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River Ave. Blues ยป Culver homers twice in River Dogs win

Culver homers twice in River Dogs win

June 12, 2013 by Mike 53 Comments

Game 65: #65 in Game 65
Yanks outclassed by A's again; lose 5-2

Update: C J.R. Murphy was promoted to Triple-A Scranton following tonight’s game, reports Josh Norris. Only a matter of time now before C Gary Sanchez and C Peter O’Brien are promoted to Double-A Trenton and High-A Tampa, respectively.

VP of Baseball Ops Mark Newman confirmed to Chad Jennings that RHP Mark Montgomery is on the DL with a tired shoulder. He says it’s no big deal, but still. Never want to hear something is wrong with a pitcher’s shoulder. Meanwhile, UTIL Casey Stevenson has been promoted from High-A Tampa to Double-A Trenton according to Mike Ashmore. UTIL Kevin Mahoney was placed on the DL in a corresponding warm body move.

I don’t think I’ve updated the standings at all season, so let’s take care of that tonight.

Triple-A Scranton had a scheduled off-day. They’re 29-34 and 7.5 games back in the International League North Division.

Double-A Trenton (6-1 loss to Binghamton) 33-32 and 7.0 games back in the Eastern League East Division

  • LF Ramon Flores: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 BB, 2 K
  • CF Slade Heathcott: 1-4
  • RF Tyler Austin: 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 E (throwing) — modest five-game hitting streak
  • C J.R. Murphy: 1-4, 1 K — eight hits in his last 46 at-bats (.174)
  • LHP Matt Tracy: 2 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1/3 GB/FB — 42 of 64 pitches were strikes (66%)
  • LHP Francisco Rondon: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 39 of 61 pitches were strikes (64%) … best outing of the season by far
  • RHP Tommy Kahnle: 1.1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 11 of 14 pitches were strikes (79%)

High-A Tampa was rained out. They’re going to play a doubleheader tomorrow. Tampa is 27-36 and 7.0 games back in the Florida State League North Division

Low-A Charleston (10-5 win over Greenville) 37-26 and 1.0 game back in the South Atlantic League Southern Division

  • CF Jake Cave: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 SB
  • SS Cito Culver: 2-4, 3 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K — second multi-homer game of the his season and his third homer in the last two days … remember, he came into the year with six total homers from 2010-2012
  • 1B Greg Bird: 1-5, 1 2B, 1 K
  • C Peter O’Brien: 3-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 K — 15 hits in his last 40 at-bats (.375) with four doubles and six homers
  • 3B Dante Bichette Jr.: 0-5, 1 K
  • RF Taylor Dugas: 2-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB — 22/32 K/BB in 56 games
  • RHP Rafael DePaula: 5 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 3 WP, 2 Balk, 4/3 GB/FB — 50 of 74 pitches were strikes (68%) … I don’t remember any multi-balk games during all my years doing this, but I’m sure it’s happened … 27 strikeouts in his last 25 innings (9.7 K/9) after 69 strikeouts in his first 40.2 innings (15.3 K/9)
  • LHP Dietrich Enns: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 21 of 27 pitches were strikes (78%) … 63/13 K/BB in 40.1 innings

Just as a reminder, the Short Season Staten Island season begins this coming Monday with the traditional home-and-home series with Brooklyn. The two Rookie GCL Yankees squads kick off their season next Friday, and yes, the two Yankees teams will play each other. That’ll be neat.

Game 65: #65 in Game 65
Yanks outclassed by A's again; lose 5-2

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