DotF: Scranton walks off with a win thanks to Gamel and Judge

According to George King, RHP James Kaprielian was supposed to make his pro debut with one of the two Rookie Gulf Coast League affiliates today, but that didn’t happen for whatever reason. Kaprielian indicated on Twitter he was scheduled to pitch today as well. It rained a bunch in Tampa today, so maybe he was scratched and instead threw inside or something. Chances are we’ll never know.

Also, LHP Jeff Degano is apparently on his way to join Short Season Staten Island, according to his Twitter feed. He’d been in the GCL the last few weeks. Degano was this year’s second rounder. Kaprielian, of course, was the team’s first rounder.

Triple-A Scranton (4-3 win over Pawtucket in 12 innings, walk-off style)

• CF Ben Gamel: 2-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 BB — 29-for-51 (57%) with four doubles, five triples, and four homers in his last 18 games
• 2B Rob Refsnyder: 1-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB — if they’re not calling him up right now, when will they?
• 1B Greg Bird: 2-6
• C Gary Sanchez: 0-5, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
• RF Aaron Judge: 3-5, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — walk-off single … Donnie Collins says he made a diving catch in right as well
• LF Jose Pirela: 1-4, 1 BB
• DH Austin Romine: 0-5
• RHP Eric Ruth: 6 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 10/4 GB/FB — 55 of 84 pitches were strikes (65%) … up from Double-A to start in place of Chris Capuano, who was called up to the bigs
• RHP Nick Rumbelow: 2 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2/1 GB/FB — only four of his 17 pitches were balls (76% strikes)
• RHP Caleb Cotham: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 0/1 GB/FB — ten of 14 pitches were strikes (71%)
• RHP Johnny Barbato: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 3/1 GB/FB — 29 of 46 pitches were strikes (63%)

Double-A Trenton Game One (5-0 loss to New Britain) makeup of yesterday’s rainout

• CF Jake Cave: 2-4, 1 2B, 1 K
• SS Tyler Wade: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 E (throwing) — 30 errors in 101 games in the field this year after 22 errors in 110 games in the field last year
• 2B Tony Renda: 0-3
• RF Tyler Austin: 1-3, 1 K
• RHP Jaron Long: 6 IP, 10 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 11/1 GB/FB — 52 of 70 pitches were strikes (74%) … grounders are good, runs are bad

Double-A Trenton Game Two (4-1 win over New Britain)

• CF Jake Cave: 3-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K — nice doubleheader for Cave
• 2B Tony Renda: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
• DH Tyler Austin: 0-4, 1 K
• RF Mark Payton: 1-4, 1 RBI
• LHP Matt Tracy: 5.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 4/7 GB/FB — 45 of 75 pitches were strikes (60%)

High-A Tampa (1-0 loss to Brevard County)

• SS Abi Avelino: 2-4, 1 CS — three straight two-hit games after a 1-for-23 (.043) slump
• CF Dustin Fowler: 0-4, 2 K
• 3B Miguel Andujar: 1-4
• LHP Chaz Hebert: 6 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 6/2 GB/FB — 54 of 77 pitches were strikes (70%)

Low-A Charleston (11-5 loss to Lexington)

• SS Angel Aguilar: 1-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
• CF Austin Aune: 0-4, 1 K
• RF Alex Palma: 1-2, 1 RBI, 1 CS — left the game for an unknown reason in the seventh
• LHP Justin Kamplain: 6 P, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 1 WP, 1/5 GB/FB — 56 of 96 pitches were strikes (58%)

Short Season Staten Island (4-1 win over Williamsport)

• SS Kyle Holder: 0-1, 1 R, 3 BB — 24 strikeouts and 15 walks in 41 games
• 2B Thairo Estrada: 2-4, 1 K, 1 E (throwing) — 10-for-19 (.526) in his last five games as the Summer of Thairo continues
• 3B Brandon Wagner: 0-4, 2 K
• RF Jhalan Jackson: 1-4, 1 K
• RHP Kolton Mahoney: 3.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 2 WP, 7/1 GB/FB — 46 of 70 pitches were strikes (66%)

Rookie level Pulaski (3-2 loss to Bluefield)

• DH Carlos Vidal: 0-3
• SS Hyo-Jun Park: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — got picked off first … third homer in 40 games
• LF Nathan Mikolas: 0-4, 1 K
• RHP Jonathan Padilla: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2/0 GB/FB
• RHP Jhon Morban: 5.1 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 3/1 GB/FB

Rookie level GCL Yanks1 (8-7 loss to GCL Blue Jays, walk-off style)

• DH Trey Amburgey: 1-5, 2 R, 2 K
• SS Wilkerman Garcia: 2-4, 1 R, 2 RBI — kid keeps hitting
• 3B Donny Sands: 0-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 E (fielding) — picked a runner off first
• RF Leonardo Molina: 1-4, 1 CS
• RHP Anderson Severino: 2.2 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 4/1 GB/FB

Rookie level GCL Yanks2 Game One (7-6 win over GCL Astros in eleven innings, walk-off style) completion of the July 28th game, which was suspended due to rain in the third inning

• SS Yancarlos Baez: 2-5, 2 RBI — walk-off single
• 2B Yonauris Rodriguez: 1-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 3 K
• LF Isiah Gilliam: 1-5
• 3B Dermis Garcia: 0-0, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 E (throwing) — started the original game but did not play this one
• RHP Dallas Martinez: 2 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 3/3 GB/FB — started the original game
• RHP Leonardo Garcia: 4.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 2/3 GB/FB — 24/22 K/BB in 24.1 innings for the 21-year-old
• RHP Branden Stenhouse: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 0/2 GB/FB — 16/9 K/BB in 16.2 innings for the kid from Australia

Rookie level GCL Yanks2 Game Two (6-2 win over GCL Astros in seven innings)

• SS Yancarlos Baez: 2-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 K — 14-for-36 (.389) during his nine-game hitting streak
• 2B Yonauris Rodriguez: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• DH Isiah Gilliam: 2-3, 1 RBI
• RHP Gilmael Troya: 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 3/4 GB/FB — 28/12 K/BB in 27.1 innings for the 18-year-old