Make sure you scroll down for tonight’s game thread. Also, Ryan Pope has been placed on the disabled list, which might explain the shellacking he took the other night.
Short Season Staten Island (5-3 loss to Brooklyn)
Mason Williams, CF: 3 for 5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 SB – threw a runner out at third … have yourself a day, Mr. Williams
Cito Culver, SS: 0 for 5, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (throwing) – still waiting on that first hit
Angelo Gumbs, 2B: 0 for 5, 2 K
Reymond Nunez, 1B & Ben Gamel, LF: both 1 for 4, 2 K
Cody Grice, DH: 0 for 3, 1 BB, 2 K
Casey Stevenson, 3B: 0 for 2, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 HBP
Nick McCoy, C: 0 for 4, 2 K
Shane Brown, LF: 2 for 4, 1 R
Phil Hughes, RHP: 4.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 2-3 GB/FB – 41 of 61 pitches were strikes (67.2%), and he was scheduled for 65 … his fastball ranged from 89-95 (92-93 consistently) but there are conflicting reports are whether he held the velocity throughout the outing or it dropped off in the later innings … he allowed singled to the first two men he faced, then sat down 13 of the next 14 men he faced before a solo homer ended his day … this was a nice step forward, but he’s still got a long way to go
Wilton Rodriguez, RHP: 2.2 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 HB, 4-2 GB/FB
Matt Tracy, LHP: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 2-0 GB/FB
Triple-A Scranton (2-0 loss to Columbus)
Brandon Laird, 3B: 2 for 4, 1 K
Jordan Parraz, RF: 2 for 3, 1 2B
Everyone Else: combined 1 for 25, 8 K – Doug Bernier had the hit, a single … Kevin Russo, Greg Golson, and Jorge Vazquez accounted for all the strikeouts
Carlos Silva, RHP: 4.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 1 HB, 2-4 GB/FB – 50 of 71 pitches were strikes (70.4%) … he was on a pitch count since this is his first start off the disabled list
Josh Schmidt, RHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GB/FB – half of his 22 pitches were strikes
Randy Flores, LHP: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1-1 GB/FB – ten pitches, nine strikes
Eric Wordekemper, RHP: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2-2 GB/FB – 21 of 37 pitches were strikes (56.8%) … that bumps him up to 17 strikeouts in 31.1 IP (4.88 K/9)
Double-A Trenton (10-2 win over Binghamton)
Ray Kruml, CF: 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 K – that’s his first homer of the year, equaling last year’s total
Corban Joseph, 2B: 1 for 4, 2 RBI, 1 BB
Jose Gil, 1B: 0 for 4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Cody Johnson, DH: 3 for 4, 3 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB – fell a single shy of the cycle, and he walked his in his final chance to get it … get selfish man, swing away!
DeAngelo Mack, LF: 0 for 5, 2 K
Jose Pirela, SS: 3 for 4, 2 2B, 2 RBI – had been on a 1-for-11 skid
Yadil Mujica, 3B: 0 for 5, 1 R, 1 K
Jason Place, RF: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 SB, 1 E (fielding) – threw a runner out at third
R.J. Baker, C: 1 for 4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 K
Shaeffer Hall, LHP: 6 IP, 10 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 5-3 GB/FB – 29 runs and 78 baserunners allowed in his last 47 IP
Brad Halsey, LHP: 2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 3-1 GB/FB – one of the walks was intentional
Pat Venditte, SwP: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 0-2 GB/FB
High-A Tampa is off until Monday for the All-Star break.
Low-A Charleston (7-4 win over Hickory)
Jose Toussen, CF: 2 for 6, 2 R
Anderson Feliz, 2B: 1 for 3, 3 R, 1 2B, 3 BB, 2 K – been on base six times in the last two days
Ramon Flores, 1B: 2 for 5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K – had been stuck in a 3-for-31 slump (.097)
J.R. Murphy, C: 3 for 5, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 K – five hits in his last nine at-bats, including three doubles
Rob Segedin, 3B: 2 for 4, 1 2B, 4 RBI, 1 K – 16 for his last 34 (.471) with three doubles and two homers
Kelvin DeLeon, RF: 1 for 4, 1 2B, 1 BB, 3 K
Mike Ferraro, LF: 1 for 5, 3 K
Jeff Farnham, DH: 1 for 4, 1 BB, 2 K
Jose Mojica, SS: 2 for 5, 1 K
Zach Nuding, RHP: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 3-5 GB/FB
Dan Burawa, RHP: 2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 3-1 GB/FB
Nathan Forer, RHP: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 2-0 GB/FB