Minor League Highlights 4/21

AAA Durham Bulls Win 6-5

Joaquin Benoit pitched 1.1 innings of relief with two strikeouts; four of his 13 pitches were whiffed on. Winnie Abreu also pitched a scoreless inning striking out two and generating four swinging strikes. Dan Johnson continued to smoke the ball hitting his 7th home run of the young season on his way to a 1-3 day with two walks. Hank Blalock went 1-6 but hit his first home run of the season. Desmond Jennings was 1-5 with a walk and two steals on the day, while the now right-handed hitting Fernando Perez was 3-5 with a walk and his eighth swiped bag of the season.

AA Montgomery Biscuits Lose 6-5

It's time to hold our breath as Jake McGee left in the third inning with some sort of left leg injury from pushing off the mound (H/T DRB user ega05me). McGee went 2.1 innings allowing a run on two hits and walk while striking out three. McGee induced 6 swinging strikes on his 43 pitches. Pay attention to the comments section for any injury updates.

On the bright side, Nevin Ashley made his debut and went 2-4 with a triple. Drew Anderson was 2-3 with a double and a walk while Cody Strait had a pair of doubles.

A+ Charlotte Stone Crabs

Nick Barnese was hit around a bit giving up five runs on ten hits in four innings, but his peripherals were dyn-o-mite striking out eight and walking just one. 10 of the 17 balls put in play against him went for hits.  Tim Beckham went 2-4 with a double and was thrown out trying to steal. Ky Kang was 1-4 with a double, and Mike Sweeney 0-2 with a pair of walks.

A Bowling Green Hot Rods

Wilking Rodriguez made the start and went six innings allowing one run on five hits and a walk while striking out two. He now has 16 walks to 3 strikeouts on the year. Sadly, the anemic Bowling Green bats let him down amassing just three singles and a walk.