Triple-A: Norfolk Tides 1, Worcester Red Sox 0
DL Hall pitched five innings and allowed a puny two hits while walking just one and whiffing 10. As Norfolk manager Buck Britton has said, when Hall is in sync with his mechanics and pounding the zone, it’s just not fair for opposing hitters. You can quibble with Hall’s pitch efficiency (81 in five innings), but not the sheer dominance. He’s on an innings limit this season; will he still get the MLB call-up after the All-Star break?
Beau Sulser got the (frankly sort of irrelevant, after what Hall did) win by pitching a clean sixth and seventh innings, and Nick Vespi earned the save and continues to protect a 0.