Fish Farm Report: July 16th

Triple-A (Pacific Coast League)

New Orleans Zephyrs (45-46)

On Saturday night, the New Orleans Zephyrs defeated the 47-44 Fresno Grizzlies, 5-1 in front of 6,511 at Zephyr Field.

Justin Nicolino (4-3, 2.44) got the win, going six full innings, striking out four, and allowing only three hits, for no walks and no runs. Nico got 60-of-89 pitches over the plate for a 74 GameScore. His opponent, Mike Hauschild (7-8, 2.81) took the loss, striking out six and giving up four runs (three earned) on eight hits in six innings. Hauschild earned a 54 GameScore with 27 balls and 56 strikes.

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Justin Nicolino (W, 4-3)	6.0	3	0	0	0	4	0	2.44
Chris Reed	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	3.72
Cory Luebke (H, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Raudel Lazo	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.61

New Orleans scored first in the bottom of the fifth. Isaac Galloway hit a one-out double, Kenny Wilson got hit by a pitch, then they both scored on an Adrian Nieto single and a Tyler Heineman throwing error. Neito scored when Robert Andino singled to left field for a 3-0 lead. The Zeps added a run in the sixth, when Matt Juengel scored on a Tomas Telis single to left field.

Fresno scored their run in the seventh on a Teoscar Hernandez (3) home run to left center field, but it wasn't enough. New Orleans reestablished their four run lead in the eighth when Destin Hood scored on a Matt Juengel double.

Robert Andino	SS	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	.270
Pedro Ciriaco	2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.262
Xavier Scruggs	1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.283
Destin Hood	LF	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.255
Matt Juengel	3B	4	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	.242
Tomas Telis	DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.307
Isaac Galloway	RF	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.252
Kenny Wilson	CF	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.225
Adrian Nieto	C	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	.189

The Zephyrs will host the Grizzlies tomorrow night at 5PM in the finale of the four-game series. The Zeps currently lead, 2-1.

Double-A (Southern League)

Jacksonville Suns (41-51)

Jacksonville hosted the Pensacola Blue Wahoos (52-40) with 5,676 in attendance at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville, and lost by a 5-2 final.

The Wahoos scored three in the first on two home runs, a solo shot by Taylor Sparks (4) and a two run job by Brandon Dixon (12). Ray Chang scored in the second on a Rookie Davis single, and Pensacola made it 5-0 in the third on Dixon's (13) second homer of the game. Jacksonville scored their two runs in the fifth inning, on a Cam Maron (1) two-run shot.

Player	POS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Alex Glenn	CF	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.362
Austin Dean	LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.252
Moises Sierra	RF	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0.335
Brian Anderson	3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.215
Garrett Weber	2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.186
Peter Mooney	SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.272
Francisco Arcia	1B	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.243
Cam Maron	C	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	0.326
Matt Tracy	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000
Austin Brice	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.143
a- Ronnie Mitchell	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.276
Tyler Bremer	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000

Matt Tracy (1-1, 5.30) lost, allowing five earned runs over six innings, striking out two and allowing seven hits. He earned a 31 GameScore while putting 52-of-81 in the strike zone. Rookie Davis (7-3, 2.85) won, striking out nine in six innings, and giving up two runs on a walk and four hits.

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Matt Tracy (L, 1-1)	6.0	7	5	5	0	2	3	5.30
Austin Brice	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.77
Tyler Bremer	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3.00

First pitch is set tomorrow for 1:05 PM as the Suns again host the Wahoos in the first game of a scheduled doubleheader to make up the postponed matchup from Friday night. Pensacola currently leads the five-game series, two-games-to-zero.

Single-A Advanced (Florida State League)

Jupiter Hammerheads (44-47)

The Hammerheads defeated the Brevard County Manatees (29-61), 3-1 with 1,120 present at Space Coast Stadium on Saturday night.

Jeff Brigham (4-5, 4.24) struck out four in five innings for the win, allowing only an unearned run on five hits and a walk. He got 49-of-76 over the plate. Freddy Peralta started for the Manatees and gave up one run on three hits and three walks in five innings. Peralta had 42-of-73 pitches in the zone, and both pitchers finished with a GameScore of 59. Jon Perrin (1-7, 3.24) relieved Peralta and pitched the final four innings, striking out five and giving up two earned runs on five hits.

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Jeff Brigham (W, 4-5)	5.0	5	1	0	1	4	0	4.24
Scott Squier (H, 2)	2.2	2	0	0	1	3	0	4.24
Esmerling De La Rosa (S, 6)	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	3.70

Jupiter scored first, after a John Norwood first inning two-out triple and a Brad Haynal RBI-single for a 1-0 lead. The Manatees Corey Ray hit an RBI-double to score Jose Cuas in the fifth to tie the game up at one, but the Hammerheads regained the lead in the sixth on a Dexter Kjerstad RBI-single. Kjerstad added another RBI-single in the eighth.

Player	POS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Junior Sosa	CF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.228
Rony Cabrera	SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.240
John Norwood	RF	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.281
Brad Haynal	DH	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0.248
Dexter Kjerstad	LF	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0.246
Taylor Ard	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.218
Avery Romero	3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.226
Rodrigo Vigil	C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.200
Rehiner Cordova	2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.169

The Hammerheads will hit the road right now and face the Daytona Tortugas for three games, starting tomorrow afternoon at 4:35PM.

Single-A (South Atlantic League)

Greensboro Grasshoppers (51-40)

For the second day in a row, the 51-40 Grasshoppers missed a chance to end their five-game losing streak due to a rainout. They'll presumably face the Kannapolis Intimidators (36-55) in a series of makeup games at some point. They'll play two tomorrow starting at 3:05 PM.

Single-A Short Season (New York-Penn League)

Batavia Muckdogs (6-23)

Batavia lost their sixth game in a row in a Saturday evening matchup with the 13-16 Aberdeen Ironbirds by a 9-0 final score in front of 808 at Dwyer Stadium.

Reilly Hovis (2-3, 6.23) finished the game with a GameScore of 23, allowing six earned runs on 10 hits and a walk in only 3.1 innings. Jeong-Hyeon Yoon (1-2, 4.11) earned the win for the Ironbirds in relief, fanning two and allowing a hit and a walk in 2.2 innings.

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Reilly Hovis (L, 2-3)	3.1	10	6	6	1	3	0	6.23
Chad Smith	1.0	3	2	1	1	1	0	7.71
Dylan Lee	2.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	5.79
Dustin Beggs	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	3.00

The Ironbirds pulled off the whitewashing by scoring in the first, the second, the fourth, the fifth and the seventh innings, while the Muckdogs settled for just five hits.

Player	POS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Aaron Knapp	RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.278
Jhonny Santos	LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.208
Corey Bird	LF	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.210
Eric Gutierrez	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.196
J.J. Gould	SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.284
Kris Goodman	DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.234
Isaiah White	CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.231
Samuel Castro	2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.167
Pablo Garcia	C	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.250

Tomorrow at 5PM, the Muckdogs will begin a three game road-series against the Tri-City ValleyCats.

Rookie (Gulf Coast League)

GCL Marlins (8-11)

The GCL Marlins lost a 4-0 decision to the GCL Nationals (11-8) on Saturday morning at Carl Barger Baseball Complex.

Player	POS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Mathew Brooks	DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.233
Terry Bennett	LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.206
Zachary Daly	CF	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.200
Branden Berry	1B	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.313
James Nelson	3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.318
Yefry Reyes	3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.094
Luis Pintor	2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.310
Sleyter Soto	RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.333
David Gauntt	C	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.182
Marcos Rivera	SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.174

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Edward Cabrera (L, 0-3)	4.0	5	2	2	0	3	0	2.20
Remey Reed	1.2	2	1	1	0	2	1	5.79
Preston Guillory	1.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	2.08
Michael Mertz	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00

Tomorrow, the Marlins will host a doubleheader against the GCL Astros, back at Roger Dean Stadium.