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We’re just a week and a half into the season, but one emerging thing to watch is Vidal Brujan — shortstop. For the second time in a few days, he played shortstop. He had played second base exclusively since 2015 in the Dominican Summer League.
Triple-A Durham Bulls (3-5)
Durham used one big inning to earn a 4-3 win over Columbus. Through six innings, the Bulls were being shut out and had just three hits. In the seventh, they doubled their hit total and scored all four of their runs. Jake Cronenworth and Mac James each had RBI singles, and two more runs scored on an error. Aaron Slegers allowed a run in five innings.
SS Andrew Velazquez: 1-for-4 (.929)
DH Nate Lowe: 0-for-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 K (.844)
RHP Aaron Slegers: 5 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 3 K (7.27)
RHP Austin Pruitt: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K (4.26)
Durham’s site offers this recap.
Double-A Montgomery Biscuits (4-4)
Montgomery had chances but came up short in a 5-3 loss to Biloxi. The Biscuits outhit the Shuckers, 8-6, and also drew six walks, but they were just 2-for-10 with runners in scoring position and left 10 runners on base. Despite not allowing a hit, Dalton Moats opened and allowed two runs in two innings, and Kenny Rosenberg followed with a solid outing, allowing a run in five innings.
SS Lucius Fox: 1-for-3, 2 BB, 1 CS (1.100)
CF Josh Lowe: 2-for-5, 1 2B, 1 K (1.099)
RF Jesus Sanchez: 2-for-4, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 K (.699)
DH Brendan McKay: 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K (.818)
LHP Kenny Rosenberg: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K (4.50)
LHP Matt Krook: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K (5.40)
Class A-Advanced Charlotte Stone Crabs (3-7)
Charlotte dropped its fourth straight with a 7-1 loss to Palm Beach. Vidal Brujan led off the game with a walk, moved to third on a single, and scored on a sacrifice fly. The offense then checked out after that. Palm Beach scored twice in the third to go in front and added four more in the fifth. Paul Campbell allowed six runs in five innings.
SS Vidal Brujan: 0-for-3, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 SB (.854)
DH Tanner Dodson: 1-for-4 (.751)
C Ronaldo Hernandez: 1-for-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI (.250)
2B Tyler Frank: 0-for-4, 1 K (.331)
CF Garrett Whitley: 0-for-3, 1 BB, 3 K (.521)
RHP Paul Campbell: 5 IP, 7 H, 6 ER, 4 BB, 3 K (11.88)
RHP Simon Rosenblum-Larson: 2 IP, 0 H, 1 R (0 ER), 0 BB, 3 K
Class-A Bowling Green Hot Rods (4-5)
Bowling Green’s game was suspended.
Sunday’s games (probables courtesy of milb.com)
Durham vs. Columbus 5:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV, radio stream)
Casey Sadler (0-0, 2.25) vs. Asher Wojciechowski (0-0, 1.50)
Montgomery vs. Biloxi 3:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV, radio stream)
Ricardo Pinto (0-1, 14.73) vs. Alec Bettinger (0-0, 5.40)
Charlotte vs. Palm Beach 10:30 a.m. ET (radio stream)
Riley O’Brien (1-0, 3.09) vs. Johan Oviedo (1-0, 1.80)
Bowling Green vs. Fort Wayne 3:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV, radio stream) DOUBLEHEADER
TBA v. Ramon Perez (0-0, 0.00)
TBA vs. TBA
Completion of suspended game will be followed by a seven-inning game.
*Listed as TBA on milb.com
Scouting the opposition
Columbus Clippers (Cleveland)
5-4 (T-2nd in IL West)
Offense: 28 R (10th) .633 OPS (13th)
Pitching: 3.95 ERA (5th) 1.35 WHIP (8th)
Top-30 prospects: 1B Bobby Bradley (7), SS Yu Chang (11), OF Oscar Mercado (16), C Eric Haase (25), RHP Chih-Wei Hu, C Dioner Navarro
Biloxi Shuckers (Milwaukee)
5-4 (2nd in SL South)
Offense: 16 R (5th) .749 OPS (3rd)
Pitching: 2.08 ERA (4th) 1.15 WHIP (4th)
Top-30 prospects: RHP Trey Supak (11), RHP Braden Webb (14), RHP Marcos Diplan (20), OF Trent Grisham (28)
Palm Beach Cardinals
8-2 (1st in FSL South)
Offense: 35 R (2nd) .746 OPS (1st)
Pitching: 2.27 ERA (2nd) 1.07 WHIP (3rd)
Top-30 prospects: RHP Griffin Roberts (18), RHP Johan Oviedo (20), 1B Luken Baker (23)
Fort Wayne TinCaps (San Diego)
6-3 (T-1st in MWL East)
Offense: 44 R (T-1st) .717 OPS (3rd)
Pitching: 3.63 ERA (9th) 1.18 WHIP (2nd)
Top-30 prospects: LHP Ryan Weathers (13), SS Xavier Edwards (21)
Daily news and links
This is a few days old at this point, but I kept forgetting to share the umpire getting booed for taking a bat dog’s job.