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Atlanta Braves Ag Report: Gwinnett sweeps doubleheader

By Benjamin Chase

BOZEAT, UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 16: Dairy farmer Tim Whittaker adds grass silage to a mixture of rolled wheat, soya, rape extract, molasses, maze silage and chopped straw to feed cows at Newlands Farm on August 16, 2015 in Bozeat, England. Newlands Farm Bozeat has 138 cows and is part of Arla Milk Link, a group of over 1,500 farmers that supplies 1.2 billion litres of milk annually to the Arla Foods cooperative. The price farmers are paid for milk has fallen by a 25 percent over the past year, with many being paid less than the cost of production. Following crisis talks with farming unions, supermarkets Aldi and Lidl have announced that they will begin to pay a minimum of 28 pence per litre from Monday with Morrisons pledging to pay 26 pence per litre from later in the month. (Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images)
BOZEAT, UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 16: Dairy farmer Tim Whittaker adds grass silage to a mixture of rolled wheat, soya, rape extract, molasses, maze silage and chopped straw to feed cows at Newlands Farm on August 16, 2015 in Bozeat, England. Newlands Farm Bozeat has 138 cows and is part of Arla Milk Link, a group of over 1,500 farmers that supplies 1.2 billion litres of milk annually to the Arla Foods cooperative. The price farmers are paid for milk has fallen by a 25 percent over the past year, with many being paid less than the cost of production. Following crisis talks with farming unions, supermarkets Aldi and Lidl have announced that they will begin to pay a minimum of 28 pence per litre from Monday with Morrisons pledging to pay 26 pence per litre from later in the month. (Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images) /
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Atlanta Braves Ag Report: Gwinnett sweeps doubleheader, Muller out-mans Biloxi

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RHP Albinson Volquez promoted from GCL to Florida
LHP Filyer Sanchez assigned to Danville from Florida
RHP Connor Johnstone promoted from Florida to Gwinnett
RHP Peter Moylan sent on rehab to Gwinnett
RHP Brandon McCarthy sent on rehab to Gwinnett

Gwinnett Stripers 11, Charlotte Knights 5, Game 1; Gwinnett Stripers 7, Charlotte Knights 4, Game 2

The Gwinnett bats led to a sweep over the Knights and some of the top prospects in the game. The Stripers tossed a bullpen game in game 1 on Saturday and likely raised some eyebrows when one of the guys tossing just one inning was Kyle Wright, who pitched a scoreless inning, allowing a hit and striking one out.

Danny Santana, Michael Reed, and Dustin Peterson each had a double and a pair of singles. Phil Gosselin had a home run and a double. Ryan Flaherty had a pair of singles and a walk. Austin Riley and Rio Ruiz each had a home run and a walk.

Connor Johnstone got a promotion to pitch game 2, and he was solid, going 6 innings, allowing 3 runs on 7 hits and a walk, striking out 5. Peter Moylan and Brandon McCarthy each tossed a scoreless rehab inning.

Phil Gosselin continued his big day, with a pair of doubles, giving him four hits on the day, all extra-base hits, with three doubles and a home run. Rio Ruiz had a pair of singles and a walk. Sal Giardina had a double and a single. Austin Riley, Dustin Peterson, and Sean Kazmar each had a double.

Next game: Gwinnett @ Charlotte, 5:05 PM ET

Mississippi Braves 3, Biloxi Shuckers 1

Facing an undefeated pitcher for Biloxi and a quality lineup, Kyle Muller was mature beyond his years and used a pair of double plays to put together an incredibly impressive start. Muller finished with 6 innings of one-run ball, allowing 4 hits and 3 walks, striking out 5.

Cristian Pache was the only M-Braves hitter with multiple hits, as he gathered two singles. Alejandro Salazar continued his recent hot streak, getting a single and a walk. Travis Demeritte had a double. Kyle Muller even drew a walk at the plate and scored the first run for the team.

Next game: Biloxi @ Mississippi, 6:00 PM ET

Lakeland Flying Tigers 5, Florida Fire Frogs 1

Florida called up Albinson Volquez from GCL to make a spot start, and he was tremendous, but the bullpen gave up four runs to give Lakeland the win. Volquez went 6 innings, allowing a single run on 3 hits and 5 walks, striking out 3.

Marcus Mooney had two singles and a walk. CJ Alexander had a single and a walk. William Contreras had a double.

Next game: Lakeland @ Florida, 11:00 AM ET

West Virginia Power 7, Rome Braves 6

West Virginia jumped out on Rome starter Freddy Tarnok, and Rome’s comeback could not catch up to those early runs, falling just a run short. Coming out of the bullpen, Brooks Wilson was very impressive for Rome, tossing two scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks, striking out 3.

Drew Lugbauer had a pair of doubles and a walk. Trey Harris and Kevin Josephina each had a double, single, and a walk. Hagen Owenby had a pair of singles. Jefrey Ramos and Alan Crowley each had a single and a walk.

Next game: West Virginia @ Rome, 2:00 PM ET

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Danville Braves 14, Princeton Rays 7

Every member of the Danville offense reached base multiple times, as the D-Braves scored multiple runs in each of the last four innings. Zack Soria had a huge game, with a home run, double, walk, and a stolen base.

Nicholas Shumpert had a triple, single, and a walk. Nicholas Vizcaino had a double, single, and a walk. Henry Quintero had a triple and a double. Ricardo Rodriguez had a triple and a single. Luis Mejia had a double and a single.

Michael Mateja and Brett Langhorne each had a pair of singles. Carlos Baerga had a single and a walk.

Next game: Danville @ Princeton, 5:00 PM ET

GCL Tigers West 12, GCL Braves 0

In the last game of the year, the Braves got blown out of the water against the Tigers. Patrick Weigel did have a scoreless inning of rehab, recording a strikeout.

Wiston Cerrato had a pair of singles for the Braves. Joel Reyes had a double.

Next game: Season complete

DSL Marlins 1, DSL Braves 0

A tremendous pitchers’ duel was a great way to end the season. Jose Olague tossed 5 scoreless innings to start the game, allowing 4 hits and no walks, striking out 1. The Braves recorded just one hit on the day.

Next game: Season complete

Next. Braves midseason top 50 prospects list. dark

Today’s leaderboard – DSL

BA: Kimberling Encarnacion .250
HR: Brandol Mezquita, Asmin Bautista 4
SB: Carlos Paraguate 20
ERA: Javier Ciriaco 1.76
WHIP: Eudi Asencio 1.05
K: Jose Olague 57

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