Down on the Farm

Andy Pettitte’s 9 starts leads the Yanks this year. Do you know who has made the second most starts? Answer at the bottom…

Triple-A Scranton (5-4 win over Richmond)
Kevin Thompson: 1 for 4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
Bronson Sardinha: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 SB
Andy Phillips: 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 K – he’s raking this year, what would the Yanks lose by giving a shot at the bigs again?
Eric Duncan: 0 for 2, 3 BB
Shelley Duncan: 1 for 4, 1 BB, 1 K – 3 for his last 15 with no XBH…
Alberto Gonzalez: 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B
Angel Chavez: 4 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B – 3rd multi-hit game in his last 6 contests…
Omir Santos: 2 for 4
Chase Wright: 7.2 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 2 WP – 8-13 K/BB ratio in Triple-A…
Chris Britton: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K – ERA creeps above 1.00 for the first time this year (1.08)…
Jim Brower: .1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K – came in and threw 2 pitches to bail out Britton…

Double-A Trenton (4-3 win over Harrisburg in 10 innings)
Justin Christian: 0 for 4, 1 BB, 1 K – 4 for his last 40…won’t someone tell him he isn’t playing for the big league team yet?
Ramiro Pena: 2 for 4, 1 BB, 1 SB – 6 for his last 18 after 0 for his previous 16…
Jamal Strong: 2 for 5, 1 R – somehow, he’s hitting worse in Double-A than he did in Triple-A…
Shawn Garrett: 1 for 5, 1 K
PJ Pilittere: 2 for 5, 1 RBI
Matt Carson: 2 for 4, 3 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 SB
Aarom Baldiris: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K – walk-off single…
Tim Lavigne: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K – that’s what you get when you throw a 28-yr old out there against Double-A kids…
Michael Gardner: 1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 WP
Kevin Whelan: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
Gerardo Casadiego: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

High-A Tampa (8-3 loss to Fort Myers)
Reegie Corona: 0 for 4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB, 1 E (missed catch)
Tim Battle: 1 for 4, 1 3B, 1 K, 1 SB, 1 HBP
Jose Tabata: 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 K – only 3 XBH in last 24 games…
Edwar Gonzalez: 2 for 5, 1 2B, 1 RBI
Marcos Vechionacci: 0 for 4, 1 BB
Kevin Russo: 1 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 HBP – 13 for his last 33…
Frankie Cervelli: 1 for 3, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 PB
The Ghost of Kei Igawa: 4 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 8-2 GB/FB
Eric Hacker: 4 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K – allowed 40 baserunners in 23.1 IP with Tampa…
Erick Abreu: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2 WP

Low-A Charleston (4-1 win over Rome) Josue Calzado hasn’t played since May 14th…
Mitch Hilligoss: 0 for 4, 1 K – 26 game hitting streak comes to an end
A-Jaxâ„¢: 1 for 4, 2 K
Seth Fortenberry: 1 for 4, 2 RBI, 1 CS – 30 RBIs is second only to A-Rod in the organization
Chris Malec: 2 for 4, 1 R
Eduardo Nunez: 2 for 4
Wilmer Pino: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K – first XBH in 8 games…
Ivan Nova: 7 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 HB, 6-10 GB/FB
Jon Hovis: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K – 18-1 K/BB ratio this year, hasn’t walked a guy since the first game of the year, 16.2 IP ago…

Answer: Darrell Rasner, with 6.