Montero’s strong second half continues

Triple-A Scranton had a scheduled off day.

Double-A Trenton (8-2 win over Reading)
Reegie Corona: 2 for 5, 1 R, 2 K
Frankie Cervelli & Austin Jackson: both 1 for 4, 2 RBI – Cervelli was hit by a pitch … Ajax doubled, drew a walk, scored 2 runs & K’ed
Chris Malec: 3 for 5, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K
Colin Curtis: 1 for 5, 1 K – 7 for his last 39 (.179)
PJ Pilittere: 0 for 4, 1 RBI
Edwar Gonzalez & Kevin Russo: both 2 for 4, 2 R – Edwar hit a solo jack giving him 6 homers in his last 7 games
James Cooper: 1 for 3, 1R, 1 BB
Victor Zambrano: 5 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 3-6 GB/FB – can they trade him for Scott Kazmir yet?
Johnny Nunez: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 2-0 GB/FB
Jose Valdez: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 3-2 GB/FB

High-A Tampa had their game at Lakeland cancelled due to rain, presumably due to Tropical Storm Fay. The game will not be made up.

Low-A Charleston (3-1 loss to Lakewood)
The Austins: both 1 for 4 – Krum drove in a run … Romine if 15 for his last 43 (.349)
Bradley Suttle, Abe Almonte & Carmen Angelini: all 0 for 4
Jesus Montero: 2 for 4, 1 3B – he’s got a chance to finish with 60 XBH, that’s completely insane … he’s at 47 now
Justin Snyder & David Williams: both 2 for 4 – Williams scored a run, K’ed twice & threw a runner out at second from LF
Prilys Cuello: 1 for 3, 1 E (fielding)
Adam Olbrychowki: 5 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 5 BB, 6 K, 6-3 GB/FB – 38 runs allowed in his last 47.2 IP since June 5th (7.17 ERA)
Gabe Medina: 2 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 2-3 GB/FB – Staten Island’s 2007 Opening Day starter has allowed 9 runs allowed in his last 7.2 IP (10.56 ERA)
Angel Reyes: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

Short Season Staten Island is off until Thursday for the All-Star break. Here’s the rosters.

Rookie GCL Yanks
Game 1 (2-0 win over GCL Indians in 7 innings) makeup of Saturday’s rainout
Corban Joseph (4): 2 for 3
Kyle Higashioka (7), Jimmy Paredes, Neall French, Kelvin Castro, Roy Gomez & Chris Smith (5): all 0 or 2 – Higashioka drew a walk … Paredes was hit by a pitch … French drew a walk & scored a run … Gomez K’ed … Smith drove in a run with a fielder’s choice, but was thrown out at second because he was getting greedy
Zoilo Almonte: 1 for 3
Alvaro Ramirez: 1 for 1, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SB
Humberto Sanchez: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0-2 GB/FB
Manny Banuelos: 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 10-2 GB/FB – domination in every sense of the word
Game 2 (2-1 loss to GCL Indians)
Emerson Landoni & Spencer Lucian (31): both 2 for 3 – Landoni scored a run
Corban Joseph (4): 1 for 2
rest of lineup: combined 0 for 15, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 SB – Jimmy Paredes swiped a bag … Zoilo Almonte drew the walk & drove in the team’s only run with a groundout
Arodys Vizcaino: 5 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 1 HB, 2-9 GB/FB – 42-10 K/BB ratio in his last 37 IP
Shawn Joy: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K