Salcedo And Drury Stay Hot While Oberholtzer and Winnie Keep On Winning To Highlight Wednesday's Atlanta Braves Minor League Action

Third sackers Edward Salcedo and Brandon Druy continued their hot streak, while Brett Oberholtzer and Dan Winnie each had solid winning starts.

IL All-Stars 3, PCL All-Stars 0

• Jose Constanza 0-1
• Mauro Gomez PH-1B 0-1, BB
• Stefan Gartrel DH 0-3, BB

The International League, won, though they didn't get much help from the 3 Gwinnett hitters, as they combined to go 0=5 with a pair of walks. Stefan Gartrell, who won the AAA Home Run Derby the other day, started the game as the designated hitter and was one of the few players to play the whole game. Julio Teheran was selected to the IL team, but didn't play after appearing in the Futures Game on Sunday.

Gwinnett returns to action Thursday at home against the Norfolk Tides.

Mississippi Braves 10, Tennessee Smokies 2

• Tyler Pastornicky SS 1-4, BB, SB (20), .301 AVG
• Martin Prado 3B 1-4, RBI, BB, .250 AVG
• Willie Cabrera 2B 2-5, RBI, .282 AVG
• Ernesto Mejia 1B 3-4, 2B, HR (15), 4 RBI, BB, .314 AVG
• Myke Jones CF 2-4, 2B, RBI, .219 AVG
• Matt Kennelly C 2-4, BB, .252 AVG
• Brett Oberholtzer 6 IP, 2 ER, 6 H, 2 BB, 4 K, W (6), 3.98 ERA
• JJ Hoover 1 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 BB, 2 K, 2.69 ERA

Martin Prado moved his rehab to Mississippi, and he'll make on more appearance with them on Thursday before he returns to Atlanta Friday. Ernesto Mejia continued his assault on the Southern League, doubling, homering, and driving in 4 runs. Tyler Pastornicky reached base twice and stole his 20th bag of the season. Brett Oberholtzer picked up his 6th win of the year with a solid start, and over his last 5 starts, he has a 2.14 ERA and a 1.19 ERA.

Arodys Vizcaino will look to follow up his impressive showing at the Futures Game with a solid start against Tennessee.

Lynchburg Hillcats 2, Winston-Salem Dash 4

• Andrelton Simmons SS 2-5, 4B, .303
• Adam Milligan LF 2-4, RBI, .284 AVG
• Chris Masters 6 IP, 1 ER, 5 H, 3 BB, 7 K, 3.48 ERA
• Mark Lamm 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 3 K, 0.00 ERA

Chris Masters had a good start, striking out 7 while allowing just 1 run over 6 innings. mark Lamm had a perfect debut for the Hillcats after being promoted from Danville, using his high sidearm delivery to strike out the side. Andrelton Simmons had his third straight 2 hit game, extending his hitting streak to 4 games.

David Hale will take on the Dash tomorrow.

Rome Braves 5, Kannapolis Intimidators 6

• Matt Lipka SS 2-5, .238 AVG
• Edward Salcedo 3B 2-5, HR (10), RBI, .277 AVG
• Evan Gattis 1B 2-3, 2B, RBI, BB, .287 AVG
• Robby Hefflinger 1-2, 2B, 3 RBI, BB, .271 AVG
• Matt Weaver 2B 3-4, 2 2B, .300 AVG
• Gary Moran 5 IP, 6 ER, 9 H, 2 BB, 7 K, 4.07 ERA
• Rob Roth 3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 BB, 3 K, 0.00 ERA

Edward Salcedo hit his 10th homer of the season, and over his last 3 games he's gone 8-14 with 4 doubles, a homer, and 3 RBI. Matt Lipka had a 2 hit game, and he's 5 for his last 10. After only allowing 5 earned runs in his first 19.1 innings for Rome, Gary Moran allowed 6 earned in only 5 innings tonight. Rob Roth's second appearance with the team was as good as his first, as he struck out 3 over 3 scoreless innings.

Rome will send Willie Kempf to the hill agasint Kannapolis on Thursday.

Danville Braves 6, Kingsport Mets 1

• Nick Ahmed SS 2-4, RBI, BB, .274 AVG
• Elmer Reyes 2B 2-5, 2B, RBI, .321 AVG
• Brandon Drury DH 2-4, 2B, RBI, .350 AVG
• Dan Winnie 6 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 4 BB, 5 K, W (3), 1.80 ERA
• Jarrett Martin 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 3 K, 0.00 ERA

Brandon Drury had his third straight multi-hit game, and he's gone 7-13 in that span with 2 doubles and 5 RBI. Over his last 10 games, he's hit .419 with a 1.129 OPS, 6 doubles, 2 home runs, and 11 RBI. The demotion to Danville might have been just what Elmer Reyes needed, as he's hitting .321 with a .415 OBP and a .862 OPS. Dan Winnie picked up a win for his third straight start, allowing just 1 run over 6 innings, working around 4 walks. The 21 year old has a 1.80 ERA and a 1.40 WHIP through 20 innings this year.

Ernesto Silva will face Kingsport in the series finale tomorrow.

GCL Braves 2, GCL Yankees 10

• Nick Lobanov 1B 1-4, RBI, .296 AVG
• Brian Stamps CF 1-3, HR (1), RBI, .194 AVG
• Rafael Briceno 3 IP, 2 ER, 5 H, 1 BB, 4 , 5.66 ERA
• Brett Butts 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 0 K, 7.36 ERA

The big story of this game was that the Braves faced Mark Prior, who pitched 2 innings, allowing 1 unearned run. Well, I guess it would have been a big story if it was 2003 and Mark Prior was still relevant.

DSL Braves 2, DSL Angels 5

• Ibrahim McKenzie 1B 3-3, 2B, RBI, .191 AVG
• Michael Flores 5.2 IP, 4 ER, 5 H, 1 BB, 7 K, 4.58 ERA

8 of the 10 hitters who appeared in this game for the Braves have averages below .200, including Ibrahim McKenzie who had 3 of the team's 5 hits on the day.