DotF: O'Brien homers twice in Trenton's blowout win

Bunch of notes to pass along:

C Gary Sanchez had a closed door meeting with Double-A Trenton manager Tony Franklin, coach Orlando Mercado, and catching coordinator Julio Mosquero following today’s game, according to Ni ck Per uffo. They just wanted to iron out some bad catching habits, apparently. “It’s not that he’s doing wrong, it’s just some things that Julio saw in the last couple of days that he wanted to talk to him about, and be a little more emphatic about,” said Franklin. “There is more that goes in to coaching besides going out and tossing them balls all the time.”
RHP Chase Whitley was scratched from today’s Triple-A Scranton start for an unknown reason, according to Donnie Collins. Seems like it has something to do with CC Sabathia’s injury than anything else. If Al Aceves moves into the rotation, Whitley might replace him as the long man.
OF Tyler Austin (groin) was activated off the Double-A Trenton DL yesterday. SS Carmen Angelini was placed on the DL with an unknown injury, according to Peruffo. Matt Kardos says RHP Brett Gerritse has joined the Thunder as well.
RHP Nick Rumbelow and RHP Stefan Lopez were promoted from Low-A Charleston to High-A Tampa, the River Dogs announced. LHP Rony Bautista has joined Charleston.

Triple-A Scranton (2-1 win over Durham in eleven innings, walk-off style)

RF Ramon Flores: 1-5, 1 R, 1 K
3B Scott Sizemore: 1-5, 2 K
SS Dean Anna: 0-4, 1 BB, 2 K — hasn’t hit much here yet
LF Zoilo Almonte: 2-5, 1 RBI — walk-off single
DH Zelous Wheeler: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 HBP
1B Kyle Roller: 1-4, 1 K
LHP Eric Ruth: 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 8/4 GB/FB — 56 of 92 pitches were strikes (61%) … called up from Tampa to make the spot start in place of Whitley
RHP Mark Montgomery: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 2/1 GB/FB — 14 of 28 pitches were strikes
RHP Branden Pinder: 2 IP, zeroes, 2/3 GB/FB — 12 of 22 pitches were strikes (55%)

Double-A Trenton Game One (4-3 loss to Reading) completion of yesterday’s game, which was suspended due to rain in the 13th inning

CF Mason Williams: 0-6, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (fielding) — threw a runner out at the plate
DH Ben Gamel: 3-6, 2 SB
3B Rob Segedin: 0-6, 1 K
C Gary Sanchez: 1-6, 1 R, 2 K, 1 PB
1B Tyler Austin: 2-4, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K — first game back from the groin injury
RF Peter O’Brien: 1-6, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (fielding) — first Double-A homer in his second game at the level
2B Rob Refsnyder: 2-6
RHP Caleb Cotham: 4.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1/6 GB/FB — 55 of 77 pitches were strikes (71%)
LHP Tyler Webb: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 2/0 GB/FB — ten of 13 pitches were strikes (77%)
SwP Pat Venditte: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1/2 GB/FB — 11 of 19 pitches were strikes (58%) … he pitches today, everyone else yesterday before the rain

Double-A Trenton Game Two (15-0 beatdown of Reading)

LF Taylor Dugas: 4-5, 3 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI
CF Ben Gamel: 2-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 5 RBI
3B Rob Segedin: 1-4, 1 R, 1 K, 1 HBP
C Peter O’Brien: 2-5, 2 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI — he now has 13 homers, tying him with Rangers 3B Joey Gallo for the most in the minors … Jose Abreu leads MLB with 3B
DH Tyler Austin: 1-5, 1 R, 1 K
2B Rob Refsnyder: 3-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 3B — nine hits in his lat 17 at-bats (.529)
LHP Matt Tracy: 7 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 9/2 GB/FB — 59 of 98 pitches were strikes (60%) … that’s his best start since 2012

High-A Tampa had a scheduled off-day.

Low-A Charleston (3-1 win over Savannah)

SS Tyler Wade: 2-3, 2 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — got picked off first … 7-for-17 (.412) in his last four games
RF Aaron Judge: 1-3, 1 BB — four walks and two strikeouts in his last four games
LF Michael O’Neill: 1-4
3B Miguel Andujar: 0-4, 1 K
DH Gosuke Katoh: 0-2, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
RHP Brady Lail: 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 9 K, 5/2 GB/FB — 56 of 80 pitches were strikes (70%) … 16/1 K/BB in his lat 18 innings, 30/6 K/BB in 37.2 innings on the season
RHP Jordan Cote: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 14 of 22 pitches were strikes (64%)

DotF: O’Brien homers twice in Trenton’s blowout win