Comeback for the ages in Tampa

So with three starters traded away, Scranton’s left with Al Aceves, Kei Igawa & IPK in their rotation. Chad Jennings says that Alan Horne will rejoin the team and start Monday, but Wednesday’s starter is still up in the air. Maybe Phil Coke or Jason Jones gets bumped up from Trenton, but word is that Coke will start having his innings limited. Both guys certainly deserve it, but either way they’d just be keeping the spot warm for Phil Hughes.

Triple-A Scranton (4-3 win over Rochester)
Alberto Gonzalez: 0 for 3
Eric Duncan & Juan Miranda: both 0 for 4 – E-Dunc K’ed
Matt Carson: 1 for 4, 1 R, 2 K – threw a runner out at first from CF
Cody Ransom: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (missed catch)
Ben Broussard & Chris Stewart: both 1 for 3 – Broussard was hit by a pitch, scored a run & K’ed … Stewart drove in a run & picked a runer off first with a snap throw
JD Closser: 3 for 3, 1 RBI – 10 for his last 22 (.455)
Greg Porter: 1 for 2, 1 2B, 1 HB
The Ghost of Kei Igawa: 6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 0-13 GB/FB, 1 E (throwing) – not one ground ball? sheesh
Steven Jackson: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 3-0 GB/FB – 3 baserunners allowed in his last 6.2 IP
Scott Strickland: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

Double-A Trenton (6-3 loss to Portland)
Reegie Corona: 1 for 5, 1 RBI, 1 K
Ramiro Pena & Colin Curtis: both 0 for 4 – Curtis K’ed twice
Austin Jackson & Cody Ehlers: both 1 for 4 – Ajax K’ed twice …  Ehlers doubled, drove in a run, score a run & K’ed
Chris Malec & James Cooper: both 1 for 3, 1 BB – Malec scored a run & committed a fielding error … Cooper drove a run & K’ed
Walt Ibarra: 2 for 4, 1 2B, 1 K
Joe Muich: 3 for 4, 1 R, 2 2B
George Kontos: 6 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 4 BB, 7 K, 8-3 GB/FB – uh, can we have McCutchen back now? … in all seriousness, the last 24 hours have been rather weird for him, so he gets a mulligan
Oneli Perez: 2 IP, zeroes, 3 K, 0-3 GB/FB
Mike Gardner: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

High-A Tampa
Game 1 (3-0 win over Dunedin in 7 innings) makeup of yesterday’s game that was cancelled due to a power outage
Luis Nunez: 0 for 2
Eduardo Nunez, Kevin Smith & Andres Perez: all 1 for 3 – Nunez drove in a run & K’ed … Smith drove in a run … Perez K’ed
Josh Kreuzer & Mitch Hilligoss: both 0 for 3
Seth Fortenberry & Kyle Anson: both 2 for 3, 1 R – Fortenberry hit a solo bomb & K’ed
Tommy Baldridge (33): 2 for 2, 1 R
Zach McAllister: 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 8-9 GB/FB – 94-16 K/BB ratio on the year … wow … although he is no Jeremy Hellickson in that department
Game 2 (8-7 win over Dunedin in 7 innings, walk-off style) Tampa was down 7-2 heading into the bottom of the 7th, but 4 walks, 4 singles & a double helped them rally for 6 runs and the win
Luis Nunez & Seth Fortenberry: both 0 for 3, 1 BB – Nunez scored a run, K’ed thrice & committed a fielding error … Fortenberry K’ed twice & was intentionally walked in the bottom of the 7th to load the bases and set up the double play that would never come
Tim Battle & Andres Perez: both 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 K – Battle swiped a bag … Perez drove in the winning run with a walk-off single
Kevin Smith: 0 for 2, 1 RBI, 2 BB
Eduardo Nunez: 0 for 0, 1 R – scored the winning run after pinch running for Smith
Josh Kreuzer & Mitch Hilligoss: both 1 for 3 – Kreuzer drove in two, drew a walk & K’ed twice … Hilligoss doubled, drove in a run, scored a run & K’ed
Jose Gil: 1 for 2, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Chris Kunda: 2 for 3, 1 R, 2 RBI
Grant Duff: 2.2 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 2 WP, 2 HB, 3-3 GB/FB
Phil Bartlewski: 2.1 IP, zeroes, 4 K, 1-1 GB/GB
Rob Semerano: 2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HB, 3-2 GB/FB – wouldn’t have been a 6 run comeback without you

Low-A Charleston (12-9 oss to Hickory)
Abe Almonte: 1 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 SB – threw a runner out at third from CF … hopefully this game helps him break out of his massive slump
Bradley Suttle: 3 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB – 17 for his last 48 (.354)
Austin Romine: 3 for 5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 E (throwing)
Jesus Montero: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI,  1BB, 1 K – he’s going to finish the year with close to 50 XBH in the Sally League as an 18-yr old catcher … holy schnikees
Brandon Laird: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI
Justin Snyder: 0 for 4, 1 BB, 1 K
Carmen Angelini: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 SB, 2 E (fielding, throwing)
Prilys Cuello: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K – seemed like a legit prospect just a year ago, but he’s not much more than filler really … beware of those to-good-to-be-true DSL scouting reports, I’m tellin’ ya
Austin Krum: 2 for 5, 1 2B, 2 RBI
Noel Castillo: 4 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 3 R, 2 BB, 4 K, 4-4 GB/FB
Adam Olbrychowski: 3.1 IP, 10 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HB, 4-3 GB/FB – 22 baserunners & 13 runs allowed in 5 IP since moving to the bullpen … yikes
Chase Vacek: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 2 WP – doesn’t it seem like he pitches every day?
Stephen Artz: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

Short Season Staten Island (4-1 win over Brooklyn)
Ray Kruml (11): 0 for 4, 1 R, 1 K
David Adams (3): 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K – he’s now 2 for his last 19 (.105)
Brian Baisley: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI – best player on the best team in the division is also the oldest position player in the league
Jack Rye (13): 1 for 4
Dan Brewer (8) & Addison Maruszack (17): both 0 for 3 – Brewer K’ed & threw a runner out at second from RF
Braedyn Pruitt: 0 for 1 – left in the top of the 4th for an unknown reason
Mitch Abeita (19) & Taylor Grote: both 2 for 3 – Abeita scored a run & doubled … Grote K’ed
Brandon Braboy (18): 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 5-7 GB/FB
Andy Shetrone: 1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HB
Brad Rulon (34): 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 WP – 35 K in 25 IP … utter dominance by the Georgia Tech alum

The Rookie GCL Yanks‘ box score hasn’t been posted yet. Here’s the GCL Scoreboard, they’ll get it updated eventually.