Zakarin: Minors Recap 4/11
New Orleans (AAA): 2-1 loss to Round Rock
RHP Joselo Diaz was fantastic, hurling seven shutout innings, allowing just five hits and striking out five. RHP Ivan Maldonado took the loss, blowing the shut out and the save. RHP Duaner Sanchez pitched a scoreless inning.
It was a quiet night for Zephyr bats. 2B Argenis Reyes was 1-for-4 with a triple and the lone RBI; he drove in OF , who had a 2-for-3 evening with a double.
Binghamton (AA): 18-13 win over Erie
RHP Eric Brown was tagged for six runs, five earned, on nine hits in 4.1 innings. RHP Edgar Alfonzo earned a lucky win, having allowed 5 ER in 2.1 innings.
It was a huge night for the middle of the Binghamton order, who rotated playing three different positions. Nick Evans, starting at 1B before eventually being moved to LF, was 4-for-4 with a home run, six RBI, three runs scored and a walk. That raised his average to .452. Danny Murphy, at 1B before moving to 3B, finished 4-for-6 with a double and four runs scored to improve his average to .455 . Mike Carp, who began at LF and moved to 1B, was also 4-for-6 with a double. Carp scored three runs and drove in two, and his average now stands at .424.
St. Lucie (A+): 11-3 loss to Jupiter
RHP Nick Carr rebounded from a rough opening start to toss six innings of one run ball, surrendering five hits, just one walk and fanning six. 2007 draftee RHP Stephen Clyne had his first bad outing of the season, getting shelled for five earned runs on four hits and a walk without retiring a batter.
1B Lucas Duda got back into the swing of things with a 2-for-4 night, SS Ruben Tejada was 1-for-4, and OF Ezequiel Carrera finished with two hits in four at bats, including a double.
Savannah (A-): 8-3 loss to Columbia
RHP Elvin Ramirez picked up the loss, getting tagged for five runs, four earned, on seven hits and two walks in just 2.2 innings on the mound.
OF Richard Pena went 2-for-3 with a double and a walk, C Francisco Pena was 1-for-4 and scored a run, and 2B Greg Veloz finished 1-for-3 with a homer and 3 RBI.
