Fish Farm Report: June 5th

Triple-A

Pacific Coast League

New Orleans Baby Cakes

With 2,126 in attendance at Shrine on Airline, the Baby Cakes (19-37) were defeated 4-1 by the Memphis Redbirds (35-22).

Scott Copeland (3-7, 6.31) started and lost for the Cakes, going 4 ¹⁄₃ innings and giving up five hits and four walks for three earned runs. He struck out three and had a 42 GameScore, with 43-of-79 pitches in the strikezone.

The Cakes were paced by Mike Aviles, who had two singles for the night. Brandon Barnes and Destin Hood also hit safely.

Elsewhere

Omaha Storm Chasers 4, Nashville Sounds 2
Oklahoma City Dodgers 4, Iowa Cubs 3
Round Rock Express 10, Colorado Springs Sky Sox 7
El Paso Chihuahuas 10, Albuquerque Isotopes 7
Salt Lake Bees 7, Las Vegas 51s 6
Reno Aces 14, Tacoma Rainiers 4
Sacramento River Cats 7, Fresno Grizzlies 3

Double-A

Southern League

Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp 1, Montgomery Biscuits 5

Joe Gunkel (0-2, 5.93) started and lost for the Shrimp, allowing three runs on four hits and a walk over five frames. He struck out four, earning a 55 GameScore with 58-of-82 over the plate.

Esmerling De La Rosa struck out three in two innings, allowing a run on two hits and a walk, and Tyler Higgins threw a perfect ninth, whiffing one.

Offensively, Jacksonville could only muster two singles (by Austin Nola and Jeremias Pineda), two doubles (by John Norwood and Alex Yarbrough) and four walks (Nola, two by Cam Maron, and Cal Towey).

Elsewhere

Chattanooga Lookouts 4, Jackson Generals 2
Pensacola Blue Wahoos 7, Mobile BayBears 4
Mississippi Braves 4, Biloxi Shuckers 2

High-A

Florida State League

Jupiter Hammerheads 0, Tampa Yankees 6

Felipe Gonzalez (4-6, 5.16) started and lost for the Hammerheads, in front of 733 at George M. Steinbrenner Field. He earned a 25 GameScore, allowing four earned runs on four hits over 1 ²⁄₃ innings. He got 20-of-33 pitches over the plate before getting yanked. Ben Meyer came on and struck out five over three scoreless relief innings.

Kyle Barrett raised his average to .315, hitting two singles and a double for Jupiter. The only other Hammerheads to hit safely were Angel Reyes and Roy Morales, both with singles.

Elsewhere

St. Lucie Mets 1, Florida Fire Frogs 0
Daytona Tortugas 10, Dunedin Blue Jays 9
Charlotte Stone Crabs 1, Clearwater Threshers 0 (7)

Single-A

South Atlantic League

Greensboro Grasshoppers

Greensboro had today off....

Elsewhere

and so did the rest of the South Atlantic League.

Short-A

New York-Penn League

Batavia Muckdogs

The Batavia Muckdogs begin play on June 19th, a week to the day after the amateur draft occurs.

Rookie

Gulf Coast League

Marlins

The GCL Marlins begin play on June 26th.

Rookie

Dominican Summer League

DSL Marlins 8, DSL Rays1 6

Geremy Galindez started for the Marlins (2-0) and allowed four earned runs on seven hits over four innings, striking out two. He earned a GameScore of 34, but earned no decision. Edison Suriel allowed two walks and three hits over 1 ¹⁄₃ innings, but gave up no runs. Rafael Eysseric (1-0, 0.00) earned the win, going 1 ²⁄₃ frames and allowing only a walk while also striking one out.

The Marlins opened the scoring in the bottom of the third on an Omar Lebron RBI-double, but the Rays (0-2) took the lead in the next half inning with a four spot, courtesy of a Raider Brito RBI-double, a Bryan Santos sacrifice fly, and a two run shot by Roimer Bolivar (1). The Rays tacked on two more to make it 6-1 in the fifth on a Lebron fielding error and a Jose Del Palacio RBI-groundout.

The Marlins made their move in the bottom of the fifth, scoring five runs to tie the game. Joseph Gilma hit an RBI-single, Wiklerman Rasquin hit a three-RBI triple, then scored on a Daniel Santana wild pitch. They took the lead in the seventh on a Christopher Rodriguez RBI-double and added an insurance run in the eighth on an Alfredo Balbuena throwing error.

Walner Espinal went two-for-three, as did Rodriguez. No other Marlin finished with multiple hits. Elkin Alcala earned a save, striking out the only batter he faced in the ninth inning with a runner on second base.

Elsewhere

Indians/Brewers 11, Astros Orange 1
Athletics 4, Dodgers1 1
Mets2 6, Brewers 4
Nationals 4, Cardinals 3
Pirates 12, Cubs1 5
Tigers 11, D-backs2 3
Dodgers2 9, Rangers1 3
Reds 11, Giants 6
Rays2 7, Indians 2
D-backs1 4, Mariners 1
Yankees 7, Mets1 6
Blue Jays 8, Orioles 0
Padres 6, White Sox 4
Rockies 10, Phillies Red 3
Phillies White 6, Rangers2 5
Royals 2, Red Sox 0
Rojos 7, Cubs2 5
Twins 5, Angels 2

Marlins’ Minor Leaguers of the Day

Pitching:

Ben Meyer whiffed five and allowed just one hit in three shutout relief innings against the Tampa Yankees for Jupiter.

Hitting:

Kyle Barrett collected three hits, including a double, and raised his average to .315 for the Hammerheads.

Prospect Watch

#1 Braxton Garrett

#2 Tyler Kolek

#3 Brian Anderson: 0-for-4, golden sombrero for Jacksonville (four whiffs), hitting .238

#4 Dillon Peters

#5 Isael Soto

#6 Thomas Jones

#7 Stone Garrett: 0-for-4, one strikeout, .189 for the Hammerheads

#8 Drew Steckenrider: 2.0 innings pitched, two strikeouts, 1.71 for New Orleans

#9 James Nelson

#10 Edward Cabrera

#11 J.T. Riddle

#12 Austin Dean

#13 Cody Poteet

#14 Albert Guaimaro

#15 Jordan Holloway

#16 Jeff Brigham

#17 Sam Perez

#18 Tayron Guerrero

#19 Roy Morales: 1-for-3, one strikeout, .272 for Jupiter

#20 Sean Reynolds

#21 Remey Reed

#22 Brett Lilek

#23 Andy Beltre: 1.0 IP, two hits, one earned run, two walks, 4.76 for Jacksonville

#24 Humberto Mejia

#25 Justin Twine

#26 John Norwood: 1-for-4, one double, three strikeouts, .293 for the Shrimp

#27 Joe Gunkel: 5.0 IP, four hits, three earned runs, one walk, four strikeouts, 5.93 for the Jumbos

#28 Yefri Perez: 0-for-3, .179 for the Jumbo Shrimp

#29 Destin Hood: 1-for-4, one RBI, three strikeouts, .266 for the Baby Cakes

#30 Samuel Castro

Transactions

New Orleans activated RHP Scott Copeland from the seven-day DL, and put 2B Steve Lombardozzi in his place. Clayton Mortenson was sent from the Cakes down to the Batavia Muckdogs, and K.C. Serna joined New Orleans from Jacksonville. The Shrimp sent 3B Rehiner Cordova to Marlins Extended Spring Training.

Later

At 10:30AM the DSL Marlins will host the DSL Royals. Both teams have started this season off with 2-0 records.

At 7PM, the Grasshoppers will host the division leading Hagerstown Suns. The Hoppers sit in third, 2 ¹⁄₂ games behind the Suns with 15 games until the halfway point. Greensboro could help themselves nail down a postseason slot with a good week here. L.J. Brewster (4-3, 3.07) will start for the Grasshoppers.

Also at 7PM, the Yankees will host the Hammerheads for the finale of the current four-game series. Jupiter will earn a split with a win, and will entrust Jeff Brigham (1-0, 5.40) with the ball.

Starting at 7:05PM, the Suns will host the Montgomery Biscuits for game two of their five-game series. Matt Tomshaw (5-2, 2.66) will start for the good guys.

Adam Conley (0-2, 4.58) will look for his first win in five starts with the Baby Cakes. The first pitch against the Memphis Redbirds is set for 8PM.