...Roger Bernadina...
...homerun...
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Roger Bernadina, who was in Spring Training with the New York Mets, has begun the season with Las Vegas 51s, the Triple-A team of the Mets in the Pacific Coast League.
At Cashman Field, the home site of the 51s in Las Vegas, Bernadina played in leftfield in the opener on Thursday and was 1-for-3, but that was a homerun that contributed in a come-from-behind 6-4 win against Fresno Grizzlies (Houston Astros).
The Grizzlies led 4-2 after six innings, but then Travis Taijeron homered for the home team in the seventh to make it a 4-3 score and Bernadina led off with a homerun in the eighth to tie the score.
Las Vegas then won in the ninth inning on a walk-off, 2-run homerun by Marc Krauss.
Bernadina didn't play on Friday in a 15-10 loss for Las Vegas, then the Saturday-game was cancelled due to weather conditions.
It was re-scheduled for Sunday to be played before the regular scheduled game.
However, the double-header had to be scrubbed due to more rain.
Jurickson Profar is the short stop for Round Rock Express, the Triple-A team of the Texas Rangers.
On Thursday, at Principal Park in Des Moines, the Express won 7-3 their opening game at Iowa Cubs (Chicago Cubs) and Profar went 2-for-3 and scored twice.
The Express won 4-3 on Friday, but Profar then didn't play.
He played again on Saturday and went 1-for-3 in a 9-3 victory, while scoring two runs.
On Sunday, in a 10-4 win against Iowa, Profar was 1-for-4 with a walk and scored once.
At AutoZone Park in Memphis, J.C. Sulbaran had a fine outing as starting pitcher for Memphis Redbirds (Triple-A, St. Louis Cardinals) in its second home game against Colorado Springs Sky Sox (Milwaukee Brewers).
The Redbirds opened their season on Thursday with a 4-3 loss.
On Friday, Sulbaran started the second game for the Redbirds.
The righthander struckout four batters in five innings and gave up only two basehits.
Sulbaran left the mound with a 2-1 lead and he became the winning pitcher as his relievers held the Sky Sox scoreless in the remainder of the game.
The Redbirds won 2-1, then added a 4-0 shutout-victory in Saturday.
At First Tennessee Park in Nashville, Shawn Zarraga opened the season in Triple-A with the Oklahoma City Dodgers (Los Angeles Dodgers).
Zarraga didn't play in the opening game at Nashville Sounds (Oakland A's) on Thursday, which was won by the Dodgers with a 5-0 score.
The next day, he entered the game as new first baseman for the Dodgers in the tenth inning and didn't got an at bat.
The Dodgers lost 2-1 in the eleventh inning on a walk-off triple by Renato Nunez.
On Saturday, Zarraga caught the entire game for the Dodgers and was 0-for-3 with a walk in a 2-1 victory.
The Dodgers won 3-1 on Sunday against Nashville, but Zarraga didn't play in that game.
Loek van Mil is a member of the pitching-staff of the Rochester Red Wings (Triple-A, Minnesota Twins).
At PNC Field in Moosic, the Red Wings opened the season on Thursday at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (New York Yankees).
The game was halted in the fourth inning due to weather conditions, then completed on Friday, resulting in a 3-0 win for the Red Wings.
This was followed by the regular scheduled game, which ended in a 7-2 loss for Rochester.
With Rochester leading 2-1 in the sixth inning, starting pitcher Pat Dean gave up a lead-off double to Rob Refsnyder, then a single to Slade Heathcott.
Hereafter, Dean was relieved by Loek van Mil.
The first batter he faced grounded out, then an intentional walk loaded the bases.
Van Mil was unable to keep the minimal lead intact, as he gave up a 2-run single to Eddy Rodriguez.
With two outs, a double by Jonathan Diaz (one-run) and single by Ben Gamel (2-run) brought in three more runs and made it a 6-2 score in favor of the RailRiders.
When next batter Aaron Judge also singled, Van Mil was replaced.
Dan Runlzer took over, but threw a wild pitch that led to another run, which was also credited to Van Mil.
The Dutch righthander also was credited with a Blown Save.
On Saturday, the game rained out.
Catcher Spencer Kieboom has opened his season in Double-A with the Harrisburg Senators (Washington Nationals).
He was the catcher in the opening game on Thursday at Altoon Curve (Pittsburgh Pirates).
At Peoples Natural Gas Field in Altoona, the Senators won 10-6 and Kieboom was 3-for-5, including a double.
He scored once and batted in three runs.
He singled in the first run of the season for the Senators in the second inning.
With the Senators leading 5-4, the team decided the game with a 4-run rally in the eighth inning.
In this at bat, Kieboom started the rally with an RBI-double, then later scored himself on a following double by Adrian Sanchez.
In the ninth, Kieboom added another runscoring single.
On Friday, Harrisburg won 10-4.
Kieboom again was the catcher and this time, he was 1-for-3 and again batted in a run.
The third game rained out on Saturday.
On Sunday, Harrisburg lost 6-3 to Altoona, but Kieboom didn't play in that game.
...Calten Daal...
...hit by pitch...
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Ozzie Albies and Calten Daal began the season in Double-A and they faced each other in the opening series.
Albies played at home with Mississippi Braves (Atlanta Braves) against Pensacola Blue Wahoos (Cincinnati Reds).
In the opening game on Thursday (3-1 win for Pensacola), Albies was the short stop for the Braves and batted 0-for-4.
Daal was the starting short stop for the Blue Wahoos.
However, in the top of the first inning, Daal had to leave the game, which was played in Trustmark Park in Pearl.
Beau Amaral led off with a walk, then Daal was the next batter in what was to be his first-ever at bat on the Double-A level.
The 22-year old Daal was hit by a pitch on his helmet from starting pitcher Lucas Sims and that led to him being replaced by a pinch-runner.
The next day, Daal was placed on the 7-day disabled list.
He was replaced on the roster by Ray Chang, who was promoted from Billings Mustangs (Rookie League).
The next day, Mississippi won 2-0.
Albies was 3-for-4 for the Braves and scored the first run.
In the sixth inning, Albies led off with a single, then scored on a following triple by Matt Lipka, who scored himself when Dustin Peterson followed with a double.
On Saturday, Pensacola won 5-4 in 13 innings.
Albies was 3-for-7 and scored once for the Braves in this game, which lasted four hours and 17 minutes.
On Sunday, Pensacola won again, this time with a 4-2 score.
In this game, Albies was 1-for-3 and walked once for the Braves.
Five players began the season in Single-A Advanced, which is the highest Single-A level.
Five other players are playing in Single-A, the second highest level.
Belonging to the first group are Sicnarf Loopstok, Juremi Profar, Darren Seferina, Chad Tromp and Gianfranco Wawoe.
The other five are Danny Arribas, Ray-Patrick Didder, John Polonius, Ademar Rifaela and Jiandido Tromp.
How did they do in their first week of the season?
Catcher Sicnarf Loopstok (Lynchburg Hillcats, Chicago Cubs) played in two games and did well in those games, hitting 3-for-8, including a double.
He scored once and also batted in one run.
3rd baseman Juremi Profar (High Desert Mavericks, Texas Rangers) played in four games and is 3-for-11, including a double.
He scored twice and batted in two runs.
2nd baseman Darren Seferina (Palm Beach Cardinals, St. Louis Cardinals) has not played yet, as he is on the 7-day disabled list.
Catcher Chad Tromp (Daytona Tortugas, Cincinnati Reds) played in two games and was 0-for-7, but also walked once.
Short stop Gianfranco Wawoe (Bakersfield Blaze, Seattle Mariners) is 1-for-9 with one run scored and one RBI in the three games he played.
3rd baseman Danny Arribas (West Virginia Power, Pitsburgh Pirates) was 3-for-11 in his first four games of the season.
That included a solo-homerun in his third game.
Short stop Ray-Patrick Didder (Rome Braves, Atlanta Braves) had a fine start of he season.
Through Sunday, he played in four games and his leading his team with a .462 batting average, as he is hitting 6-for-13, which includes three doubles and one triple.
Didder scored five runs and batted in two.
2nd baseman John Polonius (Augusta GreenJackets, San Francisco Giants) has not played yet, as he also is on the 7-day disabled list.
Rightfielder Ademar Rifaela (Delmarva Shorebirds, Baltimore Orioles) has played in four games and is hitting 3-for-13, which included a double.
He scored three runs and batted in two.
Leftfielder Jiandido Tromp (Lakewood BlueClaws, Philadelphia Phillies) also has played in four games so far and has done well in those games.
Tromp is hitting 6-for-19 (.316) and homered in his fourth game on Sunday when he was 3-for-6.
He scored two runs and batted in three.
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45 Dutch professionals in Majors & Minors
LAS VEGAS, Nevada / DES MOINES, Iowa / MEMPHIS, Tennessee / NASHVILLE, Tennessee / MOOSIC, Pennsylvania / ALTOONA, Pennsylvania / PEARL, Mississippi (USA) -
The first week of the regular season in the Major League and Minor League is in the books.
The Major League-season went underway on Sunday (April 3) and on Thursday (April 7), the new season in most Minor Leagues opened.
However, due to weather conditions there were several delays, postponements and cancellations in both the Majors and the Minors.
Some games were re-scheduled for the next day to be part of a double-header.
