Pirates Farm System
Pirates Minor League Report: Seth Beer Swats Three Homers

Pirates’ affiliates picked up two wins on Tuesday night, with monumental home runs from Seth Beer and Shawn Ross.
Beer helped power Indianapolis to victory, exploding for three homers in the team’s 13-6 thrashing of the Iowa Cubs.
The Altoona Curve lost 8-6 to the Erie Sea Wolves, with their bullpen melting down and allowing six runs in the late innings.
The Greensboro Grasshoppers fared better, blowing the save but walking off the Asheville Tourists 9-5 in eleven innings courtesy of a Shawn Ross grand slam.
Bradenton put two aboard in the bottom of the ninth inning, bringing the tying run to the plate, but they couldn’t avert a 5-2 loss to the Lakeland Flying Tigers.
Here’s a look at the top performances amongst Pirates’ affiliates on Tuesday.
Triple-A Indianapolis (41-52)
1B Jake Lamb
- Game: 1-for-4 with a homer and a walk.
- Season: .282/.367/.416 with 15 doubles and 6 homers in 69 games.
DH Seth Beer
- Game: 4-for-5 with 3 homers.
- Season: .295/.365/.469 with 10 doubles, 2 triples and 11 homers in 74 games between Altoona and Indianapolis.
Double-A Altoona (39-52)
RF Sammy Siani
- Game: 1-for-3 with a double and 2 walks.
- Season: .264/.337/.424 with 12 doubles, 4 triples and 8 homers in 78 games between Greensboro and Altoona
2B Kervin Pichardo
- Game: 2-for-4 with a homer.
- Season: .258/.309/.362 with 10 doubles and 6 homers in 79 games.
High-A Greensboro (56-34)
1B Josiah Sightler
- Game: 2-for-4 with 2 homers.
- Season: .205/.285/.389 with 5 doubles and 10 homers in 55 games.
- Game: 1-for-5 with the game-winning grand slam.
- Season: .175/.335/.474 with 4 doubles and 18 homers in 58 games.
Single-A Bradenton (38-53)
DH Axiel Plaz
- Game: 1-for-4 with a homer.
- Season: .216/.305/.494 with 6 doubles and 13 homers in 53 games between rookie ball and Bradenton.
C Omar Alfonzo
- Game: 2-for-4 with a walk.
- Season: .259/.367/.387 with 13 doubles and 7 homers in 76 games.