Atlanta Braves Week 5 Farm Report: The best week yet

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(12-16) Rome Braves (A)

Week 5 Record: 3-2

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

I started naming Player of the Week in the Week 3 report and Harris has been the man on offense for the Rome Braves in all three weeks, including Week 5.

This past week, Harris went 7-for-17 (.411 average) in 5 games, hitting 2 home runs, a double and a triple, as well as 10 RBI.

Over 28 total games in 2019, Harris has been the leader for Rome, batting .378 with 7 doubles, and 3 homers. In Week 5 alone, he picked up 10 of his 19 RBI for the season.

(RP/SP) Alan Rangel

Rangel hasn’t had a very successful start to the season, but Week 5 was a good week for him. Rangel made a start Thursday and struck out 9 in five innings, pitching around 7 hits and three runs. He walked three.

Used as a reliever and a starter (4 appearances and 3 starts), Rangel has generated a 6.14 ERA in 2019. The run prevention hasn’t been ideal, but the 31 strikeouts and only 6 walks has been.

(4/29) Monday: OFF DAY

(4/30) Tuesday: Lost 9-7 vs. Greensboro Grasshoppers – FULL RECAP

(P) T. Riley: 4 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
(DH) T. Harris: 2-4, 3B, 3 RBI, R, K
(3B) B. Venter: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI

Starter Trey Riley lost his fourth decision on Tuesday, getting roughed up to the tune of five earned runs and 3 home runs.

Reliever Victor Vodnik appeared in the 6th inning and allowed four runs before he finally got 5 outs, getting pulled after 1.2 innings in a rare poor outing for Vodnik.

Trey Harris tried to mount a comeback in the 8th with an RBI single, scoring Carlos Paraguate (who went 0-4 with a K). Justin Dean went 2-for-5 with a run-scored and Greg Cullen finished 1-for-4 with a double, a run-scored, an RBI and a strikeout.

(5/1) Wednesday: Lost 8-3 vs. Greensboro Grasshoppers – FULL RECAP

(P) O. Javier: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
(LF) T. Harris: 2-4, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 2 K
(C) R. Rodriguez: 1-3, 2B, BB

The Grasshoppers jumped out to 6-0 lead after three innings, thanks to 3 homers in the third and a throwing error by Brendan Venter. The hot Trey Harris was the lone run provider with a home run in the 4th inning and 9th inning.

After Harris’s two homers, the Braves only had 3 more hits as a team; coming from Justin Dean (1-for-4 with two Ks), Logan Brown (1-for-2 with a run, two walks and a K), and Ricardo Rodriguez‘s double.

(5/2) Thursday: Won 5-3 vs. Greensboro Grasshoppers – FULL RECAP

(P) A. Rangel: 5 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 9 K
(DH) L. Brown: 1-4, 2B, RBI, R, K
(RF) T. Harris: 2-3, 2B, RBI, 2 R

Starter Andres Rangel was carving up hitters Thursday, striking out 9 (season-high) and picking up the win for Rome.

The Braves picked up 9 hits, including 4 doubles and a steal (by Trey Harris). Braulio Vasquez picked up 2 hits and an RBI, as well as a run; and catcher Ricardo Rodriguez also got two knocks, plating a run.

In his first game with Rome, shortstop Ariel Montesino finished 1-for-3 with a double. The Rome bullpen was strong as well, combining for 4 innings and two strikeouts, only surrendering 2 hits.

(5/3) Friday: Won 6-3 vs. Lakewood BlueClaws – FULL RECAP

(P) G. Noguera: 4.2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 5 BB, 2 K
(P) D. Mejia: 4.1 IP, H, 0 BB, 5 K (winner)
(DH) T. Harris: 1-4, 4 RBI

Rounding out the Braves minor league results for Friday, the Rome Braves got the win, giving the Braves organization 4 wins for the day (the first time that has happened this season, I believe).

Not to mention the Atlanta Braves beat the Miami Marlins on Friday, so make that 5 wins for Friday.

It was all Trey Harris on Friday, as he plated 4 out of the 6 runs scored by Rome. Justin Dean and Andrew Moritz contributed the other 2 ribbies, with the former finishing 1-for-3 and the latter 2-for-3 with a walk. Both Dean and Moritz stole two bases on Friday as well.

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(5/4) Saturday: Won 2-1 vs. Lakewood BlueClaws – FULL RECAP

(P) J. Olague: 7 IP, 4 H, ER, 0 BB, 4 K
(3B) B. Venter: 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
(1B) G. Benson: 1-3, 2B, R, BB, K

Saturday night Rome won a close one and starter Jose Olague pitched around 4 hits and 11 flyouts, picking up his second win of 2019.

Down 1-0 in the 5th, Brendan Venter hit a two-run double to give the Braves the lead; a lead they wouldn’t give up.

Justin Dean finished 1-for-4 and Andrew Moritz also went 1-for-4 with two strikeouts. Shortstop Carlos Paraguate picked up a hit in 3 at-bats, striking out once as well. Rome’s catcher, Logan Brown, went hitless with a strikeout in 4 tries.

Reliever Lukas Young grabbed his fourth save, striking out one and surrendering just a hit in his one frame of work.

(5/5) Sunday: PPD (rained out)

Heavy rain forced a postponement of Rome’s Sunday night affair with Lakewood. The two teams will face off in a doubleheader (7 inning games) on Monday, beginning at 4:35 p.m. (EST).

Rome’s Trey Riley will start Game 1 and Odalvi Javier will take the bump in Game 2.

Next. Rematch of 2018 NLDS. dark

Check back again next week as we help you keep track of everything happening down on the farm for the Atlanta Braves.

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