Down on the farm June 1: Romero wraps up May

The Dominican Summer League starts today. Off the top of my head, I couldn't tell you anything about the team other than they are in fact scheduled to play.

Triple-A Durham Bulls (35-20) defeated Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 8-4

Game log
Box score

Brandon Guyer 2/5, 1 run scored, 1 home run, 2 runs batted in, 2 strikeouts, 1 stolen base
Wil Myers 2/5, 1 run scored, 2 runs batted in, 1 strikeout
Tim Beckham 2/4, 2 runs scored, 1 double, 1 triple
Cole Figueroa 3/4, 1 triple, 2 runs batted in

Jim Paduch 6.1 innings pitched, 7 hits, 4 runs, 0 walks, 6 strikeouts (improves to 2-3)
Matt Buschmann 2.2 innings pitched, 0 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks, 3 strikeouts (earns 1st save)

Double-A Montgomery Biscuits (28-26) defeated Mississippi 5-3

Game log
Box score

Kevin Kiermaier 4/4, 2 runs scored, 1 triple, 1 walk, 1 stolen base
Shawn O'Malley 2/4, 2 runs scored, 1 run batted in, 1 walk, 1 strikeout, 2 stolen bases
Mikie Mahtook 2/5, 2 runs batted in

Enny Romero 6 innings pitched, 6 hits, 2 runs (0 earned), 0 walks, 5 strikeouts (improves to 4-1)
C.J. Riefenhauser 1.2 innings pitched, 0 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks, 1 strikeout (earns 5th save)

Class-A Advanced Charlotte Stone Crabs (23-28) were postponed

Class A Bowling Green Hot Rods (30-24) lost to South Bend 8-6

Game log
Box score

Tyler Goeddel 3/4, 2 runs scored, 1 run batted in
Patrick Leonard 2/4, 1 run scored, 1 home run, 4 runs batted in, 2 strikeouts
Brandon Martin 1/3, 1 run batted in

Sean Bierman 6 innings pitched, 4 hits, 0 runs, 1 walk, 4 strikeouts
Matt Ramsey .1 inning pitched, 2 hits, 2 earned runs, 0 walks, 0 strikeouts (blows 1st save, falls to 0-1)

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Star of the day- Romero ended May on a nice hot streak.

Goat of the day- Bowling Green's bullpen did not.

Today's games (probables courtesy of milb.com)

Durham v. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 7:05 PM (MiLB.TV)
Alex Torres (2-2, 3.54) v. Chien-Ming Wang (3-4, 2.65)

Montgomery @ Mississippi 7 PM (MiLB.TV)
Victor Mateo (2-5, 6.45) v. Aaron Northcraft (1-3, 4.43)

Charlotte @ St. Lucie 5 PM DOUBLEHEADER
Parker Markel (2-4, 6.96) v. Domingo Tapia (2-4, 3.86)
TBA v. TBA

Both games will be seven innings

Bowling Green v. South Bend 8:05 PM
TBA v. TBA

*Listed as TBA on milb.com

Scouting the opposition (standings current, stats through Thursday's games)

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (Yankees)
24-29 (4th in IL North)
Offense: 214 R (13th) .701 OPS (12th)
Pitching: 4.11 ERA (9th) 1.39 WHIP (8th)
Top 30 Prospects: RHP Brett Marshall (6), RHP Mark Montgomery (11), OF Melky Mesa (18), 2B Corban Joseph (27), OF Thomas Neal (28)

Mississippi Braves
29-25 (T-1st in SL South)
Offense: 229 R (3rd) .697 OPS (3rd)
Pitching: 3.14 ERA (1st) 1.24 WHIP (4th)
Top 30 Prospects: RHP J.R. Graham (2), C Christian Bethancourt (3), LHP Alex Wood (7), RHP Cody Martin (13), 3B Edward Salcedo (17), RHP Aaron Northcraft (30)

St. Lucie Mets
29-22 (2nd in FSL South)
Offense: 252 R (3rd) .703 OPS (5th)
Pitching: 3.37 ERA (4th) 1.26 WHIP (4th)
Top 30 Prospects: RHP Noah Syndergaard (3), RHP Luis Mateo (4), RHP Jeurys Familia (8), RHP Domingo Tapia (9), RHP Hansel Robles (12), 3B Aderlin Rodriguez (19), SS Matt Reynolds (23), C Cam Maron (30)

South Bend Silver Hawks (Arizona)
35-17 (1st in MWL East)
Offense: 241 R (6th) .722 OPS (5th)
Pitching: 3.32 ERA (2nd) 1.29 WHIP (3rd)
Top 30 Prospects: OF Socrates Brito (29), OF Alex Glenn (31), IF Brandon Drury