Allan Cerda homered twice for Dayton as he tied for the farm system lead with 12 long balls, Francisco Urbaez had a big night for Chattanooga while TJ Hopkins hit his 10th homer, Connor Phillips and Chase Petty both threw well on the night, and 27-year-old Cory Wilder made his professional debut out in Arizona.
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The Louisville Bats lost 10-2. Box Score
- Donovan Solano (rehab) went 3-3 with 2 doubles.
- Trey Amburgey went 1-4 with a run scored.
- Stuart Fairchild went 1-3 with a home run (6) and 2 RBI.
- Eddy Demurias threw a perfect inning with 2 strikeouts.
The Chattanooga Lookouts lost 11-4. Box Score
- Francisco Urbaez went 2-3 with 2 walks, a double, and a home run (3).
- Isiah Gilliam went 1-4 with a double and a run.
- TJ Hopkins went 1-3 with a walk, home run (10), and 2 RBI.
- Alex McGarry went 1-3 with a double, walk, steal, and a run.
- James Free went 1-4 with an RBI.
- Spencer Stockton threw 2.0 shutout innings with a walk and 2 strikeouts.
The Dayton Dragons won 10-7. Box Score
- Justice Thompson went 1-5 with a home run (3) and 2 RBI.
- Rece Hinds went 1-5 with a triple.
- Elly De La Cruz went 2-4 with a walk, double, RBI, and 2 runs.
- Ruben Ibarra went 2-5 with a run
- Allan Cerda went 2-4 with a walk, 2 home runs (12), and 5 RBI.
- Jose Torres went 1-3 with 2 walks, 3 steals (13), and a run.
- Mat Nelson went 3-4 with a double, run, and an RBI.
- J.V. Martinez went 1-4 with a double, run, and an RBI.
- Jonathan Willems went 1-4.
- Connor Phillips allowed 3 runs in 6.0 innings with 2 walks and 6 strikeouts.
The Daytona Tortugas lost a doubleheader.
Game 1: 4-3 loss. Box Score
- Jay Allen II went 1-3 with a triple.
- Michel Triana went 1-2 with a run.
- Steven Leyton went 2-3 with a triple, run, and 2 RBI.
- Chase Petty allowed a run in 5.0 innings with 2 walks and 4 strikeouts.
Game 2: 6-5 loss. Box Score
- Jay Allen II went 0-2 with 2 walks and a run.
- Steven Leyton went 1-4.
- Tyler Callihan went 2-4 with an RBI and 2 runs.
- Jack Rogers went 2-4 with a home run (2) and 2 RBI.
- Michel Triana went 1-3 with a walk and a run.
- YassellPino went 2-4 with a double and an RBI.
- Wilfred Astudillo went 2-4 with an RBI.
- Ashton Creal went 1-2 with a walk.
- Arij Fransen was charged with 3 unearned runs in 4.0 innings.
ACL Reds lost 6-1. Box Score
- Jose Serrano went 1-3.
- Leonardo Balcazar went 0-1 with 2 walks.
- Deivid Alcantara went 1-2 with a run scored.
- Cory Wilder threw 1.2 hitless innings with 2 walks and 2 strikeouts.
- Jose Peralta threw 2.0 hitless innings with a strikeout.
DSL Reds lost 18-6. Box Score
- Carlos Sanchez went 3-5 with a double and 3 RBI.
- Iverson Espinoza went 1-4 with a run.
- Henry Guerrero went 1-3.
- Jesus Torres went 2-4 with an RBI.
- Luis Leones went 1-4.
- Jonathan Batista was charged with an unearned run in 2.0 innings with 2 strikeouts.
6/17 Game Preview
| Team | Record | Time (ET) | Probable | Box Score | Listen | Watch |
| Louisville | 23-39 | 6:35pm | Lively | Here | Here | Here |
| Chattanooga | 31-29 | 7:15pm | Salazar | Here | Here | Here |
| Dayton | 38.21 | 7:35pm | Boyle | Here | Here | Here |
| Daytona | 24-35 | 6:30pm | Aguiar | Here | Here | N/A |
| AZL Reds | 6-2 | 9:00pm | TBA | Here | N/A | N/A |
| DSL Reds |
4-6 | 11:00am | TBA | Here | N/A | N/A |
Cerda and EDLC on fire in Daytona. And they played against a twins pitcher having a very good year. Can’t wait to see them in Chattanooga – maybe this year?
Phillips and petty continue to impress. Wish a couple more of our draft picks would take a step forward like Farr and Roa. Spiers was improving seemingly every game until last night.
Starting to worry about McClain and Siani. They have a habit of going 1 for 4 instead of 2 for 4 the last month. That Chattanooga team should be better.
Hopefully, Cincinnati by 2024. The Reds need the help.
You need to buy and remove a vowel. Dayton not Daytona. Cerda kind of an enigma at the plate to me. His average definitely not where you would like it to be but when he gets a hit there I’d thunder in his bat.
Clay Snowdan and Aram Leighton of Just Baseball had a great Q & A on YouTube last night about the Reds prospects. They talked about all the top prospects and showed video. Also talked about what the Reds could get back in a Castillo or Mahle trade.
Nice to see Hopkins picking it back up in June after a down May.
I wonder why Fairchild keeps getting the DFA. He’s hitting well in the minors (OB/SL). He can play centerfield.
Reds have really got guys standing in line in the middle infield to the point where it would be difficult to make mid season promotions. I know mid season for the Dragons is mid next week so I assume that is pretty much the case for all the full season teams.
With Shrock and Solano ready to be activated I assume Aquino and Moran will be the ones to go. Reynolds’s might be a possibility but he has been playing well.
I feel there. Are some 60 day DL things that can be done to avoid losing Moran and Aquino. I know it’s not a big loss but why lose them if you have 3 guys that have been or going to be out 6 weeks and their rehab assignment will stretch that another 2 weeks making it a 60 day outage. Sims and guitierrez aren’t coming back soon and aquinos is a 6 week injury.
Cabrera made his 10th error today in only the DSL Reds 11th game. His fielding wasn’t supposed to be a weakness was it?
He’s the same age as a high school junior. I’m not worried much about that stuff yet. Or much of anything beyond the scouting reports.
Aristides Aquino didn’t hit .200 in two different years in the DSL and made it to the big leagues. Guys are so young down there and still learning so much. Obviously you want to see them perform better than 10 errors in 10 games, but yeah – he’s a high school junior aged kid.