PreStros Morning Report: June 15

TL: DR

*Handsome Dan Straily threw a 2-hit 7IP gem in a 6-3 Fresno win over Sacramento and Matt Cain.
*Corpus won both sides of a double-header, with Leo Heras collecting 6RBI and Mark Appel throwing 6.1IP, 6H/2ER, 6K:2BB.
*Lancaster fought back to an 11-11 tie, but Ugly Pitching gave Visalia a 14-11 win.
*Quad Cities tied with Great Lakes 3-3, but Akeem Bostick pitched extremely well. Yeah, tied.

Fresno (39-25)

Fresno scored the first six runs of the game and coasted to a 6-3 win at Sacramento and rehabbing starter Matt Cain. Handsome Dan Straily allowed 2H/0ER, 7K:2BB in 7IP; Jason Stoffel allowed 2H/3R (2ER), 2K:1BB in 1IP; Kevin Chapman allowed 1H/0ER, 1K:1BB in the 9th.

 L.J. Hoes was 3x5 with an RBI; Tony Kemp (2B, BB), Matt Duffy (HR, BB, RBI), and Jon Singleton (RBI) had two hits each. Alex Presley was 1x4 with an RBI and a walk.

Man of the Match: Handsome Dan Straily

Corpus (42-19)

Corpus and San Antonio played a doubleheader due to yesterday's game being postponed due to rain.

Game 1: Kyle Westwood allowing 9H/3ER, 0K:1BB in 5.1IP; Chris Cotton got the two batters he faced in the 6th, and Travis Ballew threw a scoreless 7th in a 5-3 Corpus win. Leo Heras hit a 3-run homer; Chan Moon was 2x3 with a walk.

Game 2: Just a freaking beatdown. Corpus puts up 3+ runs in four of the seven innings, beating San Antonio 15-3. Mark Appel threw 6.1IP, allowing 6H/2ER - both earned runs coming on solo homers - with 6K:2BB to lower his ERA to 4.79. Juan Minaya allowed 3H/1ER in 0.2IP.

Leo Heras was 4x5 with two doubles, a stolen base, and 3RBI and Conrad Gregor was 4x5 with a homer and 4RBI. Tyler White was 3x5 with a double and 5RBI; Chan Moon (SB, BB), Teoscar Hernandez (RBI), and Jon Kemmer (HR, BB, RBI) each had two hits.

Man of the Doubleheader: Leo Heras got five hits (two doubles and a homer) and 6RBI

Lancaster (35-29)

Lancaster got a 6-run 5th and tacked one on in the 7th to tie Visalia at 11-11, but the Rawhide added three between the 8th/9th to defeat Lancaster 14-11. Starter Evan Grills left after 0.1IP with an apparent hand injury, allowing 1H/3R (2ER), HBP. Tyler Brunnemann allowed 3H/5R (4ER), 4K:1BB in 2.2IP; Andrew Walter allowed 2H/0ER (but two of Brunnemann's charged runs) with 2K in 1IP; Bryan Radziewski allowed 6H/4ER, 1K:2BB in 3IP, and Reymin Guduan allowed 3H/2ER, 2K:1BB in a pitching outing full of ugly.

Brett Phillips was 3x6 with a solo homer - his 13th of the season; Jack Mayfield was 2x5 with a homer and 2RBI; Alfredo Gonzalez (RBI), Mott Hyde (2 2B, 4RBI) and James Ramsay (HR, BB, RBI) added two hits each. A.J. Reed was 1x4 with a walk and an RBI.

Man of the Match: Mott Hyde

Quad Cities (41-21)

Uhhh. I don't know what to do with this. Quad Cities and Great Lakes met for the final time of the season, but inclement weather suspended the game in the 6th with the score tied at 3-3, so they'll count it as a tie, the first since 2003. The game won't be resumed, but it's official and all stats will count, though each team's records remain unchanged. So let's get Weird.

Akeem Bostick threw 6IP, 5H/3R (1ER), 7K:0BB.

Sean McMullen was 2x3 with a double and a stolen base; Jacob Nottingham was 1x3 with a 2-run homer in the 1st inning. Ramon Laureano hit an RBI sac fly.

Man of the Not-Match: Akeem Bostick. But there's no tying in baseball.