Pirates Minor League Report: Harrington Hurls Johnson Homers.
Pirates’ affiliates celebrated Independence Day with three wins in four games, highlighted by a stellar pitching performance from a top prospect.
Thomas Harrington cruised through seven scoreless innings for the Altoona Curve, striking out six batters and allowing just two hits. Altoona went on to blank the Harrisburg Senators 1-0.
Triple-A Indianapolis defeated the Louisville Bats 5-3, capitalizing on four Louisville errors to help them pad their lead.
The Greensboro Grasshoppers took down the Aberdeen IronBirds 8-4, with Termarr Johnson and Kalae Harrison each hitting homers.
Bradenton fell 2-1 to Fort Myers, meanwhile, unable to complete a late inning comeback. Despite the loss, Aaron Shortridge rebounded with gusto in his longest start since beginning a rehab assignment after starting the year on the 60-day Injured List, striking out seven batters in four scoreless innings.
Here are some of the top performances amongst the Pirates’ farm system on the Courth of July.
Triple-A Indianapolis (37-45)
CF Ji-hwan Bae
Game: 2-for-4 with a triple.
Season: .365/.448/.520 with 7 doubles, 2 triples and 4 homers in 39 games between Bradenton and Indianapolis.
RHP Jake Woodford
Game: 3 IP, 1 ER, 2 K’s.
Season: 70 IP, 4.37 ERA, 65 K’s in 14 starts between Indianapolis and Triple-A Charlotte (White Sox)
Double-A Altoona (32-47)
RHP Thomas Harrington
Game: 7 IP, 0 ER, 6 K’s.
Season: 52.2 IP, 2.56 ERA, 51 K’s in 11 appearances (10 starts) between Bradenton and Altoona.
2B Tsung-Che Cheng
Game: 2-for-3 with 2 doubles and a walk.
Season: .243/.343/.395 with 13 doubles and 8 homers in 70 games.
High-A Greensboro (50-28)
2B Termarr Johnson
Game: 2-for-3 with a homer and 2 walks.
Season: .237/.392/.378 with 11 doubles, a triple and 8 homers in 75 games.
3B Kalae Harrison
Game: 1-for-3 with a homer and a walk.
Season: .203/.321/.280 with 3 doubles and 2 homers in 35 games between Bradenton, Greensboro and Altoona.
Single-A Bradenton (35-44)
C Omar Alfonzo
Game: 2-for-4 with 2 singles.
Season: .255/.369/.362 with 13 doubles and 4 homers in 67 games.
RHP Aaron Shortridge
Game: 4 IP, 0 ER, 7 K’s.
Season: 11.1 IP, 2.38 ERA, 18 K’s in 4 rehab appearances (3 starts).
