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5 shut out innings from Thorpe and 3-5 from Zavala last night. Might not be the day to make this point.

Dalquist pitching from the pen for the Barons.

Sammy Zavala 3-4. Good night for the Cease trade. Iriarte goes tomorrow.

Veras just missed a second one. He really looks hitterish, but he did last year too.

Drew Thorpe is done 5IP 2H (1 infield gift) 0R 1bb 8K.

I would say Brad Radke, but I get your drift.

Knights tie it at 10-10 after giving up a 10 run first. Never out of it in that ballpark.

Barons up 6-0. I do love me some Brooks Baldwin.

HR Veras!

Thorpe just K'd his 6th guy of the night. Topping out at 91.

Keener walked the first 2 guys, after that he's dominated lo-A hitters. 5IP 1H 0R 2bb 7K. I bet he will not be there long. The Kanny line up suuuuuuuucks. 0-0

Why would he want to leave this baseball paradise?

2 scoreless so far for Thorpe with 3K. Barons lead 1-0. Other than Birmingham, the lack of talent on their opening night rosters is shocking.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Good God. I did not think the Sox front office could get worse. I stand corrected.

Keener walked the first 2 batters he faced. MiLB season not starting out much better than the MLB.

10-0 on only 5 hits for Norfolk. The Knights might lose 110 games too. Carela got bombed for W-S. Kanny's line up does not have a lot of actual prospects in it, but it is interesting to note that Arxy Hernandez is playing ss.

Jacob Gonzalez K's but Gladney picks him up with a 2-out knock.

I realize it is one game, but Grossman starting vs. a righty not a great sign for Fletcher. Pedro does not like playing rookies. This may be the beginning of his opportunities dwindling.

Why not DFA all of them?

FWIW, the record for grounding into double plays in a 9 inning game is 7.

Ventura kinda sucked in Birmingham. He developed in the majors.

I was in doubt for a while.

Suck it, Marlins!

Wow. Just pitched around Sheets to get to Vaughn.