Minor League Ball Gameday - Thursday, April 28th

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RHP Pedro Payano twirled a one hit, complete game shut out with 11 strike outs to one walk, 1B Bobby Bradley doubled twice and homered, and RHP Domingo Acevedo only gave up a pair of hits in 8 IP.

By Nick Melotte Updated Apr 28, 2016, 3:51pm EDT

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Hello everyone and welcome to the Minor League Ball Gameday! Click the link below to open the Gameday spreadsheet in another window. The tabs are listed on the bottom and the opening page will give you a rundown on how the spreadsheet works. Give that a read to familiarize yourself with it if you aren't already and then dive into the statistical goodness. Enjoy the Gameday, the lively conversation in the comments section, and the excellent Duels of the Day!

The Top 175 Prospects, Sleepers, and IFA's

Offensive performances of note -

3B Rafael Devers (BOS - A+) - 2/4, HR, 2B, 4 RBI, 2 R, BB, K
1B Bobby Bradley (CLE - A+) - 3/5, HR, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R, 2 K
SS Jorge Mateo (NYY - A+) - 3/5, RBI, 2 R
CF David Dahl (COL - AA) - 2/3, 2B, R, BB, 2 SB
1B Josh Bell (PIT - AAA) - 3/6, RBI, R, 3 K
1B Trey Mancini (BAL - AAA) - 3/6, 3B, 2B, 2 RBI, R, 2 K
RF Raimel Tapia (COL - AA) - 3/4, HR, RBI, 3 R
CF Harrison Bader (STL - 4/5, HR, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R
CF Luis Alexander Basabe (BOS - A) - 3/4, 2 2B, 2 R, SB

Pitching performances of note -

RHP Phil Bickford (SF - A) - 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R/ER, 0 BB, 9 K
RHP Domingo Acevedo (NYY - A) - 8 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 9 K
RHP Ariel Jurado (TEX - A+) - 6 IP, 5 H, 0 R/ER, 0 BB, 5 K
RHP David Paulino (HOU - AA) - 4 IP, 4 H, 0 R/ER, 1 BB, 7 K
RHP Josh Staumont (KC - A+) - 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R/ER, 4 BB, 9 K
RHP Kohl Stewart (MIN - A+) - 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R/ER, 3 BB, 5 K
RHP Casey Meisner (OAK - A+) - 5.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 3 K
RHP Zach Eflin (PHI - AAA) - 6.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R/ER, 1 BB, 6 K
LHP Steven Brault (PIT - AAA) - 6 IP, 4 H, 0 R/ER, 1 BB, 11 K
RHP Jacob Nix (SD - A) - 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R/ER, 0 BB, 4 K
RHP Jake Woodford (STL - A) - 7 IP, 3 H, 1 R/ER, 5 BB, 4 K
RHP Chris Flexen (NYM - A+) - 7.2 IP, 6 H, 1 R/ER, 1 BB, 4 K
RHP Enyel De Los Santos (SD - A) - 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R/ER, 3 BB, 4 K
RHP Pedro Payano (TEX - A) - 9 IP, 1 H, 0 R/ER, 2 BB, 11 K

Today's Schedule

Probable Starters are as of 1:00 AM EST via MLB.com and MiLB.com

(Color code: Aqua - Top 175 Prospects, Orange - In The Picture, Blue - Sleeper/High Ceiling Alerts, Purple - International Free Agent, Yellow - Duel of the Day)

MLB - American League

Away	Home	Time (ET)	Away Probable Starter	Home Probable Starter
Chicago (AL)	Baltimore	7:05 PM	Danks, John (0-3, 6.23)	Wilson, Tyler (1-0, 2.77)

MLB - National League

Away	Home	Time (ET)	Away Probable Starter	Home Probable Starter
Milwaukee	Chicago (NL)	2:20 PM	Davies, Zach (0-2, 9.72)	Arrieta, Jake (4-0, 0.87)
Miami	Los Angeles (NL)	10:10 PM	Fernandez, Jose (1-2, 4.37)	Maeda, Kenta (3-0, 0.36)

AAA - International League (IL)

Away	Home	Time (ET)	Away Probable Starter	Home Probable Starter
Pawtucket	Syracuse	6:35 PM	Rodriguez, Eduardo (0-0, -.--)	Cole, A.J. (1-1, 7.71)
Rochester	Buffalo	1:05 PM	Darnell, Logan (1-2, 4.58)	Leroux, Chris (0-1, 5.14)
Gwinnett	Toledo	10:35 AM	Sims, Lucas (0-1, 3.60)	Saupold, Warwick (1-1, 1.50)
Charlotte	Columbus	11:35 AM	Volstad, Chris (1-1, 2.38)	Merritt, Ryan (1-2, 3.24)
Indianapolis	Norfolk	12:05 PM	Taillon, Jameson (2-0, 1.65)	Miranda, Ariel (0-1, 3.00)
Louisville	Durham	7:05 PM	Smith, Josh (2-1, 0.50)	Andriese, Matt (1-2, 4.03)

AAA - Pacific Coast League (PCL)

Away	Home	Time (ET)	Away Probable Starter	Home Probable Starter
Nashville	Round Rock	8:05 PM	Smith, Chris (0-3, 7.65)	To Be Announced
Albuquerque	Reno	9:35 PM	Flemer, Matt (1-0, 4.50)	Bradley, Archie (2-1, 2.84)
Memphis	New Orleans	8:00 PM	Reyes, Arturo (0-2, 6.75)	Cosart, Jarred (0-0, -.--)
El Paso	Fresno	10:05 PM	Reynolds, Greg (1-1, 6.75)	Wojciechowski, Asher (1-1, 8.25)
Sacramento	Salt Lake	8:35 PM	Blackburn, Clayton (1-1, 2.89)	Smith, Nate (2-0, 1.75)
Tacoma	Las Vegas	10:05 PM	Roach, Donn (1-1, 8.59)	Gilmartin, Sean (1-1, 1.62)
Okla. City	Omaha	7:35 PM	Urias, Julio (2-1, 3.00)	Almonte, Miguel (0-2, 3.60)
Col. Springs	Iowa	7:38 PM	Lopez, Jorge (0-0, 7.94)	Williams, Ryan (1-1, 4.85)

AA - Eastern League (EL)

Away	Home	Time (ET)	Away Probable Starter	Home Probable Starter
Harrisburg	Hartford	6:30 PM	Giolito, Lucas (0-1, 2.31)	Freeland, Kyle (3-1, 1.13)

AA - Southern League (SL)

Away	Home	Time (ET)	Away Probable Starter	Home Probable Starter
Mobile	Jackson	8:05 PM	Godley, Zack (1-2, 3.50)	Unsworth, Dylan (0-0, 1.15)
Mississippi	Jacksonville	7:05 PM	Thurman, Andrew (0-1, 5.59)	Esch, Jake (3-1, 2.38)
Tennessee	Biloxi	7:40 PM	Zastryzny, Rob (2-0, 3.52)	Houser, Adrian (0-2, 7.20)
Montgomery	Chattanooga	7:15 PM	Hu, Chih-Wei (0-0, 0.00)	Wheeler, Jason (1-1, 1.88)
Pensacola	Birmingham	8:05 PM	Romano, Sal (0-0, 3.38)	Danish, Tyler (1-2, 5.06)

AA - Texas League (TL)

Away	Home	Time (ET)	Away Probable Starter	Home Probable Starter
Midland	Corpus Christi	8:05 PM	Covey, Dylan (0-1, 2.45)	Smith, Kyle (0-2, 1.80)
NW Arkansas	Springfield	8:10 PM	Skoglund, Eric (1-0, 4.11)	Baker, Corey (1-0, 1.76)
Arkansas	Tulsa	8:05 PM	Weller, Blayne (0-3, 4.02)	Barlow, Scott (0-2, 2.87)
San Antonio	Frisco	8:05 PM	Castillo, Fabio (2-2, 3.68)	Payano, Victor (1-0, 3.45)

A+ - California League (CAL)

Away	Home	Time (ET)	Away Probable Starter	Home Probable Starter
Stockton	San Jose	2:30 PM	Erwin, Zack (0-1, 1.23)	Suarez, Andrew (1-1, 3.38)
Bakersfield	Lancaster	9:35 PM	Moore, Andrew (1-1, 1.14)	Armenteros, Rogelio (0-0, -.--)
High Desert	Lake Elsinore	10:00 PM	Wiles, Collin (0-1, 6.28)	Kelly, Michael (0-2, 11.91)
Modesto	Visalia	10:00 PM	Castellani, Ryan (0-0, 3.52)	Elias, Ethan (0-1, 5.71)
Rancho Cucamonga	Inland Empire	10:05 PM	To Be Announced	Jewell, Jake (0-2, 7.98)

A+ - Carolina League (CAR)

Away	Home	Time (ET)	Away Probable Starter	Home Probable Starter
Lynchburg	Winston-Salem	7:00 PM	Sheffield, Justus (2-0, 2.45)	Adams, Spencer (2-0, 4.05)
Salem	Frederick	7:00 PM	To Be Announced	Horacek, Mitch (1-3, 7.41)
Wilmington	Carolina	7:00 PM	Rodgers, Colin (1-1, 3.52)	Franco, Enderson (1-1, 9.00)
Myrtle Beach	Potomac	7:05 PM	Clifton, Trevor (0-2, 4.15)	Reyes, Luis (1-2, 5.17)

A+ - Florida State League (FSL)

Away	Home	Time (ET)	Away Probable Starter	Home Probable Starter
Clearwater	Daytona	7:05 PM	Richy, John (0-0, -.--)	Paulson, Jake (0-3, 8.59)
Lakeland	Brevard County	6:35 PM	Briceno, Endrys (0-2, 7.36)	Woodruff, Brandon (1-1, 1.71)
Tampa	Dunedin	6:30 PM	Campos, Vicente (2-1, 3.47)	Greene, Conner (1-1, 2.70)
Palm Beach	Bradenton	6:30 PM	Evans, Jacob (2-0, 1.86)	McRae, Alex (1-1, 3.79)
St. Lucie	Charlotte	6:35 PM	Oswalt, Corey (1-0, 3.14)	Honeywell, Brent (1-0, 0.73)
Fort Myers	Jupiter	10:30 AM	Jay, Tyler (1-1, 3.60)	Peters, Dillon (1-1, 3.21)

A - Midwest League (MWL)

Away	Home	Time (ET)	Away Probable Starter	Home Probable Starter
Clinton	Bowling Green	7:35 PM	Schiraldi, Lukas (2-1, 2.25)	To Be Announced
Kane County	Dayton	7:00 PM	Garcia, Junior (1-1, 4.15)	DeSclafani, Anthony (0-0, -.--)
Lansing	Beloit	12:00 PM	Cook, Ryan (0-2, 5.40)	Naile, James (1-2, 4.24)
West Michigan	Cedar Rapids	7:35 PM	Perez, Fernando (1-0, 4.22)	Gibbons, Sam (1-2, 5.74)
South Bend	Quad Cities	7:00 PM	Steele, Justin (1-2, 8.44)	Murphy, Chris (0-2, 3.75)
Great Lakes	Wisconsin	1:05 PM	Santana, Dennis (0-3, 3.00)	Harber, Conor (0-1, 5.79)
Peoria	Fort Wayne	7:05 PM	Alcantara, Sandy (2-0, 3.18)	Lockett, Walker (0-1, 2.86)
Burlington	Lake County	6:30 PM	Rodriguez, Jose (1-1, 2.40)	Pannone, Thomas (1-1, 2.84)
South Bend	Quad Cities	Game 2	To Be Announced	Bower, Matt (0-0, 2.92)

A - South Atlantic League (SAL)

Away	Home	Time (ET)	Away Probable Starter	Home Probable Starter
Greensboro	Hickory	6:00 PM	Lilek, Brett (0-0, -.--)	Hernandez, Jonathan (2-1, 5.65)
Rome	West Virginia	7:05 PM	Toussaint, Touki (0-3, 12.66)	Brubaker, Jonathan (2-0, 2.14)
Greenville	Delmarva	10:35 AM	Brakeman, Marc (0-0, 3.72)	Love, Reid (2-0, 2.19)
Kannapolis	Augusta	7:05 PM	Martinez, Luis (0-3, 4.58)	Webb, Logan (0-0, 3.21)
Charleston	Lakewood	6:35 PM	Ramirez, Yefrey (0-0, -.--)	Leftwich, Luke (0-1, 3.75)
Hagerstown	Asheville	7:05 PM	DeRosier, Matthew (1-0, 4.20)	Craig, Dylan (0-0, 4.22)
Lexington	Columbia	7:05 PM	Blewett, Scott (1-2, 5.60)	McIlraith, Thomas (1-1, 5.14)

Duels of the Day

April 28th

Rank (Ovr)	Name	Pos	Team	Level	W	L	ERA
-	Jose Fernandez	RHP	MIA	MLB	1	2	4.37
23 (47)	Kenta Maeda	RHP	LAD	MLB	3	0	0.36
Rank (Ovr)	Name	Pos	Team	Level	W	L	ERA
-	Eduardo Rodriguez	LHP	BOS	AAA	0	0	-.--
49 (100)	AJ Cole	RHP	WAS	AAA	1	1	7.71
Rank (Ovr)	Name	Pos	Team	Level	W	L	ERA
3 (4)	Julio Urias	LHP	LAD	AAA	2	1	3.00
ITP	Miguel Almonte	RHP	KC	AAA	0	2	3.60
Rank (Ovr)	Name	Pos	Team	Level	W	L	ERA
16 (34)	Jorge Lopez	RHP	MIL	AAA	0	0	7.94
SA	Ryan Williams	RHP	CHC	AAA	1	1	4.85
Rank (Ovr)	Name	Pos	Team	Level	W	L	ERA
2 (3)	Lucas Giolito	RHP	WAS	AA	0	1	2.31
ITP	Kyle Freeland	LHP	COL	AA	3	1	1.13
Rank (Ovr)	Name	Pos	Team	Level	W	L	ERA
33 (76)	Justus Sheffield	LHP	CLE	A+	2	0	2.45
62 (138)	Spencer Adams	RHP	CWS	A+	2	0	4.05

Results from April 27th

Rank (Ovr)	Name	Pos	Team	Level	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Notes
-	Jeff Thompson	RHP	DET	A+	2	5	5	0	2	1	2 GO, 2 FO, 27 S, 21 B, ND (0-0, 0.00)
SA	Bubba Derby	RHP	MIL	A+	4	5	6	4	2	6	3 GO, 2 FO, 53 S, 32 B, 2 HRA (Joey Pankake, Christin Stewart), ND (1-0, 3.24)
Rank (Ovr)	Name	Pos	Team	Level	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Notes
ITP	Jake Woodford	RHP	STL	A	7	3	1	1	5	4	10 GO, 5 FO, 51 S, 44 B, WP, L (0-3, 3.80)
ITP	Jacob Nix	RHP	SD	A	4	2	0	0	0	4	3 GO, 4 FO, 36 S, 12 B, E (1-T), ND (0-0, 3.86)
Rank (Ovr)	Name	Pos	Team	Level	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Notes
-	Ricardo Sanchez	LHP	ATL	A	5	3	0	0	1	5	3 GO, 3 FO, 42 S, 31 B, HBP, W (2-1, 2.84)
-	Mitch Keller	RHP	PIT	A	6	5	2	2	1	5	2 GO, 5 FO, 56 S, 21 B, HBP, L (2-1, 0.86)