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It’s now been a year since Lucius Fox was promoted to Class A-Advanced Charlotte. In 131 plate appearances for the Stone Crabs last season, he batted .235 with a .608 OPS, 25.2 percent strikeout rate, and 9.2 percent walk rate. In 374 plate appearances this season, he’s batting .284 with a .722 OPS, 20.0 percent strikeout rate, and 9.4 percent walk rate. There has been improvement, but he’s still mostly a singles hitter at this point with a .073 ISO.
Triple-A Durham Bulls (57-43)
Durham held on for a 4-3 win over Toledo. After Kean Wong led off with a single, Christian Arroyo hit a two-run homer. An inning later, Arroyo drove in another run in the Bulls two-run second. Over six innings, Andrew Moore allowed just one run — a solo home run by Mikie Mahtook.
SS Christian Arroyo: 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI
LF Brandon Lowe: 0-for-4, 2 K
RF Justin Williams: 1-for-4
C Nick Ciuffo: 0-for-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
RHP Andrew Moore: 6 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
LHP Colin Poche: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
RHP Ian Gibaut: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Durham’s site offers this recap.
Double-A Montgomery Biscuits (17-15)
Montgomery scored nine in the 10th to earn a 14-5 win over Jacksonville. Michael Brosseau led off with a two-run homer, and the inning unraveled for Jacksonville from there. After the homer, three straight batters walked, and the next two singles. Another batter walked, and after another single, the Biscuits finally made their first out of the inning. J.D. Martin allowed three runs in two innings, and Curtis Taylor retired eight straight battesr to end the game.
2B Nick Solak: 1-for-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
DH Nate Lowe: 1-for-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
SS Jake Cronenworth: 1-for-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
LF Nathan Lukes: 0-for-2, 2 R, 1 RBI, 4 BB
1B Michael Brosseau: 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
LF Peter Maris: 1-for-3, 3 R, 1 2B, 2 BB, 1 K
C David Rodriguez: 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
CF Thomas Milone: 2-for-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
RHP J.D. Martin: 2 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
RHP Curtis Taylor: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K
Class A-Advanced Charlotte Stone Crabs (17-13)
Charlotte hammered Florida in a rain-shortened 11-2 win. Jesus Sanchez drove in two in the four-run first, and the Stone Crabs batted around and scored six in the fourth. Josh Lowe singled in a pair of runs, and Robbie Tenerowicz also plated two with a double. After Jonny Venters struck out three in an inning, Jose Mujica allowed two runs in 3 2⁄3 innings.
The second game of the scheduled doubleheader was postponed.
SS Lucius Fox: 2-for-3, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 BB
CF Josh Lowe: 3-for-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB
DH Jesus Sanchez: 1-for-5, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 K
2B Jermaine Palacios: 1-for-3, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K
LHP Jonny Venters: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K
RHP Jose Mujica: 3 2⁄3 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Charlotte’s site offers this recap.
Class-A Bowling Green Hot Rods (19-12)
Bowling Green was off.
Short-Season Hudson Valley Renegades (23-13)
Hudson Valley couldn’t get out of an early hole in a 5-3 loss to Lowell. The Spinners jumped on Easton McGee for three runs in the second, and after the Renegades got one back in the third, immediately answered with two more runs. McGee allowed all five runs in four innings. The Renegades scored twice in the eighth and got the tying run on base in the ninth before the final two batters were retired to end the game.
SS Ford Proctor: 1-for-4, 1 BB
CF Tanner Dodson: 1-for-5, 1 R, 1 2B
2B Tyler Frank: 2-for-2, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB
RHP Easton McGee: 4 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
Rookie Princeton Rays (20-11)
Princeton’s game was postponed.
Rookie Gulf Coast League Rays (16-13)
The GCL Rays used a pair of four-run innings to earn an 8-3 win over the GCL Twins. Raider Brito’s grand slam got them off to a fast start in the first, and they added insurance with four more in the sixth. Starter Rodolfo Sanchez struck out five and only allowed one hit — a solo home run — in five innings.
RF Nick Schnell: 0-for-3, 1 R, 2 BB, 3 K
SS Jelfry Marte: 1-for-5, 1 CS
1B Russ Olive: 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
3B Kaleo Johnson: 2-for-3, 1 R, 1 2B
DH Raider Brito: 1-for-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 3 K
LF Yunior Martinez: 2-for-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 BB, 1 SB
RHP Rodolfo Sanchez: 5 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
Wednesday’s games (probables courtesy of milb.com)
Durham vs. Toledo 7:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV, radio stream)
Austin Pruitt (2-0, 3.63) vs. TBA
Montgomery @ Jacksonville 7:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV, radio stream)
Benton Moss (2-4, 4.27) vs. Robert Dugger (2-4, 5.56)
Charlotte @ Florida 11 a.m. ET (radio stream) DOUBLEHEADER
Josh Fleming (0-1, 4.50) vs. Ian Anderson (2-5, 2.85)
TBA vs. TBA
Both games will be seven innings.
Bowling Green vs. Great Lakes 7:35 p.m. ET (radio stream)
TBA vs. TBA
Hudson Valley @ Lowell 6:35 p.m. ET (radio stream)
TBA vs. TBA
Princeton vs. Greeneville 2 p.m. ET (radio stream) DOUBLEHEADER
TBA vs. Lyon Richardson (0-2, 5.56)
TBA vs. Alexis Diaz (2-0, 2.86)
Both games will be seven innings.
GCL Rays vs. GCL Twins 12 p.m.
*Listed as TBA on milb.com
Scouting the opposition
Toledo Mud Hens (Detroit)
53-47 (1st in IL West)
Offense: 430 R (5th) .724 OPS (6th)
Pitching: 4.11 ERA (12th) 1.34 WHIP (8th)
Top-30 prospects: IF Dawel Lugo (8), OF Christin Stewart (9), RHP Kyle Funkhouser (11), OF Mike Gerber (14), RHP Bryan Garcia (16), C Grayson Greiner (22), OF Mikie Mahtook
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (Miami)
11-21 (5th in SL South)
Offense: 369 R (10th) .660 OPS (10th)
Pitching: 4.27 ERA (9th) 1.39 WHIP (9th)
Top-30 prospects: RHP Nick Neidert (5), OF Brian Miller (12), SS Joe Dunand (14), RHP Merandy Gonzalez (15), OF Braxton Lee (21), RHP Robert Dugger (23)
Florida Fire Frogs (Atlanta)
14-17 (6th in FSL North)
Offense: 354 R (11th) .653 OPS (10th)
Pitching: 3.71 ERA (6th) 1.38 WHIP (11th)
Top-30 prospects: RHP Ian Anderson (5), OF Cristian Pache (9), LHP Joey Wentz (11), LHP Tucker Davidson (13), LHP Kyle Muller (20), OF Isranel Wilson (27), RHP Josh Graham (30)
Great Lakes Loons (Dodgers)
9-22 (8th in MWL East)
Offense: 374 R (16th) .677 OPS (13th)
Pitching: 4.14 ERA (12th) 1.39 WHIP (11th)
Top-30 prospects: OF Starling Heredia (17)
Lowell Spinners (Boston)
21-16 (2nd in NYPL Stedler)
Offense: 160 R (5th) .694 OPS (4th)
Pitching: 3.28 ERA (4th) 1.35 WHIP (11th)
Top-30 prospects: OF Cole Brannen (5), OF Tyler Esplin (28), 3B Triston Casas
Greeneville Reds
13-18 (5th in AL West)
Offense: 174 R (5th) .762 OPS (6th)
Pitching: 6.27 ERA (10th) 1.80 WHIP (10th)
Top-30 prospects: 3B Jonathan India, RHP Lyon Richardson, RHP Josiah Gray
GCL Twins
17-13 (2nd in GCL South)
Offense: 139 R (8th) .694 OPS (10th)
Pitching: 3.22 ERA (2nd) 1.30 WHIP (3rd)
Top-30 prospects: RHP Landon Leach (13)
Daily news and links
Brandon Lowe was featured on Baseball America’s Hot Sheet.
Brandon Lowe was featured on MLB.com’s prospect team of the week.