The longest DotF ever

All six affiliates in action with two doubleheaders AND an IPK rehab appearance AND a College World Series update? Are you kidding me?!?

Anywho, Jeff Karstens was named the International League Pitcher of the Week, The Mexican Gangster was promoted to Scranton, and 15th rounder Matt Richardson signed. He was an all-glove, no-hit shortstop coming into the draft, but the Yanks are going to groom him as a pitcher. On to the updates!

Triple-A Scranton (6-0 win over Columbus)
Brett Gardner: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 BB, 1 K – Chad Jennings said he scored from second on a groundout & threw a runner out at home from CF … 7 hits, 7 walks, 6 runs scored, 4 stolen bases, 2 strikeouts in his last 4 games
Cody Ransom: 0 for 1 – left the game after flying out in the first
Chris Basak: 1 for 2, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 K
Shelley Duncan: 0 for 4, 1 RBI
Juan Miranda: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI – 14 hits (4 doubles) in his last 5 games
Jason Lane: 0 for 3, 1 BB
Eric Duncan: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K
Matt Carson: 0 for 4 – had been 13 of his 36
JD Closser: 3 for 3, 2 R, 2 2B, 1 BB
The Ghost of Kei Igawa: 6.2 IP, 7 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 6-7 GB/FB – 61 of 105 pitches were strikes (58.1%)
David Robertson: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2-0 GB/FB – 12 of 17 pitches were strikes (70.6%)
Scott Patterson: 1 IP, zeroes, 0-3 GB/FB

Double-A Trenton (4-3 win over Erie)
Ramiro Pena: 0 for 4, 1 K, 1 HBP – 6 for his last 33
Austin Jackson: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 SB
Colin Curtis: 1 for 2, 2 BB, 2 E (fielding, throwing) – still just 4 for his last 31
Edwar Gonzalez: 1 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 CS
Jose Tabata: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB
PJ Pilittere & Reegie Corona: both 2 for 4, 1 R – PJ K’ed & committed a passed bal … Corona homered, drove in 2 & K’ed twice
Jason Jones: 5 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 4-7 GB/FB
Kevin Whelan: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 0-3 GB/FB
Mark Melancon: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 6-1 GB/FB – dominant

High-A Tampa
Game 1 (7-6 win over Daytona in 8 innings, walk-off style) Tampa turned 5 double plays as a team, four of the 4-6-3 variety
Eduardo Nunez, Mitch Hilligoss & Jose Gil: all 1 for 4 – Nunez & Hilligoss each drove in a run … Nunez also K’ed
James Cooper: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 HBP
Andres Perez: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
CJ Henry: 3 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 CS – and just like that, he doubles his season hit total
Luis Nunez & Tim Battle: both 2 for 4, 2 R – Battle had a walk-off double plus another RBI earlier in the game
Ivan Nova: 7 IP, 10 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HB, 13-4 GB/FB – 26 ER allowed in his last 27.2 IP
Phil Bartlewski: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 3-0 GB/FB
Game 2 (2-0 loss to Daytona in 7 innings)
James Cooper & Kevin Smith: both 1 for 3 – Cooepr K’ed once, Smith twice
Mitch Hilligoss: 2 for 3, 2 CS – 14 for his last 39
rest of lineup: combined 0 for 13, 3 BB, 5 K, 1 CS, 1 E – Eduardo Nunez, Andres Perez & Tim Battle each drew a walk … Seth Fortenberry committed a fielding error
Zach McAllister: 6 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 10-5 GB/FB – the only hit was a solo jack … talk about a hard luck loss
Jon Hovis: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

Low-A Charleston had their game suspended due to rain after the second inning. The weather has been awful down there; they’ve played less than 4 innings of baseball since Friday. I’m guessing they’ll finish it up tomorrow. I’ll update the stats then.

Short Season Staten Island (4-1 loss to Aberdeen)
Ray Kruml: 0 for 3, 3 K – now that’s not what a leadoff hitter is supposed to do
David Adams: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K – 3 for his last 7 after starting the season 0 for 10
Braedyn Pruitt: 0 for 2, 2 BB, 1 K – he’s hitting .195 (22 for 113) this year
Brian Baisley, Dan Brewer, Mike Lyon & Taylor Grote: all 1 for 4 – Baisley drove in a run … Lyon doubled … Grote K’ed twice, the other 3 each K’ed once … Grote also committed a fielding error
Jahdiel Santamaria: 0 for 4, 1 K
Addison Maruszack: 0 for 3, 1 BB, 2 K
Luke Greinke: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 3-1 GB/FB – came out after a lengthy rain delay
Brad Rulon: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 2-2 GB/FB
Andy Shive: 2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

Rookie GCL Yankees
Game 1 (3-2 win over the GCL Tigers) this was the completion of Saturday’s game that was suspended due to rain
Jose Pirela: 0 for 3, 1 BB
Corban Joseph: 0 for 4, 3 K – still looking for his first career hit
Zoilo Almonte: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Chad Gross: 0 for 2, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP
Tom Baldridge: 1 for 2, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Jimmy Paredes: 1 for 3, 2 RBI, 1 K – sleeper
Chase Weems, Andres Dionicio & Neall French: all 0 for 3 – Weems made a throwing error
Francisco Rondon: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 4-4 GB/FB
IPK: 3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 0-2 GB/FB – he was on a pretty strict pitch count, hence only 3 IP
Chase Wright: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 2-2 GB/FB – ditto IPK’s comment
Game 2 (2-1 loss to GCL Tigers)
Zoilo Almonte & Chad Gross: both 1 for 4, 2 K
Tom Baldridge: 1 for 3, 1 K
rest of lineup: combined 0 for 19, 1 R, 1 SB, 1 HBP, 6 K – 5th rounder Chris Smith made his pro debut as a DH (batting second), and scored a run after getting hit by a pitch & stealing a base
Dicky Marquez: 4.1 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 4-5 GB/FB
Nick Asselin: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Gabe Tatis: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 3-0 GB/FB
Ryan Flannery: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Georgia beat Fresno State 7-6 in Game 1 of the best-of-three College World Series Finals tonight. Fresno’s rotation is a mess thanks to injury and/or fatigue, so they had to go with all relievers. They didn’t use a pitcher with an ERA under 6.75 until closer Brandon Burke entered the game with his 3.00 ERA in the 8th and, of course, blew a 3 run lead. Game 2 is tomorrow at 7pm and can be seen on ESPN. If Georgia wins they’ll take home their first CWS Title since 1990 (and second overall), when they beat some All-American from Stanford twice in the CWS Finals. His name: Mike Mussina. See? The world does revolve around the Yanks.