All Hands on Deck: James Marvel wins his 15th game

By Brian Cartwright Aug 29, 2019, 12:29am EDT

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RHP Domingo Gonzalez (2.29 ERA, 76 K’s in 63 IP) was promoted from the GCL Pirates to West Virginia to help in their playoff push. the 19 year old right-hander, in his second season with the Pirates, began the year in the Dominican Summer League, where he allowed just one run in 25 ¹⁄₃ innings, walking just three with 33 strikeouts. Promoted to the Gulf Coast League, he had a 3.58 ERA in 37 ²⁄₃ innings, fanning 43.

Greensboro placed SS Conner Kaiser (200/331/325) on the 7-day injured list. SS Andres Alvarez (235/336/326) was then promoted from the GCL Pirates to take his place.

Games

Triple-A

Indianapolis (65-70) wins 7-4 over visiting Toledo (64-71)

James Marvel (15-5, 3.03 ERA in 157 ¹⁄₃ IP) didn’t have one of his better games, but it was enough to improve his Triple-A record to 6-0 as he surrendered a pair of solo homers among three runs in six innings, with six hits and a walk while he fanned four.

3B Ke’Bryan Hayes (263/332/415) continued his hot hitting with a single, triple and a walk, giving him fourteen hits in his last six games. 1B Will Craig (250/325/429) had two singles and two runs driven in, while SS Jake Elmore (340/407/481) and CF Jason Martin (270/322/435) also had two hits each.

Double-A

Altoona (68-67) rolls 8-1 over visiting Akron (60-75)

The Rubber Ducks leave Altoona having scored just one run in three games, as left-hander Sean Brady (6-12, 4.38 ERA in 156 ¹⁄₃ IP) followed up his complete game shutout of five days ago with a seven inning outing where he allowed just one run on six hits and a walk.

Nick Mears (3.35 ERA, 67 K’s in 45 ²⁄₃ IP) struck out three of the four batters he faced in the ninth.

BLUE BYE EWE@NickMears38 strikes out three in a scoreless ninth to close out the win #FullSteamAhead

FINAL: Curve 8, Akron 1 pic.twitter.com/21JpN0Qo4V
— Altoona Curve (@AltoonaCurve) August 29, 2019

LF Chris Sharpe (256/335/444) smashed a two-run homer in the fourth, his 16th of the year, and SS Oneil Cruz (297/347/482) got back in the hit column with a pair of singles and a walk. 1B Jerrick Suiter (235/278/298) and RF Bralin Jackson (249/290/306) also had two hits apiece.

High-A

Bradenton (72-62) falls 9-4 to visiting Palm Beach (57-72)

Nick Economos (10-9, 3.42 ERA in 134 ¹⁄₃ IP) was pummeled for eight runs on twelve hits in five and a third innings, including a solo homer in the Cardinals’ five run second. He fanned five without a walk.

RF Cal Mitchell (251/304/406) had two of the Marauders’ six hits, including a two-run homer in the seventh inning, his 15th of the year.

Low-A

Greensboro (77-56) victorious 6-4 over visiting Rome (63-71)

The Grasshoppers scored three time sin the bottom of the eighth to overcome a 4-3 deficit.

RF Jonah Davis (239/324/471) led off with a double and then everyone was safe when LF Jack Herman (250/336/455) laid done a bunt to move Davis, the tying run, to third. 2B Ji-hwan Bae (324/404/421) then ripped a 3-0 pitch for a triple to center field and he came home on a single by CF Fabricio Macias (284/333/400).

Bae and Macias both had two hits and three RBI for the game.

Starter Winston Nicacio (2.78 ERA in 55 IP) bounced back from a seven-run game last time out to keep Rome to just one run in six innings, on five hits and a walk. He struck out four.

Will Gardner (3.06 ERA, 56 K’s in 47 IP) struck out the side in the ninth for his fourth save.

Short Season A

West Virginia (37-33) falls 8-7 in 10 innings to visiting Batavia (39-32)

The Black Bears, trailing Batavia by a half game with six games to go in the season, held a 6-4 lead into the ninth, but reliever Garrett Leonard (4.76 ERA in 28 ¹⁄₃ IP), who blew an extra-inning lead three days earlier, gave up a pair of runs in the ninth to tie the game and another two in the tenth.

2B Cory Wood (239/333/326) doubled home the fake runner in the bottom of the tenth to draw within one, but after 1B Brendt Citta (290/376/450) walked, CF Brett Kinneman (174/282/292) went down swinging and SS Victor Ngoepe (219/284/276) rolled out to first to end the game.

LF Fernando Villegas (289/362/444) drove in three on a third inning double while Wood, Kinneman and RF Matt Fraizer (241/307/292) each had a pair of hits.

Starter Michael Burrows (4.33 ERA in 43 ²⁄₃ IP) gave up four runs in four innings, but only one was earned. He fanned seven while allowing just one walk and three hits, one of those a solo homer.

The West Virginia pitchers fanned fifteen Batavia batters in ten innings.

Advanced Rookie

Bristol (34-33) a 4-2 winner over visiting Danville (30-38)

The Pirates’ scored all four of their runs in the second inning, capped by Jesus Valdez’ (292/377/431) two-run double, as starter Tahnaj Thomas (3.17 ERA, 59 K’s in 48 ¹⁄₃ IP) made it stand up, tossing five innings of one-run ball.

Thomas fanned five without a walk in his five innings, giving up four hits, including a solo homer for the only score.