Betances wild again in AAA loss

Check out this David Driver article on Brett Marshall, who spoke about the time he’s spent with Andy Pettitte and also about his brother Chris, who just returned from a tour of duty in Iraq. Oh, and apparently the Low-A South Atlantic League will hold their Homerun Derby on an aircraft carrier this summer, which is awesome. The game is in Charleston and figures to feature a lot of hometown River Dogs.

In other news, Craig Heyer was placed on the DL after leaving a start with arm stiffness over the weekend. Double-A Trenton added Adam Miller in his place and also activated Walt Ibarra from the DL. Jose Toussen was send back to High-A Tampa in a corresponding move. The recently claimed Justin Thomas took Cody Eppley’s Triple-A roster spot.

Update: Mikey O’Brien has been promoted to Double-A, which is well-deserved.

Triple-A Scranton (8-2 loss to Toledo)
SS Eduardo Nunez: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 SB
LF Kevin Russo: 1-4, 2 K
1B Steve Pearce: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K
DH Jack Cust: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K — 13 walks in his last ten games
3B Brandon Laird: 2-4, 1 K — two straight two-hit games
CF Colin Curtis, C Frankie Cervelli & 2B Ramiro Pena: all 0-4 — Pena struck out … Curtis made one throwing error while Cervelli made two … Cervelli allowed a passed ball
RF Cole Garner: 1-4, 1 R, 2 K
RHP Dellin Betances: 3.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 6 BB, 7 K, 1/2 GB/FB — only 50 of 104 pitches were strikes (48.1%), but at least he hit 97 on the gun … at least six walks in four of his last seven starts, which is just awful
RHP Jason Bulger: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 2/0 GB/FB — only eight of 19 pitches were strikes (42.1%)
LHP Juan Cedeno: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 K, 2/1 GB/FB — 27 of 45 pitches were strikes (60%)
RHP Kevin Whelan: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 18 of 26 pitches were strikes (69.2%)

Double-A Trenton (10-1 win over Binghamton)
RF-CF Abe Almonte: 1-5, 1 R, 1 RBI
DH Corban Joseph: 3-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI — first extra-base hits of the season, though this is only his eighth game because of the shoulder injury
2B David Adams: 1-5, 1 R, 1 K — now he’s back playing the field, so that’s cool
1B Luke Murton: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 HBP, 1 E (fielding) — second homer in three games
CF Melky Mesa: 2-4, 1 R, 1 K — Shane Brown pinch-hit for him late and singled in his only at-bat
3B Kevin Mahoney: 3-5, 2 R, 1 2B — ten for his last 32 (.313) with three doubles and three homers
LF Dan Brewer: 0-5
C Jose Gil: 2-3, 2 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K
SS Yadil Mujica: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI
LHP Shaeffer Hall: 6.2 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 10/3 GB/FB — 62 of 87 pitches were strikes (71.3%)
RHP Kelvin Perez: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 18 of 26 pitches were strikes (69.2%)
RHP Michael Dubee: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1/1 GB/FB — only eight of 18 pitches were strikes (44.4%)

High-A Tampa (5-3 loss to Lakeland)
LF Ramon Flores: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB — eight walks and seven strikeouts in his last ten games
C J.R. Murphy, 3B Rob Segedin, DH Kyle Higashioka & CF Eduardo Sosa: all 0-4 — Murphy drew a walk, allowed a passed ball, and committed a throwing error …Segedin doubled … Sosa stole a base and struck out
1B Kyle Roller: 0-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (missed catch)
RF Neil Medchill: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K — remember when he hit 14 homers for the SI Yanks a few years ago?
2B Kelvin Castro: 2-4, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 K, 1 E (missed catch) — got picked off first
SS Jose Mojica: 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 K
RHP Jose Ramirez: 6 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 7/4 GB/FB — 42/10 K/BB in 44.2 IP
RHP Branden Pinder: 2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 3/0 GB/FB
RHP Mark Montgomery: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB

Low-A Charleston (4-3 loss to Savannah)
CF Mason Williams: 1-5
SS Cito Culver: 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB — seven walks and five strikeouts in his last ten games
C Gary Sanchez & RF Tyler Austin: both 0-4 – Austin struck out
3B Dante Bichette Jr. & 1B Rey Nunez: both 0-3, 1 K — Nunez drove in a run
LF Ben Gamel: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K
2B Angelo Gumbs: 0-3, 1 K — left the game mid-inning in the ninth, which is weird … not sure what’s going on there
2B Ali Castillo: 1-1, 1 2B, 1 RBI
DH Kelvin DeLeon: 0-1, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 HBP
RHP Brett Gerritse: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 2/6 GB/FB — 48 of 83 pitches were strikes (57.8%)
RHP Mariel Checo: 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1/0 GB/FB — 24 of 45 pitches were strikes (53.3%)
RHP Ben Paullus: 2 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 3/2 GB/FB — 15 of 22 pitches were strikes (68.2%) … he didn’t pitch well, but at least he was efficient