George Kontos was named Eastern League Pitcher of the Week, so congrats to him. Jim Callis at Baseball America answered a question about two-sport eligiblity in this week’s Ask BA, which applies to the Yanks’ 29th round pick Mike Jones, who’s also a senior wideout for Arizona State.
Triple-A Scranton (3-2 win over Pawtucket, walk-off style)
Brett Gardner & Chris Stewart: 1 for 3 – Gardner drew a pair of walks … Stewart walked & K’ed
Bernie Castro: 1 for 4, 1 RBI – walk-off single
Matt Carson & Ben Broussard: both 0 for 3, 1 BB
Juan Miranda: 2 for 4, 1 R
Shelley Duncan: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K – well I guess the shoulder’s fine
Cody Ransom: 0 for 2, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K
Eric Duncan: 1 for 4, 1 2B
Chase Wright: 6.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 2 HB, 10-5 GB/FB – 63 of 89 pitches were strikes (70.8%)
Phil Coke: 1.2 IP, zeroes, 3 K – 15 of 22 pitches strikes (68.2%)
Steven Jackson: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Double-A Trenton (9-6 win over Connecticut)
Reegie Corona: 0 for 5, 1 E (throwing)
Ramiro Pena & Walt Ibarra: both 0 for 2 – Pena drew a walk, scored a run & was taken out of the game with an 8 run lead in the top of the 6th … Ibarra K’ed & committed a fielding error
Austin Jackson: 4 for 5, 3 R, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K – 8 for his last 12 after a 4 for 28 stretch
Chris Malec: 2 for 4, 3 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Colin Curtis: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI
Kevin Russo: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Cody Ehlers: 2 for 5, 1 RBI, 1 K – raised his avg to .203 … having just a brutal season
Joe Muich: 0 for 4, 4 K, 1 PB – not the best game of his career
James Cooper: 3 for 4, 1 2B, 1 RBI
Eric Hacker: 6 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 10-5 GB/FB – 93-31 K/BB ratio
Zack Kroenke: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 0 K
Jose Valdez: 2.1 IP, zeroes, 1 K
High-A Tampa (10-5 win over Lakeland)
Luis Nunez: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 E (fielding, throwing)
Eduardo Nunez & Josh Kreuzer: both 2 for 4 – Nunez scored 2 runs, drove in 3 & swiped a bag … Kreuzer drove in 2 runs & K’ed twice
Kevin Smith & Kyle Anson: both 1 for 3 – Smith drew two walks … Anson drew a walk & scored a pair of runs
Seth Fortenberry: 0 for 3, 1 BB
Andres Perez: 3 for 4, 1 R, 2 SB, 1 CS
Mitch Hilligoss: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 K – 8 for his last 39 (.205)
Tim Battle: 2 for 3, 3 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB
Chris Garcia: 3 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 1-2 GB/FB
Ronny Marte: 1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 K – you’re not in the GCL anymore
Rob Semerano: 3 P, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Grant Duff: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Low-A Charleston (15-0 pounding of Greenville)
Justin Snyder: 3 for 6, 3 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K – had been 0 for his last 13
Bradley Suttle: 3 for 5, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 HR, 2 RBI – missed the cycle by a two-bagger … 8 of his last 13 hits have gone for extra bases (5 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR)
Jesus Montero: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 K
Austin Romine: 2 for 5, 2 R, 1 2B
Austin Krum: 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 K – 15 for his last 35 (.429)
Brandon Laird: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K – that’s 4 homers in the past 3 days
Carmen Angelini: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 K
Abe Almonte: 1 for 1, 3 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 BB
Prilys Cuello: 1 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB – 6 for his last 11 (.545)
Wilkins DeLaRosa: 7 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 9-7 GB/FB – awesome
Gabe Medina: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 6-0 GB/FB
Short Season Staten Island (9-4 win over Brooklyn)
Addison Maruszack (17) & Jack Rye (13): both 2 for 4, 1 RBI – Maruszack drew 2 walks, scored 2 runs & swiped a bag
David Adams (3): 0 for 6, 3 K – ouch
Brian Baisley: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 RBI
Marcos Vechionacci & Dan Brewer (8): both 1 for 4, 1 RBI – Vech K’ed … Brewer K’ed twice, was hit by a pitch, stole a base & threw a runner out at home from CF
Mike Lyon (24): 1 for 1, 2 R, 1 2B – took over at the hot corner from Vech in the 7th
Mitch Abeita (19): 1 for 4, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
Steve Strausbaugh: 1 for 3, 2 RBI, 2 BB
Jahdiel Santamaria: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 CS
Andy Shive (35): 3.2 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 3-2 GB/FB – solid job filling in for Luke Greinke, who’s out with what the Yanks are calling a sore shoulder
Andy Shetrone: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Jacinto Gonell: 1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Josue Selenes: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
Nick Asselin: 1 IP, zeroes, 3-0 GB/FB
Rookie GCL Yanks (4-3 win over GCL Braves)
Jose Pirela, Wady Rufino & Mitch Delaney (21): all 1 for 5 – Pirela committed a fielding error … Rufino K’ed … Delaney scored a run & K’ed four freakin’ times
Corban Joseph (4): 2 for 5, 1 2B – 17 of 33 hits have gone for extra bases (51.5%)
Jimmy Paredes: 1 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K
Chase Weems: 0 for 0, 1 HBP – left the game after getting plunked in the top of the 2nd
Francisco Arcia: 1 for 2, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HBP
Chris Smith (5) & Roy Gomez: both 0 for 4 – Smith drove in a run … Gomez K’ed twice
Zoilo Almonte: 2 for 4, 2 RBI
Matt Richardson (15): 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 4-4 GB/FB
Mikey O’Brien (9): 3.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 2 HB – the Richardson-O’Brien tandem is reminiscent of Betances-McAllister back in ’06
Clint Preisendorfer (42): 1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 2-1 GB/FB
Ryan Flannery (47): 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 Balk, 1 HB