PITTSBURGH (93.7 The Fan) – The Pirates AAA team, Indianapolis, no-hit by the Iowa Cubs while the Bradenton Marauders scored 18 runs on Sunday. Here is a look at some highlights from the Pirates minor league teams this weekend.
Indianapolis (AAA)
Sunday
-Iowa Cubs no-hit the Pirates on 3 walks and 15 strikeouts
Saturday-rained out
Friday
-SS Cole Tucker a second straight multi-hit game
-1B Will Craig drove in 3 runs
-RHP James Marvel—5 innings, 5 hits, 2 runs, 3 walks, 5 strikeouts
Altoona (AA)
Sunday-rained out
Saturday
-catcher Arden Pabst,26, homered and drove in 4 in win
-Castro had 3 more hits, Davis had a pair
-reliever Hunter Stratton, 24, 1st save striking out 5 in 2 innings
Friday
-21-year-old INF Rodolfo Castro had a walk-off RBI single in the 10th, also homered as part of 3 hits and 2 RBI
-OF Cal Mitchell, SS Oneil Cruz and CF Jonah Davis all had 2 hits
Greensboro (High-A)
Sunday
-lefty-hitting 1B Aaron Shackelford 2 for 3, 3-run HR
-LF Fabricio Macias, 23, 2 for 3 with 2 RBI
-Compensatory pick, righty Carmen Mlodzinski-3IP/0-H/0-R/BB/4-K
Saturday
-First round pick, 2B Nick Gonzales had 2 doubles as part of 3 hits
Friday
-righty starter Michael Burrows,21, threw 4 scoreless, hitless innings striking out 8
-Shackelford, 24, drove in 3
Bradenton (Low A)
Sunday
-PA native, centerfielder Sammy Siani 3-4, 5 RBI
-19-year-old SS Dariel Lopez and 18-year-old INF Maikol Escotto 4 RBI each
-Endy Rodriguez, Jasiah Dixon, Norkis Marcos, Alexander Mojica all 2 hits
Saturday
-OF Hudson Head, 20 from Padres in Joe Musgrove deal, had first multi-hit game
-catcher Endy Rodriguez, Musgrove deal from Mets, drove in 2 runs
-OF Jasiah Dixon, 19, 23rd round pick in 2019, 2 hits
-SS Norkis Marcos, 19, had a pair of hits
-starting righty-pitcher Jose Maldonado, 22, 3 scoreless innings, hit, 6 strikeouts
Friday
-Alexander Mojica, 18, had 2 hits
-Marauder batters struck out 14 times
