The Diamondbacks Minor League Affiliates combined to go 5-2 on the day. Clay Buchholz made a rehab start, pitching for the Visalia Rawhide and it went well. He’s set to be activated in 5 days when the Diamondbacks will need a 5th starter. Here are some of the stars of last night’s set of games:
Hot Bats:
Reno SS Ildemaro Vargas 5 for 5, 2B, R
Visalia 3B Drew Ellis 1 for 2, 2-run homer, 2 BB
Quality Starts:
Reno RHP Neftali Feliz 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R (1 ER), 3 BB, 1 K, GS 60, W (4-3)
Jackson RHP Justin Donatella 5 2⁄3 IP, 5 H, 1 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 5 K, GS 62
Visalia RHP Clay Buchholz 6 IP, 4 H, 2 R (2 ER), 1 BB, 6 K, GS 60
AZL Dbacks RHP Alex Valdez 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 5 K, GS 64
Paper Bag of Shame:
Missoula LHP Pedro Zorrilla 2⁄3 IP, 1 H, 2 R (2 ER), 3 BB, 1 K, GS 31, L (1-2)
Missoula RHP Melvin Ovalles 1 IP, 3 H, 3 R (3 ER), 3 BB, 1 K
AZL Dbacks RHP Jhoendri Herrera 2⁄3 IP, 1 H, 2 R (2 ER), 2 BB, 0 K, BS (1)
Reno Aces 5, Tacoma Rainiers 3: The Aces put up runs in the middle inning, including back to back home runs by Socrates Brito and Cody Decker to lead off the 6th.