Mesa has big day as Trenton wins two

Double-A Trenton Game One (4-3 win over Harrisburg in seven innings) the opposing starter was a rehabbing Chien-Ming Wang, who played for the Thunder in parts of 2003 and 2004
CF Melky Mesa: 2-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI — welcomed CMW back to Trenton by leading off the game with a homer
SS Addison Maruszak, DH Luke Murton, C J.R. Murphy & RF Rob Segedin: all 1-3 — Murton and Murphy both doubled and drove in a run … Segedin hit a solo homer off Wang
3B David Adams: 0-3, 1 K — played 13 games at the hot corner with Low-A Charleston back in 2009, but his is his first since
RF Zoilo Almonte: 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B
1B Kevin Mahoney: 0-3
2B Walt Ibarra: 1-2
LHP Vidal Nuno: 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 4/6 GB/FB — 55 of 88 pitches were strikes (63%) … guess he isn’t going to take D.J. Mitchell’s spot in the Triple-A rotation
RHP Kelvin Perez: 1 IP, zeroes, 2/1 GB/FB — nine of 14 pitches were strikes

Double-A Trenton Game Two (5-1 win over Harrisburg in six innings) makeup of a game that was postponed back in April … this one was completed early due to rain
2B Jose Pirela, DH Melky Mesa & LF Rob Segedin: all 2-3, 1 R — Pirela doubled and drove in a run … Mesa doubled … Segedin plated a run
3B Addison Maruszak & C Jose Gil: both 0-3
CF Zoilo Almonte, 1B Luke Murton & RF Kevin Mahoney: all 1-3 — Almonte scored a run … Murton doubled, drove in two, and struck out … Mahoney scored a run, whiffed, and threw a runner out at first
SS Yadil Mujica: 0-2, 1 RBI
RHP Craig Heyer: 3.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 HB, 2/4 GB/FB — 39 of 53 pitches were strikes (74%)
RHP Graham Stoneburner: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2/1 GB/FB — 17 of 30 pitches were strikes

High-A Tampa (12-0 loss to Palm Beach)
LF Ramon Flores: 2-4, 1 SB — five hits in his last 13 at-bats (.385)
C Austin Romine: 0-3, 1 K — caught seven innings in the blowout
RF Tyler Austin: 1-4, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
DH Gary Sanchez: 3-4, 1 2B, 1 K
Everyone Else: combined 0-17, 4 K
LHP Matt Tracy: 3.1 IP, 11 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 5/2 GB/FB — egads
LHP Rigoberto Arrebato: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 4/0 GB/FB, 1 E (fielding)
LHP Nik Turley: 2.1 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 3/3 GB/FB — I know the doubleheader screwed the rotation up, but I dislike the moving back and forth between the rotation and bullpen and all that
RHP Sean Black: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 HBP

Short Season Staten Island (2-1 loss to Batavia)
LF Taylor Dugas: 0-2, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 1 E (fielding) — he’s already sixth in the farm system with six hit-by-pitches despite being a pro for about a month
SS Claudio Custodio, DH Peter O’Brien & C Jackson Valera: all 0-4 — Valera and Custodio struck out twice, O’Brien thrice
1B Matt Snyder: 0-3, 1 BB
CF Ravel Santana: 1-4, 2 K
2B Fu-Lin Kuo: 0-2, 1 K, 1 HBP
3B Matt Duran: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 K — four hits in his last eight bats with two doubles
RF Danny Lopez: 0-2, 1 BB, 2 K
RHP Corey Black: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 9/2 GB/FB
LHP Josh Romanski: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 0/1 GB/FB
RHP Mariel Checo: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1/0 GB/FB
LHP James Pazos: 0.1 IP, zeroes, 1 K

Rookie GCL Yanks (3-1 loss to GCL Phillies)
CF Abe Almonte: 0-2 — played four innings in the field
CF Mikeson Oliberto: 0-3, 1 K
2B Jerison Lopez & 3B Miguel Andujar: both 2-4, 1 2B — Andujar struck out
SS Austin Aune & RF Ericson Leonora: both 0-3, 1 BB — Aune got caught stealing
DH Yeicok Calderon: 0-2, 2 BB — five walks in his last two games
1B Bubba Jones: 0-4, 1 K
C David Remedios: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — second homer in his last three games
LF Nathan Mikolas: 1-4, 3 K — 23 strikeouts in 55 plate appearances (41.9%)
LHP Daniel Camarena: 3 IP, zeroes, 3 K, 4/1 GB/FB — five strikeouts, no walks, and one hit in six scoreless innings since coming back from his minor shoulder problem
LHP Rony Bautista: 4 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 7/3 GB/FB
RHP Kelvin Castro: 1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1/2 GB/FB

Both Triple-A Empire State and Low-A Charleston were rained out and will play a doubleheader tomorrow.