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River Ave. Blues ยป DotF: Bird returns in Tampa’s comeback win

DotF: Bird returns in Tampa’s comeback win

May 7, 2014 by Mike 36 Comments

Game 33: Win and Rest
Yankees take series from Angels with 9-2 win

Here is tonight’s game thread.

Both 1B Greg Bird (back) and IF Anderson Feliz (unknown) were activated off the DL and added to the High-A Tampa roster, the team announced. Hooray for that.

Triple-A Scranton (3-1 win over Indianapolis)

  • 1B Ramon Flores: 0-3, 1 RBI, 1 K — played 23 games at first in 2011 but this is only the third since
  • SS Dean Anna: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
  • LF Zoilo Almonte: 1-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 HBP
  • RF Adonis Garcia: 2-4, 1 K, 1 SB — 12 hits in his last 30 at-bats (40%)
  • RHP Brian Gordon: 7 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 8/6 GB/FB — 55 of 85 pitches were strikes (65%)
  • RHP Jose Ramirez: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1 HB, 0/1 GB/FB — seven of his 13 pitches were strikes (54%) … season debut after being sidelined by an oblique problem … the team has moved him to the bullpen permanently, remember
  • RHP Matt Daley: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1/0 GB/FB — nine of 15 pitches were strikes (60%)

Double-A Trenton (6-4 win over New Britain in 12 innings)

  • CF Mason Williams: 1-5, 2 K
  • LF Ben Gamel & 3B Rob Segedin: both 0-5 — Segedin struck out
  • C Gary Sanchez: 1-5, 1 R, 2 K, 1 E (catcher interference)
  • 1B Kyle Roller: 2-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K — 15-for-38 (.395) in his last ten games, and that’s his ninth homer in only 20 games
  • 2B Rob Refsnyder: 1-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 K
  • LHP Jeremy Bleich: 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 6/6 GB/FB — 56 of 94 pitches were strikes (60%), plus he picked a runner off first
  • RHP Branden Pinder: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 3/0 GB/FB — 27 of 40 pitches were strikes (68%) … blew the save in the bottom of the ninth
  • RHP Jairo Heredia: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 1/2 GB/FB — 34 of 50 pitches were strikes (68%), though the walk was intentional … that’s quality long relief right there

High-A Tampa (2-4 win over Lakeland)

  • CF Jake Cave: 1-4, 1 K
  • DH Dante Bichette Jr.: 1-4, 1 2B
  • 1B Greg Bird: 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI — first game of the season after being sidelined by a back problem
  • RF Peter O’Brien: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K — homer number ten on the season
  • 3B Eric Jagielo: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI — went back-to-back with O’Brien in the eighth for the come from behind win
  • 2B Angelo Gumbs: 1-2, 1 BB
  • SS Cito Culver: 0-3, 1 K — down to .209/.262/.252 on the year
  • LHP Eric Wooten: 7 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 7/3 GB/FB

Low-A Charleston (5-4 loss to Rome)

  • DH Abi Avelino: 4-4, 2 2B, 1 RBI — got picked off first twice … 8-for-16 (.500) with four doubles in his last four games
  • SS Tyler Wade: 0-4, 3 K — 4-for-28 (.143) with eleven strikeouts in his last seven games
  • 3B Miguel Andujar: 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K
  • 1B Mike Ford: 2-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K
  • RF Michael O’Neill: 1-3, 1 2B, 1 K — ejected for arguing balls and strikes in the seventh
  • RF Aaron Judge: — replaced O’Neill
  • 2B Gosuke Katoh: 0-4, 1 K — down to .200/.327/.325 with a 36.7% strikeout rate
  • RHP Rookie Davis: 4 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 5 BB, 0 K, 7/4 GB/FB — ewww
  • RHP Jaron Long: 4 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 6/2 GB/FB
Game 33: Win and Rest
Yankees take series from Angels with 9-2 win

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