error, taking a 2-1 lead. After the Naturals plated a run with a sac fly in the fourth to tie the game back up Ogando allowed a solo home run to fall behind once again.

The Drillers would pile three singles together in the fifth off Ogando for a run before getting an error and a two run home run in the sixth to push their advantage to 6-2. The Naturals offense went 1 for 7 with runners in scoring position to fail to keep up and Andrew Edwards struggles after his DL stint continued with a pair of runs allowed while he was on the hill.

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Emilio Ogando 6 IP 8 H 6 R 2 ER 0 BB 5 K 8-4 GO-FO 91p/67k
Donnie Dewees 3-4 R, 3b
Nick Dini 1-2 R, RBI, BB

Wilmington Blue Rocks 4 Salem Red Sox 3 

The Rock mounted a late rally to take down the 1st half champs in Salem.

Trailing 3-0 after three innings the Rocks bullpen settled things down, tossing six straight zeros to give the offense some time to get back in the game.

A run in the sixth on four singles got things started with Roman Collins rbi single to drive in Chris DeVito accounted for the run in that inning. The next inning featured a pair of rbi hits as DeVito once again was in the middle of things, singling to drive in Wander Franco before Nathan Esposito’s two-bagger plated Chase Vallot. In the eighth inning, Cody Jones connected on his fourth hit of the night to start off the inning, doubling and then advancing to third on a sacrifice bunt by Jecksson Flores. The Red Sox would walk All-Star Nicky Lopez before striking out D.J. Burt to get within an out of escaping the jam but Wander Franco would line a single to left to plate the lead run for Wilmington.

Wilmington’s Yunior Marte would retire two in the eighth after getting his club out of a seventh-inning jam before turning the ball over to Richard Lovelady. The hard-throwing southpaw would spin his way through four outs to record the save while earning his seventh save of the season.

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Chase Vallot 2-4 R, 2b, BB
Chris DeVito 2-5 R, 2b, RBI
Richard Lovelady 1.1 IP 0 H 0 R 0 BB 1 K 1-2 GO-FO 10p/8k

Orem Owlz 10 Idaho Falls Chukars 6 

The Chukars starter put them behind the eight ball which lead to a home opening loss to the Angels rookie squad.

Starting pitcher Christopher Marte got tuned up for 10 hits and seven runs in just four innings while recording just one strikeout on the day.

Trailing 8-0 the Chukars would plate six runs to get back in the game but failed to get any closer, dropping their home opener in the process.

Outfielder Cristhian Vasquez had a good day at the plate going two for four with a pair of runs scored and two driven in.

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Robby Rinn 2-4 RBI, BB
Tyler Straub 3-3 R, 3b, BB
Cristhian Vasquez 2-4 2R, 3b, 2 RBI

Kingsport Mets 16 Burlington Royals 1 

An ugly second game for the Burlington Royals against the Mets.

The pitching staff gave up 22 hits and 16 runs with five runs coming off starter Michael Messier with just one out recorded before Yerelmy Garcia gave up another five in two and two-third innings.

While the pitching staff was getting knocked around the Royals offense was getting little done on their own, collecting just four hits and one run in the blowout loss. Position player Ryan Dale finished off the night on the mound by tossing the final two innings while allowing five runs in the process.

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Jeison Guzman 1-4 3b
Michael Gigliotti 1-3 R, BB, SB
J.C. Cloney 2 IP 2 H 1 R 1 ER 0 BB 3 K 2-1 GO-FO 20p/16k

DSL Royals 11 DSL Marlins 10

A wild one in the normally pitcher friendly Dominican League on Friday.

The Royals scored eight runs in the first five innings before being forced into making a comeback late. A pair of Royals pitchers worked five innings while limiting the Marlins to two runs with that five run lead. Catcher Felix Familia helped the Royals to an 8-2 lead through that time, doubling in a run in the first and scoring before scoring again in the fifth after reaching on a hit by pitch.

A pair of relievers couldn’t hang onto that lead, allowing eight runs in the seventh frame to put the Royals behind 10-8. Fortunately, the offense wasn’t done plugging the scoreboard for three runs with a Nicholas Febres rbi double before crossing the plate two more times on Marlins wild pitches to take the lead and the eventual win.

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Maikel Garcia 3-3 R, 3b, 3 RBI, BB
Reynin Reynoso 2-3 2R, BB, 2 SB(3)
Nicolas Febres 2-4 2R, 2-2b, 2 RBI

HR Roll Call Samir Duenez (8), Nick Dini (3), Gabe Cancel (5)

BPKC Hitter of the Day: Nick Dini 3-3 HR

BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Anthony Bender 3 IP 2 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 1 K 1-6 GO-FO 45/29k

Nashville Sounds 4 Omaha Storm Chasers 0 

Nashville starter Chris Smith combined with three Sounds relievers to no-hit the Omaha Storm Chasers on Wednesday night.

The Chasers offense didn’t threaten much the entire night as Smith worked six innings on 93 pitches, earning four strikeouts and seven groundouts before turning things to the bullpen. That pen featuring rehabbing Sean Doolittle worked three perfect innings before Simon Castro walked Ruben Sosa in the ninth. That walk would play no factor after Raul Mondesi and Jorge Soler would each groundout to finish the no-hitter.

Omaha’s Christian Binford took the loss after giving up four runs in five and one-third innings on seven hits. A day after Nashville, the league’s top home run hitting team, touched up Josh Staumont for four home runs they would send two out off Binford.

It was the first no-hitter at Werner Park and the first one versus an Omaha club since 2001.

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Seth Manness 1 IP 0 H 0 BB 1 K
Raul Mondesi 0-3 BB
Christian Binford 5.1 IP 7 H 4 R 4 ER 3 BB 5 K 2 HR 5-3 GO-FO 102p/62k

Game 2
NW Arkansas Naturals 5 Springfield Cardinals 4 F/7

The Naturals made a final inning comeback to take the second game of their doubleheader with Springfield.

A solo home run from Nick Dini and a two-run job by Samir Duenez gave NW Arkansas a 3-2 lead at the end of the third inning. That lead held up until the fifth when rehabbing reliever Andrew Edwards gave up a pair of runs when he allowed a couple singles, hit a batter and walked another. The second run came in via a bases-loaded walk from reliever Tim Hill who was trying to get the Naturals out of the jam.

Down one run in the final inning, Duenez reached with a one out single. After a second out Donnie Dewees and Humberto Arteaga each singled, the second of which tied the game. Outfielder Logan Moon would walk to load the bases and setting up Alfredo Escalera. The outfielder came through with an infield single to the right side which allowed Dewees to score and walk things off for NW Arkansas.

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Samir Duenez 2-4 HR, 2 RBI
Donnie Dewees 2-4 R
Humberto Arteaga 2-4 RBI

Game 1
Springfield Cardinals 5 NW Arkansas Naturals 1 F/7

Lefty Emilio Ogando got off to a rough start in game one of the doubleheader, allowing four runs in the first. After a leadoff walk, the Cardinals Magneuris Sierra doubled to put a pair in scoring position. A pair of flyball outs gave the appearance that Ogando may get out of the inning with just one run allowed but a two out single brought in Sierra before a two run home run by Alex Mejia gave Springfield the four spot.

Those runs proved to be plenty with the Naturals getting just two runs on a two out single by Mauricio Ramos in the fifth inning.

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Corey Toups 1-3 R, SB
Emilio Ogando 6 IP 8 H 5 R 4 ER 1 BB 3 K 4-5 GO-FO 92p/59k
Mauricio Ramos 1-2 2 RBI

Columbia Fireflies 5 Lexington Legends 1

The Legends didn’t have much luck facing off against Mets pitching prospect Merandy Gonzalez on Wednesday afternoon.

The starter improved to 8-1 while pushing his ERA to 1.56 with just six innings of shutout ball while allowing just three Lexington singles and a walk while on the hill. Lexington starter Garrett Davila couldn’t match that output on his end, allowing 10 hits in five innings including five doubles which allowed Columbia to push five runs across.

The lone Legends run came via a ninth inning home run by Gabe Cancel, his fifth of the season.

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Garett Davila 5 IP 10 H 5 R 5 ER 1 BB 1 K 3-5 GO-FO 95p/61k
Gabe Cancel 2-4 HR
Manny Olloque 2-4

DSL Marlins 6 DSL Royals 3

The DSL Royals dropped their first game of the season despite taking a 3-1 lead after four innings.

That lead was built on bases clearing double from Rubendy Jaquez that gave the Royals a two run lead. The Marlins answered back with a pair of runs in the fifth and the Royals bullpen couldn’t hold things down, giving up three more runs in the loss.

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Rubendy Jaquez 1-3 2b, 3 RBI
Felix Familia 1-4 R
Reynin Reynosa 2-3 BB