5/5 THURSDAY MINORS THREAD: Toussaint, Soroka in a.m. DH

THURSDAY'S MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS

CLASS AAA

Gwinnett, idle

CLASS AA

Mississippi 3, Tennessee 2

WP: Ellis (4-0) 5.2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 5 K, HR
Hursh 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K
Kinman 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
Roney (Save, 2) 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K

Schrader 1-4, HR (2nd), RBI
Swanson 1-3, 2B, R, 2 BB
Astudillo 2-4, RBI
Franco 1-4, RBI
Lipka 1-5, 2 SB

ADVANCED CLASS A

Carolina (11-15) @ Lynchburg, ppd.

CLASS A

Game One
Rome 4, Hickory 3 (7)
Walk-off win on Morales RBI 1b

SP: Toussaint 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, HR
WP: Caicedo (BS, 1-0) 2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER(1R), 0 BB, 3 K

Acuna 3-4, 3B, 2 R, RBI, 2 SB
Morales 1-2, RBI
Riley 1-4
Ellison 1-3, HR (2nd), RBI

Game Two
Hickory 6, Rome 0 (7)

LP: Soroka (0-3) 4 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
Jones 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
Minter 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
Geekie 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K

Didder 2-3, 2B, BB
Keller 1-3
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MOVES:

ROME: Yeudi Grullon promoted from Danville
Gamez, Custred demoted to Danvile
Alex Minter, Josh Graham activated frm DL

CAROLINA: Erison Mendez promoted from Rome
Obregon placed on 7-day DL

MISSISSIPPI: nothing new since 5/2

GWINNETT: Sean Burnett assigned to Gwinnett
Brandon Snyder placed on DL

Touki will build on a strong start and go 6.2 innings of 4 hit ball with 2 BB and 7Ks.. 1 or 2 ER.. Rome will Squash the Crawdads 10-3.. Riley will go deep once and Morales will be 2-4 with 1BB..Acuna will also have a big fly.

Touki is through 3 with no runs, 2 hits, one BB, and 2 Ks.

Touki through 4 now. Still no runs, 3 hits, one BB, one HBP, and 2 Ks. Did a good job escaping after a leadoff double and HBP.

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Originally Posted by striker42

Touki is through 3 with no runs, 2 hits, one BB, and 2 Ks.

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nothing like a sac fly double play at home to get Touki out of the 4th still up 1-0....

only thing more exciting would be if it was on opening day to end the game against your big rivals.. but that would never happen right..

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Originally Posted by bravesfanMatt

nothing like a sac fly double play at home to get Touki out of the 4th still up 1-0....

only thing more exciting would be if it was on opening day to end the game against your big rivals.. but that would never happen right..

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Not when your manager things AJP is better than Flowers

After getting a pop out and a K in the 5th, Touki gave up a single followed by a HR. He rallied to K the next batter. He's through 5 now, 2 R (both earned), 5 H, 1 HR, 1 BB, 4 Ks.

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Originally Posted by striker42

After getting a pop out and a K in the 5th, Touki gave up a single followed by a HR. He rallied to K the next batter. He's through 5 now, 2 R (both earned), 5 H, 1 HR, 1 BB, 4 Ks.

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1 walk = success

Acuna continue to impress with a triple, single and stolen base so far today. Now hitting .301. Only 18.

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Originally Posted by yeezus

1 walk = success

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1 BB and 1 HBP.. they pulled him after 5 innings and only 70 something pitches. Really taking it easy with him. But still a good start to build on after his previous start. I was hoping for one more inning out of him. and I forgot it is only a 7 inning game.

Touki through after 5. Gave up the dinger, but only walked one while striking out 4. I don't like the 41/31 strike-to-ball ratio, but has 2-2 on the GO/AO. Baby steps.

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Originally Posted by 50PoundHead

Touki through after 5. Gave up the dinger, but only walked one while striking out 4. I don't like the 41/31 strike-to-ball ratio, but has 2-2 on the GO/AO. Baby steps.

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he has put together two good starts.. I will take it all day with his electric stuff.

Touki is definitely still learning how to pitch. He's got an enormous ceiling but he could take a very, very long time to get here.

man.. Caicedo can't close it out for Touki... he got himself in trouble with a throwing error on a bunt that put runners on 2nd and 3rd w/ no outs.. but got a grounder to get the guy out at home.. a K to make it 2 outs.. then a single to allow the tying run to score.. man.. tough luck..

Acuna Matata.

Scores the winning run in the bottom of the seventh on a single by Jonathan Morales.

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Originally Posted by 50PoundHead

Acuna Matata.

Scores the winning run in the bottom of the seventh on a single by Jonathan Morales.

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Acuna with another steal to set that up. why they pitched to Morales is beyond me.

But Rome has been playing much better lately. Can't wait for Allard to get there...

Acuna looks to be a fast mover at this point

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Originally Posted by Tapate50

Acuna looks to be a fast mover at this point

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well duh.. he had 2 stolen bases..and 8 on the year..

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Originally Posted by Tapate50

Acuna looks to be a fast mover at this point

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His defense in center is supposed to be pretty good. Imo he's one of three position prospects in our farm system with a good chance to be an above average ML regular. Oz and Swanny being the other two.

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Originally Posted by bravesfanMatt

Acuna with another steal to set that up. why they pitched to Morales is beyond me.

But Rome has been playing much better lately. Can't wait for Allard to get there...

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I read an article that said Allard will likely start in June but that it will be at Danville. That's interesting, but hopefully they're just planning to have him there for 2-3 starts and then move him to Rome, assuming everything looks good.