Danville Braves (20-24)
Thursday
Danville was simply pounded on Thursday by Princeton, 12-1. Starter Patrick Weigel went only 2 2/3 innings, allowing 3 runs on 8 hits and 3 walks. Yeudi Grullon was the only Braves hitter on base twice as he collected two singles. Austin Riley added a double.
Friday
The Danville defense struggled, and it cost the team a tight game against Pulaski, losing 3-2 Friday. Mike Soroka‘s stat line took the brunt of the poor defense, as he went 4 innings, allowing 3 runs (1 earned) on 6 hits and a walk, striking out 3. He was credited with 2 hits that arguably could have also been ruled errors, but with the Braves tallying 3 errors on the night, perhaps the official scorer felt it rude to pile on! Michael Custred continued his tremendous pitching, going 3 1/3 perfect innings in relief, striking out 6. Danville had 8 hits and 6 walks, but could only push 2 across the plate, going 1-14 on the night with runners in scoring position. Yeudi Grullon had two singles, a walk, and a stolen base. Trey Keegan had a double and a single. Carlos Castro added a double and a walk. Kurt Hoekstra and Jeff Campbell each had a single and a walk.
Saturday
Danville stopped their losing streak Saturday with a 5-1 victory over Pulaski. Trevor Belicek had a tremendous start, going 5 scoreless innings, allowing 5 hits and striking out 7. Jose Morel had a big day, hitting a double and a single and also walking twice. Justin Ellison had two doubles. Carlos Castro, Jake Lanning, and Yeudi Grullon each added two singles.
Sunday
Pulaski took the Sunday afternoon game from Danville 8-2. Matt Withrow was throwing bullets, but often without direction, going 3 innings, allowing 2 runs on 3 hits and 3 walks, striking out 3. Juan Yepez collected 3 hits on the day. Jake Lanning had two singles.
Leaders
BA: Austin Riley .364
OBP: Austin Riley .481
SLG: Austin Riley .727
HR: Multiple with 1
SB: Ray-Patrick Didder 7
W: Ryan Clark 4
SV: Chase Johnson-Mullins 5
SO: Trevor Belicek 33
ERA: Daniel Cordero 0.00
WHIP: Daniel Cordero 0.35
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