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Atlanta Braves Week 8 Farm Report: A third of the season complete

By Clint Manry

ARLINGTON, VA - MAY 24: Soldiers with the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) participate in a "Flags In" event May 24, 2018 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. The cemetery hosts the annual event to adorn all cemetery graves with U.S. flags in advance of Memorial Day. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, VA - MAY 24: Soldiers with the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) participate in a "Flags In" event May 24, 2018 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. The cemetery hosts the annual event to adorn all cemetery graves with U.S. flags in advance of Memorial Day. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) /
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(25-25) Rome Braves (A)

WEEK 8 RECORD: 4-3

Players of the Week

(OF) Trey Harris 

7 games, .285 BA, 2 HR, triple, 2 2B, 7 RBI

It’s another week and another torrid stretch of 7 days for Harris. It’s hard to believe that Harris lasted all the way to the 32nd round for the Braves in last year’s draft.

As usual, Harris practically did it all this past week, save for his usual one or two stolen bases. However, he kept up the contact and the power, with five of his eight hits in Week 8 going for extra bases.

For the season, Harris is still running a ridiculous slash line of .366/.438/.607 (1.044 OPS) in 51 games. The 23-year-old is up to 8 home runs, 12 doubles, and 4 triples so far in 2019.

Batting third in the Rome lineup, Harris has knocked in 41 runs and stolen four bases as well. Everything’s looking just fine, as he’s striking out at a plenty respectable 16.9% clip and his walk-rate is at 9.8%. I keep saying this almost every week, but he’s bound to get promoted to Florida soon.

(SP/RP) Alan Rangel

1 start, 1-0, 6 IP, 5 H, ER, 3 BB, 7 K

There were a few different Rome pitchers that made solid starts in Week 8, but Rangel gave up the least amount of runs in his outing.

The 21-year-old from Mexico has made seven starts and four appearances as a reliever this season, pitching to a 4.87 ERA. He’s had mixed results but is generating strikeouts rather well, with 46 punchouts in 44.1 innings-pitched so far.

The righty has been in the organization since 2015 but has never been much of a strikeout-type pitcher (career 7.7 K/9), though this season looks promising as he’s currently running rates of 9.3 K/9 and 2.8 BB/9.

He’s already almost halfway to his strikeout total from last season (105 SO) when he pitched 125.1 innings for Rome.

Week At A Glance

(5/20) Monday: Lost 4-2 vs. Columbia Fireflies – FULL RECAP

  • (P) J. Olague: 6 IP, 9 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
  • (LF) T. Harris: 2-3, HR, 3B, 2 RBI
  • (C] L. Brown: 1-3, K

Before Monday’s game, it was announced that both Jose Olague and Greg Cullen had won Players of the Week honors for the South Atlantic League.

Also, Olague took the hill for Rome, pitching around nine hits and ultimately providing the Braves with a chance to win; but other than Trey Harris and Logan Brown, the Rome bats were unable to generate any offense (literally).

Harris and Brown were the only players in the lineup to even record hits, with the rest of the batting order combining to go 0-for-22 with 7 strikeouts.

(5/21) Tuesday: Won 7-5 vs. Augusta GreenJackets – FULL RECAP

  • (P) M. Hartman: 5 IP, 2 H, ER, 3 BB, 5 K
  • (RF) T. Harris: 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI
  • (1B) G. Benson: 1-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 K

Matt Hartman, a 23-year-old undrafted pitcher from California (played at U of Arizona), made his first start for Rome on Tuesday. After making one appearance in Florida this season, the righty was sent down to Low-A to pitch for the R-Braves.

Hartman was efficient in his inaugural outing, only needing 71 pitches (40 strikes) to get through his five frames.

Rome’s leadoff hitter, Justin Dean, DHed Tuesday and finished 1-for-5 with a double and a strikeout. Catcher Logan Brown took the day off, while backup Ricardo Rodriguez picked up a hit and a run in five at-bats.

Outfielders Henry Quintero and Jose Bermudez both finished with one hit and one run apiece, with Bermudez drawing a walk.

(5/22) Wednesday: Lost 6-5 vs. Augusta GreenJackets – FULL RECAP

  • (P) O. Javier: 6 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, BB, 8 K
  • (RF) T. Harris: 1-5, HR, 2 RBI, K
  • (CF) J. Dean: 2-2, HR, 2 RBI, 3 BB

Rome’s Wednesday night starter, Odalvi Javier, struck out a season-high eight batters and pitched a strong 6 innings, but his final line was hurt after allowing two RBI-doubles in the 5th.

As he’s done literally all season, Trey Harris just keeps raking, slugging another homer on Wednesday (his 8th of 2019).

Shortstop Carlos Paraguate provided an RBI for Rome, finishing 1-for-4 with a double, a run and three strikeouts. Griffin Benson and Brendan Venter both picked up a hit apiece, with Benson’s being a double.

(5/23) Thursday: Won 3-1 vs. Augusta GreenJackets – FULL RECAP

  • (P) A. Rangel: 6 IP, 5 H, ER, 3 BB, 7 K
  • (CF) J. Dean: 3-5, 3B, 2B, RBI, 2 K
  • (RF) T. Harris: 1-5, RBI, K

Tied 1-1 on Thursday, the R-Braves tacked on runs in the 5th and 6th innings from an RBI-single by Trey Harris and an RBI-triple from Justin Dean. With Harris and Dean providing the go-ahead runs, left fielder Henry Quintero started the scoring in the 2nd inning from an RBI-single.

Quintero finished Thursday’s game with two more hits and put up his first 3-hit night, finishing 3-for-4. Second baseman Greg Cullen contributed with two hits of his own, one being a double.

Logan Brown and Derian Cruz both finished with hits as well, with Brown finishing 2-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout.

Three Rome pitchers worked the game and all three pitched excellently. Rangel kept the ball down, generating 7 groundouts in his 102-pitch (67 strikes) start, while reliever Luis Mora recorded a hold and struck out two in two innings.

William Woods converted the save, working the 9th and striking out one.

(5/24) Friday: Won 9-4 vs. Augusta GreenJackets – FULL RECAP

  • (P) G. Noguera: 5 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 5 K
  • (DH) G. Cullen: 2-5, HR, 2 RBI
  • (3B) D. Cruz: 2-4, 3B, 2B, 2 RBI, BB

Last week’s South Atlantic Player of the Week, Greg Cullen, had himself another great game, hitting his 3rd home run and knocking in his 18th and 19th runners of 2019.

Catcher Logan Brown also played a key part on offense as well, finishing with 2 hits and two RBI, also scoring a run.

Carlos Paraguate was the other multi-RBI provider, going 1-for-5 and also scoring a run. The Rome shortstop is struggling in Single-A, only hitting .142 in the #9 spot in the Braves lineup.

Reliever Victor Vodnik pitched the 6th, 7th and 8th, allowing four hits and striking out two. He’s still dominant this season and is running a 2.63 ERA with 35 strikeouts in just 27.1 innings pitched.

(5/25) Saturday: Won 5-4 vs. Asheville Tourists – FULL RECAP

  • (P) J. Olague: 7 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 0 BB, K
  • (C) R. Rodriguez: 1-1, 2B, 2 RBI
  • (DH) T. Harris: 1-3, 2B, 2 R

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Rome was all but handed the win Saturday night, when they walked it off in the 9th, thanks to Augusta first baseman Grant Lavigne‘s error. Rome’s Jose Bermudez scored the winning run, crossing the plate from third base after Lavigne missed the throw.

Overall, Saturday night’s game was weird in general, with four out of the five Rome runs being unearned. The R-Braves jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the opening frame when Griffin Benson hit an RBI-single, followed by a two-run double to left by Riccardo Rodriguez.

The 8th and 9th inning runs were provided by right fielder Henry Quintero, who finished 2-for-4; and of course, Andrew Moritz‘s hit that ended with Bermudez scoring the winning-run in the final inning. Quintero’s line drive RBI-single scored Trey Harris in the 8th.

Rome’s starter Jose Olague was extremely efficient (86 pitches / 59 strikes), but gave up a lot of contact in his 7 innings of work.

(5/26) Sunday: Lost 5-4 vs. Asheville Tourists – FULL RECAP

  • (P) T. Riley: 4 IP, 4 H, ER, BB, 3 K
  • (C) L. Brown: 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI, R
  • (1B) H. Owenby: 3-4, 3B, 2B, RBI, R

It was Asheville’s turn to win it in the final inning on Sunday, as the Tourists received the go-ahead run from an RBI-double in the top of the 9th inning.

Rome once again put up three runs in the first inning, thanks to Logan Brown’s two-run double and Hagen Owenby’s double that knocked in Brown.

Then in the 4th, Carlos Paraguate hit an RBI-single to put Rome up 4-0. Paraguate finished 1-for-4 and struck out twice.

The game stayed still until the 7th, when Asheville tallied three runs. Rome’s reliever Matt Hartman surrendered those three runs, thanks to two hits, while also walking three batters.

The loss and blown save ended up going to Dilmer Mejia, as Mejia pitched the final three frames and gave up the final blow in the 9th inning. He did manage to strike out four batters, although, the four hits that he gave up just came at the wrong time.

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