Diamondbacks Minor League Report: April 26, 2023

The Diamondbacks minor league affiliates combined for a 2-2 record.

Triple-A Reno

Brandon Pfaadt wasn't particularly dominant in this start, but turned in another workman-like performance without his best stuff. The D-backs top pitching prospect allowed three runs on seven hits, two walks, and five strikeouts over five innings. His fastball was 92-95 MPH and relied on his slider as his main secondary pitch. The fastball and slider account for 72 of the 85 pitches Pfaadt threw on the day.

Dominic Fletcher continues to swing a hot bat. The D-backs outfield prospect added three more hits, include a game-icing three run home run in the eighth inning that put Reno up 10-3. His home run had an exit velocity of 105 MPH and traveled 396 feet. Fletcher is now 15 for his last 34 at the plate and has really been squaring up the baseball.

🚨 𝗗𝗢𝗠 𝗕𝗢𝗠𝗕 𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗧 🚨

Dominic Fletcher's third home run of the season travels 3️⃣9️⃣5️⃣ feet and left the bat at 1️⃣0️⃣4️⃣ MPH. pic.twitter.com/0m01XZzIYw
— Reno Aces (@Aces) April 26, 2023

Buddy Kennedy drew a walk and hit four balls between 96 and 100 MPH. Of those four batted balls, he finished with two extra base hits, a ground ball double play, and a flyout. His seventh inning triple was a fly ball that landed in triple's alley in Greater Nevada Field and his double was a liner to straightaway right field that one-hopped the wall.

Double-A Amarillo

Jordan Lawlar provided two huge knocks, both coming to the opposite field. Lawlar drove a 96 MPH fastball out over the plate for a three-run home run as part of Amarillo's seven-run eighth inning on a shot that cleared the entire berm area down the right field line. In the 10th inning, he took an 0-2 fastball up and hit a liner down the right field line for a walk-off single.

LAW AND ORDER 🤠

Down by a run after this 3-run 💣 pic.twitter.com/VuJIBWzM0N
— Amarillo Sod Poodles (@sodpoodles) April 27, 2023

JORDAN LAWLAR.

WALK US OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/Dv4OEI3I32
— Amarillo Sod Poodles (@sodpoodles) April 27, 2023

Deyvison De Los Santos provided three hits and a walk. His eighth inning singled tied the game at 11-11 and set up Lawlar's heroics two innings later. He reached out to hit a 2-2 breaking ball through a drawn-in infield.

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TIE GAME. DEYVISON DE LOS SANTOS.

7-run inning and counting? pic.twitter.com/G3HqrdewLL
— Amarillo Sod Poodles (@sodpoodles) April 27, 2023

Low-A Visalia

Joe Elbis fired 3.1 scoreless innings on three hits, no walks, and two strikeouts. After a bit of a skittish first inning that included a hit batter and a pair of wild pitches, Elbis settled down to deliver a clean second inning and pitched out of a jam in the third after the first two batters reached. He was able to land his slider for called strikes and used both the slider and curveball to get some swings and misses to right-handed batters. Both strikeouts came on breaking balls, one swinging and one looking.