DotF: Pirela begins rehab assignment, Judge and Bird hit back-to-back homers in Trenton’s win

UTIL Jose Pirela has been added to the High-A Tampa roster, the team announced. This officially kicks off his 20-day minor league rehab window. Also, RHP Andrew Bailey was assigned to Extended Spring Training. Not sure what’s going on there.

Triple-A Scranton (8-3 win over Pawtucket)

• CF Slade Heathcott: 2-4, 2 R, 1 BB — on base 14 times in his last six games with zero strikeouts
• 2B Rob Refsnyder: 3-5, 1 R, 1 RBI — 5-for-8 (.625) after an 0-for-15 slump
• 1B Kyle Roller: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 K
• RF Tyler Austin: 0-4, 1 BB — in a 4-for-32 (.125) slump
• C Austin Romine: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 PB
• LHP Matt Tracy: 3 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HB, 5/3 GB/FB — 31 of 45 pitches were strikes (69%) … this is only his second appearance of the year because he’d been stuck in DFA limbo for a while
• RHP Joel De La Cruz: 4 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 6/1 GB/FB — 27 of 42 pitches were strikes (64%)
• LHP Jacob Lindgren: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1/0 GB/FB — nine of 17 pitches were strikes (53%) … left the game after being hit by a comebacker in the leg, according to Donnie Collins … he wasn’t limping and it appeared to be precautionary
  
• RHP Danny Burawa: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 15 of 21 pitches were strikes (71%)

Double-A Trenton (8-2 win over Portland)

• CF Mason Williams: 2-3, 3 R, 2 BB — five walks and no strikeouts in his last four games
• RF Aaron Judge: 2-4, 3 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — goes deep on his 23rd birthday … 7-for-16 (.438) in his last four games
• 1B Greg Bird: 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB — hit back-to-back homers with Judge in the fifth
• 3B Eric Jagielo: 1-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K — six of his last ten hits have gone for extra bases
• C Gary Sanchez: 3-4, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB — 8-for-17 (.471) in his last four games
• LHP Miguel Sulbaran: 5.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, 4/6 GB/FB — 52 of 94 pitches were strikes (55%)
• RHP Johnny Barbato: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 1/2 GB/FB — only ten of 26 pitches were strikes (38%)
• RHP Mark Montgomery: 1 IP, zeroes, 3/0 GB/FB — eleven of 17 pitches were strikes (65%)

High-A Tampa (3-2 win over Clearwater)

• CF Mark Payton: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB
• DH Jose Pirela: 0-4, 1 R
• 3B Miguel Andujar: 0-3, 1 R, 1 K, 1 HBP
• 1B Mike Ford: 1-3, 2 RBI
• LHP Chaz Hebert: 5 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1/7 GB/FB — 35 of 52 pitches were strikes (67%)
• RHP Gabe Encinas: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 1 K, 0/2 GB/FB — only 20 of 43 pitches were strikes (47%) … eight walks and five strikeouts in his last 6.1 innings

Low-A Charleston (4-2 loss to Savannah)

• 2B Abi Avelino: 1-4, 1 R, 1 K
• SS Jorge Mateo: 0-3, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (throwing)
• CF Dustin Fowler: 2-4, 2 2B — 19-for-53 (.358) during his 13th game hitting streak
• RF Austin Aune: 1-4, 1 2B, 2 K
• LHP Justin Kamplain: 7 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 9/4 GB/FB — 61 of 94 pitches were strikes (65%) and he picked a runner off first