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

[rico43]

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

[bravesfanMatt]

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.

[striker42]

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

[striker42]

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.

[bravesfanMatt]

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

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..

[striker42]

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..

Not when your manager things AJP is better than Flowers

[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.

[CJ9]

Two walks and a double for Dansby.

[CrimsonCowboy]

Assuming he doesn't get promoted again, I am looking so forward to seeing Swanson play in a couple of weeks.

[Braves1976]

I watched the Mississippi game tonight. I thought Ellis didn't have his best stuff but did a great job making it work until a two-out 0-2 change-up (third in a row after batter swung and missed on first two, one too many I'd say). Ellis ended up going 5.2, 4 H, 2 R, 4 BB, 5 K. I'd argue that the umps inconsistent and missed strike three call cost Ellis his last inning. But the ump had a tight zone all night while also being inconsistent at times both ways. Roney in the 9th got cheated on a missed strike the first walk and the second walk came about after what should've been strike three called to end it (even opposing announcers thought so, so I'm not blind lol). Regardless Roney got the next batter to pop out for a save and 3-2 win for Ellis and the M-Braves.

Swanson had another good game as stated above, homie looks like he knows what he's doing whether at the plate, in the field or running the bases. Kid has really impressed me, looks like a future All-Star in MLB to me. Astudillo had a good game, another CS for second game in a row (at a key time too) and 2-4 with an RBI. Hursh had 1.1 scoreless and has his ERA down to 3.38, worth noting because he started pretty bad this year. He has been good while pitching multiple innings for a good stretch and has only given up one run in his last 9 games. Not a bad turnaround, hopefully it continues. Kinman also had another scoreless 8th tonight. I like him and Roney a lot.

[Braves1976]

Every time I watch Swanson I wonder what D-backs GM Stewart was thinking including him in the Miller trade.

[smootness]

Every time I watch Swanson I wonder what D-backs GM Stewart was thinking including him in the Miller trade.

I still can't believe that trade happened. Blair is already pitching better in the majors than Miller is, and we also get Swanson and Inciarte. What the heck.

[Braves1976]

I still can't believe that trade happened. Blair is already pitching better in the majors than Miller is, and we also get Swanson and Inciarte. What the heck.

It seems he underrated them while overrating Miller at the same time.

[weso1]

Every time I watch Swanson I wonder what D-backs GM Stewart was thinking including him in the Miller trade.

It's not just Swanson. All three make you scratch your head.

[rico43]

Every time I watch Swanson I wonder what D-backs GM Stewart was thinking including him in the Miller trade.

Rest assured, it had nothing to do with baseball.

[msstate7]

Albies and Swanson have destroyed AA pitching. I know they're good, but is there a lack of big time pitching in our AA division?

[bravesfanMatt]

Albies and Swanson have destroyed AA pitching. I know they're good, but is there a lack of big time pitching in our AA division?

I was thinking the same thing. But then last night Swanson did face underwood and he is highly rated.

[yeezus]

I was thinking the same thing. But then last night Swanson did face underwood and he is highly rated.

And Swanson has destroyed top-20 prospects so far in his career. They might just be special players.

[yeezus]

but what else should we expect when this guy is his father??

[Hudson2]

Carson Fulmer is in our AA division as well