Horne-ible

Did you see what I did with the post title there? Horrible . . . Horne-ible . . . eh, eh? Oh screw you guys… 

Anyways, it looks like Eric Duncan has become a platoon player for Scranton; tonight marks the 3rd straight time he’s sat when the opposing team started a southpaw. Even though E-Dunc has demolished LHP throughout his career, he’s hitting only .151-.258-.226-.484 against them this year, justifying the move.

Triple-A Scranton (3-1 loss to Louisville)
Brett Gardner, Justin Christian & Andy Cannizaro: all 1 for 4 – Gardner K’ed…Cannizaro scored a run
Shelley Duncan, Angel Chavez & Chris Basak: combined 0 for 12, 4 K
Mighty Matt: 7.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 2-13 GB/FB - picked a runner off first…tough luck loss prior to what could prove to be an ideal situation in his Saturday start with the big league squad
Sean Henn: 0.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Chris Britton: 0.1 IP, zeroes across the board – in other news, Kyle Farnsworth is terrible at his job

Double-A Trenton (7-5 loss to New Hampshire in 11 innings)
Colin Curtis & Alberto Gonzalez: both 2 for 5, 1 K – Curtis doubled and drove a run in…the Attorney General walked
Cody Ehlers: 1 for 6, 1 R, 1 2B, 3 K – 14 K in his last 10 games after 36 K in his previous 51 games…
Juan Miranda: 0 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HBP – hitless in 3 of his last 4 games…course he had one of those days off
Bronson Sardinha: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 3 BB, 1 SB – on base 11 times in 4 games with Trenton
Carlos Mendoza: 2 for 5, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K
Alan Horne: 4 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 HB, 3 HR – he’d given up 2 homers all season prior to this game…and here’s one of the stupid quirks of baseball rules: how does a guy give up 3 dingers yet only get charged with 2 ER? come on now…
Jeff Kennard: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Justin Pope: 3 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 0-5 GB/FB – he’d allowed 3 hits total in his previous 10.2 IP coming into this game

High-A Tampa (9-1 loss to Jupiter)
Reegie Corona: 3 for 4, 1 2B
Austin Jackson: 1 for 4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K – he’s gotten a hit in all but 1 of his 22 games with Tampa
Jose Tabata & Edwar Gonzalez: both 0 for 4 – Tabata K’ed
Chris Malec & Marcos Vechionacci: both 1 for 4 – Malec doubled & Vech K’ed
Jared Greenwood: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 K – he’s played in 2 straight since entering the game in the 2nd inning of Thursday’s game…so yeah, Cervelli’s hurt
George Kontos: 2.2 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 6 BB, 5 K, 3 HR – 11 ER in his last 6.2 IP after allowing 10 ER in his previous 39.2 IP
Mike Martinez: 4.1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HB
David Robertson: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 4-1 GB/FB – leave it to him to stop the bleeding

Low-A Charleston
Game 1 (2-1 win over Savannah in 7 innings) makeup for yesterday’s rainout
Mitch Hilligoss & Josue Calzado: both 1 for 3, 1 R – Hilligoss tripled
Eduardo Nunez: 1 for 2, 1 RBI
Seth Fortenberry: 0 for 3, 2 K
Kyle Anson: 2 for 3 – the conversion to catcher seems to be going well
rest of lineup: combined 0 for 9, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 3 K – Kevin Smith drove in a run with a groundout
Mike Dunn: 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 4-9 GB/FB – 18 walks in his last 34 IP after allowing only 12 walks in 66 IP to start the year
Jon Hovis: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GB/FB
Game 2 (6-1 win over Savannah in 7 innings)
Mitch Hilligoss: 2 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Eduardo Nunez & Josue Calzado: both 1 for 4 – Nunez walked
Seth Fortenberry: 0 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K – that makes for an ugly doubleheader
Kevin Smith: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB
Joe Muich: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 E (pickoff) – breaks an 0 for 11
Chase Odenreider: 1 for 3, 3 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI
Wilmer Pino: 1 for 2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Chevy Nova: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K – 34 baserunners & 19 ER allowed in his last 16 IP
Luke Trubee: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 4-0 GB/FB
Jesse Hoover: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 4-1 GB/FB – he’s been better than you ever could have expected him to be after a 2+ year layoff 

Short Season Staten Island (7-2 loss to Vermont)
Justin Snyder: 2 for 4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K – .354-.480-.557-1.037
Luis Nunez, Braedyn Pruitt, Jose Gil & Chris Raber: all 1 for 2 – Nunez K’ed & was caught stealing…Raber K’ed & doubled…Gil was hit by a pitch & allowed 2 more passed balls (by my count, that’s 759,146 this year)
Damon Sublett: 1 for 4, 1 BB, 1 CS – picked off first…2 for his last 10 after going 9 for his previous 28 with 5 doubles
Taylor Holiday: 0 for 3, 1 R, 2 K, 1 HBP
David Williams: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB – 7 for his last 24 after an 0 for 17 skid 
Dellin Betances: 3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1-4 GB/FB – he hasn’t been great, but he hasn’t been bad either….give him time, he’s still a ways off
Craig Heyer: 3 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 5 K – had allowed 4 ER all year prior to this game

Rookie GCL Yanks had a scheduled off day.