Pittsburgh Pirates Prospects: Roansy Contreras, Anthony Solometo Toe the Rubber
By Marty Leap
Roansy Contreras and Anthony Solometo both turned in promising starts as part of Thursday's Pittsburgh Pirates minor league action
The Triple-A Indianapolis Indians fell to the Toledo Mud Hens by a score of 7-2. With the loss, the top farm club of the Pittsburgh Pirates is now 60-72 on the season. Despite the loss, there was an encouraging starting pitching performance.
Returning to the mound after a minor injury scare, Roansy Contreras pitched 4 innings for Triple-A Indianapolis on Wednesday night. Contreras allowed 2 runs on four hits, no walks, a home run, and four strikeouts. He threw 35 of 56 pitches for a strike.
Contreras has now pitched 20 innings for Indy since returning to the Triple-A level. In those 20 innings he's posted a 3.15 ERA while allowing 14 hits, he's walked 6, and struck out 19. It would not be a shocker to see him return to the majors once the Triple-A season ends.
John O'Reilly followed Contreras by pitching 2 innings. O'Reilly allowed a run on 2 hits, a solo home run, no walks, and 4 strikeouts. Beau Sulser then allowed 4 runs on 5 hits, a home run, and 3 strikeouts in 3 innings pitched.
For the second time this week both Chris Owings (12th) and Nick Gonzales (10th) hit a home run in the same game. Owings finished 2-for-4 with a walk and Gonzales was 1-for-4 with a walk. Domingo Leyba was 1-for-2 with a double and a pair of walks, Mason Martin was 1-for-3 with a walk, and Canaan Smith-Njigba was 1-for-4.