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Relief Roundup: San Diego Padres Jordan Lyles flirts with perfection

By Benjamin Chase

SAN DIEGO, CA - MAY 15: Jordan Lyles #27 of the San Diego Padres pitches during the first inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies at PETCO Park on May 15, 2018 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images)
SAN DIEGO, CA - MAY 15: Jordan Lyles #27 of the San Diego Padres pitches during the first inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies at PETCO Park on May 15, 2018 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images) /
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California League

Lancaster JetHawks 4, Visalia Rawhide 3
Modesto Nuts 7, San Jose Giants 5
Lake Elsinore 8, Inland Empire 66ers 4
Stockton Ports 5, Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 4

Carolina League

Lynchburg Hillcats 13, Frederick Keys 12
Myrtle Beach Pelicans @ Wilmington Blue Rocks, PPD
Down East Wood Ducks 2, Carolina Mudcats 0
Buies Creek Astros 3, Winston-Salem Dash 1
Salem Red Sox @ Potomac Nationals, PPD

Florida State League

Lakeland Flying Tigers 9, Charlotte Stone Crabs 8
St. Lucie Mets 4, Florida Fire Frogs 3, Game 1
Florida Fire Frogs 4, St. Lucie Mets 2, Game 2
Tampa Tarpons 4, Dunedin Blue Jays, Game 1
Dunedin Blue Jays 2, Tampa Tarpons 0, Game 2
Daytona Tortugas 4, Bradenton Marauders 3, Game 1
Daytona Tortugas @ Bradenton Marauders, Game 2, PPD
Palm Beach Cardinals 2, Clearwater Threshers 1, Game 1
Clearwater Threshers 11, Palm Beach Cardinals 10, Game 2
Fort Myers Miracle 1, Jupiter Hammerheads 0, Game 1
Fort Myers Miracle @ Jupiter Hammerheads, Game 2, PPD

Standouts

The Charlotte offense seems to find a new hero on a daily basis. On Tuesday, it was Peter Maris, who went 4-5 with three extra base hits, 2 doubles and a triple. Maris scored a run.

Down East’s Edgar Arredondo has had a brilliant season, throwing 7 scoreless innings, allowing just one hit and 3 walks, striking out 8.

Other hitters
Willie Abreu, Lancaster, 3-4, R, 2B, RBI
Jose Antequera, Clearwater, 2-3, R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
Matthew Batten, Lake Elsinore, 3-3, 2B, 3 RBI, BB
Cole Billingsley, Frederick, 2-5, 3 R, 2B, 3 RBI, BB
Bryson Brigman, Modesto, 3-5, R, SB
Trenton Brooks, Lynchburg, 1-3, R, RBI, 2 BB
Daz Cameron, Lakeland, 2-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB
Conner Capel, Lynchburg, 2-4, R, RBI, BB
Jodd Carter, Lynchburg, 2-3, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB
Arquimedes Gamboa, Clearwater, 3-5, R, 3B, 3 RBI
Wilson Garcia, Frederick, 3-3, R, 2B, 5 RBI, BB
Cam Gibson, Lakeland, 2-4, 2 R, 2B, 3B, BB
Marcus Greene, Jr., Lake Elsinore, 2-3, R, 2B, BB
Bryce Johnson, San Jose, 2-4, 2 R, 2B, RBI, BB, SB
Jahmai Jones, Inland Empire, 2-4, R, 2B, RBI, BB
Jack Kruger, Inland Empire, 4-5
Jose Martinez, Palm Beach, 2-3, R, RBI, BB
Evan Mendoza, Palm Beach, 4-4, 3 R, 2B, RBI
Anthony Miller, Lynchburg, 3-4, 2 R, HR, 4 RBI
Jalen Miller, San Jose, 3-5, R, 2 2B, RBI
Brian O’Keefe, Palm Beach, 2-4, R, 2 2B, 2 RBI
Preston Palmeiro, Frederick, 3-4, R, 2B, RBI, BB
Danny Pinero, Lakeland, 3-4, R, 3B, 3 RBI
Jose Pujols, Clearwater, 2-3, 3 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
Buddy Reed, Lake Elsinore, 3-5, 3 R, 2B, 3B
Chad Sedio, Lakeland, 3-5, 2 R

Other pitchers
Jorge Alcala, Buies Creek, 5 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 8 K
Brock Burke, Charlotte, 6 2/3 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 8 K
Brandon Gold, Lancaster, 7 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 7 K
Michael King, Tampa, 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 5 K
Sean Poppen, Fort Myers, 5 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 K
Trevor Stephan, Tampa, 7 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 11 K
Austin Warner, Palm Beach, 6 1/3 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 6 K

Wednesday’s Game to Watch

Two guys look to continue their hot starts to the 2018 season in Wednesday’s Carolina/Down East game. Trey Supak takes the mound for Carolina with a 1.85 ERA on the season, and Jonathan Hernandez sports just a touch higher at 2.10 for Down East.

Midwest League

West Michigan Whitecaps 4, Fort Wayne TinCaps 1
Great Lakes Loons 10, Bowling Green Hot Rods 5
Lansing Lugnuts 10, Dayton Dragons 9, 10 innings
South Bend Cubs 4, Lake County Captains 3
Peoria Chiefs 13, Clinton LumberKings 1
Burlington Bees 9, Kane County Cougars 3
Cedar Rapids Kernels 6, Quad Cities River Bandits 5
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 4, Beloit Snappers 2, Game 1
Beloit Snappers 7, Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 6, Game 2

South Atlantic League

Rome Braves 4, Hickory Crawdads 3
Asheville Tourists 14, Kannapolis Intimidators 12
Greensboro Grasshoppers @ Augusta GreenJackets, PPD
West Virginia Power @ Lakewood BlueClaws, PPD
Columbia Fireflies 9, Delmarva Shorebirds 8, 10 innings
Hagerstown Suns 10, Charleston RiverDogs 7, Game 1
Hagerstown Suns 7, Charleston RiverDogs 4, Game 2
Lexington Legends 4, Greenville Drive 3

Standouts

Charleston’s Dom Thompson-Williams had a pretty impressive doubleheader on Tuesday, going a combined 3-5 with 4 runs scored and 4 RBI. He powered out 3 home runs, stole a base, and also added a walk.

Tyler Thomas tossed an impressive game for South Bend, going 6 2/3 innings, allowing 2 runs (1 earned) on one hit and one walk, striking out 7.

Other hitters
Jo Adell, Burlington, 4-5, 2 R, 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI
Giovanny Alfonzo, Columbia, 3-5, 2 R, 2B, RBI
Akil Baddoo, Cedar Rapids, 1-3, R, 2 BB, SB
Nick Banks, Hagerstown, 2-3, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, BB, SB
Austin Beck, Beloit, 3-3, 2 R, SB
Michael Beltre, Dayton, 3-5, 2 R
Bret Boswell, Asheville, 3-5, 3 R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
Hendrik Clementina, Dayton, 2-4, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
J.R. Davis, Peoria, 3-4, R, 4 RBI
Luis Garcia, Hagerstown, 2-4, 2 R, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI
Raphael Gladu, 2-4, R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
Casey Golden, Asheville, 2-4, R, RBI, BB
Luis Gonzalez, Kannapolis, 2-5, 2 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
Yariel Gonzalez, Peoria, 3-5, 3 R, 2 RBI
Miles Gordon, Dayton, 3-5, 2 R, 2B, 3B, RBI, SB
Yeltsin Gudino, Lansing, 2-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB, SB
Starling Heredia, Great Lakes, 1-2, 2 R, HR, 2 BB
Max Hogan, Delmarva, 3-4, R, 2B, BB
Alex Kirilloff, Cedar Rapids, 3-4, 3 R, 3B, HR, 2 RBI
Jonathan Lacroix, Quad Cities, 2-2, R, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB
Gilbert Lara, Wisconsin, 2-2, RBI, BB
Jason Lopez, Charleston, 2-4, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
Ramon Marcelino, Asheville, 3-5, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
Renae Martinez, Kane County, 2-3, R, BB
Garrett McCain, West Michigan, 2-3, R, 3 RBI, BB
Mickey McDonald, Beloit, 1-2, R, 2 BB, 4 SB
Pat McInerney, Wisconsin, 3-3, 2 R, BB
MJ Melendez, Lexington, 3-4, 2 R, HR
Shael Mendoza, Asheville, 3-5, 3 R, HR, 3 RBI
Elehuris Montero, Peoria, 1-2, 2 R, RBI, BB
Tirso Ornelas, Fort Wayne, 2-3, 2B, BB
Dennis Ortega, Peoria, 2-4, 3 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
Eric Peterson, Great Lakes, 2-3, R, 2B, 3 RBI, BB
Yohel Pozo, Hickory, 1-2, 2 BB
Ryan Ripken, Delmarva, 3-5, 3 R, HR, 2 RBI
Miguelangel Sierra, Quad Cities, 2-4, 2B, HR, BB
Taylor Snyder, Asheville, 3-5, R, 2B, RBI
Samad Taylor, Lansing, 3-5, 2 R, 2B, BB
Bubba Thompson, Hickory, 2-3, R, 2B, RBI, BB, SB
Blake Tiberi, Columbia, 2-3, R, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 BB
Anthony Villa, Kannapolis, 3-5, 2 R, 2B, RBI
Jared Walker, Great Lakes, 2-5, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
Christian Williams, Lansing, 3-6, 2B, RBI
Isranel Wilson, Rome, 2-4, RBI, BB, SB
Chavez Young, Lansing, 3-4, 2 R, 2 2B, 3 RBI, SB
Justin Yurchak, Kannapolis, 3-5, R, 2 2B, 4 RBI

Other pitchers
Evan Guillory, Peoria, 6 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 K
Osvaldo Hernandez, Fort Wayne, 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 4 K

Wednesday’s Game to Watch

Quad Cities and Cedar Rapids square off in a doubleheader that should feature some very good pitching for both teams on Wednesday, with Cristian Javier and Luis Garcia taking the hill for Quad Cities and Randy Dobnak and Tyler Watson throwing for the Kernels.

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