TOP NL UTR PITCHING PERFORMANCE RHP Mike O’Reilly (LoA Peoria – St Louis) 22 years old 8.1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 10 K, Win Season Stats: 1-1, 1.73 ERA, 26 IP, 14 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 26 K in 6 appearances with 3 starts
- O’Reilly took a no-hit bid into the ninth inning, but gave up a base hit with one out. His 10 strikeouts sets a career-high.
- Moss combined with Carlos Machorro, and Brian Hunter for the Dayton Dragon’s first 9 inning no-hitter. The 4th round pick from 2016 has only allowed two earned runs over his last 6 starts (33 IP). Moss now leads all HiA pitchers with 62 strikeouts and tied with Jordan Humphreys (NYM) with six wins. The lefty was a Top UTR Pitcher for April 2017
- Rockies #11 ranked prospect was a 2016 UTR Organizational All-Star and a Top Prospect Pitcher for April 2017
- Hasn’t surrendered an earned run since April 14th. He was a 2015 UTR Organizational All-Star with the Dodgers, who released him last year.
TOP AL UTR PITCHING PERFORMANCE LHP Gregory Soto (LoA West Michigan – Detroit) 22 years old 7 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 12 K, Win Season Stats: 4-0, 1.26 ERA, 35.2 IP, 21 H, 5 ER, 18 BB, 43 K in 7 starts
- Soto sets a career-high with 12 strikeouts. He was also the Tigers Top UTR Pitcher for April 2017
- The 25th round pick from 2015 has only allowed 3 walks in 40.2 innings of work. He is the HiA leader with a 11.6 K/BB rate. The left-hander was a 2016 UTR Organizational All-Star and Oakland’s Top UTR Pitcher for April 2017