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Alvarez Jr. drove in three runs in the Stripers’ win. Atlanta’s minor league affiliates went .500 on the night as Gwinnett and Augusta came away with wins while Mississippi and Rome were dealt a loss each on the night.
(68-68) Gwinnett Stripers 7, (71-63) Nashville Sounds 1
Nacho Alvarez Jr., 3B: 1-5, HR, 3 RBI, R
Alejo Lopez, 2B: 2-5, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
Justin Dean, CF: 3-4, 2 R, RBI
Bryce Elder, SP: 6 IP, 3 H, R, 4 BB, 11 K
Box Score
Gwinnett routed Nashville on Friday thanks to a solid pitching performance from Bryce Elder and an all-around offensive outpouring.
The first run of the game came in the top of the third inning as the Stripers took a 2-0 lead over the Sounds. Alejo Lopez laced a one-out single before Nacho Alvarez Jr. homered over the left field wall to make it a 2-0 game.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, Nashville scored their only run of the game — an unearned run off of Stripers’ starter Bryce Elder — to cut the Gwinnett lead to 2-1 in the early going. Across six innings, Elder scattered just three hits while issuing four walks and striking out 11 in his start.
In the top of the fifth, Justin Dean ledoff with a single and proceeded to steal second base. After stealing third base, Dean scored on an Alvarez Jr. fielder’s choice to extend the lead to 3-1. The Stripers would break things open in the top of the sixth, scoring three runs.
J.P. Martinez worked a one-out walk and proceeded to advance to second on a passed ball. Two batters later, Justin Dean singled into center field to score Martinez and extend the lead to 4-1. Alejo Lopez then homered to score Dean to make it a 6-1 game in favor of Gwinnett.
In the top of the ninth, Martinez would single home Chadwick Tromp to extend the Stripers lead to 7-1 on the night. Meanwhile on the mound, relievers Domingo Gonzalez and Jimmy Herget capped off the stellar pitching performance on the night by tossing three combined scoreless innings to seal the Gwinnett 7-1 win on the night.
(61-67) Mississippi Braves 0, (81-47) Tennessee Smokies 3 (GAME ONE)
Cal Conley, SS: 2-3, 2B
Yolmer Sanchez, 2B: 2-3
Ian Mejia, SP: 4 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 3 K
Box Score
What was supposed to be a doubleheader for Mississippi turned into just one game on Friday as Mother Nature had other ideas. And in that one contest, the Braves came up short as they were shutout by Tennessee in the 3-0 loss.
Offensively, it was a rough go of it for the Braves, as two of their four total hits came in the first two innings in the loss. While Mississippi managed to put a runner on third base in the bottom of the sixth, the Braves failed to bring him across.
Tennessee took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second and later extended their lead to 3-0 by scoring twice more in the top of the fourth inning. Mississippi starter Ian Mejia scattered six hits on the night while allowing three runs and striking out three.
While Mejia was decent, the lack of offense from the Braves was the ultimate downfall in the seven-inning loss.
(61-66) Mississippi Braves , (80-47) Tennessee Smokies (GAME TWO — POSTPONED)
Game two for Mississippi was postponed due to weather and will be made up at a later date.
(63-63) Rome Emperors 3, (61-69) Hickory Crawdads 4
Ambioris Tavarez, SS: 2-4, 2B, 3B, RBI, R
Drew Compton, 1B: 2-4, RBI
JR Ritchie, SP: 4 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, BB, 4 K
Box Score
Rome came up short against Hickory on Friday, losing by just one run against the Crawdads.
The Emperors jumped out to an early lead in the top of the first. Kevin Kilpatrick Jr. ledoff the game by reaching on an error before Ambioris Tavarez tripled him home to make it a 1-0 game. In the next at-bat, Drew Compton singled into center field to plate Tavarez and extend the lead to 2-0.
In the bottom of the first, Hickory tagged Rome starter JR Ritchie for two runs of their own, tying the game at 2-2. However, the Emperors retook the lead in the top half of the second inning.
Colby Jones singled to kick off the frame before advancing to second on an error. After advancing to third, Jones scored on a Mac Guscette single to give Rome the 3-2 lead on the night.
Ritchie tossed back-to-back scoreless innings in the second and third frames before the Crawdads got two more runs off the young righty to take a 4-3 lead. All told on the night, Ritchie tossed four innings of three-run ball while scattering seven hits and striking out four.
After the second inning, the Emperors tallied just two hits the rest of the night as Rome ultimately fell by the 4-3 final.
(47-80) Augusta GreenJackets 4, (65-61) Down East Ducks 0
Travis Dumitru, DH: 1-4, 3B, RBI, 2 R, BB
Wilmer De La Cruz, 3B: 1-3, RBI, BB
Owen Hackman, SP: 6 IP, H, BB, 8 K
Box Score
Augusta got an excellent performance on the mound from Owen Hackman as the GreenJackets shutout Down East on the night to take the 4-0 victory.
After both teams were held scoreless in the first inning, Augusta broke through and scored first in the top of the second frame. Will Verdung walked to leadoff the inning prior to Titus Dumitru tripling into right field, scoring Verdung and giving the GreenJackets a 1-0 lead. Two batters later, as Austin Machado reached on an error, Dumitru scored to extend the lead to 2-0.
Two innings later, the GreenJackets extended their lead. Jake Steels drew a one-out walk and later scored as Wilmer De La Cruz reached on an error to make it a 3-0 game. Then, in the top of the sixth, Augusta tacked on once more.
Dumitru walked to lead off the inning and proceeded to steal second base. After moving up to third on a Steels single, Machado was hit by a pitch to load the bases. De La Cruz then reached on an infield single to plate Dumitru and make it a 4-0 game.
Meanwhile on the mound, Owen Hackman tossed six innings of one-hit ball while striking out eight on the night. Across five appearances — three starts — Hackman has a 1.31 ERA.
After Hackman, Adam Shoemaker came on in relief and tossed a pair of scoreless innings to preserve the shutout while getting the save in the Augusta 4-0 victory.
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Alvarez Jr. drove in three runs in the Stripers’ win. Atlanta’s minor league affiliates went .500 on the night as Gwinnett and Augusta came away with wins while Mississippi and Rome were dealt a loss each on the night.
(68-68) Gwinnett Stripers 7, (71-63) Nashville Sounds 1
Nacho Alvarez Jr., 3B: 1-5, HR, 3 RBI, R
Alejo Lopez, 2B: 2-5, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
Justin Dean, CF: 3-4, 2 R, RBI
Bryce Elder, SP: 6 IP, 3 H, R, 4 BB, 11 K
Box Score
Gwinnett routed Nashville on Friday thanks to a solid pitching performance from Bryce Elder and an all-around offensive outpouring.
The first run of the game came in the top of the third inning as the Stripers took a 2-0 lead over the Sounds. Alejo Lopez laced a one-out single before Nacho Alvarez Jr. homered over the left field wall to make it a 2-0 game.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, Nashville scored their only run of the game — an unearned run off of Stripers’ starter Bryce Elder — to cut the Gwinnett lead to 2-1 in the early going. Across six innings, Elder scattered just three hits while issuing four walks and striking out 11 in his start.
In the top of the fifth, Justin Dean ledoff with a single and proceeded to steal second base. After stealing third base, Dean scored on an Alvarez Jr. fielder’s choice to extend the lead to 3-1. The Stripers would break things open in the top of the sixth, scoring three runs.
J.P. Martinez worked a one-out walk and proceeded to advance to second on a passed ball. Two batters later, Justin Dean singled into center field to score Martinez and extend the lead to 4-1. Alejo Lopez then homered to score Dean to make it a 6-1 game in favor of Gwinnett.
In the top of the ninth, Martinez would single home Chadwick Tromp to extend the Stripers lead to 7-1 on the night. Meanwhile on the mound, relievers Domingo Gonzalez and Jimmy Herget capped off the stellar pitching performance on the night by tossing three combined scoreless innings to seal the Gwinnett 7-1 win on the night.
(61-67) Mississippi Braves 0, (81-47) Tennessee Smokies 3 (GAME ONE)
Cal Conley, SS: 2-3, 2B
Yolmer Sanchez, 2B: 2-3
Ian Mejia, SP: 4 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 3 K
Box Score
What was supposed to be a doubleheader for Mississippi turned into just one game on Friday as Mother Nature had other ideas. And in that one contest, the Braves came up short as they were shutout by Tennessee in the 3-0 loss.
Offensively, it was a rough go of it for the Braves, as two of their four total hits came in the first two innings in the loss. While Mississippi managed to put a runner on third base in the bottom of the sixth, the Braves failed to bring him across.
Tennessee took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second and later extended their lead to 3-0 by scoring twice more in the top of the fourth inning. Mississippi starter Ian Mejia scattered six hits on the night while allowing three runs and striking out three.
While Mejia was decent, the lack of offense from the Braves was the ultimate downfall in the seven-inning loss.
(61-66) Mississippi Braves , (80-47) Tennessee Smokies (GAME TWO — POSTPONED)
Game two for Mississippi was postponed due to weather and will be made up at a later date.
(63-63) Rome Emperors 3, (61-69) Hickory Crawdads 4
Ambioris Tavarez, SS: 2-4, 2B, 3B, RBI, R
Drew Compton, 1B: 2-4, RBI
JR Ritchie, SP: 4 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, BB, 4 K
Box Score
Rome came up short against Hickory on Friday, losing by just one run against the Crawdads.
The Emperors jumped out to an early lead in the top of the first. Kevin Kilpatrick Jr. ledoff the game by reaching on an error before Ambioris Tavarez tripled him home to make it a 1-0 game. In the next at-bat, Drew Compton singled into center field to plate Tavarez and extend the lead to 2-0.
In the bottom of the first, Hickory tagged Rome starter JR Ritchie for two runs of their own, tying the game at 2-2. However, the Emperors retook the lead in the top half of the second inning.
Colby Jones singled to kick off the frame before advancing to second on an error. After advancing to third, Jones scored on a Mac Guscette single to give Rome the 3-2 lead on the night.
Ritchie tossed back-to-back scoreless innings in the second and third frames before the Crawdads got two more runs off the young righty to take a 4-3 lead. All told on the night, Ritchie tossed four innings of three-run ball while scattering seven hits and striking out four.
After the second inning, the Emperors tallied just two hits the rest of the night as Rome ultimately fell by the 4-3 final.
(47-80) Augusta GreenJackets 4, (65-61) Down East Ducks 0
Travis Dumitru, DH: 1-4, 3B, RBI, 2 R, BB
Wilmer De La Cruz, 3B: 1-3, RBI, BB
Owen Hackman, SP: 6 IP, H, BB, 8 K
Box Score
Augusta got an excellent performance on the mound from Owen Hackman as the GreenJackets shutout Down East on the night to take the 4-0 victory.
After both teams were held scoreless in the first inning, Augusta broke through and scored first in the top of the second frame. Will Verdung walked to leadoff the inning prior to Titus Dumitru tripling into right field, scoring Verdung and giving the GreenJackets a 1-0 lead. Two batters later, as Austin Machado reached on an error, Dumitru scored to extend the lead to 2-0.
Two innings later, the GreenJackets extended their lead. Jake Steels drew a one-out walk and later scored as Wilmer De La Cruz reached on an error to make it a 3-0 game. Then, in the top of the sixth, Augusta tacked on once more.
Dumitru walked to lead off the inning and proceeded to steal second base. After moving up to third on a Steels single, Machado was hit by a pitch to load the bases. De La Cruz then reached on an infield single to plate Dumitru and make it a 4-0 game.
Meanwhile on the mound, Owen Hackman tossed six innings of one-hit ball while striking out eight on the night. Across five appearances — three starts — Hackman has a 1.31 ERA.
After Hackman, Adam Shoemaker came on in relief and tossed a pair of scoreless innings to preserve the shutout while getting the save in the Augusta 4-0 victory.
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