NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Licey.com),-El serpentinero César Valdez ponchó a siete bateadores en cinco entradas en la derrota de 2-3 de Nashville Sounds (A’s) ante Oklahoma City Dodgers (LAD) en la noche del viernes en la Liga Costa del Pacifico, AAA.
Valdez se fue si decisión luego de que en sus cinco entradas, permitiera tres hits, con una carrera limpia y siete ponches para 2.70 de efectividad ante 19,717 fanáticos que vieron el juego en el First Tennessee Park.
Valdez mantiene una racha de once juegos ganados en forma seguida, sin perder desde el cinco de junio, cuando El Paso Chihuahua (San Diego) les ganaron 10-6 a Fresno Grizzlies (Houston), permitiendo diez carreras limpias, con 18 hits, un boleto, tres ponches y un cuadrangular en cinco entradas.
En Omaha, Jorge Bonifacio disparó su segundo doble del año en el triunfo de los Storm Chasers (Kansas City) de 3-0 ante los Express de Round Rock en el Werner Park.
Bonifacio (.233) en ocho juegos va de 30-7, con cuatro carreras anotadas, dos dobles, triple, dos jonrones, nueve remolcadas y cuatro bases por bolas.
En la Liga Internacional, el bateador designado Mel Rojas Jr (.195) dio su primer doble de la temporada y anotó en carrera en el triunfo de los Braves de Gwinnett (Atlanta) de 6-4 ante los Bulls (Rays) con unos 9,640 aficionados en el Durham Bulls Atletic Park.
Willy Adames (.156) de 3-2, con una anotada, otra remolcadas, con su primer doble.
| LIGA COSTA DEL PACIFICO AAA |
| Albuquerque 5, Reno 2 …makeup of game postponed on April 13 Final (2:45) W-Vasto, Jerry (2 – 0) L-Godley, Zack (0 – 1) SV-Carasiti, Matt (4) Herrera, R (ABQ), 3-for-5, R , SB …Carasiti (ABQ) Sv, IP , 3 SO |
| Okla. City 3, Nashville 2 Final (2:51) W-Geltz, Steve (1 – 0) L-Wahl, Bobby (0 – 1) SV-Morrow, Brandon (2) Geltz (OKC), W, IP , H , 2 SO …Holt, T (OKC), 2-for-3, R , 2 SB |
| Col. Springs 3, Memphis 1 Final (3:03) W-Woodruff, Brandon (2 – 0) L-Mayers, Mike (1 – 1) SV-Scahill, Rob (2) Woodruff (COS), W, 5.0 IP , H , 5 SO …Cordell (COS), 2-for-5, R , HR , 2 RBI |
| Round Rock 4, Omaha 2 Final (2:59) W-Wright, Wesley (2 – 0) L-McCarthy, Kevin (0 – 1) SV-Claiborne, Preston (1) Merrifield (OMA), 3-for-4, 2B , 2 RBI …Hoying (RR), 2-for-3, R , RBI , SB |
| New Orleans 11, Iowa 1 Final (2:28) W-Copeland, Scott (1 – 1) L-Buchanan, Jake (0 – 2) Copeland (NO), W, 7.0 IP , 8 SO …Juengel (NO), 3-for-4, 2 R , HR , 3 RBI |
| Sacramento 12, Salt Lake 10 Final (3:04) W-Osich, Josh (1 – 0) L-Ege, Cody (0 – 2) SV-Crick, Kyle (1) Young Jr. (SL), 3-for-4, 3 R , 2B , HR , 2 RBI …Slater (SAC), 2-for-5, 3 R , 2B , HR , 2 RBI |
| Reno 4, Albuquerque 3 (8) Final (2:42) W-Davis, Erik (1 – 0) L-Jiminian, Johendi (0 – 1) Walker, C (RNO), 2-for-3, 3 R , 2 2B …Rivero, C (RNO), 4-for-4, RBI |
| Tacoma 2, El Paso 1 Final (3:04) W-Lowe, Mark (1 – 1) L-Hessler, Keith (0 – 1) Ortega (ELP), 2-for-2, 2B , RBI , SB …Powell (TAC), 2-for-3, R , SB |
| Las Vegas 4, Fresno 2 Final (2:47) W-Regnault, Kyle (1 – 0) L-Frias, Edison (0 – 1) SV-Sewald, Paul (1) Reynolds, M (LV), 2-for-3, R , 2B , 2 RBI …White (FRE), 3-for-4, R …Smith, D (LV), 2-for-4, R , 2B , RBI |
| UPCOMING GAMES FOR 04/15/2017 (All Times Eastern) | |||
| New Orleans at Omaha | 3:05PM | Despaigne, Odrisamer (0-0) vs Farrell, Luke (1-0) | |
| Round Rock at Iowa | 6:08PM | Gamboa, Eddie (0-0) vs TBA | |
| Col. Springs at Nashville | 7:35PM | Suter, Brent (0-0) vs Blackburn, Paul (0-1) | |
| Okla. City at Memphis | 7:35PM | Urias, Julio (0-0) vs Zeid, Josh (0-0) | |
| Albuquerque at Tacoma | 8:05PM | Marquez, German (0-0) vs Weber, Ryan (0-0) | |
| Fresno at Salt Lake | 8:35PM | Holmes, Brian (0-0) vs TBA | |
| El Paso at Reno | 9:35PM | Rodriguez, Bryan (0-0) vs Duncan, Frank (1-0) | |
| Sacramento at Las Vegas | 10:05PM | Gregorio, Joan (0-0) vs Boscan, Wilfredo (0-0) |
| PCL | W | L | PCT | GB | ||
| Albuquerque | (Colorado) | 6 | 3 | .667 | – | |
| Memphis | (St. Louis) | 6 | 3 | .667 | – | |
| Col. Springs | (Milwaukee) | 5 | 3 | .625 | 0.5 | |
| Sacramento | (San Francisco) | 5 | 3 | .625 | 0.5 | |
| Fresno | (Houston) | 5 | 4 | .556 | 1.0 | |
| Iowa | (Chi Cubs) | 5 | 4 | .556 | 1.0 | |
| Okla. City | (LA Dodgers) | 5 | 4 | .556 | 1.0 | |
| Omaha | (Kansas City) | 4 | 4 | .500 | 1.5 | |
| Tacoma | (Seattle) | 4 | 4 | .500 | 1.5 | |
| El Paso | (San Diego) | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.0 | |
| Las Vegas | (NY Mets) | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.0 | |
| Reno | (Arizona) | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.0 | |
| Round Rock | (Texas) | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.0 | |
| Nashville | (Oakland) | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.0 | |
| New Orleans | (Miami) | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.0 | |
| Salt Lake | (LA Angels) | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.0 |
| IL | W | L | PCT | GB | ||
| Durham | (Tampa Bay) | 7 | 2 | .778 | -2.5 | |
| Buffalo | (Toronto) | 6 | 2 | .750 | -2.0 | |
| Toledo | (Detroit) | 6 | 3 | .667 | -1.5 | |
| Rochester | (Minnesota) | 5 | 3 | .625 | -1.0 | |
| Pawtucket | (Boston) | 6 | 4 | .600 | -1.0 | |
| Columbus | (Cleveland) | 5 | 4 | .556 | -0.5 | |
| Gwinnett | (Atlanta) | 5 | 4 | .556 | -0.5 | |
| Charlotte | (Chi White Sox) | 4 | 5 | .444 | 0.5 | |
| Louisville | (Cincinnati) | 4 | 5 | .444 | 0.5 | |
| Lehigh Valley | (Philadelphia) | 4 | 6 | .400 | 1.0 | |
| Scranton/WB | (NY Yankees) | 3 | 5 | .375 | 1.0 | |
| Indianapolis | (Pittsburgh) | 3 | 6 | .333 | 1.5 | |
| Syracuse | (Washington) | 2 | 6 | .250 | 2.0 | |
| Norfolk | (Baltimore) | 2 | 7 | .222 | 2.5 |
| LIGA INTERNACIONAL AAA |
| Syracuse 3, Rochester 2 Final (2:25) W-Antolin, Dustin (1 – 1) L-Rucinski, Drew (0 – 1) SV-Nathan, Joe (1) Antolin (SYR), W, IP , H , SO …Joseph, C (SYR), 2-for-4, R , 2 2B , RBI |
| Pawtucket 6, Lehigh Valley 1 Final (2:40) W-Owens, Henry (1 – 0) L-Lively, Ben (1 – 1) Owens (PAW), W, 6.0 IP , 2 H , 10 SO …Swihart (PAW), 1-for-3, R , 3B , 3 RBI |
| Buffalo 2, Scranton/WB 1 Final (2:41) W-Browning, Wil (2 – 0) L-Heller, Ben (0 – 2) SV-Girodo, Chad (1) Browning (BUF), W, 2.0 IP , SO …Lopes, C (BUF), 2-for-5, R , SB |
| Toledo 4, Indianapolis 3 Final (2:57) W-VerHagen, Drew (1 – 0) L-Holmes, Clay (0 – 1) SV-Jimenez, Joe (2) Meadows (IND), 1-for-3, R , HR , 3 RBI …VerHagen (TOL), W, 6.0 IP , 3 H , ER , 3 SO |
| Louisville 5, Columbus 3 Final (2:56) W-Bonilla, Lisalverto (2 – 0) L-Morimando, Shawn (0 – 2) SV-Shackelford, Kevin (1) Ervin (LOU), 2-for-3, 2 R , 2 HR , 4 RBI …Kratz (COL), 2-for-4, R , HR , RBI |
| Norfolk 3, Charlotte 1 Final (2:15) W-Aquino, Jayson (1 – 1) L-Danish, Tyler (1 – 1) SV-Verrett, Logan (1) Aquino (NOR), W, 6.0 IP , 5 H , 8 SO …Giavotella (NOR), 3-for-4, 2B , 2 RBI |
| Gwinnett 6, Durham 4 Final (2:51) W-Hursh, Jason (1 – 0) L-Yarbrough, Ryan (0 – 2) SV-Hernandez, David (2) Casali (DUR), 2-for-4, R , HR , 3 RBI …Walker, A (GWN), 2-for-4, R , 2 2B , 2 RBI …Hursh (GWN), W, 2.1 IP , 2 H , 2 SO |
| UPCOMING GAMES FOR 04/15/2017 (All Times Eastern) | |||
| Lehigh Valley at Pawtucket (GM: 1) | |||
| Lehigh Valley at Pawtucket (GM: 2) | Appel, Mark (0-1) vs Walden, Marcus (0-1) | ||
Syracuse , Rochester |
1:35PM | ||
| Buffalo at Scranton/WB | |||
| Indianapolis at Toledo | 5:05PM | Lindblom, Josh (0-0) vs Cuevas, William (1-0) | |
| Gwinnett at Durham | 6:35PM | Albers, Andrew (0-0) vs Whitley, Chase (0-0) | |
| Louisville at Columbus | 6:35PM | Adleman, Tim (0-1) vs Narveson, Chris (0-0) | |
| Charlotte at Norfolk | 7:05PM | Pelfrey, Mike (0-1) vs Stewart, Zach (0-1) |