Austin’s bat drives Charleston to another win

Triple-A Empire State (7-2 loss to Syracuse)
2B Kevin Russo, DH Jack Cust & RF Dewayne Wise: both 0-4 — Cust and Wise both struck out twice
SS Doug Bernier: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
3B Steve Pearce: 2-4 — 12 for his last 33 (.364)
1B Brandon Laird: 1-4, 1 2B — seven hits in his last 24 at-bats (.292), and five of them are doubles
CF Colin Curtis: 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB
C Craig Tatum: 1-4, 1 R, 1 K, 1 PB
LF Ray Kruml: 1-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI
RHP Ramon Ortiz: 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 7/6 GB/FB — 50 of 75 pitches were strikes (66.7%)
RHP Jason Bulger: 1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 2/1 GB/FB — 19 of 36 pitches were strikes (52.8%)
SwP Pat Venditte: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2/3 GB/FB — 25 of 39 pitches were strikes (64.1%) … he pitched exclusively left-handed today for an unknown reason
LHP Mike O’Connor: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 0/3 GB/FB — eight of 11 pitches were strikes

Double-A Trenton (2-1 win over Akron)
LF Dan Brewer: 0-4, 1 K
3B Ronnie Mustelier: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 K
RF Zoilo Almonte & 1B Luke Murton: both 0-3 — Almonte walked and stole a base … Murton whiffed
DH Cody Johnson: 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 K
CF Melky Mesa: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB — got picked off first … four hits in his last seven at-bats
C Jose Gil, 2B Addison Maruszak & SS Walt Ibarra: all 1-3 — Gil drove in a run … Maruszak walked and committed a fielding error
RHP Craig Heyer: 6 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, 8/2 GB/FB — 55 of 80 pitches were strikes (68.8%)
RHP Kelvin Perez: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1/2 GB/FB — 19 of 34 pitches were strikes (55.9%)
LHP Lee Hyde: 0.1 IP, zeroes, 0/1 GB/FB — five pitches, two strikes
RHP Ryan Flannery: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0/1 GB/FB — eight of 11 pitches were strikes

High-A Tampa (6-1 win over Clearwater)
CF Eduardo Sosa: 1-5, 2 K
2B Kelvin Castro & 3B Zach Wilson: both 0-4 — Wilson threw a ball away for an error
LF Ramon Flores: 0-2, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 SB — first walk(s) in eight games, pretty uncharacteristic
RF Rob Segedin: 1-2, 1 R, 2 BB — threw a runner out at the plate … 13 for his last 30 (.433) with two doubles and two homers
1B Kyle Roller & C J.R. Murphy: both 0-3, 1 R — Roller got hit by a pitch and struck out … Murphy drew a walk and allowed two passed balls
DH Neil Medchill: 3-3, 3 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB
SS Jose Mojica: 2-4, 3 RBI, 2 K — nine for his last 17 (.529)
LHP Andy Pettitte: 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 7/0 GB/FB — had more on his start earlier
RHP Mikey O’Brien: 5 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 7/2 GB/FB — another nice outing

Low-A Charleston (7-5 win over Rome)
CF Mason Williams: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 RBI — that’s four straight two-hit games
SS Cito Culver: 0-3, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K
DH Gary Sanchez: 2-5, 1 R — still waiting on the first homer, but that’ll come
RF Tyler Austin: 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB — 12 for his last 23 (52.2%) with four doubles, two triples, and three homers … dude is out of his mind right now, pretty much the only batter more locked in at the moment is Matt Kemp
LF Ben Gamel: 1-5, 1 R, 1 K
1B Rey Nunez, 3B Casey Stevenson & 2B Anderson Feliz: all 1-4 — Nunez doubled, drove in a run, and struck out twice … Stevenson committed a throwing error … Feliz scored and struck out
C Francisco Arcia: 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K
RHP Will Oliver: 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 6/3 GB/FB
LHP Fred Lewis: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1/0 GB/FB
RHP Mariel Checo: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
RHP Pedro Guerra: 1 IP, zeroes, 1/2 GB/FB