Norfolk’s Kyle Brnovich had a rough outing, while Aberdeen’s Leandro Arias homered in an Aberdeen win.
Triple-A: Nashville Sounds (MIL) 7, Norfolk Tides 2
The Tides took a tough loss on Sunday, with starter Kyle Brnovich getting tagged for five runs over five innings and the hitters putting up just four hits. Brnovich’s ERA sits at 4.66 for the season. Rodolfo Martínez allowed two more Sounds runs in 0.2 innings, but Andrew Kittredge, Raúl Alcantara and Yaramil Hiraldo had scoreless outings.
Of just four hits in the boxscore, centerfielder Dylan Beavers had two of them. Catcher Connor Pavolony had another. Vimael Machín singled and walked.
Now pitching for Nashville, Bruce Zimmermann (yup, him) got the win with four scoreless.
Double-A: Portland Sea Dogs (BOS) 6, Chesapeake Baysox 5 (F/10)
A fielding error by third baseman Jalen Vasquez helped extend a four-run fourth inning for the Sea Dogs, and though the Baysox climbed their way back to a tie, they lost in extra innings. Starter Braxton Bragg continues to be on a nice run, allowing just one earned run in four innings to leave his ERA at 1.56 for the season. Calgary native Cohen Achen threw a strong four scoreless innings, but Keegan Gillies, despite pitching a lockdown ninth, allowed the winning runs to come home in the tenth.
The results would have been better if Baysox hitters hadn’t gone 3-for-14 with runners in scoring position, another Orioles affiliate struggling with situational hitting. Still, some Chesapeake hitters had good days. Frederick Bencosme paced the offense with a home run and an RBI single. Jeremiah Jackson had two hits and stole a base. Adam Retzbach, Silas Ardoin and Max Wagner doubled.
High-A: Aberdeen IronBirds 5, Jersey Shore BlueClaws (PHI) 2
Aberdeen used a three-run ninth inning to break a 2-2 tie and make out with a win. Seven of nine IronBirds hitters had a hit each, including Leandro Arias, who led off the game’s scoring with a home run in the second. In the ninth, Arias plated a run with a sac fly, Ethan Anderson scored on a wild pitch, and Jake Cunningham singled home a fifth run.
IronBirds pitchers were great, with Ty Weatherly tossing four one-run, one-hit innings (although he did walk five). Levi Stoudt allowed a solo home run in two innings and struck out three. Robinson Martínez and Christian Herberholz kept the BlueClaws off the board for three more innings.
Low-A: Myrtle Beach Pelicans (CHC) 11, Delmarva Shorebirds 0
A dreary outing for Delmarva, whose hitters continued an organizational trend of bad situational hitting with an 0-for-11 line on Sunday. There wasn’t much power, either, as all of Delmarva’s nine hits were singles. Some good days at the plate: Edwin Amparo and Cole Urman had two hits apiece, and four hitters reached twice: Braylin Tavera, Yasmil Bucce, Kevin Guerrero and Luis Guevara.
The pitchers were, if anything, worse, however. Starter Chipper Menard gave up three runs in 1.2 innings, but his line looks bad because Deivy Cruz relieved him with the Shorebirds down 1-0 in the second inning with two outs and the bases loaded, and allowed three more runs to come home. Yeiber Cartaya had himself a poor day, allowing five runs to score in the third, plus two more (unearned) in the fifth. Only Kenny Leiner and Simón Leandro had scoreless outings.
There are no scheduled games for Monday, May 12.