Atlanta Braves Monday Minor League Report

Gwinnett Braves (24-26)

Thursday

Thursday was a double-header for Gwinnett against Lehigh Valley. In the opener, Gwinnett won 3-0. Manny Banuelos had a solid start, going 5 scoreless innings, allowing 4 hits and 2 walks with 3 strikeouts. The Braves only scratched together three singles, but they did draw 6 walks on the game, including 2 for Eury Perez. Jose Peraza and Joe Benson each drew one walk and had a single. Adonis Garcia stole his 3rd base of the season.

In a “bullpen game” in the night-cap, the Braves got a good start from Kanekoa Texeira, going 4 innings while allowing 2 runs on 5 hits and a walk while striking out 7, but they ended up losing 6-4 as the bullpen gave up 4 runs in the final two innings. No Braves hitter had multiple hits, but Barrett Kleinknecht had a double and Adonis Garcia clubbed his 2nd home run of the year.

Friday

Gwinnett shut out Columbus Friday for a 4-0 victory. Cody Martin looked great, allowing 1 hit and no walks over 5 innings, striking out 6. Sean Kazmar had a heck of a day, going 3-for-3 with a walk and a double. Jose Peraza had two hits, including a double. Joe Benson had two hits on the day as well.

Saturday

Gwinnett won a pitcher’s duel on Saturday 1-0 with an 8th inning run. Matt Wisler went 8 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing 2 hits and 2 walks while striking out 7. The Braves only pushed one run across, but they did have 6 hits and 6 walks on the game. Mycal Jones had 2 hits and stole his second base. Ryan Lavarnway was on base three times as the DH in his first appearance for Gwinnett with one hit and two walks. Eury Perez had a single and a walk and stole his 25th base on the year. Wil Nieves also had a single and a walk.

Sunday

Sunday’s game against Columbus was suspended after the top of the first inning and will be resumed at a later date.

Leaders

BA: Adonis Garcia, .331, Sean Kazmar .313
OBP: Eury Perez, .364, Adonis Garcia, .36o, Todd Cunningham, .356, Sean Kazmar, .350
SLG: Mycal Jones, .444, Adonis Garcia, .442, Sean Kazmar, .406, Cedric Hunter, .400
HR: Barrett Kleinknecht, 3, 5 with 2
SB: Eury Perez, 25, Jose Peraza, 14

W: Manny Banuelos, 4, Matt Wisler and Sugar Ray Marimon, 3
SV: Aaron Kurcz, 6
SO: Matt Wisler and Manny Banuelos, 46
ERA: Donnie Veal, 0.00, David Carpenter, 0.96, Williams Perez, 1.33
WHIP: Donnie Veal, 0.69, David Carpenter, 1.09, Matt Wisler, 1.17