Pittsburgh Pirates Prospects: Jase Bowen Grand Slam, Shalin Polanco Hits Another Bomb & More

Shalin Polanco hit his 8th home run of the season, Jase Bowen launched a grand slam, Jared Triolo stays hot, and more Sunday action from the Pittsburgh Pirates farm system

Sunday afternoon the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians shutout the Toledo Mud Hens 7-0. With the win, the top farm club of the Pittsburgh Pirates are back to .500 on the season with a record of 28-28.

Lefty Kent Emanuel started for Indy and fired 6 scoreless inning. Emanuel allowed three hits, did not walk a batter, and struck out five. Carmen Mldozinski allowed a hit and struck a batter out in scoreless 7th inning. Eli Villalobos fired a scoreless 8th inning and Ryan Borucki struck a batter out in a scoreless 9th inning.

At the top of hte Indy lineup Nick Gonzales was 0-for-3 with a walk and a run scored. Travis Swaggerty was 0-for-4. Jared Triolo stayed hot at the plate going 1-for-2 with a pair of walks, a tirple, and three runs scored. Aaron Shackelford went 2-for-4 and drove in a pair, catcher Grant Koh was 1-for-4 with a double.

Altoona stays hot, defeats Binghamton again

In the past few weeks the Double-A Altoona Curve have played as well as any team in the Pirate farm system. That continued on Sunday as they defeated the Binghamton Rumble Ponies 6-4, to improve to 27-22 on the season.

Aaron Shortridge started for the Curve, allowing 3 runs on five hits, two walks, two home runs, and three strikeouts in 3.1 innings pitched. In relief of Shortridge, the Curve bullpen mostly pitched very well.

Nick Dombkowski struck a batter out and retired all five batters he faced in 1.2 scoreless innings pitched. Bear Bellomy retired all four batters he faced in 1.1 scoreless innings pitched, and Braeden Ogle allowed a hit while striking a batter out in 2/3 of a scoreless inning pitched.

Juan Minaya pitched a scoreless 8th inning, issuing a walk and striking a batter out. Lefty Tyler Samaniego took the ball in the 9th. While Samaniego allowed a run, he did close the door for his 3rd save of the season.

Matt Gorski hit a solo home run in the 1st inning, his 7th of the season to give Altoona a 1-0 lead. With the Curve trailing 3-1, they then put up a 5 spot in the bottom of the 6th inning to take control of the game.

Dylan Shockley singled with one out in the inning before three straight Curve batters drew a walk, cutting the score to 3-2. Mason Martin then singled and Andres Alvarez doubled, making the score 6-3 Curve.

Bradenton grabs an early lead, doesn't look back

It did not take the Low-A Bradenton Marauders long to take the lead on Sunday afternoon. After scoring a run in each of the first 2 innings against the Tampa Tarpons on their way to a 6-2 victory to improve to 27-24 on the season.

Jack Brannigan hit a solo home run in the 1st inning, his 1st of the season to give the Marauders a quick 1-0 lead. A fielding error lead to another Marauder run in the 2nd inning. At that point it was 2-0 and the Marauders were off and running.

In the 4th inning their lead grew. Termarr Johnson, who remains red hot at the plate, scored on a Rodolfo Nolasco sacrifice fly. Shalin Polanco then launched his 8th home run of the season, making the score 5-1 Marauders.

Brannigan finished hte gmae 2-for-4 with his solo home run and a walk. Johnson was 1-for-5 with a run scored, Polanco was 2-for-5 with his home run and 2 RBI, Alexander Mojica and Jesus Castillo each had a hit as well, as well as a Castillo RBI.

Dominic Perachi started for Bradenton, allowing 2 runs on five hits, a home run, no walks, and seven strikeouts in 5 innings pitched. Tyler Chatwood, Luis Peralta, and Ryan Harbin combined to strike out a pair in 4 perfect innings of relief.