(83-62) Indianapolis Indians @ (63-83) Gwinnett Stripers – 7:05 PM ET
IND: Nick Dombkowski (2-6, 5.83 ERA)
GWI: Brian Moran (0-1, 3.72 ERA)
Veteran reliever Brian Moran gets the spot start in today’s minor league action against Nick Dombkowski and the Indianapolis Indians. Fresh off their dominant win last night where Lucas Braun shut down the Indians offense across seven innings of work, they turn to long time veteran, 36 year old Brian Moran, in their quest to pick up win 64 of the season. This will be Brian’s 23rd appearance of the season, and his fourth start in what’s been a relatively successful year – as he’s sported a 3.21 ERA and 1.02 WHIP on the season.
He goes against veteran Nick Dombkowski who has struggled since getting to Triple-A, with a 5.83 ERA across 25 appearances (11 starts). Nick last faced the Stripers back on July 13th (1IP 1H 1ER 2BB 1K), and July 11th (1IP 2H 4R 3ER 1BB 1K), so it’s safe to say the Stripers offense sees him decently well.
While the top of the lineup last night continued to struggle (Bastidas, Waddell, McCabe went a combined 1-for-10), it was the bottom of the lineup (Fletcher, Bunnell, Zebrowski) who got the job done, with two RBI and two runs scored.