Benedetti finished 5-5 on the night, driving in a run with each of his doubles. He's now slashing .305/.435/.461 on the year; he spent the last two weeks of June on the DL with a hamstring issue (IIRC).
14th-round pick Carlos Diaz hit his first pro homer down in the GCL. Kit Scheetz allowed a hit and struck out 7 over 3.1 scoreless; Scheetz is a lefty from Virginia Tech who signed as an undrafted free agent following the draft.
Garrett Stubbs is 3-3 with 2 doubles and a solo homer (4) for Corpus. Framber Valdez, currently: 5 IP. 2 BB, 8 K
Framber went 6+ innings and allowed a run on 2 hits, walked 3, and struck out 9. The run was an inherited runner that was charged to him.
Jake Rogers is in a bit of a lull as of late, but tonight, he's 3-4 with a double, a solo homer (5, 11 season), 3 RBI, and 2 runs scored so far for Buies Creek. Eduardo de Oleo, Stephen Wrenn, and Spencer Johnson have also homered for the Carolina Stros.
Singleton is still alive and playing: https://www.minorleagueball.com/2017/7/5/15917174/texas-league-all-star-interview-jon-singleton
He somehow has a .404 OBP (which leads the league) despite hitting .224. 1/4 of his hits are home runs.
Forrest Whitley & Kyle Tucker are two cornerstone franchise type of talents any team would love to start a team with. But the idea that they are in a farm system for the best baseball team in the Majors, makes me giddy. ☺
Tucker ends up going 2 for 3 with a homer, a double, 2 rbi, and 2 walks. He has really started to adjust to AA ball. McHugh goes 3.2 innings giving up 3 hits, 2 er, walking 0, and striking out 5. He threw 53 pitches with 37 of them going for strikes.
Sheesh. http://www.milb.com/r/video?content_id=1578116183&topic_id=&sid=milb&tcid=vpp_copy_1578116183&v=3
^^^^To elaborate, that's Kyle Tucker's homer from tonight, which looks like it landed in the waterpark next to Whataburger Field.
Myles Straw went 3-4 with a homer, 2 RBI, and scored twice for Buies Creek. The homer is his first of the year and also the 2nd of his career. He's now slashing .328/.435/.425 on the year.
