O’Brien homers again in rare Staten Island win

UTIL Ronnie Mustelier was placed on the DL for an unknown reason.

Triple-A Empire State (10-3 win over Rochester)
LF Darnell McDonald, DH Austin Romine & CF Melky Mesa: all 2-5 — McDonald walked and scored … Romine homered, drove in two, and struck out … Melky stole a base, plated a run, and scored another
2B Corban Joseph & SS Eduardo Nunez: both 3-6 — CoJo homered and drove in three … Nunez scored two runs and struck out
1B Brandon Laird: 2-6, 1 R, 1 RBI
C Frankie Cervelli: 1-3, 2 RBI, 1 K
RF Kosuke Fukudome: 2-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB
3B Ramiro Pena: 3-5, 1 R
LHP Mike O’Connor: 5 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, 3/4 GB/FB — 63 of 99 pitches were strikes
RHP Kelvin Perez: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1/2 GB/FB — 22 of 39 pitches were strikes (56%)
LHP Juan Cedeno: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 HB, 3/1 GB/FB — 12 of 23 pitches were strikes (52%)

Double-A Trenton (3-2 loss to Bowie)
DH Luke Murton: 1-3, 1 RBI
SS Addison Maruszak: 13, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB — broke up the no-hitter with a solo shot with one out in the eighth
Everyone Else: combined 0-23 — CF Adonis Garcia, 2B David Adams, and C J.R. Murphy each drew a walk … Garcia also drew a walk
LHP Vidal Nuno: 6 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 6/3 GB/FB — 56 of 93 pitches were strikes (60%)
RHP Graham Stoneburner: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2/1 GB/FB — 19 of 34 pitches were strikes (56%)
RHP Ryan Pope: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 2/1 GB/FB — 11 of 14 pitches were strikes

Low-A Charleston (7-6 loss to Augusta)
CF Ben Gamel & 3B Dante Bichette Jr.: both 0-4 — Gamel got hit by a pitch, stole a base, scored twice and struck out … DBJ drove in a run, scored another, walked, and struck out
SS Cito Culver: 2-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 SB
DH Saxon Butler: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K — six hits in his last 17 at-bats (.353) with two doubles and a homer
RF Rob Refsnyder: 1-3, 1 BB, 1 E (fielding)
C Francisco Arcia: 2-4, 2 RBI
2B-1B Casey Stevenson & LF Eduardo Sosa: both 1-4, 1 K
1B Rey Nunez: 0-1 — left the game for an unknown reason in the fourth
2B Ali Castillo: 1-2, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 2 SB — took over for Nunez
RHP Brett Gerritse: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 2 HB, 4/4 GB/FB — 45 of 84 pitches were strikes (54%) … picked a runner off second
RHP Melvin Mercedes: 2.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 HB, 5/0 GB/FB
LHP Dan Mahoney: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 4/0 GB/FB — 15 of 23 pitches were strikes (65%)

Short Season Staten Island (5-2 win over Tri-City) just their second win of August and second in their last 17 games
SS Claudio Custodio: 4-5, 2 R, 2 2B, 1 3B, 1 RBI — he had four hits total in his previous 27 at-bats (.148)
RF Danny Lopez: 2-3, 1 R, 1 RBI
1B Matt Snyder & DH Peter O’Brien: both 1-5 — Snyder doubled, drove in two, and struck out … O’Brien struck out three times and homered for the second straight day, third time in six games, and fifth time in ten games
CF Ravel Santana, 3B Matt Duran & LF Danny Oh: all 1-4 — Santana doubled … Duran scored a run and whiffed twice
2B Jose Rosario: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K
C Wes Wilson: 0-4, 1 K
RHP Andrew Benak: 5.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 5/6 GB/FB
RHP Charles Haslup: 1.1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2/1 GB/FB
LHP James Pazos: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 0/1 GB/FB
RHP Taylor Garrison: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 1/0 GB/FB — poor kid probably forgot what a save situation looked like

Rookie GCL Yanks (4-0 win over GCL Blue Jays)
CF Mikeson Oliberto, RF Yeicok Calderon & DH Austin Aune: all 2-5 — Oliberto doubled, stole a base, drove in a run, scored a run, and struck out twice … Calderon scored and whiffed thrice … Aune drove in a pair and struck out twice
3B Miguel Andujar: 1-5, 1 R
LF Ericson Leonora: 0-4, 1 BB
C David Remedios & SS Francisco Rosario: both 1-4 — Remedios struck out and got hit by a pitch … Rosario stole a base
1B Bubba Jones: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (missed catch)
2B Jerison Lopez: 3-3, 1 R, 1 BB — quietly hitting .329/.391/.434
LHP Pedro Feliciano: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/1 GB/FB
RHP Cory Arbiso: 2 IP, zeroes, 3 K, 2/1 GB/FB
RHP Angel Rincon: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 5/1 GB/FB
LHP Rony Bautista: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 3/1 GB/FB

High-A Tampa was rained out. They’ll play two tomorrow.