Saturday, May 18th: Halter Helps Lead Lansing to Victory while Bido Takes Loss for Las Vegas

 

Prospect Of The Day: Second Baseman Colby Halter (2-4, HR, Walk, 3 RBI)

MIDWEST LEAGUE  (HIGH-A)

Lake County Captains  11

Lansing Lugnuts              15

WP: Irvin 1-1 / 7.71

HR: Butler (3), Halter (2), Bautista (1)

The Lugnuts put 15 runs on the board to secure their third straight victory over the Captains on Saturday, and second baseman Colby Halter helped lead Lansing’s offensive attack. The 22-year-old infielder, who was the A’s 17th-round draft pick last year, singled, homered, drew a walk and drove in 3 runs, and Halter now leads the Lugnuts with 29 walks while boasting a .376 on-base percentage. Catcher CJ Rodriguez singled twice, walked twice and scored twice, while right fielder Brayan Buelvas had a pair of hits, drew a walk, drove in a run and stole a base. Left fielder Jonny Butler homered and walked, and first baseman Danny Bautista belted a three-run homer in the bottom of the 3rd for Lansing. Starter Jacob Watters was charged with 7 runs in 1 2/3 innings of work, while LHP Garrett Irvin gave up 1 run in 2 1/3 innings or relief to pick up the win for the Lugnuts.

 

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE  (TRIPLE-A)

El Paso Chihuahuas  11

Las Vegas Aviators     3

LP: Bido 4-2 / 3.31

HR: Noda (2)

1B Ryan Noda: 1-3, HR, BB

CF Lawrence Butler: 1-4, 2B, BB

LF Miguel Andujar: 0-3

RHP Osvaldo Bido: 4 IP/5 H/4 ER/2 BB/3 K/Loss

LHP Scott Alexander: 0.2 IP/1 H/0 ER/0 BB/2 K

RHP Zach Jackson: 2.1 IP/5 H/2 ER/1 BB/0 K

 

TEXAS LEAGUE  (DOUBLE-A)

Midland RockHounds  2

Springfield Cardinals     3

LP: Tomioka 1-1 / 2.08

HR: Thomas (10)

LF Colby Thomas: 1-4, HR

2B Cooper Bowman: 1-2, BB, HBP, SB

C Daniel Susac: 1-4, 2B

RHP Royber Salinas: 4.1 IP/3 H/2 ER/5 BB/1 K

RHP Chase Cohen: 1.2 IP/3 H/0 ER/0 BB/1 K

RHP Shohei Tomioka: 2.1 IP/3 H/1 R/0 ER/0 BB/3 K/Loss

 

CALIFORNIA LEAGUE  (SINGLE-A)

Fresno Grizzlies   5

Stockton Ports    2

LP: Dicochea 1-2 / 2.77

HR: Conn (3)

C Cole Conn: 1-3, HR, BB

DH Nelson Beltran: 1-3, 2B, BB

RHP Tzu-Chen Sha: 5 IP/3 H/2 ER/0 BB/4 K

RHP Jose Dicochea: 2.1 IP/0 H/1 R/0 ER/1 BB/2 K/Loss

LHP Diego Barrera: 1.2 IP/3 H/2 ER/1 BB/3 K

 

ARIZONA COMPLEX LEAGUE  (ROOKIE)

ACL Dodgers  8

ACL A’s              1

LP: Perez 0-1 / 12.15

CF Joseph Rodriguez: 1-4, BB

2B Ray Garrett: 1-4, SB

LHP Sean Newcomb: 1 IP/0 H/0 ER/0 BB/2 K

RHP Manuel Perez: 2.1 IP/5 H/6 ER/2 BB/2 K/Loss

RHP Camilo Hernandez: 2.2 IP/0 H/0 ER/1 BB/2 K

 

Sunday’s Games:

El Paso @ Las Vegas: 12:05pm PT

Midland @ Springfield: 11:05am PT/1:05pm CT

Lake County @ Lansing: 10:05am PT/1:05pm ET

Fresno @ Stockton: 2:09pm PT

 

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