Friday, June 27th: Shotaro Morii Homers to Help ACL A’s Win while Gelof, Cortes & Morales Lead Vegas to Victory

 

Prospect Of The Day: Designated Hitter Shotaro Morii (2 for 3 / HR / 3 Walks / 2 RBIs / 2 Runs)

ARIZONA COMPLEX LEAGUE  (ROOKIE)

ACL A’s                   9

ACL Guardians   5

WP: Conover 4-2 / 4.10

HR: Morii (2)

Designated hitter Shotaro Morii had a big game for the second straight night to help lead the ACL A’s to victory in Arizona on Friday. The 18-year-old Japanese infielder singled in the A’s first run in the 3rd inning and then came around to score the team’s second run before slugging a solo shot in the 6th inning. Morii, who’s shown a keen eye at the plate, also drew 3 walks in the game. He’s now gone 5 for his last 7 with a home run and a triple and is batting .333 in the month of June. Left fielder Cesar Franco singled, doubled, drew a pair of walks and drove in 3 runs, while first baseman German Ortiz went 2 for 5, walked and scored a run. Third baseman Jesus Superlano singled twice and stole a base, and center fielder Joseph Rodriguez went 2 for 3 and scored a run. Starter Drew Conover allowed just 1 run through 5 frames to earn the win for the A’s.

 

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE  (TRIPLE-A)

Albuquerque Isotopes   6

Las Vegas Aviators          7

WP: Morales 4-2 / 5.34

HR: Cortes (13), Gelof (1)

2B Zack Gelof: 3-4, HR, BB, RBI

LF Carlos Cortes: 2-4, HR, 2B, 3 RBI

SS Darell Hernaiz: 3-5, 2B, RBI

RHP Joey Estes: 4.2 IP/7 H/5 ER/0 BB/5 K

LHP Will Johnston: 1.1 IP/1 H/1 ER/1 BB/1 K

RHP Luis Morales: 3 IP/3 H/0 ER/0 BB/3 K/Win

 

TEXAS LEAGUE  (DOUBLE-A)

GAME #1

San Antonio Missions    6

Midland RockHounds   2

LP: Tur 2-1 / 0.63

1B Carter Aldrete: 1-4, 2B, RBI

DH Henry Bolte: 1-4

2B Sahid Valenzuela: 1-4

RHP Yunior Tur: 2 IP/3 H/1 ER/0 BB/1 K/Loss

RHP Kyle Robinson: 4 IP/10 H/4 ER/3 BB/1 K

RHP Yorlin Calderon: 2 IP/2 H/0 ER/1 BB/3 K

 

GAME #2

San Antonio Missions    4

Midland RockHounds   5

WP: Tomioka 1-0 / 0.52

HR: Halter (3)

2B Colby Halter: 2-3, HR, BB, 3 RBI

RF Caeden Trenkle: 2-3, BB, RBI

LF Clark Elliott: 1-3, BB

LHP Diego Barrera: 2.1 IP/0 H/3 R/2 ER/2 BB/5 K

RHP Tyler Baum: 1.2 IP/1 H/0 ER/0 BB/1 K

RHP Shohei Tomioka: 2 IP/0 H/0 ER/2 BB/2 K/Win

 

MIDWEST LEAGUE  (HIGH-A)

Dayton Dragons   19

Lansing Lugnuts     4

LP: Avant 2-4 / 4.27

SS Joshua Kuroda-Grauer: 2-5, 3B, RBI

LF Nate Nankil: 2-3, HBP, RBI

1B T.J. Schofield-Sam: 1-4, 2B, BB, 2 R

RHP Corey Avant: 4 IP/7 H/7 ER/5 BB/4 K/Loss

RHP Yehizon Sanchez: 1.2 IP/7 H/7 R/4 ER/2 BB/1 K

RHP Hunter Breault: 1.1 IP/2 H/2 ER/1 BB/0 K

 

CALIFORNIA LEAGUE  (SINGLE-A)

Stockton Ports     6

Fresno Grizzlies   2

WP: Layton 1-1 / 4.40

C Dylan Fien: 2-5, 2 3B, 2 RBI

SS Ali Camarillo: 2-3, 2B, BB

3B Jared Sprague-Lott: 1-2, BB, HBP, RBI

RHP Cole Miller: 4 IP/6 H/2 R/1 ER/0 BB/0 K

RHP Aidan Layton: 5 IP/1 H/0 ER/1 BB/3 K/Win

 

Saturday’s Games:

Albuquerque @ Las Vegas: 7:05pm PT

San Antonio @ Midland: 5:00pm PT/7:00pm CT

Dayton @ Lansing: 4:05pm PT/7:05pm ET

Stockton @ Fresno: 6:50pm PT

ACL Dodgers @ ACL A’s: 11:00am PT

 

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