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Amazing game!
.@CarrollBaseball alum Jake Shirk (@JakeShirk14) put his name in the history books on July 4! The @Pirates prospect helped hurl a perfect game with @GSOHoppers (High-A).
An 18th round pick in last year's draft, the @carrollchargers grad is off to a solid start to his pro career!
Alfonzo and Shirk Power Curve To 4-1 Victory @JakeShirk14 @WSURaidergang
milb.com/altoona/news/alfonz… via @MiLB
“Jake Shirk was heroic in relief for the Curve, setting down nine straight hitters.
4 IP 1 ER 2H 3K 0BB
Greg Shirk retweeted
Notable Performers
@AltoonaCurve
Jake Shirk RHP
3 IP / 2 H / 0 BB / 1 K / 0 ER
Titus Dumitru OF
1-3 / HR / R / 2 RBI
#LetsGoBucs
Game Day
*Double Header*
Game 2
@AltoonaCurve take on the @HbgSenators
📍Altoona, PA
🏟 Peoples Natural Gas Field
⌚️Following Game 1
Jake with his first start in AA. After 3 innings of work. @JakeShirk14 @WSURaidergang
0 Runs 2 Hits 0 BB 1 K
Jake Shirk earned the win, tossing two perfect innings in relief of Stumbo with two strikeouts. milb.com/news/ross-bosses-ar…
Greg Shirk retweeted
𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐑 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒 🏆🐺
For the eighth season in a row, your Wright State Raiders are Horizon League Regular Season champions!
#Raidergang | #BuildtheMonster
Greg Shirk retweeted
Carroll grad Jake Shirk (@JakeShirk14) with 5⃣ K's in 2.1 IP for High-A Greensboro on Tuesday night in his 1st appearance back from a Triple-A call-up! Shirk now 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA, 9 K's & a 1.25 WHIP in 8 innings (6 games) for Grasshoppers.
@carrollchargers @CarrollBaseball
Jake Shirk with his 2nd appearance in spring training vs Braves. Came in Bottom 2 with guys on the corners with 2 outs. Got 2 ground balls to get out of jam. @JakeShirk14 @WSURaidergang
Greg Shirk retweeted
The pitching staff turned in the first perfect game in franchise history. ... Then turned in another one!?
These are the wildest stats and plays from the last month of action: atmlb.com/3Ht6Z3q
ALT MiLB logo THE WEIRD IN REVIEW CROOKED NUMBERS on an illustrated baseball scoreboard, with "Crooked" in the away position, "Numbers" in the home field. Collage of photos and screengrabs representing wild on-field happenings
Greg Shirk retweeted
2⃣ perfect games in 2⃣ weeks? It's been a pretty good month of July for @CarrollBaseball grad Jake Shirk (@JakeShirk14) who's the only pitcher on the Greensboro Grasshoppers staff (High-A of the Pirates) to pitch in BOTH the team's perfectos. @carrollchargers
Congrats to Fort Wayne’s guy @JakeShirk14 for his part in not one but TWO perfect games with the @GSOHoppers. This is an incredible team to watch. Check them out for some great minor league baseball. @carrollchargers @NACS_Supt @MCMSAthletics @GlennMariniWANE
Greg Shirk retweeted
THEY DO IT AGAIN!!!
@JakeShirk14 is a part of his second perfect game with the @GSOHoppers!
#ProRaiders | #Raidergang
🚨 ANOTHER GREENSBORO PERFECT GAME 🚨
9 days ago, the @GSOHoppers threw a perfecto!
Now @Pirates prospects Hung-Leng Chang, Joshua Loeschorn, Jake Shirk + Jarod Bayless combine to DO IT AGAIN ‼️
Greg Shirk retweeted
The Greensboro Grasshoppers just delivered their second perfect game in nine days.
The #Pirates' High-A affiliate pulled off something no MLB team has ever done: atmlb.com/46qYq3h
ALT Greensboro Grasshoppers players celebrate their second perfect game of the season in green jerseys
Greg Shirk retweeted
This is the 2nd Perfect Game by the @GSOHoppers in the past 9 days
#LetsGoBucs
Notable Performers
@GSOHoppers
🚨Perfect Game🚨
Hung-Leng Chang RHP
5 IP / 0 H / 0 BB / 5 K / 0 ER
Joshua Loeschorn RHP
2 IP / 0 H / 0 BB / 1 K / 0 ER
Jake Shirk RHP
1 IP / 0 H / 0 BB / 1 K / 0 ER
Jarod Bayless RHP
1 IP / 0 H / 0 BB / 0 K / 0 ER
Box: ⬇️
#LetsGoBucs
Greg Shirk retweeted
GREENSBORO PERFECT GAME 🚨
The Greensboro Grasshoppers have now thrown TWO PERFECT GAMES in the past 9 DAYS 🤯
Unbelievable!!!!
🚨 ANOTHER GREENSBORO PERFECT GAME 🚨
9 days ago, the @GSOHoppers threw a perfecto!
Now @Pirates prospects Hung-Leng Chang, Joshua Loeschorn, Jake Shirk + Jarod Bayless combine to DO IT AGAIN ‼️
Greg Shirk retweeted
Bonus episode: Former @FW_DBACKS @CarrollBaseball & @WSURaidergang pitcher @JakeShirk14 is killing it with Pirates High-A @GSOHoppers & joins the pod! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…