Tuesday, July 8th: Shotaro Morii Has Big Day in AZ while Ken Waldichuk Struggles for Vegas

 

Prospect Of The Day: Shortstop Shotaro Morii (4 for 5 / 2 Doubles / 2 RBIs / 2 Runs / SB)

ARIZONA COMPLEX LEAGUE  (ROOKIE)

ACL Reds   18

ACL A’s        10

LP: Parra 1-4 / 7.90

On a day when all the A’s affiliates went down to defeat, shortstop Shotaro Morii turned in the top performance of the day. The 18-year-old Japanese infielder went 4 for 5 with a pair of doubles, stole a base, drove in 2 runs and scored twice, and Morii is now boasting an on-base percentage of .425 in 31 games this season. Third baseman Jesus Superlano went 4 for 5 with a double, stole a base and drove in a run, while catcher Ramon Landaeta singled twice, doubled and drove in 3 runs, and first baseman German Ortiz singled, doubled and scored a run for the A’s. Starter Josnier Parra allowed 8 runs, 6 earned, in 2 1/3 innings of work to suffer the loss on Tuesday.

 

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE  (TRIPLE-A)

Las Vegas Aviators      4

El Paso Chihuahuas   11

LP: Waldichuk 0-1 / 10.50

HR: MacIver (3)

C Willie MacIver: 1-4, HR, 2 RBI

LF Carlos Cortes: 2-4, 2B

SS Darell Hernaiz: 2-4, RBI

3B Miguel Andujar: 0-4

LHP Ken Waldichuk: 0.2 IP/2 H/5 ER/3 BB/2 K/Loss

LHP Will Johnston: 1 IP/3 H/5 ER/3 BB/1 K

RHP Mason Barnett: 5 IP/4 H/1 ER/1 BB/8 K

 

TEXAS LEAGUE  (DOUBLE-A)

Midland RockHounds     2

NW Arkansas Naturals   8

LP: Beers 0-2 / 4.50

HR: McGuire (4), Aldrete (4)

C Shane McGuire: 1-3, HR, BB

1B Carter Aldrete: 1-4, HR

CF Junior Perez: 1-3, BB, SB

RHP Blake Beers: 2.2 IP/3 H/6 R/3 ER/5 BB/3 K/Loss

LHP CD Pelham: 1 IP/0 H/0 ER/1 BB/1 K

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

 

MIDWEST LEAGUE  (HIGH-A)

Lansing Lugnuts       2

Great Lakes Loons   3

LP: Mahoney 1-2 / 5.65

LF Rodney Green: 1-2, 2 BB, RBI

CF Ryan Lasko: 2-4, SB

RF Nate Nankil: 1-3, BB, RBI

RHP Corey Avant: 6 IP/4 H/0 ER/1 BB/6 K

LHP Jack Mahoney: 1 IP/2 H/3 ER/1 BB/0 K/Loss

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

 

CALIFORNIA LEAGUE  (SINGLE-A)

Stockton Ports   4

Modesto Nuts   10

LP: Hammond 1-2 / 6.94

LF Cameron Leary: 3-4, 2 SB, 3 R

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

2B Max Durrington: 1-4, 2B

LHP Ryan Magdic: 6 IP/7 H/2 ER/0 BB/7 K

RHP Blake Hammond: 0.1 IP/2 H/4 ER/1 BB/1 K/Loss

LHP Brayan Restituyo: 0.1 IP/5 H/4 ER/1 BB/1 K

 

Wednesday’s Games:

Las Vegas @ El Paso: 5:35pm PT

Midland @ NW Arkansas: 5:05pm PT/7:05pm CT

Lansing @ Great Lakes: 4:05pm PT/7:05pm ET

Stockton @ Modesto: 6:40pm PT

 

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