Culver goes deep twice as SI wins big

Triple-A Scranton (3-2 win over Buffalo)
Austin Krum, CF & Luis Nunez, 2B: both 1 for 4, 1 2B – Krum struck out twice … Nunez drove in a run and whiffed
Greg Golson, RF: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 3 K – threw a runner out at second
Jesus Montero, DH: 0 for 4 – .000/.000/.000 in his last four at-bats, so he’s slumping again
Mike Lamb, 3B: 0 for 4, 1 K
Jorge Vazquez, 1B: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 K – 21 K in his last 39 at-bats
Jordan Parraz, LF: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K – ten for his last 28 (.357) with two doubles, a triples, and the homer
Gus Molina, C: 1 for 3, 1 BB, 1 K
Doug Bernier, SS: 0 for 3
Pants Lendleton, RHP: 6 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 6-5 GB/FB – 64 of 94 pitches were strikes (68.1%) … just 31 K in 45.2 IP with SWB this year (6.1 K/9)
George Kontos, RHP: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 2-1 GB/FB – threw just 19 pitches, 13 strikes (68.4%)
Kevin Whelan, RHP: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 2 WP, 2-0 GB/FB – ten of 15 pitches were strikes

Double-A Trenton (5-1 win over Akron)
Ray Kruml, LF: 1 for 4, 1 K
Corban Joseph, 2B: 1 for 5, 1 RBI, 2 K – starting to come around after a little rough patch
Austin Romine, C: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 PB – ten for his last 34 (.294), though there’s a lot of days off in there (All-Star break, Futures Game, etc)
Rob Lyerly, 1B: 3 for 5, 1 RBI
Melky Mesa, CF: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 K, 1 SB, 1 CS
Zoilo Almonte, RF: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB
Jose Pirela, SS: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (throwing)
Damon Sublett, DH: 0 for 1, 3 BB – are they paying him to walk, or are they paying him to hit?!?
Addison Maruszak, 3B: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB – 18 for his last 34 (.529) with six doubles, one homer, four walks, and three strikeouts
Manny Banuelos, LHP: 6.1 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 10-3 GB/FB – yay grounders … his best start in about a month
Brad Halsey, LHP: 2.2 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 4-3 GB/FB – seriously, this might be his best outing in years

High-A Tampa (6-1 win over Fort Myers)
Abe Almonte, CF & Hector Rabago, C: both 2 for 4 – Almonte walked and scored a run … Rabago doubled and whiffed
David Adams, 2B: 1 for 5, 1 R
Ronnier Mustelier, RF: 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K – he’s been hitting well, but that’s only his ninth strikeout in 80 plate appearances (11.3%)
Kyle Roller, 1B: 0 for 5, 3 K – stuck in a 7-for-38 rut (.184)
Rob Segedin, 3B, Cody Johnson, LF & Emerson Landoni, SS: all 1 for 4, 1 R – Segedin drove in a run … Johnson homered, drove in two, and struck out … Landoni scored a run
Luke Murton, 1B: 1 for 2, 1 2B, 2 BB
Mikey O’Brien, RHP: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 5-6 GB/FB – two runs or fewer in six of his seven starts with Tampa
Dan Burawa, RHP: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 4-4 GB/FB – just 49 K in 61.2 IP (7.2 K/9) … I was hoping he’d miss more bats than that
Mike Gipson, RHP: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Low-A Charleston had a scheduled day off.

Short Season Staten Island (10-1 win over Batavia)
Mason Williams, CF: 2 for 5, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 K – threw a runner out at third
Bobby Rinard, PH-LF: 0 for 1, 1 K – as far as I can tell, Williams was lifted just because the score got out of control
Cito Culver, SS: 2 for 4, 3 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB – have yourself a day Mr. Culver … first two homers of the year, first career two homer game
Angelo Gumbs, 2B: 0 for 4, 2 BB, 3 K – just two for his last 17 (.118)
Zach Wilson, DH, Nick McCoy, C & Ali Castillo, 3B: all 1 for 4 – Wilson walked twice and struck out … McCoy walked … Castillo doubled, walked, scored two runs, drove in another, and struck out twice
Cody Grice, LF-CF: 0 for 4, 1 BB, 1 K
Reymond Nunez, 1B: 3 for 5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 K – got a nice little six game hitting streak going … his profile pic says “I’m all business,” doesn’t it?
Ben Gamel, RF: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Will Oliver, RHP: 5 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 1 WP, 3-1 GB/FB – had given up four runs or more in his last three starts
Caleb Cotham, RHP: 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
Matt Richardson, RHP: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 1-1 GB/FB
Phil Wetherell, RHP: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1-0 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks (12-5 win over GCL Blue Jays)
Jose Rosario, SS: 5 for 6, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 E (throwing) – .333/.373/.553 in 103 at-bats
Danny Lopez, CF: 1 for 6, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 K, 1 SB
Dante Bichette Jr., 3B: 2 for 5, 2 R, 1 BB, 2 K – 21 for his last 32 (.656) with five doubles, a triples, and a homer
Yeicock Calderon, RF: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K – Yeicockshot! … he’s got a .274 ISO
Jackson Valera, C: 2 for 3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HBP – he left the game an inning after being hit by the pitch
Tyson Blaser, C: 0 for 1
Damian Taveras, DH: 1 for 1, 1 R, 1 BB
Matt Duran, PH-DH: 0 for 4, 2 K – rough pro debut for the recently-signed fourth rounder
Fu-Lin Kuo, 1B: 1 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 E (missed catch)
Henry Pena, LF: 3 for 3, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 3 RBI, 1 BB
Taylor Anderson, 2B: 0 for 5, 3 K
Reynaldo Polanco, RHP: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 9 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 4-1 GB/FB – 25-4 K/BB in 21 IP
Edwin Rodriguez, RHP: 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HB, 2-2 GB/FB
Danny Martinez, LF: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1-1 GB/FB
Leonel Vinas, RHP: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0-1 GB/FB