All Hands on Deck: Brandon Waddell with six scoreless innings for Indianapolis

By Brian Cartwright Aug 25, 2019, 10:03am EDT

The GCL Pirates get walked off twice and the Dominican Summer League wrapped it’s regular season with makeup games, the Pirates-2 finishing at 56-16 and headed to the playoffs.

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Games

Triple-A

Indianapolis (64-67) with 7-0 blanking of visiting Louisville (53-78)

Brandon Waddell (6-7, 6.10 ERA in 93 IP) fanned seven batters in six scoreless innings, allowing three hits and three walks. It was his second straight quality start, having allowed just one run in his last fourteen innings. He also added two singles in three at bats.

3B Ke’Bryan Hayes (259/329/412) had his fourth straight multi-hit game with a 2-for-4 night.

Double-A

Altoona (65-66) edged 3-2 at Bowie (72-59)

Left-hander Cam Vieaux (7-6, 3.89 ERA in 131 ²⁄₃ IP) took a no-hitter into the sixth, extending his scoreless streak to 24 innings over four games, when with two outs he walked a pair of batters then saw Carlos Perez slam his 14th homer to plate three runs and give Bowie the lead. It was the only hit that Vieaux would allow and Bowie had only two hits in the game, to Altoona’s four. Vieaux walked four and struck out three.

SS Oneil Cruz (308/354/504) had a double and his first Double-A home run, a solo shot in the fourth.

Oneil Cruz doubles and Jared Oliva scores from first base on an error by Cedric Mullins.

Our lead is now 2-0 in the sixth. #FullSteamAhead pic.twitter.com/wombGG1sJN
— Altoona Curve (@AltoonaCurve) August 24, 2019

High-A

Bradenton (70-60) with 9-3 win over visiting Daytona Beach (62-67)

Coming of back-to-back rough starts, Gavin Wallace (5-8, 4.28 ERA in 103 IP) allowed two runs in the top of the first, but the Marauders exploded for five in the first and another four runs in the second as Wallace settled down, giving up three runs in five innings on eight hits without a walk as he fanned three.

DH Lucas Tancas (280/340/420) slammed a three run homer in the five run first, his eight of the year, and added an RBI single in the second that also an RBI double from SS Rodolfo Castro (244/295/465), who had two hits, and a two-run triple from LF Lolo Sanchez (254/340/368).

Castro has hit 338/364/514 over his last 20 games.

Low-A

Greensboro (75-54) wins 4-2 at Hickory (77-49)

Alex Manasa (9-4, 3.37 ERA in 133 ²⁄₃ IP) threw five shutout innings, striking out four as he allowed four hits and four walks. He’s now allowed a run in four of his last six starts, and just one run in one of the other two.

With the score tied 2-2 in the top of the seventh, the Grasshoppers loaded the bases on three walks, then scored two of them when DH Jonah Davis (235/323/463) was hit by a pitch and RF Jack Herman (249/336/459) also walked.

Short Season A

West Virginia (36-30) drops 6-2 score at Auburn (24-42)

Starter Jesus Valles was hit with a four spot in the second, the only runs he’d allow in six innings of work on a total of four hits and a walk. He struck out three.

RF Matt Fraizer (234/307/282) and LF Fernando Villegas (294/366/464) had two hits apiece, accounting for four of the Black Bears’ six hits.

Advanced Rookie

Bristol (32-31) wins 5-4 at Johnson City (33-31)

Starter Dante Mendoza, who’s struggled all year, turned in perhaps his best performance of the season, not allowing any runs over five innings as he allowed just two hits, walking three and striking out one.

Tied 2-2 in the top of the eighth, three Pirates scored when the right-fielder dropped DH Jesus Valdez (292/376/436) two-out fly ball for an error.

Valdez, 3B Aaron Shackelford (274/338/497) and CF Daniel Rivero (255/321/303) all had two hits each.

Rookie

GCL Pirates (17-33) drop 7-6 score in 9 innings at Orioles (35-14)

Starter Domingo Gonzalez was roughed up for five runs in four and two thirds innings on five hits and two walks as he fanned six.

The game was tied 5-5 after the regulation seven, then saw each team score once in the eighth to send it to another extra frame, but the Pirates failed to score in the top of the ninth before the O’s plated a run in their half to walk off with the win.

3B Norkis Marcos (237/299/333) had three hits and hot-hitting RF Jasiah Dixon (349/438/444) added a pair of his own.

GCL Pirates (17-34) walked off again, 5-4 in 8 innings at Orioles (36-14) in makeup of Aug 16 postponement

Spot starter Mario Garcia (4.24 ERA, 50 K’s in 46 ²⁄₃ IP) only lasted a third of an inning, giving up three runs on three hits and a walk, but the Pirates tied the score in the second and Julio Rosario (6.04 ERA in 22 ¹⁄₃ IP) tossed four and two thirds shutout frames in relief.

Into extra innings, the Pirates scored one in the top of the eighth but the Orioles responded with a pair, to walk it off again and sweep the double header.

RF Deon Walker (273/329/455) had a pair of hits.

Dominican Rookie

Pirates-1 (34-36) win 5-1 over visiting Dodgers Shoemaker (35-34)

Starter Raydel Velette (3.22 ERA in 36 ¹⁄₃ IP) left after three innings, giving up just one run on three hits and a walk, but Brahman Rosario (2.59 ERA in 59 IP) followed with five shutout innings, allowing just one base runner, a single, as he fanned six.

CF Sergio Campana (281/362/374) had two hits.

Pirates-2 (55-16) drop 5-1 score at Royals-2 (30-40)

Starter Felipe Mezquita (3.83 ERA in 49 ¹⁄₃ IP) was tagged with the loss, allowing two runs in five innings on five hits as he fanned four without a walk, but reliever Emmanuel Mejia (1.74 ERA, 37 K’s in 20 ²⁄₃ IP), who’d only given up one run all year, tossed gas on the fire, surrendering three runs in just an inning on three hits and a walk.

The Pirates only had four hits, as both CF Randy Romero (376/418/495) and 3B Alex Mojica (351/468/580) ended their regular seasons on hitless notes.

Pirates-2 (56-16) victorious 9-2 over visiting Royals-2 (30-41) in makeup of Aug 23 postponement

Even as many of their regulars were benched for the final game of the regular season, Jorge Ramos (3.04 ERA in 53 ¹⁄₃ IP) turned in his second straight scoreless start, allowing three walks and just two hits in five innings, striking out four.

RF Rodolfo Nolasco (302/373/472) was 3-for-4 while 2B Carlos Arroyo (302/354/401) and 1B Jommer Hernandez (317/406/423) had two hits apiece.