Rehab stints continue at Triple-A and more in Thursday night’s Pittsburgh Pirates minor league roundup
Rehab starts continued for Triple-A Indianapolis on Thursday night. Four Pittsburgh Pirates players on rehab stints were in the lineup for the Indians, helping the Indians improve to 37-36 on the season with a 4-3 victory over the Nashville Sound.
Batting leadoff for the Indians was Kevin Newman who went 2-for-5 with 2 runs scored. He is now hitting .310 during his rehab stint with Indianapolis. Ben Gamel was in right field batting second, going 1-for-3 with a run scored. Yoshi Tsutsugo started at first base and hit third. Tsutsugo was 1-for-4 with his 7th walk of his rehab stint, he scored a run, drove in a run, and hit a double. Jake Marisnick started in center field and hit cleanup going 1-for-5.
Cal Mitchell also had a big night at the plate for the Indians, going 1-for-4 with his 10th double and 2 RBI. Carter Bins also had a hit, and Rodolfo Castro drew a pair of walks in the Indianapolis victory.
Jerad Eickhoff started for the Indians, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits, a walk and 7 strikeouts in 5 innings pitched. Even though he walked 3 batters, Noe Toribio did not allow a hit in 1.1 scoreless innings pitched. Cam Alldred allowed an unearned run with a pair of strikeouts in 2 innings pitched. John O’Reilly then got the final out of the 9th inning to seal the victory.