Eloy Jimenez made his long-awaited Birmingham debut tonight, and he's starting with room to improve.
The White Sox' top hitting prospect went 0-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI in his return to minor-league action as the Barons lost to Jackson, 8-3. His four plate appearances:
- Backwards K
- 5-4-3 double play
- Run-scoring groundout to third
- Walk
Let's go straight into the rest of the Birmingham box score.
Jackson 8, Birmingham 3
- Tito Polo went 1-for-4 with a double and two strikeouts.
- Zack Collins walked twice and struck out twice.
- Eloy Jimenez, see above.
- Seby Zavala and Jameson Fisher were both 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Trey Michalczewski was 1-for-3 with a strikeout.
- Jordan Guerrero: 3 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
Winston-Salem 9, Salem 5
- Luis Alexander Basabe walked thrice, struck out twice and was caught stealing.
- Alex Call went 0-for-3 with two walks.
- Blake Rutherford is now hitting .404 after going 4-for-5. He also stole a base.
- Micker Adolfo went 1-for-4 with his third homer, a walk and two strikeouts.
- Gavin Sheets was 1-for-4 with a strikeout and an HBP.
- Yermin Mercedes, 0-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Yeyson Yrizarri went 0-for-4 with an HBP and a strikeout.
- Ti'Quan Forbes was 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Ricardo Pinto: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
More:
*The Dash put together a highlight reel for this one:
https://twitter.com/WSDashBaseball/status/987178145840357376
Kannapolis 8, Greenville 3
- Luis Gonzalez went 1-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Justin Yurchak went 1-for-4 with two strikeouts. He already has three errors at first base.
- Evan Skoug went 1-for-4 with a K.
- Michael Hickman struck out three times while going 0-for-4.
