Zack Collins had a big day for the Barons, belting a pair of solo shots along with a single and a walk in five trips to the plate in Birmingham's loss to Montgomery on Sunday. Here's the second one:
Seby Zavala, who was DHing on Sunday, flied out in his only trip to the plate. There didn't seem to be any injury during the sequence (Curt Bloom raised the idea of cramps on a hot, humid afternoon).
At any rate, these two performances brought the catcher battle to a dead heat, at least according to OPS:
- Collins: .244/.421/.456, .876 OPS
- Zavala: .256/.358/.519, .877 OPS
That's a remarkable turn of events for Collins given the disparity at the end of April:
- Collins: .206/.393/.365, .758 OPS
- Zavala: .315/.411/.616, 1.028 OPS
Columbus 2, Charlotte 1
- Charlie Tilson went 1-for-4 with a strikeout.
- Eddy Alvarez, 0-for-3 with two strikeouts.
Montgomery 10, Birmingham 4
- Tito Polo went 0-for-5 with a strikeout.
- Zack Collins went off: 3-for-4 with two homers and a walk.
- Eloy Jimenez is now hitting .331 after going 2-for-3 with a walk.
- Seby Zavala flied out to center in his only plate appearance at DH; Trey Michalczewski replaced him the second time up.
- Jameson Fisher went 1-for-4 with a homer and a strikeout.
- Danny Mendick, 1-for-3 with a walk.
- Jordan Guerrero: 4 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 5 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP
- Ryan Burr: 2 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 HR
- Ian Hamilton: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Down East 10, Winston-Salem 5 (Game 1, 7 innings)
- Luis Alexander Basabe went 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Alex Call, 1-for-3 with a walk.
- Blake Rutherford was 0-for-4.
- Micker Adolfo went 0-for-2 with a walk, HBP and a strikeout.
- Gavin Sheets, 2-for-4 with a strikeout.
- Yermin Mercedes doubled twice, was walked once and plunked once.
- Ti'Quan Forbes went 2-for-4.
Down East 7, Winston-Salem 0 (Game 2, 7 innings)
- Joel Booker went 0-for-3.
- Alex Call, 1-for-3.
- Luis Alexander Basabe went 1-for-3 with a strikeout and a stolen base.
- Micker Adolfo, 1-for-2 with a walk.
- Gavin Sheets was 0-for-3 with a strikeout.
- Ti'Quan Forbes, 0-for-3.
Kannapolis 2, Hickory 1 (Game 1, 7 innings)
- Luis Gonzalez went 1-for-3.
- Laz Rivera raised his average to .367 after a 3-for-3 day.
- Justin Yurchak went 1-for-2 with a double.
- Michael Hickman, 0-for-2 with a strikeout.
