On Monday night Yorman Rodriguez went 2-5 with a double and a triple in a Pensacola loss. The outfielder has been warming up lately, hitting .333/.375/.500 over his last eight games, reaching base in all of them.
Dayton Dragons starter Nick Travieso threw 6.0 innings last night with just one earned run allowed. It was the sixth time this season that he has allowed one or zero runs over at least 6.0 innings started. There have been two other games where he has allowed just two earned in 6.0 or more innings as well.
Joel Bender came on later in the game and he fired three shutout innings with four strikeouts for his second straight appearance. He’s allowed runs in just one of his last eight appearances where he has toss 14.1 innings pitched with just two walks and 14 strikeouts.
Playing a big role in the Billings Mustangs win, KJ Franklin continued his seven game hitting streak racking up two more hits, including a solo homer. Over his hitting streak the infielder is 11-32 (.344) with two doubles, a triple and two home runs.
Aristides Aquino has seemingly been on a tear all season for Billings and last night was no different as he had two hits, including a home run and a walk-off single. What’s been impressive for Aquino lately has been how much he’s cut back on the strikeouts. In his last 11 games he has struck out just five times, and the production certainly hasn’t suffered in that time, doubling and homer four times in that span.
Right hander Soid Marquez tossed the final 2.1 innings of the Mustangs win without allowing a run. His last three appearances have combined for just one earned run over 10.2 innings with eight strikeouts.
Gavin LaValley was the straw that stirred the drink in the AZL Reds extra-innings win Monday night. He reached base four times, homered and drove in three of the four runs the Reds scored in the game with the last one being the game winner on a walk-off walk. With the game he pushed his season line to a very impressive .322/.420/.504 to go with 19 walks and 24 strikeouts.
Reliever Michael Sullivan tossed 1.2 hitless innings for the Reds in the game as he lowered his ERA to 0.87 on the season. He’s only allowed one earned run in 10.1 innings pitched with just four walks and 17 strikeouts.