Although arguably the team’s three best prospects were not apart of the roster, the Atlanta Braves top prospects completed the third season of the Spring Breakout Series with an 8-3 win over the Yankees prospects on Saturday night, going up early and leading almost the whole way. Even with Didier Fuentes, JR Ritchie, and Cam Caminiti not being included on the roster, it didn’t seem to matter to this group.

John Gil, 3B: 1-3, HR, BB, HBP, 2 R, 2 RBI

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Diego Tornes, CF: 1-3, RBI

Tate Southisene, 2B: 1-4, BB, R, SB

Rolddy Munoz, RP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K

Garrett Baumann, RP: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K

On the pitching side Owen Murphy started, and it looked like it would be a promising outing as he struck out Top 20 prospect in baseball George Lombard Jr. swinging in the first at bat, but his stuff and performance were more up and down as he battled shaky command and a high pitch count. Murphy went 2.2 innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on three hits and four walks with three strikeouts. Murphy needed 71 pitches to go one out shy of three innings, though only 38 were strikes.

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Rolddy Munoz followed and went the next inning and a third, not allowing any base runners and striking out three batters. Munoz pitched well, though narrowly escaped a mistake that was hit just foul. Garrett Baumann followed, and he was the most impressive pitcher of the night for the Braves, going three innings with no hits, runs, or walks, going with five strikeouts. Baumann’s five strikeouts included four swinging on four different pitches – the fastball, sinker, slider, and splitter plus another looking on the fastball.

Herick Hernandez went the final two innings and things started out rough in his first inning of work, before he got on track and finished off his outing strong. Hernandez allowed a run on two hits and a walk with four strikeouts, three on the slider and the other on his fastball.

Offensively the star of the day had to be John Gil, though pretty much everyone in the lineup seemed to be taking quality at bats all day. Gil ended the day one for three with two runs scored and two batted in, as he homered, walked, and was hit by a pitch.

First round pick Tate Southisene went on for four with a walk, run scored, and stolen base with a pair of exit velocities above 105 MPH. Conor Essenburg was hitless in three at bats, but drew a pair of walks, while Dixon Williams was hitless in two at bats with his pair of walks. Diego Tornes was one for three with an RBI single, as were Jose Perdomo and Alex Lodise. Eric Hartman added a single and stolen base in two at bats, while catcher Colin Burgess was one for three with two runs batted in as every player in the starting lineup reached base in the win.

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Off the bench we saw Isaiah Drake and Patrick Clohisy each get a pair of at bats, with Drake going hitless and Clohisy hitting a single and stealing a base. Owen Carey and Cody Miller each went hitless in their lone at bats, while Jim Jarvis and Archer Brookman played but didn’t record plate appearances.