Atlanta Braves Ag Report: Touki Toussaint dominates Bulls
Atlanta Braves Ag Report: Touki dominates the Bulls
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IF Ryan Flaherty optioned from Atlanta to Gwinnett
OF Xavier Avery demoted from Gwinnett to Mississippi
Gwinnett Stripers 5, Durham Bulls 0
Touki Toussaint had a dominant start against Durham on Thursday as Gwinnett beat up on former Atlanta Braves farmhand Ryan Weber. He tossed 7 scoreless innings, allowing 3 hits and a walk, striking out 8. Adam McCreery finished out the game, tossing two perfect innings, striking out 3.
Austin Riley continued his recent power surge, hitting a home run and a single, his third straight game with a home run. Michael Reed had a pair of singles. Rio Ruiz had a home run. Sean Kazmar had a single and a walk.
Next game: Gwinnett @ Charlotte, Saturday
Mobile BayBears 3, Mississippi Braves 2, Game 1; Mississippi Braves 7, Mobile BayBears 4
Both teams scored their only runs in a single inning in the first game, with Mississippi scoring 2 in the 3rd and Mobile winning the game with their 3 runs in the 4th inning. Enderson Franco tossed a complete game, throwing 6 innings, allowing 3 runs on 5 hits and 2 walks, striking out 2.
The M-Braves scored 3 runs in the top of the 2nd inning in game 2 and put themselves in control from that point on, using a bullpen game from their pitching staff in the win. Luis Valenzuela had a double and a single. Tyler Neslony and Tyler Marlette each had a pair of singles. Carlos Martinez and Daniel Lockhart each had a single and a walk.
Next game: Biloxi @ Mississippi, 8:00 PM ET
Jupiter Hammerheads 9, Florida Fire Frogs 8
Jupiter scored first, but Florida had taken a significant lead entering the 9th inning, leading 8-3 as the 9th inning began. However, a 6-run 9th inning later, Jupiter had stolen a victory from the Fire Frogs.
Huascar Ynoa struck out 7 over 4 innings, but the star on the mound for Florida was reliever Brandon White, who tossed 3 perfect innings, striking out 2. Riley Delgado had a double and two singles. CJ Alexander and Isranel Wilson each had a pair of singles, a walk, and a stolen base. Drew Waters had a triple, a single, and a walk. Kurt Hoekstra had a triple and a single. Jordan Rodgers had a double and a walk. Garrison Schwartz had a single and a walk.
Next game: Lakeland @ Florida, 6:30 PM ET
Rome Braves 3, West Virginia Power 2
Rome walked off with a victory, scoring in the bottom of the 9th inning. Walker Borkovich tossed 7 innings of 1-run ball, allowing 6 hits and a walk, striking out 2. Drew Lugbauer had a double and a walk.
Next game: West Virginia @ Rome, 7:00 PM ET
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Danville Braves 8, Bluefield Blue Jays 3
Down 2-0 entering the 5th inning, the D-Braves came back and just kept scoring, finishing off with a 4-run 8th inning. Michael Mateja had three singles and a stolen base. Justin Smith had three singles. Nicholas Shumpert had a pair of doubles. Griffin Benson and Rusber Estrada had a double and a single. Henry Quintero had a pair of singles.
Next game: Danville @ Princeton, 7:00 PM ET
GCL Braves 5, GCL Tigers West 4
The Braves scored first with a pair of runs in the first inning and held off a late surge by the Tigers West squad. Javier Ciriaco tossed 5 innings of 1-run ball, allowing 3 hits and no walk, striking out 8.
Charles Reyes had a home run and single. Jeremy Fernandez had a double, single, and a walk. Braulio Vasquez had a single, walk, and a stolen base. Victor De Hoyos had a pair of singles.
Next game: GCL Braves @ GCL Pirates, 10:00 AM ET
DSL Rays1 3, DSL Braves 0
The Braves were completely dominated on the mound by the Rays1 team. Yerangel Medina had a double. In spite of the loss, Ronaldo Alesandro tossed a good game, allowing 1 run over 5 innings on 3 hits and a walk, striking out 3.
Next game: DSL Marlins @ DSL Braves, 10:30 AM ET
Today’s leaderboard – Danville
BA: Justin Dean .308
HR: Justin Smith 6
SB: Brett Langhorne 8
ERA: Dilmer Mejia 2.71
WHIP: Tanner Allison 1.09
K: Dilmer Mejia 51