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River Ave. Blues ยป Almonte homers twice in Trenton win

Almonte homers twice in Trenton win

August 16, 2012 by Mike 26 Comments

Thursday Night Open Thread
Nova, 'pen hit hard as Yanks can't finish sweep

OF Abe Almonte was placed on the DL and will miss 7-10 days with a left hamstring injury. He missed a bunch of time earlier this year with a right hamstring problem, and the last thing the speedster needs to develop is some kind of chronic hammy issues.

Triple-A Empire State (5-4 win over Pawtucket)
RF Chris Dickerson & 2B Corban Joseph: both 0-3, 2 BB — Dickerson got caught stealing … CoJo scored a run
SS Eduardo Nunez: 1-5, 1 E (fielding)
DH Brandon Laird: 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HBP — left the game after taking a Daniel Bard fastball to the collarbone area, so yeah … Kevin Russo pinch-ran and did not come to the plate
C Austin Romine: 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
LF Darnell McDonald: 0-4, 2 K
CF Melky Mesa: 2-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — third homer in 17 games since the promotion
1B Kosuke Fukudome: 0-2, 2 BB, 1 K — started in place on Ronnie Mustelier, who was a late scratch for an unknown reason
3B Ramiro Pena: 0-4, 1 K
LHP Justin Thomas: 5 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 1/5 GB/FB — 59 of 85 pitches were strikes (66%) … allowed his first two homers of the season (60 IP) at any level, Majors or minors
RHP Chase Whitley: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 3/3 GB/FB — 21 of 31 pitches were strikes (68%)
RHP Ryota Igarashi: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 2/1 GB/FB — 16 of 26 pitches were strikes (62%) … recently outrighted off the 40-man roster

Double-A Trenton (14-12 win over Reading)
DH Jose Pirela: 0-5, 1 K
CF Adonis Garcia & 1B Jose Gil: both 0-3, 1 HBP — Garcia walked, drove in a run, scored twice, and struck out twice … Gil scored a run
RF Zoilo Almonte: 3-5, 3 R, 1 3B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 1 K — 14-for-37 (.378) in his last nine games with four doubles, a triple, and four homers … that’s 20 homers on the season, five more than the career-best he set last year
SS Addison Maruszak: 2-5, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 K
3B Kevin Mahoney: 2-4, 3 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
C J.R. Murphy: 3-5, 1 R, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 1 K — nine hits in his last 35 at-bats (.257), but five of those hits are homers
LF Rob Segedin: 1-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 K — threw a runner out second
2B Walt Ibarra: 1-4, 1 R
RHP Brett Marshall: 5.1 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 7 K, 3 WP, 1 HB, 7/0 GB/FB — 55 of 92 pitches were strikes (60%) … he’s now at 141.1 IP this year, surpassing last year’s total (140.1 IP)
RHP Craig Heyer: 0.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 0/1 GB/FB — 16 of 25 pitches were strikes (64%)
RHP Mark Montgomery: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0/2 GB/FB — 13 of 17 pitches were strikes (76%) … has allowed at least one run in four of his last five appearances
LHP Josh Romanski: 1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K — seven of 11 pitches were strikes
RHP Jon Meloan: 0.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K — 19 of 28 pitches were strikes
RHP Ryan Pope: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K — four pitches, three strikes

High-A Tampa (4-2 win over Clearwater)
LF Ramon Flores: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB
CF Slade Heathcott: 1-3, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB — 14 hits in his last 36 at-bats (.389) … he’s 16-for-19 in steal attempts
RF Tyler Austin: 3-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 SB — 10-for-19 in his last five games (.526) … also 23-for-25 in steal attempts on the year
1B Kyle Roller: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 K
DH Gary Sanchez & 2B Jake Anderson: both 1-3, 1 K — Sanchez drove in a run and walked … Anderson got caught stealing
C Kyle Higashioka & 3B Hector Rabago: both 0-4 — Rabago struck out once, Higgy twice
SS Jose Toussen: 0-2, 1 K
RHP Jose Ramirez: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, 3/2 GB/FB — fourth time in 17 starts he’s struck out eight or more … that’s tough to do when you’re limited to five innings all the time
RHP Caleb Cotham: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/3 GB/FB
RHP Branden Pinder: 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 3/2 GB/FB

Low-A Charleston (3-1 win over Augusta)
CF Ben Gamel, SS Cito Culver & C Nick McCoy: all 0-3 — Gamel drove in a run, struck out, and threw a runner out at the plate … Culver walked and whiffed
DH Dante Bichette Jr.: 1-4, 2 K
1B Saxon Butler: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB — first homer since the promotion
RF Rob Refsnyder: 2-4, 1 R
3B Casey Stevenson, 2B Ali Castillo & LF Eduardo Sosa: all 1-3 — Stevenson struck out and got hit by a pitch … Castillo doubled, scored a run, and drove one in … Sosa tripled
RHP Scottie Allen: 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 7/3 GB/FB — 38 of 52 pitches were strikes (73%)
RHP Ben Paullus: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 0/1 GB/FB — half of his 14 pitches were strikes
LHP Dan Mahoney: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 12 of 20 pitches were strikes
RHP Nick Goody: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 1/0 GB/FB — 23 of 33 pitches were strikes (70%) … 40/8 K/BB in 25.2 IP

Short Season Staten Island (3-2 loss to Vermont) they faced RHP Michael Ynoa, who you surely remember from the international free agent frenzy years ago
LF Taylor Dugas: 3-3, 1 BB
Everyone Else: combined 0-26, 2 BB, 11 K — SS Claudio Custodio and 3B Matt Duran drew the walks … Custodio also scored a run and committed a fielding error … 2B Jose Rosario got hit by a pitch and scored a run
RHP Derek Varnadore: 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2 WP, 3/5 GB/FB
RHP Alex Smith: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 4/1 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks (9-4 loss to GCL Braves)
CF Mikeson Oliberto: 2-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K
SS Austin Aune: 0-5, 3 K, 4 E (fielding, three throwing) — maybe the worst game of his life
C Chris Breen: 1-3, 1 R, 2 E (both throwing) — left the game for an unknown reason in the seventh — Eduardo DeOleo took over and struck out in his only trip to the plate while also committing a throwing error
1B Greg Bird, RF Nathan Mikolas, 2B Jerison Lopez & LF Justin James: all 1-4 — Bird and James struck out twice … Mikolas drove in a run and whiffed twice … Lopez scored a run and struck out
3B Miguel Andujar: 2-4, 1 R, 1 K
RHP Ty Hensley: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2 HB, 4/2 GB/FB — had a little more on him earlier
RHP Dayton Dawe: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2 WP, 4/1 GB/FB
RHP Hayden Sharp: 3 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 2 WP, 4/1 GB/FB — man, seven errors on defense and four wild pitches? brutal day, even for rookie ball

Thursday Night Open Thread
Nova, 'pen hit hard as Yanks can't finish sweep

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