Starting pitching is the name of the game

The combined line for the starters today: 25.1 IP, 13 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 5 BB, 25 K. Wow.

Triple-A Scranton (3-1 win over Buffalo)
Brett Gardner: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 K
Shelley Duncan & Greg Porter: both 2 for 3 – Shelley homered, had 3 RBI and walked … Porter K’ed
rest of lineup: combined 0 for 18, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K
Dan Giese: 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 9 K – who needs Alan Horne?
Heath Phillips: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K – only the second & third hits he’s allowed this year
Scott Patterson & Jose Veras: both 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K

Double-A Trenton (2-1 win over New Britain)
Reegie Corona & Austin Jackson: both 0 for 4 – Corona K’ed once, Jackson twice
Colin Curtis: 1 for 3, 1 R
Matt Carson: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI – 3 doubles, 2 triple, 3 homers & 11 RBI in his last 9 games
Cody Ehlers & Joe Muich: both 1 for 3 – Ehlers doubled
Jose Tabata: 0 for 4, 2 K, 1 E (fielding)
Chris Malec & Kevin Russo: both 0 for 3
George Kontos: 6.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K – finally manages to lift his K/BB ratio above 1.00
Zach Kroenke: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Bo Hall: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K
Eric Wordekemper: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

High-A Tampa (4-2 win over Fort Myers)
Damon Sublett, Josue Calzado, Braedyn Pruitt: all 1 for 4 – Sublett drove a run in, walked, K’ed twice & committed a fielding error … Calzado doubled & K’ed … Pruitt doubled, but is still hitting .080
Eduardo Nunez: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B
James Cooper, Edwar Gonzalez, Seth Fortenberry & Luis Nunez: all 2 for 4 – Cooper scored a run, doubled, drove in another run, K’ed & swiped a bag … Edwar scored a run … Fortenberry plated a run & K’ed for the 18th time in the last 9 games … Nunez doubled twice
Eric Hacker: 7 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 7-10 GB/FB – hasn’t allowed an earned run in his last 27.1 IP, dating back to his Opening Day start on April 3rd
Grant Duff: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Jon Hovis: 1 IP, zeroes

Low-A Charleston (5-3 in over Columbus) they’re now 18-3 on the year, and have yet to lose at home
Abe Almonte, Justin Snyder, David Williams & Carmen Angelini: all 1 for 4 – Abe scored a run & stole a base … Snyder K’ed & managed to not make an error … Williams doubled & K’ed … Angelini has a modest 4 game hit streak
Bradley Suttle: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 BB – picked up right where he left off before going on the DL
Hey-Zeus: 2 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 E (throwing) – 34 hits in 21 games … he’ll see a good amount of action behind the plate with Romine on the DL
Brandon Laird: 1 for 4, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (throwing)
Wady Rufino: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 HBP
Dellin Betances: 6 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 7 K, 5-5 GB/FB – 35 K in 26.1 IP
Jesse Hoover: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Jonathan Ortiz: 1 IP, zeroes, 3 K – 14-0 K/BB ratio in 8.2 IP