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Relief Roundup: New York Yankees streak to first place

By Benjamin Chase

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 09: Jonathan Holder #56 of the New York Yankees reacts to the final out of the eighth inning against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium on May 9, 2018 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 09: Jonathan Holder #56 of the New York Yankees reacts to the final out of the eighth inning against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium on May 9, 2018 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /
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California League

Lake Elsinore 1, Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 0
San Jose Giants 9, Modesto Nuts 5
Stockton Ports 4, Visalia Rawhide 2
Inland Empire 66ers 9, Lancaster JetHawks 8

Carolina League

Winston-Salem Dash 10, Salem Red Sox 8, 10 innings
Down East Wood Ducks 9, Myrtle Beach Pelicans 3, 10 innings
Potomac Nationals 5, Wilmington Blue Rocks 1
Buies Creek Astros 4, Carolina Mudcats 3
Lynchburg Hillcats 4, Frederick Keys 3

Florida State League

Lakeland Flying Tigers 6, Clearwater Threshers 5
Florida Fire Frogs 1, St. Lucie Mets 0
Dunedin Blue Jays 6, Bradenton Marauders 2
Tampa Tarpons 2, Daytona Tortugas 0, 11 innings
Fort Myers Miracle 7, Charlotte Stone Crabs 6
Jupiter Hammerheads 10, Palm Beach Cardinals 2, 10 innings

Standouts

Charlotte 1B/OF Nathaniel Lowe continued his assault on Florida State League pitching on Wednesday, going 3-5 with a home run, 2 runs scored, and 2 RBI, to bring his incredible season line to .397/.465/.667 with 10 doubles and 8 home runs.

The New York Yankees have arms stacked up all over their system, and another one had a big game on Wednesday as Michael King threw 8 2/3 innings of shutout ball for Tampa, allowing 3 hits and no walks, striking out 8.

Other hitters
Tres Barrera, Potomac, 2-3, RBI, BB
Shane Billings, Palm Beach, 2-3, RBI, BB
Bryson Brigman, Modesto, 4-5, 2 R, RBI
Trenton Brooks, Lynchburg, 3-4, 2 R, RBI, BB
Daz Cameron, Lakeland, 3-4, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
Vince Fernandez, Lancaster, 2-4, 3 RBI, BB
Wilson Garcia, Frederick, 2-3, R, 2 2B, BB
Arquimedes Gamboa, Clearwater, 3-5, R, RBI
Jonah Heim, Stockton, 3-5, RBI
Taylor Grzelakowski, Fort Myers, 1-2, 2 R, HR, 2 BB
Carter Kieboom, Potomac, 2-3, R, 2 BB
Charles Leblanc, Down East, 2-4, 2 HR, 4 RBI
Austin Listi, Clearwater, 3-5, 2B
Chris Madera, Salem, 2-4, 2 R, RBI, BB, SB
Brian Miller, Jupiter, 3-5, R, 2B, 3B, RBI, BB, SB
Roy Morales, Jupiter, 3-5, R, RBI
Gareth Morgan, Modesto, 2-4, 2 R, 2B, HR
Cristian Pache, Florida, 3-4, 2B
Joshua Palacios, Dunedin, 3-5, R, RBI
Jhonny Pereda, Myrtle Beach, 2-4, BB
Mitch Roman, Winston-Salem, 3-3, R, 3 RBI, BB
Brandon Sandoval, Inland Empire, 2-4, 2 R, BB
Chad Sedio, Lakeland, 3-4, R, RBI
John Silviano, Jupiter, 2-4, R, RBI, BB
Robbie Tenerowicz, Charlotte, 3-5, R, 2B
Collin Theroux, Stockton, 2-3, HR, 3 RBI, BB
Luke Wakamatsu, Lynchburg, 3-4, RBI, BB
Forrest Wall, Lancaster, 3-4, 3 R, 2B, 2 BB
Jared Walsh, Inland Empire, 1-3, 2R, HR, 2 BB
Donnie Walton, Modesto, 2-4, RBI, BB
Colton Welker, Lancaster, 2-3, 2 R, 2B, RBI, 2 BB
Nick Zammarelli III, Modesto, 2-4, BB

Other pitchers
Joan Baez, Potomac, 5 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 5 K
Marcos Diplan, Carolina, 6 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 4 BB, 8 K
Jonathan Hernandez, Down East, 5 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K
Bryan Hudson, Myrtle Beach, 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 5 K
Alex Klonowski, Inland Empire, 6 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 5 K
Gabriel Llanes, St. Lucie, 8 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 4 K
Dustin May, Rancho Cucamonga, 5 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 9 K
Adrian Morejon, Lake Elsinore, 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K
Tony Santillan, Daytona, 8 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K
Tayler Saucedo, Dunedin, 8 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Emilio Vargas, Visalia, 5 1/3 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K
Jeremy Walker, Florida, 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 K

Thursday’s Game to Watch

Palm Beach has seen excellent pitching performances from less than heralded pitchers this year, like Thursday’s starter Anthony Shew, who’s pitched to a 1.99 ERA on the season. Top prospect arm Luis Escobar takes the mound to oppose Shew for Bradenton.

Midwest League

Quad Cities River Bandits 7, Fort Wayne TinCaps 1
Kane County Cougars 6, Lake County Captains 4
West Michigan Whitecaps 8, Clinton LumberKings 5
South Bend Cubs 4, Burlington Bees 2
Great Lakes Loons 6, Beloit Snappers 5
Lansing Lugnuts 9, Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 4
Dayton Dragons 5, Cedar Rapids Kernels 4, 10 innings
Peoria Chiefs 5, Bowling Green Hot Rods 4, 10 innings

South Atlantic League

Rome Braves 6, Augusta GreenJackets 3, Game 1
Rome Braves 7, Augusta GreenJackets 3, Game 2
Lakewood BlueClaws 2, Charleston RiverDogs 0
Hickory Crawdads 11, Columbia Fireflies 10
West Virginia Power 7, Hagerstown Suns 3
Lexington Legends 7, Delmarva Shorebirds 4
Kannapolis Intimidators 10, Greenville Drive 2
Asheville Tourists 14, Greensboro Grasshoppers 10

Standouts

Asheville is known for putting up some impressive offensive numbers, but the line of Chad Spanberger of Asheville on Wednesday was something beyond belief. At the plate, Spanberger went 3 for 4, with a double and 2 home runs. He also walked once. Spanberger crossed the plate himself 4 times and also drove in 6 runs. Then, to top it all off, he also stole 2 bases. Absolutely incredible!

On a big offensive day in both the Sally League and Midwest League, Will Stewart had the standout game of the day for Lakewood, tossing 8 shutout innings, allowing 6 hits and a walk, striking out 6.

Other hitters
Marcus Almonte, Quad Cities, 2-3, R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
Lazaro Alonso, Greensboro, 2-4, 3 R, BB
Miguel Amaya, South Bend, 2-4, 2 R, 3B, HR, 2 RBI
Miguel Aparicio, Hickory, 2-3, R, 2B, RBI, BB
Logan Baldwin, Augusta, 3-4, 3B, RBI, SB
Nolan Brown, Kannapolis, 2-5, 3 RBI, BB
Dylan Busby, West Virginia, 2-5, 2 HR, 4 RBI
Troy Cabbage, Cedar Rapids, 2-3, R, 2B, 2 BB
Johan Cruz, Kannapolis, 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB
Seamus Curran, Delmarva, 2-4, 2B, HR
Devin Davis, Bowling Green, 3-5
Jordan Devencenzi, Beloit, 2-3, 2B, 3B, BB
Eduardo Diaz, Kane County, 2-4, 2 R, 2 2B
Jeter Downs, Dayton, 3-5, 2B, RBI
Austin Filiere, South Bend, 2-3, R, BB
Julio Garcia, Burlington, 3-5, 2B, RBI
Raphael Gladu, Columbia, 2-4, R, RBI, BB
Casey Golden, Asheville, 4-5, 2 R, 2B, 2 RBI, SB
Ronaldo Hernandez, Bowling Green, 4-5, R, RBI
Thomas Jones, Greensboro, 3-5, R, 2 2B
Alex Kirilloff, Cedar Rapids, 2-4, HR, BB
Irving Lopez, Peoria, 2-4, R, RBI, BB
Jesus Lopez, Beloit, 2-4, 2 HR
Brock Lundquist, Lansing, 2-4, 3 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI
Scott Manea, Columbia, 2-5, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
Renae Martinez, Kane County, 4-4, 2 R, 2B, 2 RBI
Jacob Meyers, Quad Cities, 2-5, 2 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 2 SB
Brayan Morales, Great Lakes, 2-4, 2 R, 2 2B, SB
Dimas Ojeda, Clinton, 2-4, R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
Dennis Ortega, Peoria, 3-5, 2 RBI, SB
Cole Peterson, West Michigan, 3-4, 3B, RBI, BB
Nick Pratto, Lexington, 3-4, HR, 4 RBI
Reggie Pruitt, Lansing, 3-4, R, 2B, 2 RBI
Tyler Ratliff, Hickory, 2-4, R, BB
Leonardo Rivas, Burlington, 2-4, 2B, RBI, BB
Laz Rivera, Kannapolis, 3-5, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
Marcos Rivera, Greensboro, 3-5, 3 R, 2B
Ali Sanchez, Columbia, 3-5, 3 R, HR, 2 RBI
Leandro Santana, Dayton, 2-4, 2B, HR
Evan Skoug, Kannapolis, 3-5, 3 R, 2B
Deon Stafford, West Virginia, 3-5, 2 R
Zach Sullivan, Greensboro, 3-4, 2 2B, 5 RBI
Rigoberto Terrazas, Columbia, 2-4, R, RBI, BB
Dom Thompson-Williams, Charleston, 3-4
Blake Tiberi, Columbia, 1-3, R, RBI, 3 BB
Ignacio Valdez, West Michigan, 2-4, 2 R, 2 2B, 4 RBI
Ryan Vilade, Asheville, 1-2, R, RBI, 2 BB
Matt Winaker, Columbia, 2-4, 2 R, BB
Justin Yurchak, Kannapolis, 2-2, 3 R, 3 BB

Other pitchers
Alec Bettinger, Wisconsin, 6 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 5 K
Matt Manning, West Michigan, 6 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 8 K
Yohan Ramirez, Quad Cities, 7 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 4 K

Thursday’s Game to Watch

Brendan McKay has been excellent on the mound and solid at the plate both for Bowling Green. He may not be long for Bowling Green, but he takes the hill in a home game against a loaded Cedar Rapids lineup tonight. The Kernels will send undefeated starter Randy Dobnak to the mound in opposition.

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