Flores stars in Charleston win

Triple-A Scranton (4-0 loss to Buffalo) faced a familiar name
Greg Golson, LF, Chris Dickerson, RF & Kevin Russo, 2B: all 0 for 4 – Golson whiffed twice … Dickerson committed a throwing error … Russo stole a base
Jesus Montero, C, Jorge Vazquez, 1B & Jordan Parraz, DH: all 1 for 4 – Montero struck out twice
Justin Maxwell, CF: 0 for 2, 2 BB, 1 K – threw a runner out at the dish
Brandon Laird, 3B: 1 for 4, 1 2B, 1 E (fielding) – fourth hit, and first XBH of the year
Ramiro Pena, SS: 1 for 3, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 E (missed catch) – he’s playing well down here, nine hits in six games with more walks (three) than strikeouts (two)
David Phelps, RHP: 5.2 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 3-5 GB/FB – 54 of 92 pitches were strikes (58.7%)
Andy Sisco, LHP: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K – 14 of his 27 pitches were strikes (51.9%)
George Kontos, RHP: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 0-2 GB/FB – 19 of 27 pitches were strikes (70.4%) … now that’s some fine bullpen work

Double-A Trenton was rained out. Not sure when they’re going to make this one up, but they don’t visit Portland again until the end of next month.

High-A Tampa (11-5 loss to Brevard County)
Abe Almonte, CF, Taylor Grote, DH, Kyle Higashioka, C & Walt Ibarra, 2B: all 0 for 4 – Almonte walks, scored, and drove in a run … Grote whiffed twice, Higgy once
Carmen Angelini, SS: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 BB – second straight triple in as many games
Rob Lyerly, 3B: 3 for 5, 1 RBI – seven for his last 14
Luke Murton, 1B: 0 for 3, 2 BB, 1 K
Zoilo Almonte, LF: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 LF, 1 K, 1 CS
Neil Medchill, RF: 1 for 2, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 BB – second straight day with a jack
Sean Black, RHP: 6.1 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 4-6 GB/FB – job well done
Preston Claiborne, RHP:  1.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 2-2 GB/FB – allowed the only runner he inherited to score, as well as two solo homers
Ronny Marte, RHP: 0.2 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 1-1 GB/FB – well, if you’re going to blow a save, you might as well get your money’s worth
Scottie Allen, RHP: 0.1 IP, zeroes, 1 K

Low-A Charleston (11-2 win over Greenville) no Gary Sanchez two nights in a row, so he might be banged up
Slade Heathcott, DH: 2 for 6, 2 R, 4 K – AVG drops all the way to .433 … first game without an XBH … he still hasn’t drawn a walk (9 K)
Anderson Feliz, 2B: 0 for 6, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K – just 2-for-30 (.067) with 11 whiffs
Ramon Flores, 1B: 4 for 6, 4 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K – seven for his last 12
J.R. Murphy, C: 3 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI – six for his last 12
Rob Segedin, LF & Kelvin DeLeon, RF: both 2 for 4, 1 2B, 2 RBI – Segedin scored a run and struck out … DeLeon walked, whiffed twice, and committed a fielding error
Eduardo Sosa, CF: 2 for 5, 2 K
Jose Mojica, SS: 3 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K
Nik Turley, LHP: 5 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 4-5 GB/FB – very nice … picked a runner off first
Mike Gipson, RHP: 3 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 2-2 GB/FB – that’s some quality relief work right there
Manny Barreda, RHP: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1-1 GB/FB – dude throws hard, but command is not his strength