DotF: Gittens goes deep three times in Charleston’s win

The video above is OF Jake Cave’s home run from last night’s game. The camera loses track of the ball in flight, but the announcer says it landed on the roof of the building beyond the right field. That’s quite a shot. Cave has six homers in 58 games this season. He had nine homers total in 264 games from 2014-15.

Triple-A Scranton (3-2 loss to Toledo)

• DH Ben Gamel: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 3 K
• 1B Nick Swisher: 1-4, 1 BB, 2 K — his opt-out date has to be coming up soon, but I think he’s going to end up sticking around … what other team will add him to their roster? and what other team is on their fifth string first baseman?
• RF Aaron Judge & C Gary Sanchez: both 0-3, 1 BB — Sanchez struck out and committed a passed ball
• LF Tyler Austin: 1-4, 1 R
• CF Cesar Puello: 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB — got picked off third … ouch
• RHP Chad Green: 7 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 11 K, 4/1 GB/FB — 68 of 103 pitches were strikes (66%) … 51/7 K/BB in his last 50.1 innings at this level
• RHP Matt Wotherspoon: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB — nine of 12 pitches were strikes

Double-A Trenton (3-1 win over Harrisburg)

• 2B Tyler Wade: 0-3, 2 K, 1 HBP
• CF Dustin Fowler: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 SB — he’s 12-for-20 (60%) in steal attempts this year after going 30-for-46 (65%) last year
• 3B Miguel Andujar: 1-4, 2 K
• RHP Chance Adams: 5.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 8/2 GB/FB — 62 of 81 pitches were strikes (77%) … very nice Double-A debut
  
• RHP Jonathan Holder: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1/0 GB/FB — ten pitches, eight strikes … 52/5 K/BB in 34.2 innings … I wonder how much longer until he’s in Scranton

High-A Tampa (3-2 win over Lakeland in 18 innings) the win clinched the first half division title, giving them an automatic postseason berth

• 2B Jorge Mateo: 2-7, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K — got picked off second
• 3B Thairo Estrada: 3-8, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 K, 2 HBP — leadoff double sparked the go-ahead rally in the 18th
• RF Austin Aune: 1-8, 4 K
• SS Abi Avelino: 1-6, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (fielding) — also got picked off second … singled in the go-ahead run in the top of the 18th
• LHP James Reeves: 5.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 4/3 GB/FB — 57/17 K/BB in 42 innings
• RHP Jordan Foley: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 0/2 GB/FB
• RHP Angel Rincon: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 3/2 GB/FB
• RHP Gabe Encinas: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 1/0 GB/FB — 13/27 K/BB in 19.1 innings

Low-A Charleston (8-6 win over West Virginia)

• SS Hoy Jun Park: 0-2, 2 R, 2 BB
• 1B Chris Gittens: 3-6, 3 R, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (fielding) — he now leads the system with eleven homers (Andujar came into today with ten) … as best I can remember, this is the first three-homer game in the system since Mike Ford’s four-homer game in 2014
• RF Jhalan Jackson: 0-4, 4 K — just off the DL after missing two weeks with an unknown injury
• 3B Angel Aguilar: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K — seven homers in 53 games this year after hitting three homers in 83 games at this level last year
• LF Alex Palma: 1-4, 1 K, 1 SB
• 2B Gosuke Katoh: 0-4, 1 R, 1 K, 1 SB
• RHP Luis Cedeno: 5.2 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HB, 7/5 GB/FB — 53 of 79 pitches were strikes (67%)

Short Season Staten Island begins their season tomorrow. The roster still isn’t out.

Rookie level Pulaski begins their season next Thursday.

Rookie level GCL Yanks East & West begin their seasons next Friday.