Pirates farm report for Sept. 7, 2023: Luke Brown belts 2 homers, drives in 8 for Greensboro

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 61-72) allowed six hits and beat Toledo (Tigers), 4-1. LHP Braeden Ogle (4.91) worked as an opener and pitched a scoreless first. RHP Quinn Priester (9-4, 4.00) pitched the next 5.2 innings, allowing one run on four hits with four walks and 10 strikeouts. RHP Travis MacGregor (4.70) threw 1.1 scoreless innings, and RHP Kyle Nicolas (6.69) tossed a scoreless ninth for his first save. SS Chris owings (.234) went 1 for 4 with his 13th homer. LF Canaan Smith-Njigba (.259) went 2 for 3 with two doubles, a run scored and an RBI. CF Matt Gorski (.500) went 2 for 4 with a pair of doubles. 2B Nick Gonzales (.271) went 1 for 2 with two walks and two runs scored. RF Cal Mitchell (.264) went 1 for 4 with two RBIs.

Next: Friday vs. Toledo (Tigers), 7:05 p.m.

ALTOONA (Double-A, 60-66) rolled to a 9-3 victory over Harrisburg (Nationals). RHP Sean Sullivan (7-4, 3.98) went seven strong innings, allowing one unearned run on four hits and no walks and struck out nine to earn the win. RHP Justin Meis (4.81) gave up two runs on two hits, walked three and struck out three in two innings of relief. 1B Jacob Gonzalez (.231) went 3 for 4 with a double and two RBI singles. 3B Jackson Glenn (.283) was 1 for 5 with a three-run home run, his sixth. RF Joe Perez (.342) finished 2 for 4 with a single and an RBI single in the sixth. SS Tsung-Che Cheng (.264) was 2 for 5 with a double and a base hit.

Next: Friday vs. Harrisburg (Nationals), 6 p.m.

GREENSBORO (High-A, 67-59) beat Bowling Green (Rays) 19-10 in a slugfest. CF Luke Brown (.262) went 4 for 6 with two homers, a two-run shot and a grand slam. He scored three runs and drove in eight. LF Sammy Siani (.233) went 3 for 5 with a two-run homer, a double and four runs scored. C Shawn Ross (.201) went 3 for 4 with a solo homer, a double and four runs scored. RF Tres Gonzalez (.291) went 3 for 5 with four runs scored and two RBIs. 2B Termarr Johnson (.239) went 2 for 5 with a run scored and an RBI. RHP Po-Yu Chen (4.44) started and gave up five runs, four earned, on eight hits in four innings. RHP Darvin Garcia (1-0, 10.80) gave up two runs in 1.2 innings but picked up the win. RHP Jorge Ramos (6.75) allowed three runs on three hits in 3.1 innings to collect the save.

Next: Friday at Bowling Green (Rays), 7:35 p.m.

BRADENTON (Low-A, 74-53) handled Fort Myers (Twins), 9-5. DH Rodolfo Nolasco (.218) went 1 for 5 with a grand slam, his 20th homer of the season. C Omar Alfonzo (.271) went 2 for 5 with a double, a run scored and an RBI. LF Enmanuel Terrero (.271) went 1 for 5 with a pair of RBIs. 3B Kalae Harrison (.265) went 1 for 2 with a run scored and three walks. 2B Mitch Jebb (.306) was 1 for 2 with two runs scored and three walks. RHP Brandan Bidois (3-0, 2.08) pitched 1.2 scoreless innings of relief with four strikeouts to earn the win.

Next: Friday at Fort Myers (Twins), 7 p.m.