Snow returns from AAA Colorado Springs, Ortiz placed on 7-day DL

Forrest Snow will start tonight's series finale against Jacksonville

June 13, 2017

BILOXI, MS - The Milwaukee Brewers announced the following roster moves before Tuesday's series finale against Jacksonville. RHP Luis Ortiz  has been placed on the 7-day disabled list (hamstring) retroactive to June 9. RHP Forrest Snow  has been transferred from Triple-A Colorado Springs to Biloxi and will start tonight. 

BILOXI, MS - The Milwaukee Brewers announced the following roster moves before Tuesday's series finale against Jacksonville. RHP Luis Ortiz has been placed on the 7-day disabled list (hamstring) retroactive to June 9. RHP Forrest Snow has been transferred from Triple-A Colorado Springs to Biloxi and will start tonight.

Snow, 28, was promoted to Triple-A Colorado Springs on Thursday after going 4-2 with a 3.97 earned run average in 17 relief appearances with the Shuckers. In his only appearance with the Sky Sox on Friday, Snow pitched 3.1 scoreless innings to earn the win in a 7-3 victory. He is expected to start tonight's game against the Jumbo Shrimp, marking his first start of the season. The Seattle, WA native has made 78 starts over the course of his eight-year professional season. He has a career record of 36-46 with a 4.20 ERA in 222 career games.
Ortiz, 21, had gone 3-3 with a 3.02 earned run average in 11 starts for the Shuckers. The fourth-best prospect in the Brewers organization according to MLB.com pipeline, Ortiz had pitched 10.0 consecutive scoreless innings before his injury. The Sanger, CA native ranks third in the Southern League with a .189 opponents' batting average.
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The Shuckers, four games behind the Pensacola Blue Wahoos in the South Division with six games left in the first half, finish their series against the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp on Monday. Snow gets the ball for Biloxi for the 6:35 p.m. start against Shrimp righty Chris Mazza. Coverage will begin at 6:15 p.m. on the Biloxi Shuckers Radio Network's flagship station WGCM 1240 AM/100.9 FM and the TuneIn Radio app.
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