Josh Norris recently sat down for a long chat with pitching coordinator Nardi Contreras, who spoke about the Triple-A arms, Jose Campos, promotions, and much more. Make sure you check it out.
Triple-A Empire State (6-5 win over Norfolk)
CF Colin Curtis & C Craig Tatum: both 0-4 — Curtis walked, Tatum whiffed
2B Jayson Nix: 2-4, 2 R, 2 2B, 1 BB, 1 K — first game of the season after spending some time on the DL
RF Dewayne Wise: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI — 13 for his last 29 (.448) with five doubles and a homer
1B Steve Pearce: 2-3, 1 R, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K — 12 for his last 27 (.444) with five doubles and a homer
DH Jack Cust: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — first homer of the season
3B Brandon Laird: 1-3, 1 BB, 1 SB
LF Kevin Russo: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K
SS Ramiro Pena: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 E (throwing)
RHP Dellin Betances: 4.1 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 6 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 1 Balk, 3/3 GB/FB, 1 E (throwing) — 36 of 59 pitches were strikes (51.0%) … he walked two of the first three batters he faced and the two final batters he faced with two walks to 19 batters in between … that’s a dozen walks in eight innings across his last two starts
RHP Nelson Figueroa: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 3/3 GB/FB — 22 of 34 pitches were strikes (64.8%)
RHP Chase Whitley: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 0/2 GB/FB — half of his 18 pitches were strikes
RHP Kevin Whelan: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K — eight of 11 pitches were strikes
High-A Tampa (6-4 win over Dunedin)
CF Eduardo Sosa: 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 SB — nine hits in his last 23 at-bats (.391)
DH Kelvin Castro: 1-1, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 SB
LF Ramon Flores, SS Jose Mojica & C Hector Rabago: all 0-4 — Mojica drove in a run … Rabago struck out
3B Rob Segedin: 1-3, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB — first game at third base this season
1B Kyle Roller: 1-2, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K
RF Shane Brown: 0-3, 1 BB
2B Jose Toussen: 1-3, 2 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI
LHP Nik Turley: 5.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 7 K, 5/3 GB/FB — 27/9 K/BB in 23.1 IP … his worst start of the season and it’s not even that bad
RHP Joel DeLaCruz: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2/1 GB/FB
RHP Mark Montgomery: 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 4/0 GB/FB — hoping he has more multi-inning appearances in the future, this was only his second two-inning outing in six appearances this year
Low-A Charleston (4-3 win over West Virginia, walk-off style) scored all four runs in the bottom of the ninth
2B Anderson Feliz: 1-4, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB — ten for his last 32 (.313)
CF Ben Gamel: 1-4, 1 RBI, 2 K, 1 CS — walk-off sac fly
3B Dante Bichette Jr.: 0-4
RF Tyler Austin: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K — his solo homer in the ninth got the rally started and also extended his hitting streak to 13 games
DH Gary Sanchez: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB
1B Casey Stevenson: 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI
SS Cito Culver: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HBP — scored the winning run … six for his last 22 (.273), which is better than what he had been doing
LF Kelvin DeLeon: 1-4, 2 K, 1 E (fielding)
C Francisco Arcia: 1-4, 2 RBI, 1 PB
RHP Jose Campos: 6 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 8/1 GB/FB — 61 of 88 pitches were strikes (69.3%) … 23/5 K/BB in 22 IP
LHP Dan Mahoney: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K — 13 of 21 pitches were strikes (61.9%)
LHP Fred Lewis: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/0 GB/FB — ten of 12 pitches were strikes
RHP Mariel Checo: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 0/1 GB/FB — only six of 13 pitches were strikes
Double-A Trenton was rained out, as was the second game of Triple-A Empire State‘s doubleheader. No makeup dates have been announced.
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