Alec Burleson has been swinging a hot bat over the past month. It continued Tuesday.
Playing in right field for the St. Louis Cardinals, the East Carolina baseball alum went 3-for-4 with two runs, two RBI, a homer and a walk in a 10-7 loss to the Kansas City Royals. He singled and scored in the second inning on a homer by Nolan Gorman. In the third, he hit a two-run homer of his own for a 7-2 Cardinals’ lead.
Things went south from there as the Royals got six runs in the fifth and two in the sixth to win. He singled in the seventh and walked in the ninth but didn’t score.
He’s hitting .571 in two games in June after hitting .303 in May (20-for-66) with four doubles, four homers and 10 RBI.
Danny Beal
He had his best outing as a starter for the Down East Bird Dawgs but didn’t get the win Tuesday against the Quebec Capitales.
Beal went 5.2 innings with one earned run on two hits with seven strikeouts and two walks in a 5-2 loss at Grainger Stadium. He left with a 2-1 lead but the Capitales (18-4) scored three runs in the seventh and one in the eighth to win it.
The Bird Dawgs fell to 8-12. Beal dropped his ERA to 7.04 and is 0-1 in five starts with 21 strikeouts, 25 hits and 10 walks over 23 innings.
See below to find out what the rest of the Pirates in baseball did on Tuesday.
Major League Baseball
- Connor Norby, Miami Marlins: 0-for-1 as pinch hitter in 3-2 loss to Rockies
- Alec Burleson, St. Louis Cardinals: See above
- Shawn Armstrong, Texas Rangers: Did not pitch in 5-1 loss to Rays
- Gavin Williams, Cleveland Guardians: Did not pitch in 3-2 loss to Yankees
- Jeff Hoffman, Toronto Blue Jays: Did not pitch in 8-3 loss to Phillies
- Zach Agnos, Colorado Rockies: Did not pitch in 3-2 win over Marlins
- Clayton McCullough, Miami Marlins (manager): Lost 3-2 to Rockies to fall to 23-36
Triple-A
- Carson Whisenhunt, Sacramento RiverCats (Giants): Did not pitch in 11-3 loss to Sugar Land
Double-A
- Carter Spivey, Akron Rubber Ducks (Guardians): Did not pitch in 6-3 win over Chesapeake
- Trey Benton, Akron Rubber Ducks (Guardians): On season-ending disabled list
Single-A
- Trey Yesavage, Vancouver Canadians (Blue Jays): Did not pitch in 4-2 win over Tri-City
- Carter Cunningham, Vancouver Canadians (Blue Jays): Did not play in 4-2 win over Tri-City
- Josh Moylan, Hudson Valley Renegades (Yankees): 0-for-2 with two walks in 3-2 loss to Aberdeen
- Josh Grosz, Hudson Valley Renegades (Yankees): Did not pitch in 3-2 loss to Aberdeen
- Tyler Bradt, Peoria Chiefs (Cardinals): Did not pitch in 3-0 loss to Quad Cities
- Jacob-Jenkins-Cowart, Beloit Sky Carp (Marlins): 1-for-2 in 4-2 loss to Fort Wayne
- Ryan McCrystal, Daytona Tortugas (Reds): Did not play in 4-3 loss to Lakeland
- Wyatt Lunsford-Shenkman, Modesto Nuts (Mariners): Placed on full-season disabled list on April 15.
- Erik Ritchie, Florida Coast League Phillies (Phillies): Did not pitch in 4-0 win over FCL Tigers
- Landon Ginn, Myrtle Beach Pelicans (Cubs): Did not pitch in 5-1 win over Kannapolis
Frontier League
- Danny Beal, Down East Bird Dawgs (Independent): See above
Photo credit: Alec Burleson (AP photo)
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