Sanchez shows off the arm in Charleston win

Tyler Austin’s insanely great week landed him in the third spot on this week’s Prospect Hot Sheet. He currently ranks third in the minors in AVG (.432), first in SLG (.932), and first in OPS (1.411). That’ll do.

Remember that 6-3-2-5 triple play Low-A Charleston turned in last night’s game? Danny Wild explained how exactly it happened. As you’d expect, there was some hilarity involved.

Zoilo Almonte has been placed on the DL with a hamstring issue. Yadil Mujica took his spot on the roster.

Triple-A Empire State (6-4 win over Norfolk)
CF Colin Curtis: 1-5, 1 RBI
C Frankie Cervelli: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 PB
RF Dewayne Wise: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K — not gonna get a call-up unless he keeps ripping extra-base hits!
1B Steve Pearce: 3-4, 2 R, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 1 CS — ten for his last 24 (.417)
DH Jack Cust: 2-4, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 2 K — still no homers 15 games into the season
3B Brandon Laird: 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
LF Kevin Russo & SS Ramiro Pena: both 2-4 — Russo struck out … Pena drove in a run and scored another
2B Doug Bernier: 0-4, 1 K
RHP Ramon Ortiz: 7 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 10/2 GB/FB — 49 of 79 pitches were strikes (62.0%)
SwP Pat Venditte: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 2/1 GB/FB — 11 of 19 pitches were strikes (57.9%), though the walk was intentional … no word if he threw left-handed exclusive like his last outing
LHP Juan Cedeno: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/0 GB/FB — six of 11 pitches were strikes

Double-A Trenton (6-5 win over Harrisburg in 12 innings, walk-off style) they gave up two runs in the top of the 12th but rallied to win in the bottom half
RF Abe Almonte: 3-6, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 BB, 1 SB — eight for his last 17 (.471)
LF Ronnie Mustelier: 3-7, 1 R, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 2 K — reached on an error in the 12th, tying the game
CF Melky Mesa: 0-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K — walk-off sac fly
DH Cody Johnson: 0-4, 2 BB, 3 K
1B Luke Murton: 0-2, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
PR-3B Yadil Mujica: 0-2, 1 K
2B Kevin Mahoney: 2-4, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 2 SB — got the comeback started in the 12th with a leadoff triple
3B-1B Addison Maruszak: 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 E (fielding)
C Jeff Farnham: 3-6, 1 R, 1 K
SS Walt Ibarra: 0-5, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
RHP Craig Heyer: 6 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HB, 12/3 GB/FB — 64 of 98 pitches were strikes (65.3%) … a personal fave, but he hasn’t made any progress since the start of last season
RHP Preston Claiborne: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/2 GB/FB — 20 of 31 pitches were strikes (64.5%)
RHP Ryan Flannery: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 5/1 GB/FB — 15 of 26 pitches were strikes (57.7%) … the walk was intentional
LHP Lee Hyde: 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2 WP, 3/2 GB/FB — 16 of 27 pitches were strikes (59.3%) … after all that, he gets the win

High-A Tampa (9-2 loss to Daytona)
CF Eduardo Sosa: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B — seven for his last 15 (.467)
2B Kelvin Castro: 3-4, 1 R, 1 SB
LF Ramon Flores: 1-3, 1 RBI — slow start to the season, but plenty of time to pick it up
RF Rob Segedin, DH Zach Wilson & 3B Hector Rabago: all 0-4, 1 K — Segedin and Rabago each made throwing errors
C J.R. Murphy: 1-4
1B Shane Brown & SS Jose Mojica: 0-3 — Brown walked
LHP Kramer Sneed: 1.2 IP, 4 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 1/1 GB/FB — starting in place of Zach Nuding, who was a late scratch for an unknown reason
LHP Rigoberto Arrebato: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 2 WP, 1 HB, 1/1 GB/FB
LHP Aaron Dott: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 1/1 GB/FB
RHP Sean Black: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 3/2 GB/FB — glad they’re trying him relief because starting just wasn’t happening

Low-A Charleston (4-3 win over West Virginia) no Dante Bichette Jr. for the third straight day, but I know he took batting practice prior to this game … he can’t be that banged up in that case
CF Mason Williams: 0-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB — hit streak ends at 11
2B Angelo Gumbs: 0-4, 3 K
C Gary Sanchez: 1-4, 1 2B, 2 K — threw out four (!) of six attempted base stealers
RF Tyler Austin: 1-4, 1 R, 1 K, 1 SB — the power gets all the attention, but he’s a perfect 20-for-20 in stolen base chances in 61 career games
LF Ben Gamel: 1-4, 1 R, 2 K
RF Kelvin DeLeon: 0-1, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 SB — four walks and one strikeout in his last three games
SS Cito Culver: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K
1B Rey Nunez: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 E (throwing) — got picked off second
3B Anderson Feliz: 0-1, 2 BB, 1 K
RHP Scottie Allen: 6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 10/3 GB/FB — 44 of 70 pitches were strikes (62.9%)
LHP Fred Lewis: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K — 14 of 24 pitches were strikes (58.3%) … also picked a runner off first
RHP Ben Paullus: 2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0/3 GB/FB — 20 of 33 pitches were strikes (60.6%)