The main takeaway from todays game was that Cooper Ingle was removed from the game with a foot injury after starting 2-2. Ingle has been unbelievable to start the season with a .394 average and an OPS of 1.418. Lets hope this injury is nothing serious. Travis Bazzana went 1-3 with two walks and continues to find ways to succeed at the plate despite not hitting the ball hard as consistently as we would like. He’s up to a .286 average with an OPS of .882.
Ryan Webb had a rocky start, allowing two earned runs in four innings pitched while striking out four and walking three. His ERA is up to 7.50 on the season. Daniel Espino’s stat line looks pretty rough, but he only allowed one hard hit ball in his outing.
It was a big day for the RubberDucks offense! Angel Genao went 1-3 with two walks and two RBIs. He’s up to a .296 average with an OPS of .902. Ralphy Velazquez went 0-2 with three walks. Jacob Cozart went 2-5 with an RBI, Nick Mitchell went 2-4 with two walks and an RBI. Guy Lipscomb went 3-5 with an RBI double, he has had a great start to the season with an average of .368 and an OPS of .929.
It was an ok start for Josh Hartle, he tossed five innings and allowed three runs while striking out three and walking two. His ERA is at 3.20 on the season.
Dean Curley continues his hot start to the season going 1-2 with a double and two walks. He is now hitting .277 with an .891 OPS. Nolan Schubart and Ryan Cesarini both went 1-3 with a walk.
Jackson Humphries had a bit of a rough outing. He struck out five but he allowed four runs in just 2.1 innings pitched. His ERA is now up to 4.41 on the season. Despite the rough outing, he is someone who has looked very much improved this season and is someone to keep an eye on this season.
Even in a loss, this Hill City team can really hit. The top three hitting prospects on the team in Caceres, Arias, and Fernandez combined to go 2-13 and they still scored five runs on eleven hits. Anthony Martinez has had an awesome start to the season, he went 2-4 his fourth HR this season and now has an OPS of 1.040. Yeiferth Castillo and Jonathan Martinez also went 2-4 and are having nice seasons as 19 year olds in Single A.
Nelson Keljo had another awesome start, with 3.2 scoreless innings and five strikeouts to zero walks. His ERA is down to 1.59 on the season. Miguel Flores finally showed some signs of being human after previously not allowing a single earned run this season. He allowed four runs in two innings pitched and had his ERA skyrocket up to 2.40 on the season. I would not be too worried about him.