Mike Ashmore has an update on reliever Grant Duff, who has a screw in his elbow and is coming back from a stress fracture that caused him to the miss the second half of last year. He’s pitching in Extended Spring Training now and could be back with an affiliate as soon as next week. Noaya Okamoto is the on the phantom disabled list, allowing Wilkins Arias to be activated.
Triple-A Scranton (3-1 win over Gwinnett)
Greg Golson, CF: 2 for 5, 2 RBI, 1 K – left the game after reaching on an error in the 7th, so presumably it was an injury
P.J. Pilittere, PR-1B: 0 for 0 – came in for Golson
Kevin Russo, 2B: 1 for 5, 2 K
Jesus Montero, C: 3 for 5 – yawn
Jorge Vazquez, 1B-3B: 1 for 5, 1 K
Justin Maxwell, LF-CF: 0 for 4, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K – those are strikes 38 and 39 … Austin Jackson-esque
Brandon Laird, 3B-LR: 1 for 3, 2 BB – had four walks all year coming into the game
Jordan Parraz, RF: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K – threw a runner out at the plate
Ramiro Pena, SS: 0 for 2, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K – left the game after fouling a pitch off his instep in the fifth, which has the potential to be very bad
Doug Bernier, SS: 0 for 2, 2 K
Gus Molina, DH: 0 for 4, 1 BB, 2 K
Hector Noesi, RHP: 5.2 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 Balk, 1 HB, 2-5 GB/FB – 57 of 85 pitches were strikes (67.1%) … that’s better than last time out, when he walked everyone
Eric Wordekemper, RHP: 0.1 IP, zeroes, 1 K – threw just three pitches … that’s just his fifth strikeout of the year (in 12 IP)
Luis Ayala, RHP: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1-0 GB/FB – ten of 16 pitches were strikes (62.5%) … and the rehab stint is officially underway
Ryan Pope, RHP: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GB/FB – seven of nine pitches were strikes … he’s off the disabled list now
Kevin Whelan, RHP: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 1-0 GB/FB – 11 of 15 pitches were strikes (73.3%) … dude’s been a beast this year
Double-A Trenton (5-3 win over Portland)
Austin Krum, LF & Ray Kruml, RF: both 0 for 3 – Krum walked, Kruml whiffed twice
Dan Brewer, DH & Bradley Suttle, 3B: both 2 for 4 – Brewer stole a base and plated a run … Suttle doubled, scored, and whiffed
Austin Romine, C: 0 for 4, 1 K
Melky Mesa, CF: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K – had been hitless in his last 19 at-bats
Corban Joseph, 2B: 1 for 4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 K – hitting streak is up to 14 games
Jose Pirela, SS; 1 for 3 – got picked off first
Addison Maruszak, 1B: 2 for 3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 SB
Craig Heyer, RHP: 5 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HB, 5-7 GB/FB- he was sitting right around 89 mph
Tim Norton, RHP: 2 IP, zeroes, 3 K, 3-0 GB/FB – very nice … he was sitting 93-94 mph … 19-4 K/BB ratio in 12.2 IP
Brian Anderson, RHP: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K – that’s his first walk of the year (just 7.2 IP though)
Fernando Hernandez, RHP: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1-0 GB/FB
High-A Tampa (3-0 loss to Clearwater)
Abe Almonte, DH & Walt Ibarra, 2B: both 0 for 4 – Ibarra struck out
Rob Lyerly, 3B, Luke Murton, 1B, Jason Place, RF & Taylor Grote, CF: all 1 for 4 – Lyerly committed a fielding error … Murton struck out twice and committed an error on a pickoff play … Place doubled and whiffed twice … Grote struck out
Zoilo Almonte, LF: 0 for 3, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
Mitch Abeita, C: 0 for 2, 2 BB
Kevin Mahoney, 2B: 1 for 3, 1 BB, 2 K
Brett Marshall, RHP: 5 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 9 K, 3-1 GB/FB – there’s the big strikeout game we’ve been waiting for … hopefully this is the start of a nice little roll
Ronny Marte, RHP: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 1-1 GB/FB
Ryan Flannery, RHP: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 4-0 GB/FB – dude threw 83.2 IP in relief last year
Low-A Charleston (8-0 loss to Delmarva)
Slade Heathcott, CF: 1 for 4, 1 BB
Anderson Feliz, 2B, Gary Sanchez, C & Jose Mojica, SS: all 0 for 4- Feliz and Mojica each whiffed twice … Sanchez committed a fielding error while Mojica missed a catch … Sanchez also allowed two passed balls, already his eighth and ninth of the year
J.R. Murphy, DH: 0 for 3, 1 BB, 2 K
Ramon Flores, LF: 0 for 1, 3 BB – this guy man, that’s 23 BB in 22 games
Rob Segedin, 3B: 2 for 4, 1 K
Kelvin DeLeon, RF: 1 for 4, 1 K
Kyle Roller, 1B: 2 for 3, 1 BB
Zach Nuding, RHP: 3.2 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 4-2 GB/FB, 1 E (fielding) – easily his worst start of the year, but one stinker out of every five starts ain’t terrible
Michael Recchia, RHP: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1-2 GB/FB
Rich Martinez, RHP: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 4-1 GB/FB
Manny Barreda, RHP: 1 IP, zeroes, 3-0 GB/FB
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