2018 Lexington Legends Game Notes Game 41 Rome Braves Vs
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2018 Lexington Legends Game Notes Game 41 Rome Braves vs. Lexington Legends 26-16 21-19 Single-A Affiliate May 21 2018 Single-A Affiliate Whitaker Bank Ballpark Free Parking Monday Video: MiLB.TV Audio: TuneIn Radio and MiLB.TV Series Pitching Matchup RHP Alan Rangel (1-2, 5.90 ERA) vs. RHP Andres Sotillet Upcoming Probables vs. West Virginia Power Tuesday, May 22: LHP Bruce Zimmerman (4-2, 2.38 ERA) vs. RHP Nolan Watson Wednesday, May 23: RHP Odalvi Javier (1-1, 4.12 ERA) vs. RHP Carlos Hernandez Thursday, May 24: LHP Drew Harrington (2-1, 4.44 ERA) vs. LHP Garrett Davila Last Game Legends Season at a Glance After having to suspend last night’s contest in the second inning due to inclement weather, the Lexington Legends took both games in today’s doubleheader facing the West Virginia Power. The Legends won game one, 6-4 and game two, 7-6. Overall Record...............................................21-19 Lexington’s record now improves to 21-19 for the season while West Virginia drops to 23-17. For the first game, play resumed in the bottom of the second with Brewer Hicklen on first base, and Lexington trailing by Season vs. Rome two runs. Dennicher Carrasco sent his fifth home run of the season over the left field wall and the Legends tied the game, 2-2. At Whitaker Bank Ballpark In the top of the third, Cal Jones led off the inning with a double to left field then scored on an RBI single by Travis Jones, putting the Legends ahead, 3-2. Jones then swiped second base. MJ Melendez grounded a ball to the first baseman, Kyle At State Mutual Stadium Watson, who committed a fielding error, allowing Jones to score and Lexington extended their led, 4-2. Home Record...................................................13-8 West Virginia’s Oneil Cruz homered to right centerfield in the bottom of the third, pulling the Power within one run, 4-3. In the bottom of the fourth, Rodolfo Castro tied the game with a lead off home run, and the game was tied at four runs Road Record.....................................................8-11 each. In the top of the fifth, Travis Jones blasted his second home run of the season, putting the Legends ahead, 5-4. vs. Northern Division......................................7-11 The Legends scored their final run in the top of the ninth. Carrasco drew a leadoff walk then advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Cristian Perez. Ricky Aracena then hit a ground ball to centerfield, allowing Carrasco to score and the vs. Southern Division.....................................14-8 Legends held on to the final score of 6-4. Collin Snider was awarded the win for the Legends, tossing 4.2 innings allowing two runs on eight hits while walking two vs. RHP...........................................................18-15 and striking out five. Evan Piechota was given the loss, throwing 6.2 innings allowing four runs on nine hits while walking one and striking out five. Tyler Zuber recorded his fifth save of the season in his scoreless ninth inning. vs. LHP...............................................................3-4 In the second game of the day, the Power was sure to get on the board early. Lolo Sanchez drew the lead off walk then Night...............................................................15-16 stole second base. With Sanchez at second, Calvin Mitchell grounded out to Lexington’s second baseman, Julio Gonzalez, allowing Sanchez to advance to third. Then with Oneil Cruz at the plate, Sanchez scored on a balk by the Legends’ starting Day.....................................................................6-3 pitcher, Janser Lara. After the first, West Virginia led 1-0. The Legends plated their first run of the game in the top of the third. Cal Jones ripped a single down the left field line then April................................................................12-10 was able to score on an RBI double to center field by Travis Jones. The game was tied at one run each, after the third. The Legends broke the game wide open in the top of the fourth. Back-to-back singles by Brewer Hicklen and Dennicher May...................................................................8-10 Carrasco put runners on first and second. They were both able to move up a base on a wild pitch by Hunter Stratton. Morales then drew a walk to load the bases. Cal Jones doubled home Hicklen and Carrasco, putting the Legends ahead 3-1, while moving Morales to third. Julio Gonzalez then hit a single past the second baseman, Brett Pope, allowing Morales South Atlantic League Standings and Cal Jones to score, furthering Lexington’s lead, 5-1. On the play, Gonzalez advanced to third on a throwing error by the Power’s second baseman. Travis Jones singled home Gonzalez, and the Legends led 6-1. Northern Division W-L Pct. GB Cruz led off the bottom of the fourth with a home run, but the Legends still led 6-2. Mason Martin then was able to reach on a walk then advanced to second on a wild pitch by Lara. Raul Hernandez also drew a walk to put runners at first and Kannapolis Intimidators 27-14 .659 -- second. Ben Bengston then grounded into a force out at second base, allowing Mason to score and the Power pulled within three-runs, 6-3. Delmarva Shorebirds 26-15 .634 1.0 In the bottom of the sixth, the Power capitalized on early base runners. Ryan Peurifoy reached on a lead off walk then advanced to second when Martin was hit by a pitch. Raul Hernandez then lined a single to center field, scoring Peurifoy West Virginia Power 23-17 .575 3.5 and moving Martin up to third base, while cutting Lexington’s lead to two runs. Bengston then singled home Martin, making it a 6-5 ballgame in favor of the Legends. With runners at second and third, Sanchez lined one to Hicklen in right Lakewood BlueClaws 22-19 .537 5.0 field, allowing Hernandez to score and knotting the game at six runs. The Legends scored again in the top of the seventh. Gonzalez drew the lead off walk then advanced to second on a single Greensboro Grasshoppers 18-21 .462 8.0 by Perez. MJ Melendez then grounded out to second base, but it allowed both runners to advance a base. Hicklen then hit a ground ball to the shortstop Cruz, but was able to beat out the throw at first while Gonzalez scored and the Legends took Hickory Crawdads 14-24 .368 11.5 the ballgame, 7-6. Hagerstown Suns 15-26 .366 12.0 Royals Top 30 Prospects Southern Division W-L Pct. GB According to Baseball America According to MLB Pipeline Augusta GreenJackets 26-14 .650 -- 1. Nick Pratto, 1B 2. Nick Pratto, 1B Rome Braves 26-16 .619 1.0 3. Seuly Matias, OF 3. Seuly Matias, OF Lexington Legends 21-19 .525 5.0 6. MJ Melendez, C 4. MJ Melendez, C 19. Daniel Tillo, LHP 5. Michael Gigliotti, OF Columbia Fireflies 22-20 .524 5.0 20. Michael Gigliotti, OF 21. Daniel Tillo, LHP Charleston RiverDogs 19-23 .452 8.0 22. Jeison Guzman, SS Asheville Tourists 15-25 .375 11.0 Greenville Drive 10-31 .244 16.5 Lexington Legends Starting Pitcher Andres Sotillet RHP Height/Weight: 6’1”/175 DOB: 3/2/1997 Birthplace: Cumana, Venezuela Pro Season: Third Acquired: Signed as non-drafted free agent on 7/30/2015 Career Numbers YEAR TEAM LEVEL W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG WHIP 2016 DSL ROY ROK 7-2 1.52 13 13 65.0 48 15 11 0 8 41 .210 0.86 2017 IDF ROK 0-2 10.57 4 4 15.1 32 18 18 5 4 11 .427 2.35 2017 ROY ROK 3-0 2.28 5 4 27.2 27 7 7 1 6 26 .250 1.19 2017 BUR ROK 0-2 11.20 4 4 13.2 22 19 17 1 3 5 .367 1.83 2017 [-] 3 teams Minors 3-4 6.67 13 12 56.2 81 44 42 7 13 42 .333 1.66 Minors Career - 10-6 3.92 26 25 121.2 129 59 53 5 21 83 .273 1.23 Info Signed as non-drafted free agent on 7/30/2015...2016: Named Dominican Royals Pitcher of the Year and led Royals farmhands in ERA (min. 60.0 IP)...did not allow a home run in 65.0 IP...2017: with AZL Royals tossed 6.0 innings allowing one run (home run) on five hits while striking out three on 7/24 vs. ATH...with Burlington tossed 0.2 inning allowing four runs on five hits on 8/19 @ PRN... on 8/31 pitched 1.1 innings allowing five runs on six hits...with Idaho Falls tossed 5.0 innings allowing three runs on seven hits while striking out two on 7/07 vs. OGD...2018: in season debut pitched 4.1 innings, not allowing an earned run on four hits and struck out five 2018 Game-By-Game Date Opp. Dec. ERA IP H R ER HR BB K HB Result 4/09 GVL ND 0.00 4.1 4 2 0 0 2 5 0 W 8-4 4/16 @HIC L 1.93 5.0 6 2 2 0 0 6 1 L 2-1 4/21 HAG L 3.60 5.2 9 4 4 1 1 7 0 L 5-3 4/28 WVP ND 3.32 4.0 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 L 4-2 5/4 @CSC W 3.75 5.0 8 4 3 1 1 4 0 W 11-4 5/10 DEL ND 3.90 6.0 11 3 3 1 0 2 0 L 9-5 5/15 GVL ND 3.86 5.0 7 3 2 1 0 5 0 W 4-3 vs.