Pirates farm report for April 9, 2025: Ji-Hwan Bae, Braxton Ashcraft spark Indy

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 3-5) took care of Louisville (Reds), 7-3. CF Ji-Hwan Bae (.250) went 2 for 4 with a double and his first home run. 1B Malcom Nunez (.240) went 1 for 3 with his first homer and two RBIs. C Henry Davis (.250) went 2 for 4 with a run scored, RBI and his second stolen base. 3B Liover Peguero (.241) went 2 for 5 with a pair of RBIs, a run scored and his first steal. RHP Braxton Ashcraft (1-2, 4.05) started and allowed one run on three hits in five innings. He fanned six. RHP Tanner Rainey (0.00) pitched a perfect sixth.

Next: Thursday at Louisville (Reds), 6:35 p.m.

ALTOONA (Double-A, 1-4) was clobbered by Akron (Guardians), 13-1. RHP Alessandro Ercolani (21.60) started and was touched up for four runs on four hits and two walks in 1 ⅔ innings. RHP Derek Diamond (18.90) got one out and gave up five runs on three hits and two walks. SS Jack Brannigan (.250) went 3 for 4 with a run scored. C Wyatt Hendrie (.250) went 1 for 2 with a double and a walk. LF Hudson Head (.125) went 1 for 4 with an RBI.

Next: Thursday at Akron (Guardians), 6:35 p.m.

GREENSBORO (High-A, 4-1) outslugged Winston-Salem (White Sox), 8-6. DH Omar Alfonzo (.300) went 2 for 3 with his second homer, two walks and two runs scored. 1B Maikol Escotto (.588) went 2 for 4 with his second homer and two RBIs. LF Jesus Castillo (.368) went 3 for 5 with two RBIs and a run scored. CF Lonnie White Jr. (.250) went 2 for 5 with two runs scored. RHP Hung-Leng Chang (1.93) started and gave up one run on three hits in 4 ⅔ innings. He walked one and struck out two.

Next: Thursday at Winston-Salem (White Sox), 6:30 p.m.

BRADENTON (Low-A, 2-3) doubled up Palm Beach (Cardinals), 12-6. SS Konnor Griffin (.211) went 1 for 2 with two walks, two runs scored and his fourth stolen base. 1B Axiel Plaz (.400) went 2 for 4 with three RBIs. 2B JHonny Severino (.227) went 2 for 5 with two runs scored and two RBIs. DH Eddy Rodriguez (.278) went 3 for 5 with a run scored and an RBI. C Derek Berg (.429) went 2 for 4 with a triple and two RBIs. CF Braylon Bishop (.333) went 2 for 3 with a double, three runs scored and an RBI. RHP Greiber Mendez (7.71) started and allowed four runs on two hits and three walks in two innings. RHP Jose Garces (3.00) pitched two scoreless innings and RHP Noak Takacs (1-0, 0.00) worked 1 ⅔ scoreless to pick up the win.

Next: Thursday vs. Palm Beach (Cardinals), 6:30 p.m.