Jack Brannigan grand slam, big day at the plate for Nick Gonzales, and more in Sunday's Pittsburgh Pirates minor league roundup
The top farm club of the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians, suffered a one run loss on Sunday. With the Pirate falling to the Minnesota Twins, the Indians fell to their top farm club the St. Paul Saints 7-6 to drop to 55-63 on the season.
Lefty Braeden Ogle was an opener for Indy. Ogle allowed a run on two walks, a hit batter, and a strikeout in 1 inning pitched. Roansy Contreras followed, allowing 2 runs on two hits, two walks, and two strikeouts in 4 innings pitched. Both hits he allowed were solo home runs.
John O'Reilly, who has pitched extremely well since June 1st, struggled with a rare poor outing. In 2 innings pitched, O'Reilly allowed 4 runs on four hits, a hit batter, and three strikeouts. Cody Bolton walked a batter and struck out two in a scoreless 8th inning.
Offensively, Vinny Capra had a three-hit night for Indy. Capra went 3-for-5 with a double and a run scored. Nick Gonzales was 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, a run scored, and a RBI. Miguel Andújar was 1-for-5 with a RBI, Canaan Smith-Njigba was 1-for-4 with a walk, RBI, and a run scored, and Ryan Vilade was 2-for-4 with a RBI.