Morning Rundown: Pirates lose to Cardinals, Shawn Ross hits three home runs, Antwone Kelly strikes out eight
Morning Rundown: Pirates lose to Cardinals, Shawn Ross hits three home runs, Antwone Kelly strikes out eight
Pirates lose to the Cardinals and a couple prospects have big nights down in the system.
The Pittsburgh Pirates dropped the second of their three-game set against the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2.
Bailey Falter allowed three earned runs on eight hits while striking out five batters across four innings pitched.
Henry Davis hit his first home run of the season in what was his 28th game played.
Right off the back, the Pirates started to apply pressure, with Andrew McCutchen drawing a lead-off walk and Bryan Reynolds hitting a double. Sonny Gray dug deep and struck out the next three batters he faced to get out of the inning without giving up a run.
Gray allowed one run on four hits and a walk while striking out nine in seven innings pitched.
The Pirates will go for the series win on Thursday with an afternoon game before heading to Colorado to face the Rockies.
Shawn Ross picked up three hits on Wednesday for Greensboro—all of which were home runs. That gives him 11 on the season, and he becomes just the second player in the system to reach double-digit home runs, behind Matt Gorski, who also went deep on Wednesday.
Greensboro’s offense has gotten off to a hot start this week, scoring 18 runs in two games played. They are back in first place in the South Atlantic League North division.
Antwone Kelly put together one of the best starts of his career, pitching six innings, allowing one earned run on three hits and a walk while striking out eight batters.
The 20-year-old right-handed Kelly generated 20 whiffs on 48 swings on the night, and due to it being a seven-inning game—which the Marauders lost—he was credited with a complete game.
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Top Exit Velocity
Edward Olivares - PIT - 106 mph - Groundout
Henry Davis - PIT - 104.8 mph - Home Run
Oneil Cruz - PIT - 104.3 mph - Double
Connor Joe - PIT - 103.9 mph - Groundout
Shalin Polanco - BRD - 103.9 mph - Single
Top Pitch Velocity
Kyle Nicolas - PIT - 99.1 mph
Kyle Nicolas - PIT - 99.1 mph
Kyle Nicolas - PIT - 99 mph
Kyle Nicolas - PIT - 98.7 mph
Kyle Nicolas - PIT - 98.3 mph
Most Whiffs
Antwone Kelly - BRD - 20
Hung-Leng Chang - BRD - 11
Domingo German - IND - 9
Patrick Reilly - GBO - 9
Bailey Falter - PIT - 8
Indianapolis Indians - 1 vs Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp - 3
Top Hitter - Matt Gorski: 1-4, HR, R, RBI
Top Pitcher - Nick Dombkowski: 2.2 IP, BB, K
Altoona Curve - 2 vs Erie SeaWolves
Top Hitter - Joe Perez: 1-4, RBI
Top Pitcher - JC Flowers: 2.1 IP, BB, 2 K
Greensboro Grasshoppers - 7 vs Winston Salem Dash
Top Hitter - Shawn Ross: 3-4, 3 R, 3 HR, 4 RBI
Top Pitcher - Patrick Reilly: 4.1 IP, 3 H, ER, 4 BB, 3 K
Bradenton Marauders - 4 vs Dunedin Blue Jays - 8
Top Hitter - Omar Alfonzo: 1-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
Top Pitcher - Hunter Furtado: IP, H, BB, K
Bradenton Marauders - 1 vs Dunedin Blue Jays - 2
Top Hitter - Javier Rivas: 1-3, HR, RBI, R
Top Pitcher - Antwone Kelly: 6 IP, 3 H, ER, BB, 8 K
German only sitting at 90.2 ave fb velo. Sinker at 90.6.
Shawn Ross
.179 BA
.875 OPS
.679 difference
Do they have a stat for such a thing? If so, my $ is on him leading all qualified minor league hitters.
I'm here for weird stuff like this.