Michael Siani, Matt McLain, and Alex McGarry had nice nights at the plate for Chattanooga, Justice Thompson had three hits for Dayton, Tyler Callihan homered and drove in four runs while Ashton Creal got on base four times and doubled twice in Daytona’s big road win, Nestor Lorant struck out seven for the ACL Reds, and Carlos Sanchez had three hits for the DSL Reds in their victory.
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The Louisville Bats lost 5-0. Box Score
- Alejo Lopez went 1-4.
- Juniel Querecuto went 1-3.
- Ronnie Dawson went 1-3.
- Pedro Payano threw 2.0 shutout innings with a walk and 3 strikeouts.
- Ryan Hendrix threw 2.0 shutout innings with 3 strikeouts.
The Chattanooga Lookouts lost 6-5. Box Score
- Michael Siani went 2-4 with a triple, walk, and a run.
- Matt McLain went 2-4 with a walk, steal (16), and a run.
- Isiah Gilliam went 1-4 with a steal and a run.
- Alex McGarry went 2-3 with a walk, double, and 2 RBI.
- Ivan Johnson went 1-4.
- Julio Pinto allowed a run in 2.0 innings with 2 strikeouts.
- Pedro Garcia threw a shutout inning with 2 strikeouts.
The Dayton Dragons lost 3-0. Box Score
- Justice Thompson went 3-4.
- Nick Quintana went 1-4.
- Joe Boyle was charged with an unearned run in 3.2 innings while walking 3 and striking out 7.
- Myles Gayman threw 3.0 shutout innings with a walk and 3 strikeouts.
- Jake Stevenson threw a shutout inning with a walk.
The Daytona Tortugas won 12-8. Box Score
- Daniel Vellojin went 2-5 with a walk and 2 runs.
- Tyler Callihan went 2-4 with a home run (2), 2 runs, and 4 RBI.
- Michel Triana went 2-4 with 2 walks, a triple, a steal, run, and an RBI.
- Steven Leyton went 2-6 with a triple, run, and 2 RBI.
- Yassel Pino went 2-5 with a run.
- Ashton Creal went 3-3 with a walk, 2 doubles, 2 steals, and 2 runs.
- Hayden Jones went 1-3 with 2 walks, a run, and 2 RBI.
- Luis Mey threw a perfect inning with a strikeout.
ACL Reds won 5-4. Box Score
- Johnny Ascanio went 1-3 with a walk, run, and an RBI.
- Wendell Marrero went 2-3 with a walk and 2 runs.
- Wencer Inirio went 0-1 with 3 walks.
- Sebastian Almonte went 1-4 with 2 RBI.
- Nestor Lorant allowed 1 hit in 4.0 shutout innings with 7 strikeouts.
- Jefferson Lopez threw a shutout inning.
DSL Reds won 7-6. Box Score
- Iverson Espinoza went 1-4 with a double, run, and an RBI.
- Ricardo Cabrera went 1-3 with 2 runs and he was hit by a pitch.
- Carlos Sanchez went 3-4 with a steal, run, and an RBI.
- Esmith Pineda went 1-4 with an RBI.
- Adrian Reyes went 1-3 with a walk, run, and an RBI.
- Diego Omana went 1-4.
- Jesus Torres went 1-3 with a walk, 2 steals, and a run.
- Henry Guerrero went 1-4 with an RBI.
6/18 Game Preview
| Team | Record | Time (ET) | Probable | Box Score | Listen | Watch |
| Louisville | 23-40 | 6:35pm | Lodolo | Here | Here | Here |
| Chattanooga | 31-30 | 7:15pm | Abbott | Here | Here | Here |
| Dayton | 38-22 | 7:35pm | Roa | Here | Here | Here |
| Daytona | 25-35 | 6:00pm | Cooper | Here | Here | N/A |
| AZL Reds | 7-2 | 9:00pm | TBA | Here | N/A | N/A |
| DSL Reds |
5-6 | 11:00am | TBA | Here | N/A | N/A |
Selena like they pulled pitchers lively and Boyle early last night. I think lively hurt his chances at getting a call up with that performance last night.
Where is hendrick? Hopefully retooling that swing. Bunch of the hitters having good seasons have cooled off. But at least they are playing. Hard to develop if you don’t play.
Boyle was coming off being sick. Think they were just being cautious.
Is Miguel Hernandez still in the organization?
He’s on the 60 day DL in Chattanooga. Not sure why though.
I’m pulling this from memory, but I’m about 95% sure he broke his hamate.
Thanks.
Right on Doug.
I was at the dragons game. Hendrick must have been a late scratch because his name was listed on the stadium lineup. Nelson took a ball off the mask that got him pretty good–he stayed in the game but came out shortly after.
Boyle got three or four strikeouts looking on his curveball, sat 96-97… pretty obvious he got pulled because of pitch count. Seems to have reliever written all over him. He’s been in the system for how long and yet has only one shape to his offspeed offerings– a big looping curve. I don’t understand the Reds development philosophy of letting guys be who they are and then reactively making adjustments after they struggle.
Elly made a spectacular dive to snare a line drive but later rushed and booted an obvious double playground ball. Four uncompetitive ABs. …. I can see now why he struggles left-handed–he casts his hands quite a bit, easy to beat him with high fastballs. Getting by on pure athleticism at the moment. I know I sound down in the kid but his tools are electric. He’s easily 6’4″, seems inevitable he will move off shortstop. With his speed center field seems obvious.
De La Cruz slashes .316 /.365 /.697 against lefties, and I didn’t look at the box, so I assume that when you wrote “he struggles left-handed” that you meant he struggles against left-handers.
His swing as a LH hitter, when I’ve seen it, is short and as sweet as you could hope for. In fact, I’ve noticed that almost every highlight that I’ve seen of him as a hitter is as a LH hitter. There have been some suggestions that he become a full-time LH hitter. I guess that if he is going to give up switch-hitting, then he ought to do it now and not later.
Would switching to a full time LH batter accelerate his rise to the MLB? If not, I’d let him continue to develop both sides.
Yeah, Hendrick was a scratch from the lineup about 90 minutes before the game. Never said why.