Apologies for the first of these in quite some time. Let's get to it, and pretend it never happened.
Oklahoma City (54-66)
OKC was all over Colorado, at one point scoring seven unanswered runs, for a 9-2 win. Lucas Harrell got the start, and didn't get ejected, or pulled before the 3rd inning, throwing 7IP, 11H/2ER, 5K:0BB (ERA: 2.67). Sam Gervacio and Xavier Cedeno each got three outs, with no hits, and 2Ks.
Brett Wallace continues his mastery of Triple-A with a 3x3, BB, 2RBI game. Jake Goebbert - called up ten days ago - was 2x4 with a double and an RBI. Drew Locke was 1x3 with 3RBI.
Man of the Match: Lucas Harrell
Corpus (42-75)
Game 1: Corpus loses to Arkansas, 4-2. Brett Oberholtzer took his first loss in the organization with 4IP, 2H/2ER, 6K:3BB. Arcenio Leon allowed 2H/2R (1ER), 0K:1BB, and Blake King allowed a walk in 1IP.
Emerson Frostad hit a solo homer, and added a single, to account for two of the Hooks' three runs. Kody Hinze had your other. David Flores provided the other RBI.
Man of the Match: Emerson Frostad.
Game 2: Arkansas got the first five runs, and beat Corpus 6-2. Erick Abreu lasted 1.1IP, allowing 5H/5ER, 0K:3BB. Jonnathan Aristil allowed 3H/1ER, which was given up by Henry Villar, who allowed two hits and two wild pitches.
Adam Bailey was 2x3 with two doubles and an RBI in his Double-A debut; Jon Gaston was 2x2 with a double and a walk.
Man of the Match: Adam Bailey
Lancaster (43-74)
Lancaster got themselves rocked, 8-2 at the hands of San Jose. Jose Cisnero allowed 7H/5ER, 5K:2BB, 3HR in 4IP; Shane Wolf threw 3IP of long relief, giving up 2H/1ER, 4K:0BB, HR; Kyle Greenwalt had two baserunners but no runs, and Pat Urckfitz' tailspin continues with 3H/2ER in 1IP.
Jonathan Singleton (3B) and Jonathan Meyer (2B, RBI) had two hits each; Austin Wates was 1x2 with 2BB. Alex Todd made his High-A debut after 33 games in Greeneville, and went 1x2 with a double after striking out for Jio Mier - who was apparently inexplicably tossed.
Man of the Match: Jonathan Meyer
Lexington (51-66)
Augusta scored the first six runs of the game, and then the last three for a 9-1 win over the Legends. Ruben Alaniz gave up 8H/6ER, 2K:1BB in 2.1IP; Alex Sogard threw the next 4.2IP, allowing 5H/2ER, 5K:2BB; Juan Minaya gave up 3H/1ER, 4K:1BB in 2IP.
Delino DeShields was 2x4 with a double, and Telvin Nash had your only XBH, with a double.
Man of the Match: Telvin Nash, who also had an outfield assist.
Tri-City (24-31)
Game 1: Despite allowing two runs to Hudson Valley in the top of the 1st, Tri-City got five back in the bottom half on their way to a 9-4 win. Adam Champion threw 6IP, 3H/2ER, 5K:2BB, as did Kristian Bueno, but without the strikeouts or walks, in 1IP.
Rafael Valenzuela was 3x4 with two doubles and 3RBI; Miguel Arrendell (BB) and Ryan McCurdy (2B, 3RBI) had two hits each. Chris Epps and Drew Muren were both 0x1, but with 3BB each.
Man of the Match: Rafael Valenzuela
Game 2: And Tri-City completes the sweep with a 2-1 win. Undrafted free agent Andrew Walter allowed an unearned run in 3IP, with 5K:2BB in 3IP, but Travis Blankenship picked up the win with 3IP, 2H/0ER. Ryan Cole got his 8th save of the year.
Neiko Johnson was 2x3 with a double; Rafael Valenzuela got a double as the ValleyCats win despite no extra-base hits, and no RBIs.
Man of the Match: Andrew Walter
Greeneville (21-30)
Greenville scored the first seven runs of the night for an 8-3 win over Bristol. Ricardo Batista allowed 1H/0ER, 7K:2BB in 5IP; Danilo Del Rio got two outs, but gave up 4H/3ER, and Zach Dando threw the final 3.1IP, striking out three, walking one, and giving up no hits.
Jorge Sosa (2B, BB, RBI), Jordan Scott (BB, RBI), Jesse Wierzbicki (2B, HR, 2RBI), and Chan-Jong Moon (2B, 2RBI) all had two hits each. Ernesto Genoves was 1x4 with a walk and an RBI.
Man of the Match: Jesse Wierzbicki
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