MINORS MONDAY 5/2 FINAL: Fried wins 1st; Lipka's best game ever?

MONDAY'S MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS

CLASS AAA

Toledo 6, Gwinnett 2

SP: Texeira 5 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
LP: Krol (0-2) 1 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Gant 3 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K

Albies 1-4, K
Ruiz 2-4, R
Bonifacio 1-4, R

CLASS AA

Mississippi 8, Jacksonville 2

WP: Barker (3-0) 5 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4, HR
Hursh 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
Burwawa 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Roney 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K

Lipka 4-5, 2 2B, HR (1st), 3 R, 2 RBI
Swanson 1-5, 2 RBI
Kennelly 1-5, HR (1st), 2 RBI
Franco 3-4, 2B, R, RBI
Camargo 2-4, R, RBI

ADVANCED CLASS A

Carolina (11-12) @ Salem, ppd.

CLASS A

Game One
Rome 5, Hagerstown 4 (7)

WP: Fried (1-1) 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 6 K (TWO pickoffs!)
Belicek 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K
Lewis (Save, 1) 1 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

Morales 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI (.305)
Acua 1-3, 2 R, BB
Riley 1-3, R, BB
Didder 1-4, R, SB

Game Two
Hagerstown 4, Rome 1 (7)

LP: Sanchez (2-2) 5 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
Matos 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K

Ellison 1-2, 3B, RBI
Salazar 1-3, 2B
Riley 0-2, R, BB, 2 K
Acuna 0-2, BB
Morales 0-3

Fried with W today..
5ip/2ER/4H/3BB/6K ERA now 3.52

notables.
Acuna 1 -3 , 1BB/
Riley 1 -3, 1BB/1K
Morales 2 -4 2 RBI -- hopefully he is starting to heat up again. he has been pretty bad the last week or so..

**sorry, rico.. I didn't even see your updates..

I would like to see Fried promoted soon.

@mlbbowman 4h4 hours ago Queens, NY
Opponents have hit .121 (23-for-189) vs. @mbraves reliever Brad Roney since the start of '15. RH have hit .086 (10-for-116) against him.

Jason Hursh after a terrible start this year is doing better out of the bullpen of late, he's not given up a run in 6 of his last 7 games and only one total in that span. He pitched two more scoreless tonight lowering his ERA to 3.75, after his bad start that is a turnaround worth noticing at least. Maybe he can still turn into an MLB bullpen option down the line, he is still just 24.

Also, Roney with another scoreless inning with two more K's tonight. Dude is nasty and could be a closer in MLB if he can keep the walks down.

Barker with another good game and win for Mississippi. He's been really steady his MILB career so far.

BTW, I know y'all remember Gant throwing a vulcan change, Roney also throws one and that's been getting him a lot of K's of late.

I had no idea Gant was going to pitch in relief tonight, I guess they didn't want to wait and start him tomorrow? Hopefully he can get back to starting soon and get into a groove again.

BTW, I wonder how good Camargo can be defensively at short in MLB with his strong arm. He doesn't have Simmons range but after seeing how good Ahmed turned out for Arizona defensively I wonder if Camargo might have a shot at doing similar on defense. I think he has a shot at being a good back-up at short with his strong arm. If he could improve as a hitter he would have a better shot. He's playing second now with Albies and Swanson in the picture.

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Originally Posted by Braves1976

BTW, I wonder how good Camargo can be defensively at short in MLB with his strong arm. He doesn't have Simmons range but after seeing how good Ahmed turned out for Arizona defensively I wonder if Camargo might have a shot at doing similar on defense. I think he has a shot at being a good back-up at short with his strong arm. If he could improve as a hitter he would have a better shot. He's playing second now with Albies and Swanson in the picture.

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I'm curious to see what happens with Camargo. He's obviously in the back seat of the Albies/Swanson-mobile and he needs to pick up his offense. If he starts to hit (and he is all of 22), he could be a trade-chip of sorts. 40-man roster decision looms for him after the season.