Pittsburgh Pirates Prospects: Two Doubles For Jared Triolo, Rodolfo Nolasco Stays Hot & More

Rodolfo Nolasco stays hot, a big game from Jared Triolo, and more from Sunday's Pittsburgh Pirates minor league roundup

Entering the 5th inning the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians trailed the St. Paul Saints 2-0. The top farm club of the Pittsburgh Pirates exploded for 5 runs in the 5th inning, which sparked a 15-3 victory to improve to 18-20 on the season.

Jared Triolo helped lead the offensvie explosion for Indy. Starting at third base, Triolo went 3-for-5 with two doubles, two runs scored, and four RBI. Now that Triolo is healthy and starting to swing a hot bat, he could be in line for a MLB promotion sooner rather than later.

Chavez Young was 2-for-5 with two runs scored, three RBI, and his 3rd home run of the season. Malcolm Nuñez was 2-for-4 with a RBI and a walk, Cal Mitchell was 1-for-5 with a RBI and two runs scored. At the top of the lineup Nick Gonzales was 2-for-5 with a triple and three runs scored. Endy Rodriguez went 0-for-2, but drew three walks and score twice.

Caleb Smith started for Indy and turned in a rare non-disaster start. In 5 innings pitched, the veteran lefty allowed 3 runs on four hits, three walks, a home run, and nine strikeouts. Smith's ERA on the season is still an ugly 8.24.

J.C. Flowers followed Smith. Flowers retired all six batters he faced and struck out three in 2 perfect innings pitched. Daniel Zamora allowed three hits, but struck a batter out in a scoreless 8th inning. Carmen Mlodzinski then pitched a 1-2-3 9th inning with a strikeout.

Lack of offense sinks Double-A Altoona

A poor offensive performance led to a 4-2 loss for the Double-A Altoona Curve on Sunday afternoon. Following the loss against the Akron RubberDucks, the Curve are now 15-16 on the season.

Altoona's offense struggled in the loss. Henry Davis looked human going just 1-for-4. Liover Peguero was 1-for-4 with a double, the only other hits for Altoona were a solo home run for Mason Martin and a single by Andres Alvarez.

Travis MacGregor started for Altoona, allowing two hits while walking three and striking out a pair in 2 scoreless innings pitched. Justin Meis followed MacGregor, allowing 3 runs on four hits, a walk, a home run, and three strikeouts in 3 innings pitched.

Lefty Braeden Ogle walked a pair and struck out three in a scoreless inning pitched. Nick Dombkowski allowed a run in the 7th inning, Cam Junker and Juan Minaya then each pitched a scoreless inning.

Bradenton rolls past Lakeland

Sunday afternoon the Low-A Bradenton Marauders easily dispatched of the Lakeland Flying Tigers 8-3 to improve to 20-13 on the season. The win capped off a 4-2 week against teh Flying Tigers for the Marauders.

Righty Derek Diamond started for Bradenton and pitched 5 strong innings for the Marauders. Diamond allowed a run on five hits, a walk, and five strikeouts. He threw a wild pitch, was charged with a pitch clock violation, and threw 57 of 84 pitches for strikes.

Yoldin De La Paz followed Diamond and pitched 2 innings. De La Paz allowed a run on a hit, a walk, and a strikeout in his 2 innings pitched. Darvin Garcia allowd an unearned run on a hit, two walks and two strikeouts in the 8th inning. Carlos Lomeli allowed two hits but struck a batter out in a scoreless 9th inning.

Jesus Castillo was 1-for-4 with a run scored and a RBI. Right fielder Rodolfo Nolasco stayed hot going 2-for-3 with a walk, a double, and a RBI. Nolasno now has a .998 OPS this season. Shalin Polanco was 1-for-4 with a run scored, Deivis Nadal was 0-for-3 with a run scored and a RBI, and Javier Rivas was 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored.