Pirates Minor League Report: Thomas Harrington’s Career Night

Pirates’ affiliates picked up three wins on Saturday night, highlighted by a career performance from one of their top pitching prospects.

After two rough starts to begin his Triple-A tenure, Thomas Harrington enjoyed one of the best starts of his professional career on Saturday night. The 23-year-old right-hander needed just 63 pitches to complete seven innings, working a perfect game for the first five frames.

Altoona walked off the Bowie Baysox 7-6 in 11 innings, with Sammy Siani accounting for four runs scored. The bump up to Double-A continued to provide challenges for left-hander Dominic Perachi, who allowed five runs in three innings.

Greensboro saw their game postponed due to a sodden field, while Bradenton took down the Dunedin Blue Jays 6-4. 20-year-old Venezuelan left-handed pitcher Inmer Lobo provided four scoreless innings in relief after the Marauders’ starter got chased out of the game early, helping steady the ship on the way to victory, while Braylon Bishop hit his fifth affiliate ball home run and managed to swipe home on a double steal.

Triple-A Indianapolis (56-59)

RHP Thomas Harrington

• Game: 7 IP, 0 ER, 2 K’s.
• Season: 88.2 IP, 2.44 ERA, 88 K’s in 17 appearances (16 starts) between Altoona and Indianapolis.

CF Billy Cook

• Game: 3-for-4 with a double.
• Season: .289/.381/.494 with 23 doubles, 4 triples and 14 homers in 98 games between the Pirates and Orioles organizations.

Double-A Altoona (47-66)

RF Sammy Siani

• Game: 3-for-4 with a triple and a walk.
• Season: .267/.339/.419 with 16 doubles, 6 triples and 8 homers in 94 games between Greensboro and Altoona.

LHP Dominic Perachi

• Game: 3 IP, 5 ER, 1 K.
• Season: 94 IP, 3.16 ERA, 98 K’s in 22 appearances (14 starts) between Greensboro and Altoona.

High-A Greensboro (62-49)

DNP: wet grounds

Single-A Bradenton (47-66)

LF Braylon Bishop

• Game: 1-for-3 with a homer and a steal of home.
• Season: .227/.333/.387 with 7 doubles, 2 triples and 5 homers in 52 games between rookie ball and Bradenton.

LHP Inmer Lobo

• Game: 4 IP, 0 ER, 2 K’s.
• Season: 46.1 IP, 1.75 ERA, 50 K’s in 27 appearances between rookie ball and Bradenton.