Roch Cholowsky’s first pro season has not come easy, and Saturday brought another rough snapshot in both the batter’s box and the field.
Against Greensboro, Cholowsky went 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts, then added two errors to his ledger. Both miscues came in key early innings, opening the bottom of the fourth and fifth.
On the first play, he appeared to round off a ground ball to his right, but the ball took a tough final hop and beat him. On the second, he stayed back on a four-hopper, but the glove rose on a flatter bounce and the ball knocked down off him.
He also was charged with an error Friday, when he rushed a throw from behind second base without planting his feet or turning his body even though he seemed to have time to settle himself.
With three weeks left in Winston-Salem’s season after today’s finale against the Grasshoppers, the setup gives the organization a chance to simply let him finish out the year.
Rochester handled Charlotte 5-2, with Rikuu Nishida going 2-for-4 with a walk, a strikeout and a stolen base. Ryan Galanie singled, walked and struck out twice, while Junior Pérez finished 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
David Sandlin turned in 5 scoreless innings, allowing 4 hits and 1 walk while striking out 6 and throwing 48 of 69 pitches for strikes. Tanner McDougal struggled in relief, giving up 3 runs, all earned, on 1 hit and 3 walks in 0.2 innings.
Birmingham edged Columbus 4-3 behind a busy day from Caleb Bonemer, who went 1-for-2 with two walks and a stolen base. Anthony DePino delivered the biggest swing, finishing 2-for-4 with a homer, a double and a strikeout. Colby Shelton was 0-for-2 with a walk and a sacrifice fly, Samuel Zavala went 0-for-3 with a walk, and James Taussig was 0-for-4 with a strikeout.
In Greensboro’s 9-5 win over Winston-Salem, Javier Mogollón went 0-for-4 with an HBP and three strikeouts, George Wolkow was 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts, Kyle Lodise finished 1-for-4 with a strikeout, and Nick McLain went 0-for-4 with a strikeout. Seth Keener allowed 5 runs, 1 earned, on 4 hits and 3 walks in 1.2 innings, with 4 strikeouts and 2 home runs allowed. Max Banks covered 2 scoreless innings, giving up no hits and no runs while walking 1 and striking out 2.
Kannapolis beat Hickory 5-2. Jaden Fauske went 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout, and Matthew Boughton was 1-for-3 with a walk and was caught stealing.
In the DSL, the Blue Jays Red topped the DSL White Sox 11-8 in 10 innings. Fernando Graterol struck out three times in an 0-for-6 effort.
Sebastian Romero went 1-for-4 with a homer, two HBPs and two strikeouts. Ronald Cardozo was 2-for-6 with three strikeouts.
Felix Lebron finished 1-for-4 with a walk, a strikeout and a stolen base, while Samuel Luis went 0-for-4 with a walk, a strikeout and was caught stealing. Yordany Marte gave up 3 runs, 2 earned, on 1 hit and 3 walks in 0.2 innings.
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