Cannonballs coming: Some bad days on the mound

West Virginia was off. The GCL Pirates had their game called just after they’d taken a 3-2, fifth inning lead. The game didn’t become official and won’t be made up, so the stats won’t count. The starting pitcher, Jose Maldonado, was just promoted from the DSL. With the GCL season ending this week, he probably won’t pitch again, so for purposes of posterity it’ll be like he was never there.

— Indianapolis (68-60) dropped a 2-1 game to Columbus. The loss dropped the Indians out of first place, although they still hold a slim lead for the wild card. Brandon Waddell threw six shutout innings, giving up seven hits and a walk, while fanning eight. He left with a 1-0 lead, but A.J. Schugel gave up…