When the smoke cleared, Lenyn Sosa basically received a promotion from Birmingham to Charlotte with a five-day layover in Chicago.
He made his Triple-A debut on Thursday that showed no signs of jet lag, singling three times over the course of five at-bats in the Knights' 6-5 loss to Durham. He was batting 1.000 one pitch into his Uptown career ...
... and his two outs qualified as hard-hit balls as well.
Before the game, Jeff Cohen asked Charlotte hitting coach Chris Johnson about what he expects to see from Sosa.
Durham 6, Charlotte 5
- Lenyn Sosa went 3-for-5.
- Carlos Pérez was 2-for-5.
Birmingham 10, Chattanooga 5
- José Rodríguez went 1-for-5 with a strikeout.
- Yoelqui Céspedes was 1-for-4 with a walk, two strikeouts and a stolen base.
- Jason Bilous: 4.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 9 K, 2 WP
Aberdeen 6, Winston-Salem 3
- Colson Montgomery and Oscar Colás both were 1-for-4 with a strikeout.
- Bryan Ramos went 1-for-3 with his 12th homer and a walk.
- Luis Mieses went 1-for-4 wit his seventh homer.
Notes:
*Andrew Dalquist pitched in relief according to the box score, but the guy who was wearing No. 25 for the Dash in the eighth inning was a lefty.
*Here's video of Bryan Ramos, who received a glowing updated scouting report from Baseball Prospectus' Ben Spanier earlier in the day.
PERTINENT: The Week in Winston: Dash update, June 23-29
Down East 4, Kannapolis 2
- Wes Kath went 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts.
- DJ Gladney, 2-for-3 with his 14th homer, a walk and a stolen base.
- Wilfred Veras cooled off, going 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Norge Vera was ineffectively wild: 2.2 IP, 0 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, 26 of 56 pitches for strikes.
ACL Athletics 7, ACL White Sox 4 (7 innings)
- Cam Butler went 2-for-4 with a double, a strikeout and a stolen base.
- Luis Pineda went 1-for-3 with a homer and a strikeout.
- Dario Borrero, 0-for-3.
- Same for Victor Quezada, who struck out twice.
- Carlos Hinestroza: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
- Manuel Veloz: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
