Great outing for Pimentel, HR for Lambo

Bradenton was rained out on Friday.

-- Indianapolis rode an Andrew Lambo HR and eight shutout innings by Stolmy Pimentel (pictured) to a 1-0 win over Louisville. Pimentel gave up just two hits and a walk, and fanned five. He threw 63 of 98 pitches for strikes. Vic Black ran into trouble in the 9th when he walked leadoff hitter Billy Hamilton, but he pitched out of a first-and-third, one out situation by striking out Neftali Soto and Mike Hessman. Lambo's ninth HR was one of only four hits for the Indians.

-- Altoona beat Akron, 3-1. Nick Kingham went six, allowing one run on six hits and two walks, with four strikeouts. Mel Rojas, Jr., went 4-5 with a double and a triple. He's now hitting .337 in June and July. Gregory Polanco drove in all three of the Curve's runs. He went 2-4 with a double.

-- West Virginia got shut out by Asheville, 3-0. Asheville starter Matt Carasiti came in with a 9.20 ERA and .376 opponents' average through ten starts, but threw six and two-thirds scoreless innings against the Power. Barrett Barnes went 2-3 with a double, Josh Bell 0-4 and Dilson Herrera 1-4. Jason Creasy gave up two unearned runs in six innings on four hits and two walks. He fanned six.

-- Jamestown dropped a 2-1 decision to Hudson Valley. Harold Ramirez stayed blistering hot, going 2-4. That gave him 19 hits in his last 36 ABs. Jackson Lodge gave up the two runs in five innings. Axel Diaz struck out four of the six batters he faced in relief.

-- The GCL Pirates beat the Phillies, 6-4. Reese McGuire went 2-4 with two doubles. Luis Urena also went 2-4. Austin Meadows is off to a slow start. He went 0-4 and is now 1-13. Jonathan Sandfort struggled, allowing four runs in three innings on three hits, two of them HRs, and three walks. He struck out one. Will Kendall threw a scoreless inning in his pro debut, giving up a hit and fanning two.

-- The DSL Pirates1 beat the Marlins, 3-1. Luis Benitez and Reggie Cerda each had two hits, and Julio De La Cruz had a triple in four at-bats. Ramon Rodriguez gave up an unearned run on two hits and no walks in three and two-thirds innings. He struck out seven.

No results were available for the DSL Pirates2.