Saturday, May 13th: Beers Leads Lansing to Shutout Victory while Brown Begins Rehab with Vegas

 

Prospect Of The Day: Pitcher Blake Beers (7 IP / 3 H / 0 ER / 1 BB / 3 K / Win)

MIDWEST LEAGUE  (HIGH-A)

Lansing Lugnuts                        6

West Michigan Whitecaps  0

WP: Beers 4-1 / 3.10

Starter Blake Beers turned in an impressive performance to lead Lansing to a shutout victory on Saturday. The 24-year-old righty allowed just 3 hits and walked 1 while striking out 3 over 7 scoreless innings to earn his team-leading 4th win for the Lugnuts. Last season for Lansing and Stockton, Beers notched 100 strikeouts in 92 2/3 innings while posting a 4.08 ERA, which was second-best among A’s minor leaguers with at least 90 innings pitched last year. LHP Kumar Nambiar tossed 2 scoreless innings in relief to complete the shutout on Saturday. Meanwhile, designated hitter Daniel Susac and second baseman Sahid Valenzuela had a pair of hits apiece and both drove in runs for the Lugnuts.

 

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE  (TRIPLE-A)

Albuquerque Isotopes  6

Las Vegas Aviators        7

WP: Acevedo 1-0 / 11.57

HR: Thomas (9), Pozo (3)

RF Cody Thomas: 1-3, HR, BB, 3 RBI

C Yohel Pozo: 1-3, HR, BB, 2 RBI

3B Jonah Bride: 2-4, 2B, RBI

LF Trenton Brooks: 2-4, 2B

DH Seth Brown: 1-2

RHP Aaron Wilkerson: 3 IP/5 H/2 ER/0 BB/5 K

RHP Miguel Romero: 2 IP/2 H/0 ER/1 BB/2 K

LHP Garrett Williams: 1 IP/2 H/0 ER/0 BB/1 K

RHP Chase Cohen: 2 IP/3 H/1 ER/0 BB/2 K

RHP Domingo Acevedo: 1 IP/3 H/3 ER/0 BB/1 K

 

TEXAS LEAGUE  (DOUBLE-A)

Midland RockHounds  0

Amarillo Sod Poodles    0

(POSTPONED)

 

CALIFORNIA LEAGUE  (SINGLE-A)

Stockton Ports                               5

Rancho Cucamonga Quakes  7

LP: Guarate 0-3 / 8.31

HR: Schofield-Sam (1)

3B T.J. Schofield-Sam: 2-3, HR, 3 RBI

1B Brennan Milone: 2-3, 2B, BB, RBI

2B Robert Puason: 3-4, SB

LHP James Gonzalez: 5 IP/5 H/3 ER/3 BB/6 K

RHP Carlos Guarate: 1.1 IP/4 H/4 ER/3 BB/1 K

RHP Blaze Pontes: 1.2 IP/2 H/0 ER/0 BB/3 K

 

Sunday’s Games:

Albuquerque @ Las Vegas: 12:05pm PT

Midland @ Amarillo – Game #1: 11:05am PT / 1:05pm CT

Midland @ Amarillo – Game #2

Lansing @ West Michigan: 11:00am PT / 2:00pm ET

Stockton @ Rancho Cucamonga: 2:00pm PT

 

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