Rockies prospects partake in respective All-Star Games

This week isn’t just the All-Star break for Major League Baseball. The Double-A Eastern League and all of Triple-A also took the early part of this week to showcase the top talents in their leagues. Wednesday night they played their respective All-Star Games: the Eastern League East Division and West Division All-Stars played in Akron, Ohio, and the Pacific Coast League All-Stars squared off against host International League All-Stars in Charlotte.

The Hartford Yard Goats sent five players to Akron and they all played their part. Raimel Tapia (No. 6 PuRP) got the start and German Marquez pitched the second inning for the East Division All-Stars, while Pat Valaika, Dillon Thomas, and Matt Carasiti came into the game later. Raimel Tapia went hitless in a game for the first time in what seems like forever. Maybe it was his hectic travel schedule this week (Binghamton Saturday, San Diego Sunday, Akron Wednesday), the penalty for having such a great season. Thomas and Valaika singled in the top of the ninth to help extend the East’s lead and Carasiti finished the game by striking out Nationals prospect Neftali Soto, who had homered earlier in the game.

Meanwhile the International League defeated the Pacific Coast League in the Anti-Futures Game Triple-A All-Star Game with dominant pitching. The PCL jumped out to an early two-run lead but managed just two hits the rest of the way. Albuquerque’s lone representative, Jordan Patterson (No. 18 PuRP) grounded out in the 8th inning in his lone plate appearance.

Unfortunately, David Dahl wasn’t eligible to participate in any All-Star Game festivities since he was promoted from the Eastern League, where he was elected, to the Pacific Coast League. He’ll have to settle for his impressive Futures Game performance.

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Triple-A: Pacific Coast League All-Stars 2, International League All-Stars 4

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Jordan Patterson (No. 18 PuRP): 0-for-1

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Double-A: EL East All-Stars 10, EL West All-Stars 2

Fightin Phils, Oberste lead EL East to Win - Eastern League News

Raimel Tapia (No. 6 PuRP): 0-for-3

Dillon Thomas: 1-for-2, R

Pat Valaika: 1-for-2, RBI

German Marquez: 1.0 IP, H, K

Matt Carasiti: 0.1 IP, H, K

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High-A: Modesto Nuts 5, Bakersfield Blaze 3

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Forrest Wall (No. 11 PuRP): 1-for-5

Dom Nunez (No. 13 PuRP): 1-for-3, 2 BB

Omar Carrizales (no. 26 PuRP): 1-for-4

Wes Rogers (No. 35 PuRP): 0-for-2, R, 2 BB

Drew Weeks: 2-for-4, HR, 3 RBI

Jack Wynkoop: 6.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 5 K

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Low-A: Asheville Tourists 3, Hagerstown Suns 12

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Brendan Rodgers (No. 4 PuRP): 0-for-4, BB

Carlos Herrera (No. 29 PuRP): 1-for-5, 2 RBI

Brian Mundell: 0-for-4

Ryan McCormick: 3.2 IP, 8 H, 9 R, 8 ER, 3 BB, 1 K

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Short Season-A: Boise Hawks 3, Vancouver Canadians 9

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Garrett Hampson (3rd round, 2016): 2-for-3, R, BB

Willie Abreu (6th round, 2016): 0-for-4

Luis Castro: 2-for-3, R, RBI, BB

Jacob Bosiokovic: 2-for-4

Anthony Brito: 3-for-4, 2B

Bobby Stahel: 2-for-4, R, 2 3B, RBI

Michael Zimmerman: 4.1 IP, 6 H, 9 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 0 K

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Rookie: Grand Junction Rockies 2, Billings Mustangs 13

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Pedro Gonzalez (No. 28 PuRP): 2-for-4, R, 2B

Colton Welker (4th round, 2016): 2-for-4, RBI

Vince Fernandez (10th round, 2016): 1-for-3, BB

Jose Gomez: 1-for-4, R

Yohander Quintana: 3.0 IP, 6 H, 6 R/ER, 4 BB, 0 K

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Dominican Summer League: DSL Rockies 4, DSL Nationals 0

Wander Cabrera: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R/ER, 2 BB, 7 K

Daniel Montano: 0-for-4

Cristopher Navarro: 2-for-3, 2B, RBI, BB

Hidekel Gonzalez: 3-for-4, 2 R, 2B

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NEXT DAY Probables

Triple-A Albuquerque: Pitcher TBA v Memphis (STL), 7:05 p.m.

Double-A Hartford: Pitcher TBA @ Binghamton (NYM), 4:35 p.m.

High-A Modesto: Ryan Castellani (no. 19 PuRP, 4-7, 3.86 ERA) @ Bakersfield (SEA), 8:45 p.m.

Low-A Asheville: Peter Lambert (no. 21 PuRP, 3-6, 3.30 ERA) @ Hagerstown (WAS), 5:05 p.m.

Short Season-A Boise: Erick Julio (1-1, 4.32 ERA) v Spokane (TEX), 7:15 p.m.

Rookie Level Grand Junction: Riley Pint (1st round, 2016, 0-1, 3.60 ERA) @ Billings (CIN), 7:05 p.m.