Erie 3, Akron 6 (Indians)
Brooks Brown gave up 5 runs (4 earned) over 5 IP as he took the loss. Austin Wood (LHP) pitched three innings of 1-run relief and struck out 3.
Carlos Guillen went 1-5 with 3 strikeouts. In 52 minor league ABs, spread between Lakeland, Toledo, and now Erie, Guillen is hitting .250 with a .304 OBP.
Michael Bertram (LF) went 1-3 with a double and 2 RBI. Bryan Pounds was 2-3 with a double, a run scored, and a walk.
Lakeland 9, Bradenton 2 (Pirates)
Trevor Feeney (RHP) threw his third quality start in a row. In fact, going back to May 19th, Feeney has thrown 8 quality starts in 10 chances. Feeney’s line: 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K, W. Nelson allowed 2 runs (1 earned) and White pitched a shutout ninth.
Corey Jones (2B) had a stellar night offensively: 3-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 3 RBI. Jordan Lennerton (1B) was 0-2 but drew 3 walks and scored 2 runs.
West Michigan 4, Bowling Green 2 (Rays)
Brian Flynn (LHP) was the winning pitcher. He gave up 2 ER over 5 IP with 5 hits and 2 walks. Rondon earned his 17th save after he struck out the side in the 9th.
Dixon Machado was 3-4 with a run scored. Rob Brantly (C) also went 3-4 with a run scored. Moya, Krizan, Robbins, and Hamme had an RBI each. Castellanos was 1-3 with a run scored.
Thanks for the Guillen updates Nick D.
Bryan Pounds up for Inge?
From Elias: The toughest and easiest “second-half” schedules, based on combined winning percentage for remaining opponents and weighted by number of games: Toughest: Orioles (.533), Athletics (.521), Mariners (.521), Marlins (.520), Rays (.517) Easiest: Tigers (.474), Brewers (.479), Giants (.480), Diamondbacks (.483), Pirates (.484)
I love our schedule this 2nd half.
Last year, that 2nd half schedule buried us. We faced all juggernauts during a 35 game stretch to start off the 2nd half. Boston, NY, TB twice, LA, Texas, and CHW twice. We went 10-25 during that slide.