DotF: Bird goes deep again in Trenton's win

Got some notes:

Both RHP Preston Claiborne (shoulder) and OF Ramon Flores (ankle) have been activated off the Triple-A Scranton DL, according to Chad Jennings and Donnie Collins. Claiborne will certainly be up when rosters expand in nine days.
RHP Branden Pinder was placed on the Triple-A DL with an unknown injury, reports Jennings. He missed a bunch of time with a groin problem earlier this year. Also, RHP Jim Miller has been released.

Triple-A Scranton Game One (3-2 loss to Rochester in seven innings) makeup of the July 13th rainout

SS Jose Pirela: 2-4, 2 SB
RF Ramon Flores: 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K
2B Rob Refsnyder: 0-1, 1 R, 3 BB, 1 K — five walks and two strikeouts in his last three games
1B Kyle Roller: 0-3, 2 K
3B Scott Sizemore: 1-2, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — fifth homer in 72 games
DH Zoilo Almonte: 1-2, 1 2B, 1 RBI
C John Ryan Murphy: 0-3
LHP Manny Banuelos: 3 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 5/1 GB/FB — 39 of 72 pitches were strikes (54%) … 32/19 K/BB in his last 37.1 innings
SwP Pat Venditte: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 3/1 GB/FB — 34 of 50 pitches were strikes (68%)

CF-LF Jose Pirela: 0-3, 3 K
2B Rob Refsnyder: 1-3
1B Kyle Roller: 0-3, 2 K
RF Zoilo Almonte: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI — 19 homers in 109 total games this year, MLB and Triple-A
C Austin Romine: 1-2, 1 BB, 1 K
RHP Chris Leroux: 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 7/4 GB/FB — 51 of 76 pitches were strikes (67%)
LHP Tyler Webb: 1 IP, zeroes, 1/0 GB/FB — 11 of 17 pitches were strikes (65%)

Double-A Trenton (8-4 win over Harrisburg)

RF Jake Cave: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 2 K, 1 SB — had been in a 1-for-21 (.048) slump
LF Ben Gamel: 1-5, 1 RBI, 1 K
C Gary Sanchez: 1-5, 4 K, 1 CS
1B Greg Bird: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (fielding) — sixth homer in 19 Double-A games after seven homers in 74 High-A games
3B Dante Bichette Jr.: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K
CF Mason Williams: 0-4, 1 K
RHP Joel De La Cruz: 5 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 6/3 GB/FB — 56 of 92 pitches were strikes (61%)
RHP Danny Burawa: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 3/1 GB/FB — 23 of 36 pitches were strikes (64%) … 15/4 K/BB in his last 15 innings

High-A Tampa (2-0 win over Dunedin)

CF Mark Payton & SS Cito Culver: both 1-4, 1 K — Culver drove in a run and threw a ball away for an error
3B Eric Jagielo: 0-4
RF Aaron Judge: 0-3, 3 K — ouch
LF Ericson Leonora: 3-3, 1 R
LHP Miguel Sulbaran: 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 5/7 GB/FB — very nice start after a string of brutal outings (6+ runs in four of his last five starts)

Low-A Charleston (3-2 win over Rome in 11 innings)

DH Abi Avelino: 0-4, 1 R, 1 BB — scored the go-ahead run in the top of the 11th on a wild pitch
SS Tyler Wade: 1-3, 1 BB, 1 K
RF Michael O’Neill: 0-3, 1 R, 2 BB
3B Miguel Andujar: 2-5, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 K — tripled in the game-tying run in the top of the ninth
2B Gosuke Katoh: 0-4, 2 K
RHP Conor Mullee: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1/2 GB/FB — 35/12 K/BB in 34.2 innings for the team’s 24th rounder in 2010

Short Season Staten Island (5-0 win over Vermont)

C Luis Torrens: 0-5, 2 K
3B Ty McFarland: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI
CF Austin Aune: 2-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 K — 20 doubles in 53 games
LF Chris Breen: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB
RHP Jordan Foley: 4 IP, zeroes, 5 K, 4/2 GB/FB — 35/15 K/BB in 34.1 innings for this year’s fifth rounder
LHP Jordan Montgomery: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1/2 GB/FB — 18/5 K/BB in 17 innings for this year’s fourth rounder

Rookie GCL Yanks1 (6-4 loss to GCL Tigers)

DH Bryan Cuevas: 2-4, 2 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 K
SS Thairo Estrada: 1-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K — played seven innings in his fourth game rehabbing from an unknown injury
3B Drew Bridges: 0-5, 2 K
CF Leonardo Molina: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K
LHP Orby Tavares: 3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 0/3 GB/FB — 28/19 K/BB in 36.1 innings for the 19-year-old
RHP Matt Marsh: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 WP — 21/4 K/BB in 13.2 innings for the undrafted free agent

Rookie GCL Yanks2 (5-1 loss to GCL Tigers)

CF Jose Figueroa: 2-4
SS Yancarlos Baez: 0-3
LHP Nestor Cortes: 4 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 3/1 GB/FB — 38/5 K/BB in 31.2 innings for the 19-year-old, who was the team’s 36th rounder last year

DotF: Bird goes deep again in Trenton’s win