Rays prospects and minor leagues: Durham takes commanding 2-0 lead over Indianapolis

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Triple-A Durham Bulls (2-0)

Yonny Chirinos and Jake Bauers teamed up to give Durham a 2-0 win over Indianapolis and a 2-0 edge in the semifinal series. Bauers opened the scoring with a second-inning homer off Pirates prospect Tyler Glasnow, and his RBI single in the eighth added insurance. On the mound, Chirinos struck out four in seven strong innings.

SS Willy Adames: 0-for-2, 1 BB
1B Jake Bauers: 2-for-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB

LHP Jonny Venters: one-third IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
RHP Yonny Chirinos: 7 IP, 7 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K
RHP Hunter Wood: one-third IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

Double-A Montgomery Biscuits (1-1)

A late home run from Nathan Lukes lifted Montgomery to a 3-2 win over Chattanooga to even their best-of-five series. The Biscuits initially took a 2-0 lead in the first, but the Lookouts eventually tied the game in the seventh. In the eighth, Lukes greeted reliever Cody Stashak with a go-ahead solo homer. Starter Anthony Misiewicz allowed two runs in six-plus innings.

OF Joe McCarthy: 1-for-4, 1 R, 2 K
OF Justin Williams: 1-for-4, 1 K
C Nick Ciuffo: 3-for-3, 1 BB
OF Nathan Lukes: 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K

LHP Anthony Misiewicz: 6+ IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

Class-A Bowling Green Hot Rods (72-65)

Bowling Green blew a 4-1 lead and ended its season with a 6-4 loss to Fort Wayne. After falling behind 1-0 in the first, the Hot Rods rallied for four straight runs, including three in the fifth. Adrian Navas struck out six and only allowed a run in six innings, but the bullpen could not hold the lead. Joe Serrapica gave up a series-clinching, walk-off home run.

OF Garrett Whitley: 1-for-5, 1 R, 2 K
CF Josh Lowe: 1-for-5, 1 RBI, 4 K
OF Jesus Sanchez: 0-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 K
SS Luis Rengifo: 3-for-4, 1 R

RHP Adrian Navas: 6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K

Short-Season Hudson Valley Renegades (44-32)

Brendan McKay’s triple was Hudson Valley’s only hit in its 2-1 win to open its doubleheader with Aberdeen. With two outs in the first, his first professional triple scored Taylor Walls, and McKay scored himself on a passed ball. Jhonleider Salinas struck out four and allowed a run in two innings before handing the ball to four Renegades relievers.

Hudson Valley allowed runs early and often in its 10-3 loss to close the regular season. The Renegades fell behind 10-0 before Jean Ramirez’s solo homer in the fourth got them on the board. Hector Lopez started and allowed two runs — one earned -- in two innings, and Eduard Rosillo was hammered for eight runs — seven earned -- in two innings of relief.

SS Taylor Walls (1): 0-for-1, 1 R, 2 BB
DH Brendan McKay (1): 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI
2B Vidal Brujan (2): 0-for-4, 1 K
OF Oscar Rojas (1): 0-for-3, 3 K
C Rafelin Lorenzo (1): 0-for-3, 3 K
OF Carl Chester (2): 3-for-4, 1 R
OF Isaac Benard (2): 0-for-4, 2 K
C Jean Ramirez (2): 2-for-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K

RHP Jhonleider Salinas (1): 2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
RHP Hector Lopez (2): 2 IP, 3 H, 2 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 2 K
RHP Eduard Rosillo (2): 2 IP, 7 H, 8 R (7 ER), 2 BB, 1 K

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

Durham @ Indianapolis 7:15 PM (MiLB.TV, radio stream)
Burch Smith (2-1, 1.65) v. Nick Kingham (9-6, 4.13)

Best-of-five series (Durham leads, 2-0)

Montgomery v. Chattanooga 7:35 PM (radio stream)
Genesis Cabrera (5-4, 3.62) v. TBA

Best-of-five series (Series tied, 1-1)

Bowling Green’s season is over

Hudson Valley is off

*Listed as TBA on milb.com

Scouting the opposition

Indianapolis Indians (Pittsburgh)
0-2
Offense: 647 R (2nd) .736 OPS (3rd)
Pitching: 3.48 ERA (4th) 1.30 WHIP (6th)
Top 30 Prospects: OF Austin Meadows (1), RHP Tyler Glasnow (3), SS Kevin Newman (5), LHP Steven Brault (7), RHP Nick Kingham (11), RHP Clay Holmes (19), RHP Tyler Eppler (20)

Chattanooga Lookouts (Minnesota)
1-1
Offense: 659 R (1st) .726 OPS (3rd)
Pitching: 3.09 ERA (1st) 1.25 WHIP (3rd)
Top 30 Prospects: SS Nick Gordon (1), RHP Fernando Romero (4), RHP Kohl Stewart (7), RHP Nick Burdi (15), OF LaMonte Wade (21), LHP Randy Rosario (31), RHP Zack Littell