I'd spent most of Thursday offline, but at one point I checked Twitter at the moment that Nick Madrigal hit his first professional home run.
Madrigal's pro career was 313 plate appearances old by the time the first inning against Myrtle Beach rolled around on Thursday, so it's just a little bit disconcerting that it drew that much attention.
But when you compare the spray charts from last year to this year, it seems like his second homer shouldn't take another 313 plate appearances to show up ...
... unless he gets promoted to Birmingham.
Charlotte 3, Rochester 2 (10 innings)
- Danny Mendick went 2-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Eloy Jiménez, 2-for-5 with two strikeouts.
- Daniel Palka was 0-for-2 with three walks and a strikeout.
- Seby Zavala was 1-for-5.
- Joel Booker went 0-for-2 with a walk, strikeout, HBP and stolen base.
- Colton Turner is starting now: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 8 K
- Carson Fulmer: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K
- Ian Hamilton: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K
More:
*Jiménez doesn't see a need to spend more time in Charlotte:
Birmingham 6, Mississippi 4
- Luis Robert came up a triple short of the cycle while going 3-for-4, and also swiped two bags.
- Luis Basabe singled and struck out thrice.
- Luis Gonzalez went 1-for-4 with a strikeout.
- Gavin Sheets, 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Laz Rivera went 2-for-4 with a K.
- Ti'Quan Forbes, 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts.
- Trey Michalczewski hit a pinch-hit walk-off three-run homer.
- Jimmy Lambert: 6 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 11 K, 1 HR
More:
*Robert made Regions Field look small:
Winston-Salem 6, Myrtle Beach 0
- Nick Madrigal went 2-for-5 with his first pro homer.
- Steele Walker was 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout, and 0-for-1 on the basepaths.
Lexington 6, Kannapolis 1
- Lenyn Sosa went 2-for-4. He was picked off/caught stealing.
- Romy Gonzalez was 0-for-4 with a K.
- Bryce Bush wore the collar and silver sombrero.
- Jhoandro Alfaro struck out in his only plate appearance.
- Davis Martin: 6 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 3 K, 1 HR, 1 HBP
- Jason Bilous: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K
