TEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A)
Midland RockHounds 10
Frisco RoughRiders 9
WP – Healy 3-1 / 2.20
HR – Brugman (3)
Farmhand Of The Game:
Outfielder Jaycob Brugman
(3 for 5 / Home Run / 2 RBIs)
With the game tied in the top of the 9th, outfielder Jaycob Brugman led off the inning with his 3rd home run for Midland to provide the winning run as the RockHounds snapped their 3-game losing streak on Wednesday. Brugman also had a pair of singles and drove in the Hounds’ first run of the game in the 2nd. Outfielder Chad Oberacker collected 3 hits, including a double, and drove in 3 runs, while second baseman Wade Kirkland also had 3 hits and scored 3 times. Catcher Carson Blair had 2 hits and 2 walks, and shortstop Chad Pinder and outfielder Josh Whitaker drove in a pair of runs apiece in the win. Starter Nate Long had a rare rough outing for the RockHounds, allowing 8 runs in 5 innings of work, while RHP Kris Hall gave up 1 run in 2 innings of relief, and RHP Tucker Healy pitched 2 perfect innings to earn his 3rd win on Wednesday.
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PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A)
Nashville Sounds 4
Memphis Redbirds 9
LP – Neal 5-3 / 3.94
Farmhand Of The Game:
Second Baseman Joey Wendle
(4 for 5 / 2 Doubles / 2 RBIs)
RHP Zach Neal had a shaky start for the Sounds on Wednesday, allowing 6 runs in 5 innings of work to take his 3rd loss, while LHP Ryan Verdugo gave up 3 more runs in 1 inning of relief for Nashville. Second baseman Joey Wendle had a big day at the plate, collecting 4 hits, including 2 doubles, and drove in a pair of runs, while outfielders Craig Gentry and Jake Smolinski had 3 hits apiece in the loss.
NEW YORK-PENN LEAGUE (Class-A Short-Season)
Aberdeen IronBirds 3
Vermont Lake Monsters 1
LP – Schwartz 0-2 / 16.88
Farmhand Of The Game:
Pitcher Mike Fagan
(3 IP / 0 H / 0 ER / 0 BB / 4 K)
After giving up 9 earned runs his last time out, RHP Jordan Schwartz allowed 2 runs, just 1 earned, in 4 innings of work to take his 2nd loss for the Lake Monsters. LHP Mike Fagan struck out 4 in 3 perfect innings of relief to give Vermont the chance to climb back within a run, but LHP Tyler Painton surrendered another run in the 9th. Shortstop Jesus Lopez reached base 3 times, on a single, a double and a walk, while outfielder Shawn Duinkerk and third baseman Gabriel Santana had a pair of hits apiece in the loss.
ARIZONA LEAGUE (Rookie Short-Season)
AZL Mariners 7
AZL A’s 6
LP – Zambrano 0-1 / 4.50
Farmhand Of The Game:
Shortstop Eric Marinez
(2 for 2 / RBI)
18-year-old Venezuelan RHP Jesus Zambrano allowed 2 runs in 4 innings of work to take the loss on Wednesday. 16th-round RHP Dustin Hurlbutt gave up 3 runs while registering just one out in the 5th inning, while 20th-round RHP James Naile got the final two outs of the 5th in his professional debut for the A’s. Former catcher Ryan Gorton allowed 1 unearned run in 1 inning of relief, and 19-year-old RHP Emerson Nelo gave up 1 run in 3 innings of work. Shortstop Eric Marinez and second baseman Carlos Hiciano had a pair of hits apiece, while 13th-round outfielder Brett Siddall, third baseman Jean Carlo Rodriguez and designated hitter Jhonny Rodriguez each singled, walked and drove in a run in the loss.
Thursday’s Games:
Nashville @ Memphis – 5:05pm PT / 7:05pm CT
Midland @ San Antonio – 5:05pm PT / 7:05pm CT
Stockton @ Inland Empire – 7:05pm PT
Beloit @ Burlington – 4:30pm PT / 6:30pm CT
Vermont @ Hudson Valley – 4:05pm PT / 7:05pm ET
AZL A’s @ AZL Mariners – 7:00pm PT
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