RHP Bruce Billings has cleared waivers and been outrighted to Triple-A Scranton, according to Chris Cotillo. Donnie Collins says he accepted the assignment instead of electing free agency, unsurprisingly. Billings was designated for assignment to clear a 40-man roster spot for Chase Whitley the other day. Also, I haven’t updated the standings yet this season, so let’s do that now.
Triple-A Scranton (5-3 win over Pawtucket in ten innings) they are 22-21 and in fifth place in the division, but only 2.5 games back of first
- 2B Jose Pirela: 3-3, 2 R, 2 BB — 10-for-15 (.667) in his last four games
- CF Adonis Garcia: 2-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB
- LF Ramon Flores: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB — singled in the go-ahead run in the top of the tenth
- 1B Kyle Roller: 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB
- 3B Zelous Wheeler: 0-3, 1 HBP — he banged into an around the horn triple play in the eighth inning
- SS Dean Anna: 0-4, 1 RBI, 1 K
- RHP Joel De La Cruz: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 4/5 GB/FB — 56 of 95 pitches were strikes (59%)
- RHP Mark Montgomery: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1/1 GB/FB — 20 of 36 pitches were strikes (56%)
Double-A Trenton (6-4 win over Harrisburg) they are 24-20 and in fourth place in the division, 4.5 games back of first
- RF Mason Williams: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K — first career game in a position other than center
- CF Slade Heathcott: 0-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K — drew a bases loaded walk to give the Thunder the lead in the seventh
- DH Gary Sanchez: 1-4, 1 R, 1 K
- C Peter O’Brien: 2-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBI — 16th homer of the year leaves him two behind Rangers 3B Joey Gallo for the 2014 lead, Majors or minors
- 1B Tyler Austin: 1-2, 2 BB, 1 K
- RHP Jairo Heredia: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 33 of 54 pitches were strikes (61%) … started in place of LHP Manny Banuelos, who has a tired arm
- LHP Cesar Cabral: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB — only nine of 20 pitches were strikes (45%)
High-A Tampa (2-0 win over Palm Beach) four pitchers combined for a one-hitter … they are 23-20 and in fourth place in the division, nine games back of first
- CF Jake Cave: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K — all he does is hit
- SS Cito Culver: 0-1, 3 BB
- 1B Greg Bird & DH Dante Bichette Jr.: both 0-4 — Bird struck out once, DBJ twice
- 3B Eric Jagielo: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K
- 2B Angelo Gumbs: 0-1, 2 BB
- LHP Daniel Camarena: 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 5/4 GB/FB — retired the first 15 men he faced
Low-A Charleston (6-0 loss to Savannah) they are 23-20 and in third place in the division, five games back of first
- SS Tyler Wade: 1-3, 1 BB, 1 K — it sucks SS Abi Avelino is hurt, but I think it’s good Wade gets to play everyday at the same position … silver lining, I guess
- LF Michael O’Neill & 1B Mike Ford: both 0-4 — Ford struck out
- RF Aaron Judge: 1-4, 1 2B, 2 K
- 3B Miguel Andujar, CF Brandon Thomas & DH Gosuke Katoh: all 0-3 — Katoh struck out twice
- LHP Ian Clarkin: 4 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 0/2 GB/FB — 51 of 80 pitches were strikes (64%), also gave up two homers … first rough outing of the season
- RHP Jordan Cote: 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 5/1 GB/FB — 29 of 42 pitches were strikes (69%)
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