DotF: Ellsbury plays seven innings in rehab game; Sanchez goes deep in third straight game

Triple-A Scranton Game One (4-0 win over Buffalo) makeup of the June 27th rainout

• CF Ben Gamel: 3-4, 2 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI — seven multi-hit games, four one-hit games, and six no-hit games in his last 17 games
• RF Aaron Judge: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 K
• 1B Greg Bird: 1-4, 2 K — first Triple-A hit was a single
• 2B Rob Refsnyder: 1-4, 1 K
• C Austin Romine: 0-4, 1 R
• RHP Joel De La Cruz: 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 7/7 GB/FB — 39 of 53 pitches were strikes (74%) … efficient!
• LHP James Pazos: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 HB, 4/0 GB/FB — 26 of 42 pitches were strikes (62%) … 23/1 K/BB in 21 innings

Triple-A Scranton Game Two (6-4 loss to Buffalo)

• RF Aaron Judge: 1-4, 1 RBI, 2 K
• DH Greg Bird: 1-5, 1 K
• 2B Rob Refsnyder: 2-3, 1 R, 2 BB — three strikeouts and 13 walks in his last ten games
• RHP Esmil Rogers: 4 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 6/2 GB/FB, 1 E (throwing) — 48 of 74 pitches were strikes (64%)
• RHP Jordan Foley: 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 1/3 GB/FB — half of his 50 pitches were strikes … up from Low-A Charleston just to give them an extra arm for the doubleheader

Double-A Trenton (14-2 win over Reading)

• RF Mark Payton: 1-4, 1 R, 1 3B, 2 BI, 2 K
• CF Jake Cave: 3-5, 3 R, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 1 BB — taking to the three-hole well after the Bird promotion
• C Gary Sanchez: 3-6, 3 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI — third straight game with a dinger … 10-for-33 (.303) with two doubles and three homers in six games since coming off the DL
• 2B Tony Renda: 1-4, 1 R, 1 BB
• RHP Brady Lail: 6.1 P, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 10/3 GB/FB — 60 of 90 pitches were strikes … only the third time he’s allowed more than two earned runs in his last 12 starts
• RHP Andrew Bailey: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 2/3 GB/FB — 15 of 22 pitches were strikes (68%)

High-A Tampa (5-4 win over Daytona)

• 2B Tyler Wade: 1-4, 1 E (fielding)
• CF Jacoby Ellsbury: 1-4, 1 R — played seven innings in the field in his third rehab game
• SS Abi Avelino: 0-4
• RF-CF Dustin Fowler: 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• 3B Miguel Andujar: 2-3, 2 R, 1 BB — had been in a 2-for-30 (.067) slump
• LF Michael O’Neill: 2-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI
• RHP Gabe Encinas: 5 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, 5/0 GB/FB — 66 of 96 pitches were strikes (69%)

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

• SS Angel Aguilar: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
• RF Alex Palma: 1-3, 1 BB, 1 K — threw a runner out at third … six outfield assists in 36 games
• RHP David Palladino: 6 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 8/3 GB/FB — 58 of 92 pitches were strikes (63%)

Short Season Staten Island (3-2 win over Hudson Valley)

• CF Jeff Hendrix & SS Kyle Holder: both 0-4 — Holder scored a run, struck out, and committed a fielding error
• 2B Thairo Estrada: 2-3, 1 SB, 1 HBP
• 3B Brandon Wagner: 0-0, 3 BB, 1 HBP — on-base four times and he didn’t make contact once
• RHP Luis Cedeno: 6 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 4/6 GB/FB — 47 of 75 pitches were strikes (63%)

Rookie level Pulaski‘s game was suspended due to rain in the third inning. The game will be completed tomorrow. Here’s the box score if you can’t wait that long.

The two Rookie level GCL Yanks affiliates had their regular Sunday off-day.