Brendan Rodgers hit a home run for the second day in a row and his sixteenth on the season for the Yard Goats on Monday. Rodgers had not homered since June 14th before hitting homers on consecutive days. Despite a brief home run drought, Rodgers’ slugging percentage has stayed relatively even over that stretch — now at .531 for the season.
Asheville had a shootout in their contest with Lexington as PuRPs Ryan Vilade (no. 7 PuRP) and Chad Spanberger (no. 29 PuRP) both homered. Tomorrow, Will Gaddis (no. 23 PuRP), who is coming off of three consecutive starts of six innings pitched and two or fewer earned runs allowed, will get the start for Asheville.
★ ★ ★
Triple-A: El Paso Chihuahuas 6, Albuquerque Isotopes 1
Ryan McMahon (no. 2 PuRP): 0-for-3, K
Garrett Hampson (no. 9 PuRP): 3-for-4, R
Sam Howard (no. 10 PuRP): 5 IP, 5 ER, 9 H, 5 K
Jordan Patterson (no. 14 PuRP): 0-for-2, BB, 2 K
Mike Tauchman (no. 22 PuRP): 0-for-4
★ ★ ★
Double-A: Hartford Yard Goats 6, Reading Fightin Phils 5
Brendan Rodgers (no. 1 PuRP): 2-for-4, HR, 2 R, RBI, BB, 2 K
Brian Mundell (no. 13 PuRP): 0-for-4, BB, K
Forrest Wall (no. 16 PuRP): 1-for-1, BB
Sam Hilliard (no. 17 PuRP): 0-for-5, 3 K
Roberto Ramos: 0-for-3, BB, 2 K
★ ★ ★
High-A: Stockton Ports 4, Lancaster JetHawks 3
Colton Welker (no. 5 PuRP): 1-for-4, HR, R, RBI, K
Tyler Nevin (no. 12 PuRP): 1-for-3, R, BB
Vince Fernandez (no. 28 PuRP): 1-for-4, R, 2 K
★ ★ ★
Low-A: Lexington Legends 18, Asheville Tourists 10
Ryan Vilade (no. 7 PuRP): 2-for-5, HR, R, RBI, K
Chad Spanberger (no. 29 PuRP): 3-for-5, HR, 3 R, RBI, K
Sean Bouchard (ninth round, 2017): 2-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI, K
★ ★ ★
Short Season-A: Boise Hawks 4, Tri-City Dust Devils 2
Cade Harris (10th round, 2018): 0-for-4, 3K
★ ★ ★
Rookie: Orem Owlz 11, Grand Junction Rockies 6
Daniel Montano (no. 15 PuRP): 2-for-5, 2B, R
★ ★ ★
Dominican Summer League: DSL Nationals 8, DSL Rockies 1
★ ★ ★
7/3 Probables
Triple-A Albuquerque: Jon Gray @ El Paso, 7:05pm MT
Double-A Hartford: TBD @ Reading, 5:15pm MT
High-A Lancaster: Matt Dennis @ Stockton, 7:30pm MT
Low-A Asheville: Will Gaddis (no. 23 PuRP) @ Lexington, 5:05pm MT
Short Season-A Boise: Jeffri Ocando (HM PuRP) @ Tri-City, 8:15pm MT
Rookie Level Grand Junction: TBD @ Orem, 7:05pm MT