Gwinnett Braves 7, Charlotte Knights 5

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Gwinnett Braves 1, Charlotte Knights 5

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Rio Ruiz, 3B: 1-3, BB, run, .268/.355/.377

Blake Lalli, C: 2-4, 2B, 3 RBI, .256/.302/.320

Matt Wisler, SP: 7 IP, 8 H, 5 R (3 ER), 0 BB, 4 K, 3.71 ERA

Aaron Blair, SP: 2 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 4.59 ERA

Gwinnett had a full day with a double header that they split with Charlotte by scores of 7-5, 1-5. Matt Wisler was okay in his start, lasting the full 7 innings to help preserve the bullpen. Giving up 5 runs (3 earned) is less than ideal especially since he did give up another long ball, but it was good to see him put together a long outing. Aaron Blair, on the other hand, seems as though he is not in a great place as a pitcher. He was missing up and cannot seem to locate his fastball anywhere close to the level he was when he was tearing up AAA earlier this season. The result is a guy leaving high-80s,, low-90s stuff up and in the middle of the plate which results in the lines you see above.

There weren’t really any standout offensive performances from Gwinnett, with Blake Lalli being arguably the best with RBIs in both halves of the doubleheader. Rio Ruiz only played in one game but reached base twice in the game before Gwinnett gave Kyle Kubitza a start at third.

Mississippi Braves 0, Pensacola Blue Wahoos 1

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Mississippi Braves 1, Pensacola Blue Wahoos 2

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Ozzie Albies, 2B: 0-6, BB, .328/.402/.450

Dustin Peterson, LF: 2-6, BB, .292/.350/.448

Michael Mader, SP: 7 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 0.69 ERA

Evan Phillips, RP: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 2.20 ERA

Offense was scarce in this doubleheader as Mississippi was swept by Pensacola 0-1, 1-2. Ozzie Albies was held hitless although he did reach base with a walk and Dustin Peterson had a hit in each half of the doubleheader. Unfortunately, Dustin’s hit output was a full 25% of the hits Mississippi managed in the entire doubleheader.

Michael Mader was a tough luck loser (insert obligatory “the win stat is stupid” note here) as he pitched a complete game in the first half and gave up just the one run. He has given up just one run total in the two starts since he was acquired from the Marlins. The second game was a patchwork affair (so that Mississippi can keep their rotation on schedule) that Pensacola won by scoring two runs in the top of the 9th off of David Peterson to steal the second game and secure the sweep.

Carolina Mudcats 1, Wilmington Blue Rocks 2

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Kade Scivicque, C: 2-4, RBI

Travis Demeritte, 2B: 0-4, 3 K, .200/.362/.413

Matt Withrow, SP: 6 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 9 K, 4.00 ERA

Offense was scarce yet again as Carolina fell to Wilmington 2-1. It was a shame that the offense didn’t show up because Matt Withrow pitched a great game. Withrow pitched 6 shutout innings with 9 Ks, but unfortunately 2 unearned runs under Sean McLaughlin’s watch being the deciding runs in the game. Raymar Navarro ended Carolina’s day with an inning of scoreless relief.

The newly acquired Kade Scivicque had his first two hits as a Brave in this game while Travis Demeritte had a less good game, going 0-4 with 3 Ks. He has struck out 34 times in the 21 games he has played since he has joined the Braves (along with walking 19 times). Braxton Davidson has recorded just 4 hits over his past 9 games (32 at-bats) while striking out 19 times and walking just twice.

Rome Braves 3, Asheville Tourists 1

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Austin Riley, 3B: 1-4, run, .259/.315/.447

Jonathan Morales, C: 2-4, HR, 3 RBI, .276/.325/.368

Mike Soroka, SP: 7 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 8 K, 2.98 ERA

Mike Soroka keeps doing Mike Soroka things as Jonathan Morales backed yet another strong outing from Mike with a 3-run homer that proved to be the difference in Rome’s 3-1 win. Despite giving up just the third homer of his professional career (a solo shot), Soroka continued to just be excellent and finds areas of improvement in each start. His ERA in his past 10 starts is 3.05 and thats with a rare off outing where he gave up 6 runs in 5 innings of work. Just turning 19 a couple weeks ago, Mike has already displayed the ability to dominate full season ball batters and still has room to grow as a pitcher. Corbin Clouse would later come in and secure the save with yet another multi-K inning of relief.

On offense, it was pretty quiet until Jonathan Morales brought the big wood and clubbed a three run homer that accounted for all of Rome’s runs in the game. Morales has slashed .322/.372/.416 in the second half this year and is right up there with Dustin Peterson as one of the system’s hottest hitters right now. Juan Yepez and Kevin Josephina joined Morales with multi-hit games of their own, although only Morales was able to capitalize on the having some baserunners to drive in.

Danville Braves 0, Greeneville Astros 2

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Derian Cruz, SS: 1-4, .173/.189/.250

Marcus Mooney, 3B: 1-2, BB, .285/.384/.349

Joey Wentz, SP: 4.2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 5 BB, 4 K, 6.55 ERA

Tought night for Danville as they were shutout by Greeneville 2-0. Joey Wentz had a weird start where he did go 4.2 innings and gave up just 2 hit and 1 earned run. That was good. However, the 5 walks was less than good, but it was nice to see him pitch out of trouble when needed. Offense was scarce in this game, although Marcus Mooney reached base twice and Derian Cruz added a hit in the hopes of getting on track in the higher levels of rookie ball.

GCL Braves 3, GCL Phillies 6

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Anthony Concepcion, LF: 1-4, 2B, run, .290/.374/.471

Raysheandall Michel, RF: 1-4, 2 RBI, .254/.306/.269

Bryse Wilson, SP: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 0.76 ERA

Bryse Wilson had a strong outing for the GCL Braves, but some unearned runs and rough work out of the bullpen led to the Braves losing 6-3. Wilson went 3 more scoreless innings in this one and has given up just two earned runs in 23.2 innings of work this season (8 games). Raysheandall Michel continued his timely hitting with a pair of RBIs while Luis Ovando continued his strong start since being promoted with a 3-hit game.