Nick Krauth started for Down East and was actually mortal, allowing 2 runs (1 earned) on 3 hits and 4 Ks, raising his ERA on the year to 1.31. Nic Laio came in in relief but faced only two.
The Hickory Crawdads two-hit the Greensboro Grasshoppers on Saturday night as they took home a 7-2 victory. For the second night in a row, the Crawdads struck f
Minor league update for 5/22/21
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It was an entertaining night on the farm for the Rangers affiliates.
That Nick Krauth guy started for the Wood Ducks and went 5 innings, allowing 1 run on 3 hits and a walk while striking out 8. I keep assuming he’s some 24 year old but he’s just 21, having signed out of the University of Connecticut as an undrafted free agent last summer. I don’t know what the story is here but Krauth has now struck out 16 and walked 2 while allowing 2 runs in 14.2 IP over his first three starts of the 2021 season.
Down East went into the 9th down 2-0. Evan Carter reached on an error to start the inning, then after a pop out, Dustin Harris reached on an infield single, with both runners then advancing on a bad throw on the play. Carter scored on a sac fly by Keyber Rodriguez, which brought Cody Freeman to the plate as the go-ahead run with two outs in the ninth. Freeman went deep, smacking a two run home run that provided the winning m
Minor league update for May 16, 2021
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Down East moved to 9-2 on the season with a 4-2 win. Gavin Collyer, an above-slot high school 12th round pick in 2019, went 2 IP with 2 Ks and allowed just one hit, a home run. The Wood Ducks had just four hits a single and a double by Keyber Rodriguez and a pair of singles by Jayce Easley. Rodriguez was also hit by a pitch. Luisangel Acuna was hit by a pitch and walked. Dustin Harris was hit by a pitch twice, and Evan Carter was hit by a pitch twice and walked. Carter had two stolen bases and Easley had three.