Lots and lots and lots of rain

Chad Jennings says that both George Kontos & JB Cox have been placed on the DL. He also mentions that Chris Garcia is done for the year after having elbow surgery. In six years with the organization, Garcia’s thrown just 290.2 innings over 67 appearances (55 starts).

Triple-A Scranton (5-1 win over Syracuse)
Kevin Russo: 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 K – still hitting a cool .350
Austin Jackson: 0 for 5, 2 K – www.sadtrombone.com
Colin Curtis, Justin Leone & Chris Stewart: all 1 for 4 – Curtis K’ed … Stewart doubled, drove in a run & scored the plate
Shelley Duncan: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB
Juan Miranda: 0 for 3, 1 BB, 1 E (fielding)
John Rodriguez: 0 for 4, 1 K
Eric Duncan: 3 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 K - had been 7 for his last 57 (.123)
Romulo Sanchez: 3 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 4-2 GB/FB – 31 of 52 pitches were strikes (59.6%) … can’t complain about that spot start
Paul Bush: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2-4 GB/FB – 30 of 43 pitches were strikes (69.8%)
Edwar Ramirez: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 0-2 GB/FB – 26 of 38 pitches were strikes (68.4%)
Jon Albaladejo: 1.1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1-2 GB/FB – 7 of 8 pitches were strikes … just eight pitches to get four outs, including a K? sign me up

Double-A Trenton had their game suspended in the middle of the second inning due to rain. They’ll finish this one up tomorrow, so I’ll update the stats then.

High-A Tampa was washed out. This is St. Lucie’s last trip into Tampa this year, so they’ll probably play two at some point this weekend.

Low-A Charleston (5-0 loss to Savannah)
Jose Pirela: 1 for 4, 1 K, 1 E (missed catch)
Melky Mesa: 3 for 4, 1 K – threw a runner out at home from RF … 6 for 9 since the break
Chase Weems: 1 for 3, 1 BB, 2 K
Everyone else: ombined 0 for 20, 5 BB, 2 K – Addison Maruszak, Garrison Lassiter & Tommy Baldridge all drew one walk, Mike Lyon drew two
Casey Erickson: 5.1 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HB, 7-7 GB/FB
Dan Kapala: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 2-2 GB/FB
Pat Venditte: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1-1 GB/FB - just his second walk of the year, first since May 13th … counting the All-Star game, he’s allowed four runs in his last 3.1 IP

Short Season Staten Island’s game was delayed by rain, and is taking forever to complete. Here’s the box score, I can’t wait around to write up the update. Sorry.

The Rookie GCL Yanks were rained out. They’ll make this game up as part of a July 7th doubleheader.