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Triple-A Scranton (2-1 win over Lehigh Valley)
Alberto Gonzalez: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Eric Duncan: 1 for 5, 1 RBI, 2 K – tied the game up in the top of the 9th after going 0 for 2 with the bases loaded earlier in the game
Matt Carson: 3 for 5, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 SB – drove in the go-ahead run with 2 outs in the top of the 9th
Juan Miranda: 0 for 5, 1 K
Cody Ransom: 0 for 4
Ben Broussard & Jason Lane: both 2 for 4, 1 K
Chris Stewart: 2 for 3 – taken out for a pinch runner (Chris Basak), who eventually scored the tying run
Nick Green: 1 for 4
Brian Bruney: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K – I imagine they’ll want him to work back-to-back days at least once before returning to the big league club
IPK: 7 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HB, 11-8 GB/FB – 56 of 89 pitches were strikes (62.9%)
Scott Strickland: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Double-A Trenton
Game 1 (5-4 win over Portland in 7 innings) this was the makeup of yesterday’s rain out
Reegie Corona: 1 for 3, 1 3B, 1 BB
Ramiro Pena: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B
Austin Jackson: 2 for 3, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB – gave Trenton the lead with a solo shot in the top of the 7th
Chris Malec: 2 for 4, 1 RBI
Colin Curtis, Edwar Gonzalez & James Cooper: all 0 for 3 – Curtis drew a walk, scored a run & was caught stealing
PJ Pilittere: 1 for 3, 1 R, 2 RBI – another solid season
Cody Ehlers: 1 for 3, 1 2B, 1 RBI
Eric Hacker: 4 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 4-3 GB/FB – picked a runner off first
Mark Melancon: 3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 6-0 GB/FB
Game 2 (3-0 win over Portland in 7 innings)
Reegie Corona: 1 for 4
Walt Ibarra & James Cooper: both 0 for 3 – Cooper K’ed twice
Austin Jackson: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B – 20 for his last 38 (.526) … I’d call that, well, inspiring ;)
Chris Malec, Edwar Gonzalez & Joe Muich: all 1 for 3 – Malec doubled, K’ed & committed a fielding error … Edwar scored a run, drove one in & K’ed twice … Muich drove in 2 runs & K’ed twice
Cody Ehlers: 0 for 2, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP – 28 for his last 179, which means he’s hitting .156 since May 15th … yikes
Phil Coke: 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 10 K, 1 WP, 5-3 GB/FB – 27 IP, 11 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 9 BB, 33 K in his last 4 starts … wowza
Eric Wordekemper: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K
High-A Tampa (10-3 win over Jupiter)
Luis Nunez: 0 for 5, 1 E (throwing)
Eduardo Nunez: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 HBP, 1 E (fielding) – and with that, he equals the number XBH he had all last year (19)
Kevin Smith: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Josh Kreuzer: 2 for 5, 2 R, 2 K
Andres Perez: 3 for 3, 3 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI – 13 for his last 29 (.448)
Jose Gil: 4 for 5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 PB – had been 2 for his last 31 (.065)
Mitch Hilligoss: 2 for 5, 1 R, 2 2B, 1 RBI – 5th multi-hit game in his last 8 contests
Tim Battle: 0 for 4, 1 K
Tom Baldridge: 0 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Ivan Nova: 6 IP, 7 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 6-9 GB/FB
Rob Semerano: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1-3 GB/FB
Wilkins Arias: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Low-A Charleston (3-1 win over Kannapolis)
Abe Almonte: 0 for 5, 3 K – tore the cover off the ball the first two month, but has slumped since, just like Ajax in 2006
Bradley Suttle: 1 for 5, 1 R
Austin Romine: 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K – breaks out of a little 0 for 14 slump
Jesus Montero: 2 for 3, 1 BB, 1 K – closing back in on .300
Brandon Laird, Carmen Angelini, David Williams & Austin Krum: all 1 for 4 – Laird drove in a run & K’ed … Angelini doubled & K’ed twice … Williams drove in a run & K’ed twice … Krum was picked off first
Justin Snyder: 2 for 4, 1 2B, 1 K
Dellin Betances: 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 7-6 GB/FB – progress
Ryan Zink: 0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K – gave up a homer, then a walk … luckily it wasn’t in the reverse order
Chase Vacek: 2 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1 HBP, 4-1 GB/FB
Jon Ortiz: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K – 66 K in 46.2 IP
Short Season Staten Island (5-4 win over Brooklyn, walk-off style)
Ray Kruml: 0 for 4, 2 K – having the best debut amongst hitters drafted this year
David Adams: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 3B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K
Brain Baisley, Jack Rye & Dan Brewer: all 1 for 4 – Baisley drove in a run & was caught stealing … Rye K’ed twice … Brewer once
Braedyn Pruitt: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 K – 9 for his last 28 (.321)
Mitch Abeita: 0 for 2, 2 BB
Taylor Grote: 0 for 2, 2 K – threw a runner out at home from LF … left the game for an unknown reason
Melky Mesa: 1 for 2, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI – took over for Grote in LF, then he hit a walk-off 3-R homer … nice
Casey Erickson: 5 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 6-1 GB/FB
Tim Dennehy: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Dan Kapala: 2 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 4-1 GB/FB – 1 ER allowed in 12.2 IP this year
Andy Shive: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K – held it down in the top of the 9th, setting it up for the Melk Man
Rookie GCL Yanks (9-6 win over GCL Jays)
Corban Joseph: 3 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 E (throwing) – 13 for his last 33 (.394) with 8 XBH … congrats on the first career homer
Jimmy Parades: 5 for 5, 2 R, 1 RBI
Mike Jones: 0 for 4, 1 K – .184-.273-.286 for the former Sun Devil
Chad Gross: 1 for 5, 1 RBI, 1 K
Zoilo Almonte: 1 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Chase Weems: 0 for 2, 1 K, 1 PB, 2 E (catcher interference, throwing) – left the game in the bottom of the 5th for an unknown reason
Chris Smith: 2 for 3, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HBP
Humberto Sanchez: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1-1 GB/FB – stretchin’ out
Manny Banuelos: 2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Ronny Marte: 2.1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 3-2 GB/FB
Shawn Joy: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Mike Obradovich: 1.1 IP, zeroes, 1 K – lowers his WHIP to 0.12