PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A)
Memphis Redbirds 7
Nashville Sounds 4
LP – Wendelken 1-3 / 5.48
HR – Pinder (6)
Prospect Of The Game:
Shortstop Chad Pinder
(3 for 4 / Home Run / Walk)
Starter Angel Castro surrendered 3 runs over 6 innings of work on Tuesday, but shortstop Chad Pinder, who had 3 hits in the game, slugged his 6th home run in the bottom of the 5th inning to give the Sounds a slim 1-run lead. LHP Patrick Schuster surrendered 1 run in the 7th to tie the game at 4-4, and it remained tied until RHP J.B. Wendelken gave up 3 runs in the top of the 10th to take the loss on Tuesday. Second baseman Arismendy Alcantara singled, tripled, walked and swiped a pair of bases, while third baseman Renato Nunez singled, walked and drove in a run, and first baseman Rangel Ravelo had a pair of hits in the loss. With Oakland LHP Sean Manaea landing on the disabled list, Sounds LHP Eric Surkamp was recalled to take his spot on the A’s roster. Surkamp made the start for Oakland on Tuesday night and surrendered 7 runs in 2 1/3 innings to suffer his 4th loss for the A’s.
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TEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A)
Midland RockHounds 4
Frisco RoughRiders 5
LP – Finnegan 1-2 / 4.76
HR – Barreto (6)
Prospect Of The Game:
Shortstop Franklin Barreto
(1 for 3 / Home Run / Walk)
Starter Joel Seddon allowed 3 runs over 5 innings of work and left with the game a 3-3 tie on Tuesday. RHP Sam Bragg tossed 2 scoreless innings of relief, while RHP Bobby Wahl pitched a perfect 8th. Shortstop Franklin Barreto slugged his 6th home run, a solo shot, in the top of the 9th to give his team the lead. But RHP Kyle Finnegan gave up a 2-run homer with one out in the bottom of the 9th to take the loss as Frisco came back to win in a walk-off. Catcher Beau Taylor had a pair of doubles, while right fielder Tyler Marincov singled and drove in a pair of runs in the loss. And it was announced on Tuesday that RockHounds infielders Matt Chapman, Franklin Barreto and Wade Kirkland, along with catcher Beau Taylor and RHP Corey Walter, will all represent the South Division in the Texas League All-Star Game, with Midland skipper Ryan Christenson managing the squad.
RHP Joel Seddon: 5 IP / 6 H / 3 ER / 1 BB / 1 K
RHP Sam Bragg: 2 IP / 1 H / 0 ER / 0 BB / 2 K
RHP Bobby Wahl: 1 IP / 0 H / 0 ER / 0 BB / 2 K
RHP Kyle Finnegan: 1/3 IP / 1 H / 2 ER / 1 BB / 0 K
C Beau Taylor: 2 for 4 / 2 Doubles
RF Tyler Marincov: 1 for 3 / 2 RBIs
CALIFORNIA LEAGUE (High-A)
Modesto Nuts 4
Stockton Ports 1
LP – Meisner 0-11 / 4.48
Prospect Of The Game:
Pitcher Matt Stalcup
(4 IP / 2 H / 0 ER / 0 BB / 4 K)
The Ports moved RHP Casey Meisner out of the starting rotation to try to trun around his bad luck, but it didn’t seem to work on Tuesday. LHP Matt Stalcup made the start and surrendered just 2 hits over 4 shutout innings before giving way to Meisner, who allowed 2 runs, just 1 earned, over 3 innings of work and ended up suffering his 11th straight loss for Stockton. The Ports managed just 1 run on 5 hits on Tuesday. Shortstop Richie Martin had a pair of singles and a walk in the loss.
RHP Casey Meisner: 3 IP / 3 H / 2 R / 1 ER / 2 BB / 2 K
RHP Corey Miller: 2 IP / 1 H / 2 R / 0 ER / 1 BB / 3 K
SS Richie Martin: 2 for 4 / Walk
CF James Harris: 1 for 3 / Walk
MIDWEST LEAGUE (Class-A)
Kane County Cougars
Beloit Snappers
(POSTPONED)
In Other News…
The A’s agreed to terms with RHP Daulton Jefferies and 23 other 2016 draft picks on Monday. Jefferies reportedly signed for $1.6 million, and you can check out our recent interview with him here. The complete list of signees is below…
1st Supplemental RHP Daulton Jefferies (UC Berkeley), 6th RHP Brandon Bailey (Gonzaga), 8th LHP Will Gilbert (North Carolina St), 9th LHP Dalton Sawyer (Minnesota), 10th RHP Mitchell Jordan (Stetson), 11th SS Eli White (Clemson), 12th OF Luke Persico (UCLA), 13th 2B Nathan Mondou (Wake Forest), 17th RHP Seth Martinez (Arizona St), 18th C Skyler Weber (Georgia), 19th RHP Sam Gilbert (Kansas), 21st OF Kyle Nowlin (Eastern Kentucky), 22nd C Roger Gonzalez (Winthrop), 24th OF Robert Bennie (East Stroudsburg), 25th OF Jeramiah McCray (Martin Luther King HS-CA), 26th 1B Charley Gould (William & Mary), 27th OF Cole Gruber (Nebraska-Omaha), 28th 2B Josh Vidales (Houston), 29th RHP Matt Milburn (Wofford), 30th RHP Nick Highberger (Creighton), 31st RHP Sam Sheehan (Westmont), 33rd C Jarrett Costa (Westmont), 34th SS Casey Thomas (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi), 40th SS Brett Bittiger (Pace)
Wednesday’s Games:
Memphis @ Nashville – 10:05am PT / 12:05pm CT
San Antonio @ Midland – 4:30pm PT / 6:30pm CT
Modesto @ Stockton – 7:10pm PT
Kane County @ Beloit (Game #1) – 2:00pm PT / 4:00pm CT
Kane County @ Beloit (Game #2)
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