Jackson, Montero both go deep

Dom Amore had a great article on High-A Tampa reliever Tim Norton in today’s Hartford Courant. Norton has missed most of the last two seasons with major shoulder surgery before coming back earlier this year. Check it out, good stuff.

In case you missed it, Joe had some minor league notes earlier, including word on Jeremy Bleich’s promotion to Double-A Trenton.

Make sure you scroll down for tonight’s game thread.

Triple-A Scranton (6-2 loss to Rochester)
Kevin Russo: 0 for 3, 1 BB
Austin Jackson: 1 for 3, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K – just his second homer of the year
Colin Curtis & Eric Duncan: both 0 for 4 – Curtis K’ed once, E-Dunc twice
Shelley Duncan & PJ Pilittere: both 1 for 4  – Shelley doubled … PJ K’ed
Juan Miranda: 1 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Justin Leone: 0 for 2 – left with a leg injury
Kevin Cash: 0 for 1, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (fielding) – played third after Leone left the game
The Ghost of Kei Igawa: 6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 4-11 GB/FB – 64 of 103 pitches were strikes (62.1%)
Zach Kroenke: 2 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 1-1 GB/FB – 25 of 41 pitches were strikes (61%) … the walk was intentional

Double-A Trenton (8-3 loss to Reading)
Austin Krum & Edwar Gonzalez: both 0 for 4 – Krum drew a walk, was caught stealing & K’ed … Edwar K’ed twice & threw a runner out at second from LF
Reegie Corona & Chris Malec: both 1 for 3 – Corona hit a solo jack & drew a walk … Malec doubled
Eduardo Nunez: 2 for 4, 1 E (throwing)
Jorge Vazquez: 0 for 4, 1 K
Jesus Montero: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K – first AA homer
Noah Hall: 0 for 3
Marcos Vechionacci: 1 for 4, 1 RBI – OPS hovering right around .600
Jason Stephens: 3 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, , 1 HB, 4-1 GB/FB
Wilkins Arias: 2.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1-2 GB/FB
Jose Valdez: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 6-1 GB/FB
Amaury Sanit: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 0-1 GB/FB

High-A Tampa
Game 1 (5-4 loss to St. Lucie in 7 innings) make up of yesterday’s game, which was postponed due to wet grounds
Dan Brewer: 3 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K – picked off second
Eric Fryer: 2 for 4
Damon Sublett, Kevin Smith & Luis Nunez: all 0 for 3 – Sublett K’ed twice, Smith once … Nunez scored a run
Austin Romine & Seth Fortenberry: both 0 for 2, 1 BB, 1 K – Romine gunned down two runners trying to steal second
Brandon Laird: 1 for 2, 1 R, 1 HBP
David Adams: 1 for 3, 1 R
Ryan Zink: 6 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 6-7 GB/FB – 107 baserunners allowed in 69.1 IP (1.54 WHIP)
Humberto Sanchez: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0-1 GB/FB, 1 E (fielding)
Game 2 (3-0 win over St. Lucie in 7 innings)
Jack Rye, Matt Cusick & Walt Ibarra: all 1 for 3 – Rye drew a walk … Cusick doubled, scored a run & drove one in
Dan Brewer: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 K, 1 SB – nice little day at the plate
Brandon Laird: 1 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 CS
Seth Fortenberry & Mitch Hilligoss: both 2 for 3, 1 2B – Fortenberry scored a run, Hilligoss drove one in
David Adams & Jose Gil: both 0 for 3, 1 K
Lance Pendleton: 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 6-7 GB/FB – 16 straight scoreless innings
Grant Duff: 1 IP, zeroes, 3-0 GB/FB
Jon Hovis: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1-0 GB/FB – I wonder if he’ll still close even though Pat Venditte’s now on board

Low-A Charleston (9-2 win over Savannah)
Jose Pirela & Ray Kruml: both 3 for 5, 1 BB – Pirela stole a bag & scored twice … Kruml tripled, scored a run, drove in four K’ed twice & threw a runner out at second from LF
Corban Joseph: 3 for 6, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI – second straight game with a jack
Melky Mesa: 3 for 4, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K – when your 1-4 hitters get on base a combined 16 times, you’ll score a lot of runs
Abe Almonte & Taylor Grote: both 1 for 5 – Almonte K’ed twice … Grote scored a run, drove one in & K’ed
Garrison Lassiter: 1 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 2 E (both fielding)
Tommy Baldridge: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 2 K
David Phelps: 6 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 7-7 GB/FB, 1 E (pickoff)
Brandon Braboy: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER,  0 BB, 3 K, 2-3 GB/FB
Jon Ortiz: 0.1 IP, zeroes, 1-0 GB/FB

Short Season Staten Island (8-7 win over Aberdeen, walk-off style)
Francisco Santana: 1 for 5, 1 K – picked off first
Jimmy Paredes & Zoilo Almonte: both 2 for 4, 2 R – Paredes stole a base & doubled … Zoilo swiped two bags & K’ed
Kyle Higashioka: 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 3 RBI
Neil Medchill & Kelvin Castro: both 2 for 4, 1 2B – Medchill scored a run, drove one in & K’ed … Castro both scored & K’ed twice
Luke Murton: 0 for 3, 1 K – 11 K in 8 games
Chad Gross: 3 for 4, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 1 K
Hector Rabago: 1 fir 3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB – he’s played four positions in six games (C, 2B, SS, and now 3B)
Trenton Lare: 4.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 6-3 GB/FB – gave up three solo homers
Mike Solbach: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 3-2 GB/FB
Sam Elam: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 3 WP, 1 HBP – uh … effectively wild?
Griffin Bailey: 0.1 IP, zeroes, 0-1 GB/FB
Ronnie Marte: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 0-2 GB/FB

The Rookie GCL Yanks had a scheduled off day.