Friday, July 4th: JJ Bleday & Willie MacIver Lead Vegas to Victory while Hounds, Nuts & Ports All Fall

 

“Prospect” Of The Day: Outfielder JJ Bleday (5 for 5 / 2 Doubles / 2 RBIs / 3 Runs)

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE  (TRIPLE-A)

Las Vegas Aviators          10

Oklahoma City Comets   6

WP: Bido 2-0 / 5.71

Center fielder JJ Bleday and catcher Willie MacIver helped lead Las Vegas to victory over Oklahoma City on Friday. Bleday had a big night, going 5 for 5 with a pair of doubles while driving in 2 runs and scoring 3 times. Since being optioned back to Las Vegas the final day of June, Bleday has gone 8 for 14 with 5 extra-base hits and 5 RBIs, and he’s now slashing .439/.477/.707 in 9 games with the Aviators this season. MacIver went 2 for 3 on Friday, was hit by a pitch, stole a base, scored a run and drove in 3 runs, and he’s now hitting .381 over 37 games for Las Vegas. Right fielder Nick Martini singled, doubled, drew a walk and scored twice, while second baseman Alejo Lopez doubled, walked twice and drove in a run, and shortstop Darell Hernaiz singled, doubled and drove in a pair for the Aviators. Starter Osvaldo Bido allowed 3 runs and struck out 6 through 5 frames to earn the victory for Las Vegas.

 

TEXAS LEAGUE  (DOUBLE-A)

Midland RockHounds   1

Amarillo Sod Poodles     6

LP: Zhuang 4-9 / 4.73

DH Shane McGuire: 2-4, 2B, R

C Lyle Lin: 2-4, RBI

3B Luke Mann: 2-4

RHP Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang: 4.1 IP/11 H/6 R/5 ER/1 BB/4 K/Loss

RHP Micah Dallas: 1.2 IP/1 H/0 ER/1 BB/0 K

RHP Stevie Emanuels: 1 IP/0 H/0 ER/0 BB/2 K

 

MIDWEST LEAGUE  (HIGH-A)

Fort Wayne TinCaps   6

Lansing Lugnuts            3

LP: Echavarria 2-5 / 5.43

DH Jared Dickey: 2-4, 2B, BB, R

2B Casey Yamauchi: 2-3, HBP

RF Nate Nankil: 1-4, BB, RBI

RHP Steven Echavarria: 5 IP/6 H/4 ER/3 BB/1 K/Loss

RHP Wander Guante: 1 IP/1 H/0 ER/0 BB/0 K

RHP Blaze Pontes: 1 IP/0 H/0 ER/1 BB/1 K

 

CALIFORNIA LEAGUE  (SINGLE-A)

Stockton Ports       8

San Jose Giants   10

LP: Miller 0-1 / 4.76

HR: Pacheco (1)

LF Carlos Pacheco: 1-3, HR, BB, 3 RBI

DH Cameron Leary: 2-3, 2B, 2 BB, SB, RBI

1B C.J. Pittaro: 1-4, 2B, BB, RBI

LHP Brayan Restituyo: 1 IP/1 H/0 ER/0 BB/3 K

RHP Cole Miller: 1.2 IP/5 H/3 R/2 ER/1 BB/2 K/Loss

RHP Alejandro Manzano 3 IP/6 H/4 ER/2 BB/1 K

 

ARIZONA COMPLEX LEAGUE  (ROOKIE)

ACL Guardians   6

ACL A’s                    8

WP: Fernandez 1-2 / 5.60

DH Darling Fernandez: 1-2, 3 BB, 2 SB, RBI

3B Jesus Superlano: 2-4, BB, 2 SB, 2 RBI

C Ben Newton: 2-4, BB, 2 RBI

CF Brayan Buelvas: 2-4, RBI

RHP Josiah Romeo: 4 IP/5 H/3 ER/2 BB/5 K

RHP Richard Fernandez: 1 IP/3 H/3 ER/2 BB/0 K/Win

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

 

Saturday’s Games:

Las Vegas @ Oklahoma City: 5:05pm PT

Midland @ Amarillo: 5:05pm PT/7:05pm CT

Fort Wayne @ Lansing: 4:05pm PT/7:05pm ET

Stockton @ San Jose: 6:30pm PT

 

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