Birmingham and Winston-Salem keep winning, and the players fueling it keep getting their due.
Dane Dunning: Jumped up 15 spots on MLB.com's updated Top 100 Prospects list, from No. 88 to No. 73. James Fegan talked to Dunning, who said that his additional time in Winston-Salem didn't mean much to him, but gave James Shields credit for helping him with his breaking stuff.
Eloy Jimenez and Dylan Cease: Made Baseball America's Hot Sheet for the last week. Jimenez might make it two in a row.
Gwinnett 8, Charlotte 1
- Charlie Tilson went 2-for-5 with a strikeout.
- Eddy Alvarez was 1-for-2 with two walks.
Birmingham 5, Pensacola 2
- Tito Polo went 1-for-4 with a double.
- Zack Collins went 0-for-4 with a strikeout.
- Eloy Jimenez had his eighth straight multi-hit game, going 2-for-4 with his seventh homer.
- Seby Zavala went back-to-back with Jimenez for his eighth homer. He went 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Spencer Adams: 6 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HR
- Ian Hamilton: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K
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*Video of Jimenez's homer:
An Eloy Jiménez opposite field bomb that just keeps going pic.twitter.com/XGrZ5XVXH0
— James Fegan (@JRFegan) May 9, 2018
Winston-Salem 10, Salem 2
- Joel Booker went 1-for-5 with a double and a walk.
- Alex Call, 2-for-6 with a double and two strikeouts.
- Blake Rutherford went 2-for-6 with a stolen base.
- Micker Adolfo walked thrice and struck out twice.
- Gavin Sheets went 3-for-5 with two doubles.
- Yermin Mercedes was 1-for-5 with a double and a strikeout.
- Yeyson Yrizarri had his second four-hit night in three days: 4-for-5 with a double.
- Ti'Quan Forbes was also 4-for-5, all singles. He stole a base.
- Jimmy Lambert: 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 1 HR
