For the season, Brandon Lowe is batting .263 with a .330 on-base percentage and .526 slugging percentage. That’s really good, and it’s especially impressive since in his first 12 games, he batted .191 with a .553 OPS. In the 13 games since, he’s batting .333 with six doubles and four home runs. His five home runs for the season tie him with Jesus Sanchez and Nate Lowe for the Rays’ minor league lead.

Triple-A Durham Bulls (15-11)

Willy Adames’ RBI single was the difference in Durham’s 5-4 win over Toledo. After the Bulls lost a 4-0 lead, they went back on top in the seventh on Adames’ two-out single, his second hit of the game. Earlier in the game, Justin Williams hit his third home run of the week. Starter Ryan Weber allowed two runs in 5 1⁄3 innings, and Ian Gibaut and Jaime Schultz combined for three scoreless innings of relief.

SS Willy Adames: 2-for-4, 1 RBI, 2 K

1B Joe McCarthy: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2 2B

DH Christian Arroyo: 1-for-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI

RF Justin Williams: 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 K

RHP Ryan Weber: 5 1⁄3 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K

RHP Ian Gibaut: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K

RHP Jaime Schultz: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K

Durham’s site offers this recap.

Double-A Montgomery Biscuits (11-17)

Brandon Lowe stayed hot in Montgomery’s 6-2 win over Jackson. In the fourth, he hit his fifth home run of the season, a two-run shot that capped a three-run inning for the Biscuits. In the eighth, his sacrifice fly provided an insurance run. For the second straight start, knuckleballer J.D. Martin pitched well, allowing two runs — one earned — in 7 2⁄3 innings, his longest outing since Sept. 5, 2015, when he pitched eight innings in the Eastern League.

3B Jake Cronenworth: 2-for-5, 2 R, 1 2B

2B Nick Solak: 1-for-4, 2 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 SB

LF Brandon Lowe: 2-for-3, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 K

SS Jermaine Palacios: 1-for-4, 1 K, 1 SB

DH Michael Brosseau: 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 3 K

RHP J.D. Martin: 7 2⁄3 IP, 4 H, 2 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 4 K

Class A-Advanced Charlotte Stone Crabs (13-15)

Nathan Eovaldi returned to the mound in Charlotte’s 5-1 loss to Bradenton. In one inning of work, he allowed a leadoff single, stolen base, another single, and a run later scored on a groundout. In relief, regularly scheduled starter Brock Burke allowed four runs — three earned — in five innings with seven strikeouts.

SS Lucius Fox: 0-for-4

CF Josh Lowe: 2-for-4, 1 R

RHP Nathan Eovaldi: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

LHP Brock Burke: 5 IP, 4 H, 4 R (3 ER), 4 BB, 7 K

Charlotte’s site offers this recap.

Class-A Bowling Green Hot Rods (16-11)

For the second time this season, Bowling Green came close to pitching a no-hitter, and while it was unable to, it still topped Burlington by a 5-3 score in 12 innings. The Bees didn’t get a hit until the ninth despite scoring in the eighth, in large part due to another impressive outing by Brendan McKay. He struck out nine for the second straight start and threw 4 2⁄3 hitless innings. With two hits and a walk, the Hot Rods broke out for three runs in the 12th.

DH Ronaldo Hernandez: 1-for-5, 1 R, 1 K

LHP Brendan McKay: 4 2⁄3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 9 K

RHP Riley O’Brien: 3 IP, 0 H, 1 R (0 ER), 3 BB, 6 K

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Saturday’s games (probables courtesy of milb.com)

Durham vs. Toledo 6:35 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV, radio stream)

Jose Mujica (3-1, 3.04) vs. TBA

Montgomery @ Jackson 7:05 p.m. ET (MiLB.TV, radio stream)

Eduar Lopez (1-2, 5.40) vs. TBA

Charlotte vs. Bradenton 6:05 p.m. ET (radio stream)

Brandon Lawson (0-3, 6.56) vs. Oddy Nunez (1-0, 1.90)

Bowling Green @ Burlington 6 p.m. ET (radio stream)

Alex Valverde (2-1, 2.41) v. TBA

*Listed as TBA on milb.com

Scouting the opposition

Toledo Mud Hens (Detroit)

16-10 (1st in IL West)

Offense: 116 R (2nd) .767 OPS (1st)

Pitching: 3.73 ERA (6th) 1.22 WHIP (2nd)

Top-30 prospects: IF Dawel Lugo (8), OF Christin Stewart (9), OF Mike Gerber (14), RHP Bryan Garcia (16), OF Mikie Mahtook, LHP Ryan Carpenter

Jackson Generals (Arizona)

18-9 (1st in SL North)

Offense: 135 R (1st) .793 OPS (1st)

Pitching: 2.64 ERA (1st) 1.14 WHIP (1st)

Top-30 prospects: RHP Jon Duplantier (1), IF Domingo Leyba (11), RHP Yoan Lopez (17)

Bradenton Marauders (Pittsburgh)

17-11 (2nd in FSL South)

Offense: 100 R (T-8th) .662 OPS (9th)

Pitching: 3.67 ERA (4th) 1.23 WHIP (4th)

Top-30 prospects: RHP Luis Escobar (8)

Burlington Bees (Angels)

12-13 (T-5th in MWL West)

Offense: 132 R (2nd) .757 OPS (3rd)

Pitching: 3.21 ERA (2nd) 1.39 WHIP (9th)

Top-30 prospects: OF Jo Adell (2), OF Brandon Marsh (5), RHP Chris Rodriguez (7), SS Leonardo Rivas (11), C Keinner Pina (29), OF Torii Hunter Jr. (30)

Daily news and links

I’m not sure if Baseball America updated its draft rankings again recently, but the writers have been discussing them a lot lately.

Also at BA, Kyle Glaser wrote about workloads for college pitchers making their professional debut after being drafted.