Morning Rundown: Michael Kennedy pitches five innings again, Charles McAdoo homers
Morning Rundown: Michael Kennedy pitches five innings again, Charles McAdoo homers
Michael Kennedy pitches five innings for Bradenton, Charles McAdoo goes deep
Michael Kennedy built off his previous start and now has two straight games of pitching at least five innings and walking zero batters.
Pitching against the Clearwater Threshers for the second time this season, Kennedy allowed just one run on four hits while striking out six batters. He has struck out 14 batters over his last two starts, spanning 10 innings pitched.
He threw 76 pitches, 54 of which were for strikes. While it’s not an overpowering fastball, it maxed out at 92 mph this time around, Kennedy has been getting a lot of miss lately.
After picking up 10 whiffs with the fastball last time around, he picked up seven more on Saturday, good for a 36% miss rate over his previous two starts.
The biggest thing, though, has been his control. He has just three walks in 17 innings this year, none of which have come in his last two starts.
Some of the Greensboro hitters started slowly, but the bats are coming alive a bit this week in Greensville.
Charles McAdoo hit a three-run home run that originally gave the Grasshoppers the lead. It was his second of the season, and he now has nine RBI.
He now sits in a tie for the team lead when it comes to RBI with Hudson Head and Lonnie White Jr.
Bradenton Marauders activate INF Kalae Harrison off of injured list
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Top Exit Velocity
Bryan Reynolds - PIT - 109.1 MPH - Home Run
Esmerlyn Valdez - BRD - 109.1 MPH - Double
Jack Suwinski - PIT - 108.1 MPH - Single
Rowdy Tellez - PIT - 107.6 MPH - Single
Omar Alfonzo - BRD - 106.4 MPH - GIDP
Top Pitch Velocity
David Bednar - PIT - 97 MPH
David Bednar - PIT - 96.7 MPH
Colin Holderman - PIT - 96.6 MPH
David Bednar - PIT - 96.5 MPH
Colin Holderman - PIT - 96.5 MPH
Most Whiffs
Michael Kennedy - BRD - 13
Martin Perez - PIT - 9
Wilber Dotel - GBO - 8
Brandan Bidois - GBO - 7
Po-Yu Chen - ALT - 7
Indianapolis Indians - PPD
Altoona Curve - 4 vs Akron RubberDucks - 5
Top Hitter - Jase Bowen: 2-3, 2 R, RBI, BB, HR
Top Pitcher - Grant Ford: 2.1 IP, H, ER, 3 K
Greensboro Grasshoppers - 5 vs Greenville Drive - 6
Top Hitter - Charles McAdoo: 1-4, HR, R, 3 RBI
Top Pitcher - Brandan Bidois: 2 IP, H, 3 K
Bradenton Marauders - 2 vs Clearwater Threshers: 3
Top Hitter - Esmerlyn Valdez: 2-4, 2 2B, RBI
Top Pitcher - Michael Kennedy: 5 IP, 4 H, ER, 6 K
Probable Pitchers
Pittsburgh Pirates - Jared Jones
Indianapolis Indians - TBD
Altoona Curve - Anthony Solometo
Greensboro Grasshoppers - Alessandro Ercolani
Bradenton Marauders - Khristian Curtis
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I might’ve missed this discussion on another thread, but have they announced what’s going on with German yet?
Good pitching and poor hitting is keeping Buc games close on most days. Around the league, there were a lots of blowouts yesterday. 5 position players took the mound. If that isn't a record for a single day , it has to be close.