Rays prospects and minor leagues: Offenses vanish in playoff losses

With Friday’s loss, Montgomery is on the brink of elimination in what became a series to be named co-champion of the Southern League. Durham still has a couple chances to put away Indianapolis.

Triple-A Durham Bulls (2-1)

Durham was unable to put away Indianapolis in a 5-0 loss Friday. Burch Smith allowed three runs in 3 ²⁄₃ innings. All six Bulls hits were singles.

SS Willy Adames: 1-for-3, 1 BB
1B Jake Bauers: 1-for-4, 1 K
LF Taylor Featherston: 1-for-2, 2 BB

RHP Burch Smith: 3 ²⁄₃ IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
RHP Chih-Wei Hu: two-thirds IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
RHP Jaime Schultz: one-third IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

Double-A Montgomery Biscuits (1-2)

Montgomery’s offense was nonexistent in its 2-0 loss to Chattanooga. The Biscuits had just three hits and only drew one walk. Genesis Cabrera struck out four and allowed two runs in five innings.

OF Joe McCarthy: 1-for-4, 1 2B, 2 K
OF Justin Williams: 0-for-2, 1 BB
C Nick Ciuffo: 0-for-4, 2 K
1B Dalton Kelly: 0-for-4, 3 K

LHP Genesis Cabrera: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K

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

Bowling Green’s season is over.

Short-Season Hudson Valley Renegades (44-32)

Hudson Valley was off.

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

Durham @ Indianapolis 7:05 PM (MiLB.TV, radio stream)
Brent Honeywell (12-8, 3.64) v. Drew Hutchison (9-9, 3.56)

Best-of-five series (Durham leads, 2-1)

Montgomery @ Chattanooga 7:15 PM (radio stream)
Logan Darnell (5-3, 3.98) v. TBA

Best-of-five series (Chattanooga leads, 2-1)

Hudson Valley v. Staten Island 5:05 PM (MiLB.TV, radio stream)
TBA v. TBA

Best-of-three series (Series tied, 0-0)

*Listed as TBA on milb.com

Scouting the opposition

Indianapolis Indians (Pittsburgh)
1-2
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)
2-1
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

Staten Island Yankees
0-0
Offense: 273 R (12th) .639 OPS (10th)
Pitching: 2.64 ERA (1st) 1.10 WHIP (1st)
Top 30 Prospects: RHP Jorge Guzman (26), SS Wilkerman Garcia (29), RHP Trevor Stephan