DotF: RailRiders win thanks to Heathcott’s four hits

Triple-A Scranton (3-2 win over Lehigh Valley) OF Ramon Flores didn’t play after being hit by a pitch last night

• CF Slade Heathcott: 4-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI — got picked off first … ten hits in his last 24 at-bats (.417)
• 2B Rob Refsnyder: 0-4, 2 K
• RF Tyler Austin: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 K — in a little 3-for-19 (.158) skid
• C Austin Romine: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI
• RHP Chase Whitley: 6 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 6/5 GB/FB — 53 of 74 pitches were strikes (72%) … I wonder when they’ll get him up to 90 pitches
• RHP Danny Burawa: 0.2 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB — eight of eleven pitches were strikes
• LHP Jacob Lindgren: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1/0 GB/FB — 12 of 19 pitches were strikes (63%)
• RHP Jose Ramirez: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 3/1 GB/FB — 13 of 18 pitches were strikes (72%) … continues to be awesome

Double-A Trenton (2-1 win over New Hampshire)

• CF Mason Williams: 2-3, 1 RBI, 2 SB — hitting .310/.340/.357 with six steals in eight attempts in 12 games so far
• RF Aaron Judge: 0-4, 2 K
• 1B Greg Bird: 0-3, 1 BB
• DH Eric Jagielo: 2-4, 1 K — hitting .311/.360/.622 through 12 games so far … remember he had that scary eye injury in Instructional League, so it’s good to see him not miss a beat
• 3B Dante Bichette Jr.: 1-4
• RHP Taylor Garrison: 5 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 6/6 GB/FB — 53 of 85 pitches were strikes (62%)
• RHP Johnny Barbato: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 2/1 GB/FB — 29 of 41 pitches were strikes (71%) … nine strikeouts in 6.2 innings for the guy the Yankees got in the Shawn Kelley trade
• RHP Kyle Haynes: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2 WP, 0/2 GB/FB — half of his 22 pitches were strikes
• RHP Mark Montgomery: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1/0 GB/FB — ten of 13 pitches were strikes (77%)

High-A Tampa (9-4 win over Clearwater)

• CF Mark Payton: 3-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 1 BB — 13 hits in his last 36 at-bats (.361)
• SS Tyler Wade: 2-4, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 CS, 2 E (throwing, fielding) — seven two-hit games in his last eight games … also, that’s seven errors in 12 games now
• 3B Miguel Andujar: 0-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
• RHP Jonathan Holder: 4 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 1 WP, 3/1 GB/FB — 52 of 78 pitches were strikes (67%) … so far so good as a starter (15.1 IP, 12 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 14 K)

Low-A Charleston (5-2 loss to Augusta)

• 2B Gosuke Katoh: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
• SS Jorge Mateo: 2-4, 1 3B, 2 RBI — only the fifth time in 12 games this year he didn’t steal a base … hitting .283/.366/.370 as a 19-year-old in full season ball so far
• CF Dustin Fowler: 1-4, 1 SB
• RF Austin Aune: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K
• LHP Jordan Montgomery: 4 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, 1 Balk, 1/3 GB/FB — 24/3 K/BB in 15.1 innings in the early going