None of the affiliates won, with weak offense and inconsistent relief afflicting all four teams.
Triple-A: Gwinnett Stripers (Braves) 6, Norfolk Tides 4
Gwinnett had a 6-1 lead built up before the Tides scored three in the sixth inning, not quite enough for the comeback. Cameron Weston’s 4.1 IP were flawed, with five runs surrendered. Houston Roth gave up a solo shot. Cionel Pérez and Colin Selby were undeniably good, with a scoreless inning apiece.
The Tides had seven hits, three of them home runs. Two were hit by Vimael Machín, and Samuel Basallo chipped in with one of his own. Jeremiah Jackson and a rehabbing Jorge Mateo singled.
Double-A: Altoona Curve (Pirates) 6, Chesapeake Baysox 4
The Baysox didn’t exactly bash Altoona into submission, with just six hits. However, four were of those hits were of the extra-base variety. Silas Ardoin had one: he tripled in a run early in the game and also hit a double. Tyler O’Neill looking like he’s returning form. He hit a two-run home run. Infielder Max Wagner singled and walked.
Starter Trace Bright had an abbreviated outing, throwing just 2.2 innings with four runs allowed. Daniel Lloyd threw 1.1 scoreless. Ryan Long gave his team five innings of work, allowing two runs, only one earned.
High-A: Hub City Spartanburgers (Rangers) 5, Aberdeen IronBirds 4
Alas, a 4-1 lead in the sixth evaporated as Trent Turzenski allowed in a run and Zane Barnhart let three more come home in the bottom of the ninth for the loss and the blown save. Hub City had tied it with a home run off Barnhart before scoring the game-winner on a single, steal, and wild pitch by Barnhart’s replacement, Wyatt Cheney.
The IronBirds scored their four runs in unusual fashion—not the first one, off a Jake Cunningham double. But definitely runs two and three, courtesy of an Angel Tejeda inside-the-park home run, and the fourth on a passed ball that allowed Austin Overn to come home.
The IronBirds knocked in five hits, all from the bottom of the lineup. Aneudis Mordán had two, including a double. Outfielder Cunningham also doubled. Tejeda hit that four-bagger and Cole Urman singled. Vance Honeycutt was 0-for-4 with four strikeouts, I’m sorry to say.
Low-A: Carolina Mudcats (Brewers) 4, Delmarva Shorebirds 2
Carolina scored three runs in one blast off the starter Yeiber Cartaya and one more off Devin Kirby in the ninth to put this one away. The 22-year-old Cartaya is 1-4 with a 4.45 ERA in his first full season at Delmarva, but the strikeout numbers are good: he’s got 68 in 58.2 innings.
ln between those two, Reese Sharp, Kenny Leiner, and Luis Beltrán had scoreless outings. Sharp threw like his name, with four strikeouts in two and two-thirds innings, and Beltrán struck out the side.
The Shorebirds’ two runs came on seven hits. Andrés Nolaya singled home one and Fernando Peguero scored on a double steal. Nolaya finished with two hits and a walk, Elis Cuevas doubled and walked, and Peguero and Joshua Liranzo each doubled.
Monday’s scheduled games:
• There are no scheduled games for Monday, June 30.