Rays prospects and minor leagues: Zombro out of ICU as recovery continues

Thursday night, the baseball world rallied around Durham pitcher Tyler Zombro, who was struck by a batted ball on the mound. Monday, Harrisonburg’s Daily News-Record reported he was transferred out of the ICU and remains in stable condition. He may be out of the hospital in a week.

Triple-A Durham Bulls (20-9, 2nd out of 7)

Durham’s late rally falls short
Franco homer highlights rout
Zombro struck by batted ball
After break, Durham returns with shutout win
Padlo homer lifts Bulls to series win

Wander Franco: 11-for-23, 4 R, 3 2B, 1 HR, 8 RBI, 0 BB, 3 K, 1-for-1 SB (.922)
Vidal Brujan: 4-for-16, 6 R, 1 2B, 4 BB, 3 K, 4-for-5 SB (.949)
Josh Lowe: 6-for-19, 2 R, 2 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 10 K, 2-for-2 SB (1.002)
Kevin Padlo: 5-for-16, 5 R, 2 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 3 BB, 3 K (.828)

Luis Patino: 5 ¹⁄₃ IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 6 K (8.44)
Brent Honeywell Jr.: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K (0.00)
Drew Rasmussen: 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 K (0.00)

Double-A Montgomery Biscuits (12-17, 3rd out of 4)

Proctor’s grand slam lifts Biscuits
Rough 1st inning sinks Montgomery
Baz dominates again
Plassmeyer sharp in win
Home runs help Montgomery edge Biloxi
Biscuits fall in series finale

Moises Gomez: 6-for-19, 3 R, 3 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 9 K (.636)
Jim Haley: 7-for-18, 6 R, 3 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 5 K, 2-for-2 SB (.664)
Jake Palomaki: 5-for-12, 3 R, 1 2B, 4 RBI, 5 BB, 4 K, 1-for-3 SB (.688)

Shane Baz: 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 8 K (2.93)
Michael Plassmeyer: 5 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K (4.38)
Tommy Romero: 8 IP, 12 H, 4 R (3 ER), 1 BB, 10 K (2.00)

High-A Bowling Green Hot Rods (19-11, 1st out of 7)

Bowling Green edged by Rome
Hot Rods roll with pair of 6-run innings
Battenfield dominates again
Hot Rods erase early deficit with 7 unanswered runs
Cardenas’ hot streak continues in win
Hot Rods win 5th straight

Greg Jones: 3-for-19, 4 R, 1 3B, 3 BB, 8 K, 3-for-3 SB (.926)
Blake Hunt: 2-for-17, 7 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 5 BB, 9 K (.880)
Pedro Martinez: 5-for-20, 5 R, 1 3B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 3 BB, 10 K, 2-for-3 SB (.645)
Ruben Cardenas: 9-for-21, 4 R, 2 HR, 10 RBI, 1 BB, 5 K (1.037)
Niko Hulsizer: 5-for-17, 6 R, 1 2B, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 4 BB, 10 K (.799)

Peyton Battenfield: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 8 K (1.38)
Jacob Lopez: 4 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K (3.48)
Evan McKendry: 8 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 10 K (2.35)

Low-A Charleston RiverDogs (18-12, 2nd out of 4)

Charleston drops 1-0 game
RiverDogs can’t climb out of early hole
Wilcox, bullpen shut out GreenJackets
Johnson sharp again in RiverDogs win
Bradley dominates in rain-shortened shutout
RiverDogs unable to secure series win

Nick Schnell: 3-for-18, 3 R, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 7 K, 1-for-1 SB (.663)
Heriberto Hernandez: 4-for-19, 4 R, 3 2B, 1 RBI, 6 BB, 4 K (.868)
Hill Alexander: 4-for-11, 4 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 4 BB, 2 K, 1-for-1 SB (.799)

Cole Wilcox: 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 K (1.67)
Seth Johnson: 4 ¹⁄₃ IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K (3.38)
Taj Bradley: 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 10 K (3.28)
John Doxakis: 4 ²⁄₃ IP, 9 H, 6 ER, 0 BB, 5 K (2.70)

Stats are from Baseball Reference.

This week’s games

Durham

Tuesday, June 8 vs. Charlotte 6:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Wednesday, June 9 vs. Charlotte 6:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Thursday, June 10 vs. Charlotte 6:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Friday, June 11 vs. Charlotte 6:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Saturday, June 12 vs. Charlotte 6:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Sunday, June 13 vs. Charlotte 5:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)

Montgomery

Tuesday, June 8 vs. Birmingham 7:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Wednesday, June 9 vs. Birmingham 7:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Thursday, June 10 vs. Birmingham 7:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Friday, June 11 vs. Birmingham 7:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Saturday, June 12 vs. Birmingham 7:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Sunday, June 13 vs. Birmingham 4:33 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)

Bowling Green

Tuesday, June 8 vs. Aberdeen 7:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Wednesday, June 9 vs. Aberdeen 7:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Thursday, June 10 vs. Aberdeen 7:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Friday, June 11 vs. Aberdeen 7:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Saturday, June 12 vs. Aberdeen 7:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Sunday, June 13 vs. Aberdeen 6:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)

Charleston

Tuesday, June 8 vs. Columbia 7:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Wednesday, June 9 vs. Columbia 7:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Thursday, June 10 vs. Columbia 7:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Friday, June 11 vs. Columbia 7:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Saturday, June 12 vs. Columbia 6:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)
Sunday, June 13 vs. Columbia 5:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV)

Scouting the opposition

Charlotte Knights (White Sox)
11-18 (6th out of 7)
Offense: 147 R (6th out of 20) .721 OPS (12th out of 20)
Pitching: 5.60 ERA (18th out of 20) 1.61 WHIP (20th out of 20)
Top-30 prospects: RHP Jonathan Stiever (7), OF Luis Gonzalez (11), OF Blake Rutherford (14), RHP Jimmy Lambert (15), 3B Jake Burger (19), RHP Tyler Johnson (30)

Birmingham Barons (White Sox)
20-9 (1st out of 4)
Offense: 166 R (1st out of 8) .798 OPS (1st out of 8)
Pitching: 3.50 ERA (2nd out of 8) 1.23 WHIP (2nd out of 8)
Top-30 prospects: OF Micker Adolfo (18), RHP Kade McClure (20)

Aberdeen IronBirds (Baltimore)
19-9 (1st out of 5)
Offense: 138 R (5th out of 12) .730 OPS (3rd out of 12)
Pitching: 3.35 ERA (1st out of 12) 1.06 WHIP (1st out of 12)
Top-30 prospects: SS Jordan Westburg (11), IF Adam Hall (16), LHP Drew Rom (26), OF Kyle Stowers (27), RHP Garrett Stallings (28)

Columbia Fireflies (Kansas City)
18-11 (1st out of 4)
Offense: 161 R (4th out of 12) .729 OPS (5th out of 12)
Pitching: 3.94 ERA (7th out of 12) 1.35 WHIP (7th out of 12)
Top-30 prospects: RHP Ben Hernandez (13), OF Darryl Collins (29)