When the Greenville Drive are in the playoffs, they get top billing on Minor Lines. And with a chance for a Divisional Round playoff clincher against the Hickory Crawdads and my boy Yordanny Monegro on the mound, this game reached living room TV status last night.
Monegro looked amped up early, and understandably so considering he was pitching in the Complex League less than three months ago and was now pitching in a playoff game two levels above that. He was missing way up in the zone on many of his fastballs and getting behind in counts but the Crawdads were bailing him out in the first two innings, with Monegro only walking one batter in the five-inning outing.