Orioles minor league recap 8/25: Chesapeake's Michael Forret keeps dealing
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Norfolk rallied from a 3-1 deficit to beat the Charlotte Knights 6-4, scoring five runs over the final four innings. Cameron Weston started and the Tides tied the game with a TT Bowens homer, a Fernando Peguero double and an error that allowed Peguero to score, while Ryan Noda added an RBI single; four relievers closed out the win. Richmond defeated Chesapeake 5-1 behind Michael Forret, who threw 4.2 scoreless and has not allowed a run in recent starts; relievers were effective until Jake Lloyd yielded four runs in the seventh. Aberdeen won 3-1 as Sebastian Gongora delivered six strong innings, allowing two hits and one run with five strikeouts, and Jack Crowder added three scoreless relief innings.
Cameron Weston threw five innings, allowing three innings, and the Tides pulled off a comeback win by scoring five runs in the last four innings.Down 3-1 after six innings, TT Bowens homered, Fernando Peguero doubled and scored on an error to tie the game, and Ryan Noda singled in a fourth run before Jud Fabian and Maverick Handley each walked with the bases loaded.Four relief pitchers combined to hold Charlotte to one run over the last four innings:
Baysox's offense failed to show up for the red-hot Michael Forret, who tossed another gem on Sunday. The 21-year-old righty threw 4.2 scoreless and struck out five. In two starts since getting called up to Chesapeake, Forret hasn't allowed a run. And dating back to his time with High-A Aberdeen, he hasn't allowed more than one run in any outing since July 12.Unfortunately, while relievers Carter Rustad, Carter Baumler and Tyler Neighbors were solid,
The main story here is a dominant outing from starting pitcher Sebastian Gongora. The 2024 eleventh-rounder threw six innings and allowed just two hits and one run, while striking out five. Gongora started the season in Delmarva and had a rough July with Aberdeen, but in four of his last five starts he's allowed one run or less. Not to be overlooked, either, is a stellar three-inning scoreless relief effort from Jack Crowder, a big righty out of U. Illinois.The
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