The season's first week hasn't been kind to Birmingham's lineup, which entered Monday hitting .134/.298/.165 through the first four games.
After the Barons' fifth game today, at least Micker Adolfo had a performance worth bragging about.
Adolfo, who entered the game 0-for-12 on the season, went 3-for-5 in Birmingham's 5-3 victory over the Biloxi Shuckers. Chief among them: the bases-clearing two-out double that had to be cathartic for a team averaging barely three hits a game.
Luis Gonzalez then came through with a two-run single in the ninth that turned out to be the game-winner.
Adolfo and Gonzalez are batting .176 and .118, respectively, and that's good enough to lead the ranked prospects for the time being. Here's hoping a couple of big hits unclogs the rest of the lineup to get the offense going.
Birmingham 5, Biloxi 3
- Luis Gonzalez went 1-for-4 with a walk.
- Micker Adolfo, 3-for-5 with a double.
- Blake Rutherford was 0-for-5 with two strikeouts.
- Laz Rivera, 0-for-4 with a strikeout.
- Gavin Sheets went 1-for-4 with a strikeout.
- Ti'Quan Forbes was 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
Wilmington 5, Winston-Salem 3
- Luis Robert went 2-for-4 with his fourth homer and a double. He was also picked off/caught stealing.
- Nick Madrigal was 2-for-3 with a sac fly.
