Saturday, May 24th: Luis Morales Pitches Vegas to Victory while Lansing Splits Twinbill

 

Prospect Of The Day: Pitcher Luis Morales (6 IP/0 H/0 ER/1 BB/7 K/Win)

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE  (TRIPLE-A)

Las Vegas Aviators                      6

Sugar Land Space Cowboys   1

WP: Morales 1-0 / 0.00

HR: Cortes (5)

RHP Luis Morales turned in an outstanding start in his Triple-A debut to lead Las Vegas to victory on Saturday. The hard-throwing, 22-year-old, Cuban righty threw 6 scoreless and hitless innings, issuing just 1 walk while notching 7 strikeouts to earn the victory for the Aviators. Morales threw 88 pitches, 62 for strikes and, including his last pair of outings for Double-A Midland, he’s now allowed just 3 runs while recording 26 strikeouts in 19 innings over his last 3 starts. Meanwhile, LHP David Leal surrendered Sugar Land’s sole run in 1 inning of relief in his Triple-A debut. Left fielder Carlos Cortes singled, walked and tagged a two-run homer, while designated hitter Max Muncy singled, walked twice and stole a base, and center fielder Drew Avans singled twice, walked and scored a run for Las Vegas.

 

TEXAS LEAGUE  (DOUBLE-A)

Midland RockHounds   3

Frisco RoughRiders         4

LP: Zhuang 3-4 / 4.72

2B Drew Swift: 3-4, 3B, 3 RBI

SS Euribiel Angeles: 3-4, R

LF Caeden Trenkle: 1-3, BB, R

RHP Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang: 6 IP/6 H/4 ER/0 BB/2 K/Loss

LHP Colton Johnson: 1 IP/1 H/0 ER/0 BB/2 K

RHP Colin Peluse: 1 IP/1 H/0 ER/0 BB/1 K

 

MIDWEST LEAGUE  (HIGH-A)

GAME #1

Lansing Lugnuts                0

Lake County Captains   2

LP: Tur 1-2 / 3.24

1B T.J. Schofield-Sam: 1-3

DH Ryan Lasko: 0-2, 2 BB, SB

CF Rodney Green: 0-1, 2 BB

RHP Yunior Tur: 5.2 IP/5 H/2 R/1 ER/1 BB/4 K/Loss

RHP Wander Guante: 0.1 IP/0 H/0 ER/0 BB/0 K

 
GAME #2

Lansing Lugnuts                4

Lake County Captains   0

WP: Avant 2-0 / 3.47

HR: White (5), Schofield-Sam (3)

1B T.J. Schofield-Sam: 1-2, HR, BB

3B Tommy White: 1-2, HR

2B Casey Yamauchi: 1-2, 2B, RBI

RHP Corey Avant: 5 IP/2 H/0 ER/3 BB/2 K/Win

RHP Jake Garland: 2 IP/0 H/0 ER/1 BB/0 K

 

CALIFORNIA LEAGUE  (SINGLE-A)

Rancho Cucamonga Quakes   9

Stockton Ports                               2

LP: Dicochea 3-4 / 6.28

2B Davis Diaz: 2-4, BB, RBI

3B Myles Naylor: 2-3, BB, R

LF Cameron Leary: 1-4, 2B, RBI

RHP Jose Dicochea: 2 IP/5 H/3 ER/2 BB/3 K/Loss

RHP Tzu-Chen Sha: 1 IP/2 H/5 R/4 ER/2 BB/1 K

RHP Sam Stuhr: 2 IP/1 H/0 ER/2 BB/1 K

 

ARIZONA COMPLEX LEAGUE  (ROOKIE)

ACL A’s               4

ACL D’backs   5

LP: Alvarado 0-1 / 3.00

LF Darling Fernandez: 2-3, BB, 2 RBI

SS Shotaro Morii: 1-3, BB, SB, R

RF Reynaldo De La Paz: 1-2, BB

RHP Manuel Perez: 3.1 IP/6 H/3 R/2 ER/1 BB/0 K

RHP Wilfred Alvarado: 1.2 IP/4 H/2 R/1 ER/0 BB/0 K/Loss

RHP Paul Chacon: 1 IP/1 H/0 ER/0 BB/0 K

 

Sunday’s Games:

Las Vegas @ Sugar Land: 4:05pm PT

Midland @ Frisco: 4:05pm PT/6:05pm CT

Lansing @ Lake County: 10:00am PT/1:00pm ET

Rancho Cucamonga @ Stockton: 2:09pm PT

 

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