DOTF 4/19: Jesus Sanchez continues to heat up as part of Stone Crabs offensive explosion

The Port Charlotte Stone Crabs put up another big offensive game. After a slow start Jesus Sanchez has been on fire as of late. In his first six games he was 2 for 20 with a double, 8 strikeouts, and no walks. In his past seven games he’s 16 for 30 with four doubles and three homers while strikeout three times and walking twice.

Triple-A Durham Bulls (4-8)

The Durham Bulls had the day off.

Double-A Montgomery Biscuits (3-11)

The Montgomery Biscuits fell to the Tennessee Smokies 5-1. The Biscuits offense struggled to put much together. They hit four singles and drew four walks. In the eighth inning they strung together a single by Thomas Milone, a walk by Jermaine Palacios, and a RBI single by Nick Solak to score their only run of the game. Eduar Lopez got the start for the Biscuits on the mound. He threw three scoreless innings. Matt Krook allowed two runs in four innings out of the bullpen.

Prospect Notes: RHP Matt Krook who the Tampa Bay Rays received from the San Francisco Giants in the Evan Longoria trade has been used out of the bullpen as a four inning guy. In 12.0 innings he has (three four-inning appearances out of the bullpen) struck out 14 (34.1%), walked five (10.6%), and allowed three runs (2.25 ERA). Krook has the stuff, but the command has always been the problem. Fangraphs has him with three plus pitches (fastball, slider, and curveball), but a current 30 command grade. Last year he walked 15.8% of batters. It improved to 11.7% in his last ten appearances after moving to a 2-3 inning bullpen role. Any increase in command moving forward could really make him quite the pickup and the non-starter, two time through the order guy might be the role that maximizes his arm talent.

SS Jermaine Palacios: 0-for-3, BB
1B Dalton Kelly: 0-for-4
LF Nick Solak: 1-for-4, RBI, 2 K
DH Brett Sullivan: 0-for-2, HBP, BB
RF Nathan Lukes: 1-for-3, K, BB
2B Brandon Lowe: 0-for-3, K, BB

RHP Eduar Lopez: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 6 K, 1 BB
RHP Reece Karalus (L, 0-1): 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 K, 0 BB
RHP Matt Krook: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 6 K, 1 BB
RHP Austin Wright: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 0 K, 0 BB, 1 HRA

Class A-Advanced Port Charlotte Stone Crabs (6-8)

The Port Charlotte Stone Crabs raced out to a 10-3 victory over the Clearwater Threshers. The Stone Crabs offense continued their offensive onslaught from Wednesday night. A night after posting 18 runs they put up 10. In the bottom of the second the Stone Crabs put up their third six spot over the last two games.

Nathaniel Lowe double
Jesus Sanchez walk
Kevin Padlo walk
David Olmedo-Barrera Sacrifice Fly, RBI
Joey Roach RBI single
Miles Mastrobuoni 2 RBI single
Lucius Fox hit by pitch
Wild pitch scores Mastrobuoni
Tristan Gray strikeout
Robbie Tenerowicz walk
Nathaniel Lowe RBI single
Jesus Sanchez groundout

David Olmedo-Barrera added a two run homer in the bottom of the third to extend the lead to 8-1. The Stone Crabs tacked on two more in the bottom of the fifth to push the lead to 10-2. Kenny Rosenberg was the beneficiary of the offensive outburst. Rosenberg put up a quality start.

Injury Note: Lucius Fox was removed from the game after being hit by a pitch on his foot. He stayed in the game as a runner until he reached third when Jake Stone pinch ran for him.

SS Lucius FOx: 0-for-1, HBP
DH Tristan Gray: 0-for-5, K
LF-2B Robbie Tenerowicz: 0-for-4, BB
1B Nathaniel Lowe: 3-for-4, 2 2B (6), RBI, R, BB
CF Jesus Sanchez: 1-for-4, 2B (5), R, K, BB
3B Kevin Padlo: 1-for-2, 3 R, K, BB
RF David Olmedo-Barrera: 2-for-3, HR (2), R, 3 RBI, K, BB

RHP Kenny Rosenberg (W, 1-0): 6.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 5 K, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 1 HRA
RHP Spencer Jones: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 K, 0 BB
RHP Roel Ramirez: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 K, 0 BB

Class A Bowling Green Hot Rods (6-8)

The Bowling Green Hot Rods lost to the West Michigan Whitecaps 7-3. Austin Franklin battled erratic command. He walked three in 3.1 innings on his way to allowing four runs. Down 4-0 in the top of the fifth the Hot Rods put together their first scoring threat of the game with a leadoff walk by Ronaldo Hernandez and a Zach Rutherford single to put the first two runner on base. Eleardo Cabrera came through with a two run double with one out to cut he lead in half. In the top of the sixth the Hot Rods added another run on a Rutherford RBI single. The Whitecaps responded with three runs in the bottom of the sixth off Tyler Zombro.

SS Taylor Walls: 2-for-4, K, BB
DH Zacrey Law: 1-for-4, 2B (1), R
1B Brendan McKay: 0-for-4
C Ronaldo Hernandez: 0-for-2, R, K, 2 BB
RF Eleardo Cabrera: 1-for-4, 2B (2), 2 RBI, K
3B Adrian Rondon: 0-for-4, K

RHP Austin Franklin (L, 1-2): 3.1 IP, 2 H, 4 ER, 4 K, 3 BB
RHP Tyler Zombro: 2.1 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 3 K, 2 BB
RHP Jose Disla: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 K, 1 BB
RHP Riley O’Brien: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 K, 0 BB

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