Meanwhile, Brandon Young looked good for the Norfolk Tides in a loss.
Triple-A: Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (MIA) 2, Norfolk Tides 1
The Tides lost a good old pitcher’s duel. Jud Fabian homered in the first inning and then the Norfolk bats fell silent. The Jumbo Shrimp responded with a third-inning rally to tie it. No team could push across a run until extra innings. The Tides got the ghost runner to third with one out, but crucial strikeouts by Fernando Peguero and Samuel Basallo doused the rally. In the bottom half, Jacksonville’s Dalvy Rosario stole third base and scored on a groundout.
Brandon Young, recently rumored to be a possible call-up to the big league team, was excellent on the mound, with five one-run innings where he struck out six. A rehabbing Jacob Webb pitched a scoreless inning, though he walked one. Matt Krook and Luis González held the line. Corbin Martin took the loss in the tenth inning, though he didn’t allow a hit.
Double-A: Akron RubberDucks (CLE) 2, Bowie Baysox 1
A paucity of offense today. Akron scored once in the first inning on a fielding error by centerfielder Douglas Hodo, and again on a home run in the third. It took Bowie until the ninth inning to score, when Hodo got the run back with a solo home run. It wasn’t quite enough.
Cameron Weston took a tough-luck loss, with just the two runs (one earned) allowed in four innings. He also struck out five. A Baysox entourage of Jakob Hernandez, Logan Rinehart, Dylan Heid, and Kyle Virbitsky kept Akron off the board for four innings.
High-A: Wilmington Blue Rocks (WAS) 7, Aberdeen Ironbirds 1
Aberdeen scored first as Aneudis Mordán tripled home Anderson de los Santos. But then they didn’t cross the plate again, despite totaling ten hits. The IronBirds went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position.
A six-run inning for starter Levi Wells sunk his team. Wells allowed a dizzying six singles and a walk in that inning alone and had to be relieved by Graham Firoved. Nestor German and Preston Johnson covered the last five innings with one run allowed.
Low-A: Salem Red Sox 6, Delmarva Shorebirds 5
Wow, that was fast. Five 2024 draftees played their last game in Low-A Delmarva, as the Orioles announced Sunday night that outfielder Vance Honeycutt, shortstop Griff O’Ferrall, catcher Ethan Anderson, outfielder Austin Overn, and catcher Ryan Stafford are all moving up to High-A Aberdeen.
The runs came in bursts for Salem, with two three-run home runs bookending the game. One came in the first inning against Delmarva’s Blake Money (two earned). The other was hit against Juan de los Santos in the ninth. In between, zeroes. Despite the bad start, Money kept Salem quiet for five innings and Zach Peek pitched two good innings.
Delmarva came up with a three-run ninth-inning bomb of its own, but it was just too little, too late. Shortstop Elis Cuevas had the big hit, scoring Colin Tuft and Miguel Rodriguez. Rodriguez doubled home Delmarva’s first run in the seventh, and Griff O’Ferrall hit an eighth-inning RBI double in what could be his last game for Delmarva.
Tuesday’s Schedule
- Norfolk vs. Charlotte, 6:35. Starter: TBD
- Bowie vs. Harrisburg, 6:35. Starter: TBD
- Aberdeen vs. Jersey Shore, 7:05. Starter: TBD
- Delmarva @ Carolina, 6:30. Starter: TBD