Couple stories worth checking out: Randy Miller’s Q&A with RHP Dillon Tate, Miller on RHP Erik Swanson, and Kirsten Karbach on RHP Jonathan Loaisiga. Loaisiga’s goal this season? “Just stay healthy,” he told Karbach.
Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (3-2 loss to Columbus)
- SS Tyler Wade: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 2 SB — here’s video of the double and single, which are good reminders the stat line can be misleading
- DH Abi Avelino: 1-5, 1 R, 1 K
- 1B Mike Ford: 1-5, 1 K
- C Kyle Higashioka: 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 PB
- LHP Kyle Bollinger: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 1 HR, 7/2 GB/FB — 50 of 81 pitches were strikes (62%) … first game in affiliated ball since 2013 for the well-traveled 27-year-old, who spent last season pitching in Germany
- RHP J.