Smoral and Gracey Dominate

Sunday, July 20 2014 @ 09:00 AM EDT

Matt Smoral struck out nine in five innings and Richard Urena had three hits to lead Bluefield to victory. Scott Gracey one-upped Smoral as he struck out seven in 2.2 innings. Sean Nolin made a rehab start for Dunedin but the hitters won the game by batting around twice. Vancouver won easy with Jairo Labourt leading the way.

Buffalo's hitters are quiet, like the big club, and they lost. Daniel Norris was bombed even though Dalton Pompey and Andy Burns had a couple of hits each. Lansing also lost with yours truly watching.

Buffalo 1 Pawtucket 3

• Raul Valdes was good but Brandon Workman was better.
• Kyle Drabek struck out the side in an inning of work but gave up a run thanks to two wild pitches and two hits. Chad Jenkins also pitched an inning, he had a couple of baserunners but stranded them.
• Ryan Goins had two of the Bisons five hits. He is hitting .285 but his OPS is just 677. That translates to approx. a 550 major league OPS.

Portland 10 New Hampshire 3

• Daniel Norris had a second straight bad start. There might be unusual circumstances in this game, Norris was involved in a collision and was hit with a couple of come-backers. His opponent, top Red Sox prospect Henry Owens, allowed nine hits in 6.1 innings.
• Dalton Pompey had two hits but K'd 3 times.
• Scott Gracey was hot and cold....he had 7 K's out of 8 outs. But he gave up five hits and two runs. Tyler Ybarra pitched a strong 2.1 innings.
• Andy Burns had another two hits and now has an OPS of 1100 in July.

Jupiter 7 Dunedin 12

• Jupiter outhit the Jays 14-13 but the Jays batted around in the fourth and fifth to score ten runs.
• Sean Nolin pitched 2.2 innings and struck out five. He did give up a run. Griffin Murphy went 2.1 shutout innings and now has 6.1 shutout innings to start his Dunedin career.
• Nick Baligod and Christian Lopes each had three hits. Baligod had four RBI.

Clinton 6 Lansing 2

• Brad Allen was a little unlucky on the first two runs, the third run was a hanging change-up that was disappeared. On the other hand Matt Dermody was hit all over the park.
• Matt Dean had a good night, a hard hit line drive single, a double off the right field wall and a walk.
• DJ Davis had two hits, he had just three hits in his previous nine games.

Vancouver 12 Tri-City 2

• Jairo Labourt pitched six shutout innings and he only walked two. He has 39 K's in 34.2 innings with only 20 hits allowed.
• Max Pentecost was 3-5 with a triple. He is hitting .435 in five games with an OPS over 1000.
• Franklin Barreto had two hits with his first home run of the season.

Bluefield 3 Pulaski 2

• Matt Smoral struck out nine in 5 innings. He did allow a run. For the season Smoral has 36 K's in 21.1 innings.
• Ugeth Urbina pitched against the Jays. This UU is 20 years old.
• Richard Urena had three hits and now has an OPS of 818 as an 18 year old. I have some news on Urena, stay tuned for an interview next week.
• Rolando Segovia is a 19 year old 2B from Venezuela. He was ice cold in June but red hot in July. He has an OPS over 1000 over his last ten games.
• Dan Jansen had two doubles and was hit by a pitch. He too has been very hot recently.

GCL Yankees 9 GCL Jays 4

• Nick Wells was roughed up for six runs in 2.1 innings.
• Edwin Fuentes and Angel Gomez each had three hits including a triple.
• Lane Thomas has been cold recently. He did have a hit today but that was just his second in his last five games.

3 Stars

3rd star: Jairo Labourt

2nd star: Nick Baligod

1st star: Matt Smoral

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