Pittsburgh Pirates Prospects: Curve Finish Season With Loss & More

BRADENTON, FLORIDA - MARCH 16: Nick Gonzales #75 of the Pittsburgh Pirates poses for a picture during the 2022 Photo Day at LECOM Park on March 16, 2022 in Bradenton, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)
BRADENTON, FLORIDA - MARCH 16: Nick Gonzales #75 of the Pittsburgh Pirates poses for a picture during the 2022 Photo Day at LECOM Park on March 16, 2022 in Bradenton, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)
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BRADENTON, FLORIDA – MARCH 16: Carter Bins #96 of the Pittsburgh Pirates poses for a picture during the 2022 Photo Day at LECOM Park on March 16, 2022 in Bradenton, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)
BRADENTON, FLORIDA – MARCH 16: Carter Bins #96 of the Pittsburgh Pirates poses for a picture during the 2022 Photo Day at LECOM Park on March 16, 2022 in Bradenton, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images) /

Double-A Altoona capped off their 2022 season with a loss and more from Sunday’s Pittsburgh Pirates minor league roundup

Sunday afternoon the Pittsburgh Pirates top farm club, the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians, were defeated by the Toledo Mud Hens by a score of 7-4. With the loss, the Indians are now 70-70 on the season.

Noe Toribio started for the Indians and failed to record an out. Toribio faced five batters, walking three and hitting a pair. This led to Toribio being charged with 5 earned runs as his ERA at the Triple-A level rose to 6.75.

Austin Brice was summoned to clean up Toribio’s mess. He allowed a hit and walked a batter, but also struck out the side in the 1st inning. Lefty Joe Jaques allowed three hits, walked a batter and struck out two in 2 scoreless innings pitched. The recently DFA’d Dillon Peters allowed a run on two walks in 1.1 hitless innings pitched.

Hunter Stratton pitched 2 innings, allowing a run on two hits, a walk and a pair of strikeouts. Cam Alldred then finished things off for the Indians, walking three and striking a batter out in 2.2 scoreless innings pitched lowering his ERA on the season to 3.53.

Catcher Carter Bins was the big bat for Indy on Sunday. Bins was 2-for-3 with a walk, a run scored, his 3rd triple, 13th double, and a RBI. Hoy Park started at third base going 1-for-4 with a walk and two RBI. Blake Sabol was 2-for-4 with a run scored and Travis Swaggerty was 1-for-4 with a run scored and a RBI.

BRADENTON, FLORIDA – MARCH 16: Nick Gonzales #75 of the Pittsburgh Pirates poses for a picture during the 2022 Photo Day at LECOM Park on March 16, 2022 in Bradenton, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)
BRADENTON, FLORIDA – MARCH 16: Nick Gonzales #75 of the Pittsburgh Pirates poses for a picture during the 2022 Photo Day at LECOM Park on March 16, 2022 in Bradenton, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images) /

Altoona caps off their strong season with a loss

The Altoona Curve played the final game of their 2022 season on Sunday afternoon. After suffering a 9-8 loss against the Reading Fightin Phils, the Double-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates finish their 2022 season with a 71-66 record.

Nick Gonzales started at shortstop and went 1-for-3 with a walk, a RBI, a run scored and his 1st triple, and only, triple of the season. After starting the season slow and spending significant time on the injured list, Gonzales finishes the season with an .812 OPS in 259 at-bats with Altoona.

Henry Davis was 1-for-4 with his 8th double of the season with Altoona and a run scored, while Matt Fraizer went 2-for-3 with his 18th double, a walk, RBI, and a run scored. Fabricio Macias was 1-for-4 with a three-run home run, Lolo Sanchez and Connor Scott were both 1-for-4 as well.

Pitching wise, it was a bullpen game for the Curve. Matt Eckelman started and pitched a scoreless 1st inning. Bear Bellomy followed Eckelman and struggled. Bellomy allowed 3 runs on five hits in 2 innings pitched.

Nick Dombkowski had a tremendous season. The lefty has posted a 3.07 ERA and 86 strikeouts in 67.1 innings pitched across three levels this season. However, he struggled on Sunday as he recorded just one out while allowing 5 runs on three hits and a walk.

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Jeffrey Passantino got the final two outs of the 4th inning, allowing a run on two hits and a walk. Omar Cruz pitched a scoreless inning, Austin Roberts walked a batter and struck a batter out in 2 scoreless innings of work, Brad Case pitched a scoreless 8th inning, and Cam Junker struck out all three batters he faced in the 9th.

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