Cincinnati Reds Minor League Game Review: April 27, 2024

Blake Dunn homered for a second straight game for Louisville, Ivan Johnson homered for the second straight game in Chattanooga, Carlos Jorge hit an 8th inning go-ahead homer for Dayton, and Ariel Almonte homered twice while Jose Franco tossed five shutout innings in Daytona as the organization went 5-0 from the big leagues all the way down the line.

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The Louisville Bats won 9-3. Box Score

• Blake Dunn went 1-4 with a home run (2), 2 runs, and he was hit by a pitch.
• Livan Soto went 2-3 with 2 walks, a double, 2 runs, and 2 RBI.
• Rece Hinds went 1-5 with a double and 2 RBI.
• Edwin Rios went 1-5 with a double and 2 RBI.
• Peyton Burdick went 2-4 with a home run (5).
• Conner Capel went 1-4 with a double and a run.
• Levi Jordan went 2-4 with a run and an RBI.
• Erik Gonzalez went 2-3 with 2 runs and a walk.
• Brett Kennedy allowed 3 runs in 8.0 innings with 2 walks and 5 strikeouts.
• Alan Busenitz threw a hitless inning with a walk and a strikeout.

The Chattanooga Lookouts won 4-1. Box Score

• Tyler Callihan went 1-4 with a home run (2).
• Alex McGarry went 2-4 with a double, steal, and an RBI.
• Allan Cerda went 1-3 with a home run (1).
• Ivan Johnson went 2-2 with a walk, steal, and a home run (2).
• Hunter Parks allowed a run in 4.0 innings with 5 walks and 4 strikeouts.
• Donovan Benoit threw 3.0 hitless innings with a walk and 3 strikeouts.
• Jake Gozzo threw 2.0 hitless innings.

The Dayton Dragons won 5-4. Box Score

• Carlos Jorge went 1-3 with a home run (3), steal, and 2 RBI.
• Hector Rodriguez went 1-4 with a double and a run.
• Ruben Ibarra went 1-3 with a walk, steal, and an RBI.
• Cade Hunter went 1-2 with a walk, home run (3), and 2 runs.
• Leo Balcazar went 1-4 with an RBI.
• Jared Lyons allowed two runs in 4.1 innings with 4 walks and 5 strikeouts.
• Brock Bell threw 2.2 shutout innings with 2 strikeouts.

The Daytona Tortugas won 5-0. Box Score

• Ariel Almonte went 2-4 with 2 home runs (7).
• Dominic Pitelli went 3-4 with a double, triple, steal, and he scored 2 runs.
• Connor Burns went 1-3 with a walk.
• Yerlin Confidan went 1-4 with a home run (1) and 2 RBI.
• Jack Moss went 1-3.
• Jose Franco (pictured above) threw 5.0 shutout innings with 4 strikeouts.
• Cody Adcock threw a shutout inning with a strikeout.
• Nick Sando threw 3.0 shutout innings with 3 strikeouts.

Organizational Notes

James Free, who played as recently as a week ago when he went 2-4 with a home run on April 21st, retired on Saturday according to the transaction log. Free played in 11 games this season. Last year he hit 17 homers for the Lookouts and put up an .820 OPS.

Jacob Hurtubise update: He’s rehabbing out in Arizona. He hasn’t played in any games out there yet, but he’s been swinging the bat and going through some other drills. It looks like he’ll get into some games sometime around May.

Back in February it was reported that the Dominican Summer League, along with the Arizona Complex League would begin their season a month earlier than it has in the past, and also end a month earlier. That turned out to be incorrect. The Dominican Summer League will begin on June 3rd – around the time they have typically begun their season. The Arizona and Florida Complex Leagues will begin in early May, though.

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