SATURDAY MINORS FINAL 7/20/19; Estes Has Solid GCL debut

[rico43]

SATURDAY SCOREBOARD
All Times Eastern

CLASS AAA

Gwinnett 5, Rochester 1

WP: Allard (7-4) 6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
Walker (Save, 1) 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K

Jackson 1-4, HR (22nd), RBI
Demeritte 1-4, HR (20th), 3 RBI
Kazmar 2-4, 2B

CLASS AA

Pensacola @ Mississippi (45-52), ppd.

ADVANCED CLASS A

Fort Myers 5, Florida 0

LP: Deal (3-9) 3 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
Hartman 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
Hernandez 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K

Michel 1-3
Joesphina 1-3

CLASS A

Asheville 3, Rome 2

SP: Noguera 7 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
LP: Shetter (2-2) 1.2 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Venter 3-4, 3 2B, R, RBI
Vasquez 3-5, 2B
Bermudez 2-4, 2B, R

SHORT-SEASON

Danville 4, Johnson City 2

SP: Barger 4.2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
WP: Daniels (1-1) 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K
Segal 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Aquino (Save, 1) 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K

Parker 1-3, 3B, 2 R, RBI
Blair 1-4, RBI
Philip 2-4 (.136)
Hernandez 2-4, RBI (.153)
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GCL Braves 1, GCL Rays 0

SP: Estes 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K (debut)
WP: Bryant (1-0) 3 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
Polanco 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K
C. De La Cruz (Save, 2) 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K

Backstrom 1-3, 2B, BB
Mezquita 3-4, RBI, SB

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DSL Braves 6, DSL Rays 2

SP: Sierra 5.1 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
WP: Salinas (1-1) 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K
Alesandro (Save, 3) 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K

Pena 2-4, 2B, RBI
Estrada 3-4, R, RBI (.342)
Then 3-5, 2 R

 

[IslandBrave]

Nice pro start for Estes

 

[50PoundHead]

Nice pro start for Estes

Jared Johnson made his debut yesterday and had a similar start. Hope these two can keep it up.

 

[bravesfanMatt]

I am intrigued by Allard again. Wonder if bringing him up to work with DK would be a good idea.

 

[buck75]

Allard pitched well and AJax hit another dinger.

 

[thethe]

Allard is back to a top 10 prospect - Like I always said!!!!!

 

[zbhargrove]

Allard is back to a top 10 prospect - Like I always said!!!!!

Probably in all of baseball

 

[Tapate50]

Radio broadcast mentioned the velo uptick and a new pitch for Allard.

 

[thethe]

Probably in all of baseball

I thought that was implied already

 

[msstate7]

Radio broadcast mentioned the velo uptick and a new pitch for Allard.

What's the new pitch?

 

[zbhargrove]

Radio broadcast mentioned the velo uptick and a new pitch for Allard.

The velo uptick has been reported most of the year... don't know about the new pitch though

 

[clvclv]

Walker smells a possibly available pen spot.

 

[OcalaBrave]

Allard pitched well and AJax hit another dinger.

They are both things again, right?

 

[nsacpi]

What's the new pitch?

Fastball

 

[GeorgiaGirl]

Allard's been throwing a cutter, apparently.

I still think it's probably more likely that he'd have a better shot at growing up in the majors on another team, but he's more than made himself interesting again.

 

[cajunrevenge]

Allard will find a role somewhere in the majors. I think he needed to get his ass kicked in the majors for him to change/improve.

 

[BeanieAntics]

Allard's been throwing a cutter, apparently.

I still think it's probably more likely that he'd have a better shot at growing up in the majors on another team, but he's more than made himself interesting again.

T-minus 10 until the Hyun Jin Ryu comps start rolling in.