Pirates Minor League Report: Dominic Perachi Back in Altoona

Pirates’ affiliates picked up two wins to start the new week of games, with recently-promoted prospects making early impacts for their new clubs.

Triple-A Indianapolis lost 8-4 to the Nashville Sounds, with starting pitcher Aaron Shortridge tagged for seven runs in four innings. Malcom Nuñez and Matt Gorski hit solo homers, but it wasn’t enough to prevent a lopsided outcome.

Things went even worse for Altoona. Pirates’ 2022 eleventh round pick Dominic Perachi, back with the Curve after a brief stint there earlier this season, needed 80 pitches to get through three innings as he struck out five batters. He allowed 2 earned runs (along with another unearned), and Portland managed to get into the bullpen early, taking Altoona down 7-0. Fellow 2022 late round pick Nick Cimillo made it on base four times, but the Curve couldn’t plate any runs.

Bradenton and Greensboro flipped the script, each winning 9-5. 21-year-old designated hitter Omar Alfonzo made it on base in all five plate appearances in his High-A debut, crushing a homer in his first at-bat and accounting for four RBI. Esmerlyn Valdez hit a solo homer that ended up as the winning run for Bradenton, while Justin Miknis hit a three-run double to pad the Marauders’ lead in the ninth.

Triple-A Indianapolis (49-56)

1B Malcom Nuñez 

• Game: 1-for-3 with a homer and a walk.
• Season: .267/.332/.412 with 16 doubles and 11 homers in 94 games.

RF Matt Gorski

• Game: 1-for-4 with a homer.
• Season: .245/.305/.517 with 18 doubles, 5 triples and 17 homers in 84 games.

Double-A Altoona (44-59)

1B Nick Cimillo

• Game: 3-for-3 with a double and a walk.
• Season: ..291/.412/.587 with 11 doubles and 19 homers in 66 games between Altoona and Greensboro.

LHP Dominic Perachi

• Game: 3 IP, 2 ER (1 unearned), 5 K’s.
• Season: 87.2 IP, 2.57 ERA, 94 K’s in 20 appearances (12 starts) between Greensboro and Altoona.

High-A Greensboro (60-42)

2B Mitch Jebb

• Game: 4-for-4 with a double and a walk.
• Season: .248/.347/.351 with 9 doubles, 4 triples and 6 homers in 89 games.

DH Omar Alfonzo

• Game: 4-for-4 with a homer and a walk.
• Season: .263/.362/.406 with 15 doubles, a triple and 9 homers in 87 games between Bradenton and Greensboro.

Single-A Bradenton (42-61)

C Jason Miknis

• Game: 1-for-2 with a double.
• Season: .171/.356/.243 with 2 doubles and a homer in 30 games.

RF-1B Esmerlyn Valdez

• Game: 1-for-4 with a homer and a walk.
• Season: .230/.342/.472 with 15 doubles, a triple and 17 homers in 83 games.