DotF: Judge, Austin, Higashioka have big games in AAA win

Some notes:

LHP Phil Coke has been placed on the Triple-A Scranton DL, according to Shane Hennigan. He hurt his ankle during Sunday’s start. RHP Mark Montgomery has been moved up from Double-A Trenton to fill the roster spot.
C Gary Sanchez, who is still out with a fractured thumb, took ground balls at first base today, according to Hennigan. There’s no reason not to have him work out there since Mark Teixeira will be out a while. Sanchez has some first base experience in winter ball.
Brendan Kuty recently spoke to minor league hitting coordinator James Rowson about SS Kyle Holder. “He’s learned to be approach-oriented, so he doesn’t live and die with every at-bat. He understands that it’s a process,” said Rowson.
RHP Cody Carroll, RHP Andrew Schwaab, and RHP Daris Vargas have been named to the Low-A South Atlanta League All-Star Game, so congrats to them. Here are the North and South rosters. The game will be played on Tuesday, June 21st. That’s two weeks from today.
And finally, OF Jeff Hendrix has been named the Low-A South Atlantic League Offensive Player of the Week. Congrats to him.

Triple-A Scranton (11-10 win over Charlotte, walk-off style)

CF Ben Gamel: 2-4, 2 R, 2 BB, 1 K — that’s four multi-hit games in his last six games overall
RF Aaron Judge: 3-5, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB — 9-for-19 (.474) since the ugly 0-for-24 slump
LF Jake Cave: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB — drew the walk-off walk
1B Tyler Austin: 3-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — 6-for-14 (.429) with two doubles and a homer in four games since the promotion
DH Nick Swisher: 2-3, 2 RBI, 2 BB
C Kyle Higashioka: 4-5, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI — 12-for-31 (.387) with two doubles and three homers in eight games since the promotion … Sanchez is going to come back and their offense is going to get worse!
LHP Tyler Webb: 4 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 5/2 GB/FB — 53 of 85 pitches were strikes (62%) … third straight outing of four innings or more … he’d never done it before this little streak
RHP Conor Mullee: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2/2 GB/FB — 13 of 21 pitches were strikes (62%)
RHP Mark Montgomery:

Double-A Trenton (6-4 loss to Binghamton)

SS Tyler Wade: 1-4, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
CF Dustin Fowler: 1-5, 1 R, 2 K — threw a runner out at second
3B Billy Fleming: 1-4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB
LF Mark Payton: 1-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 K — four homers in 45 games this year after hitting three in 121 games last year
RHP Ronald Herrera: 5 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 2 HB, 3/2 GB/FB — 53 of 86 pitches were strikes (62%) … he’s allowed 20 runs in his last 18 innings
RHP Cale Coshow: 1.1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2/1 GB/FB — ten of 12 pitches were strikes

High-A Tampa (2-1 win over Clearwater)

LF Zack Zehner: 1-3, 1 , 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB
2B Jorge Mateo: 0-4, 1 SB — he’s stolen 14 bases in his last 15 attempts, so he’s gotten his mojo back
3B Miguel Andujar, RF Austin Aune & DH Thairo Estrada: all 1-4, 1 K
SS Abi Avelino: 0-4, 1 K
LHP Josh Rogers: 5 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 3/3 GB/FB — 46 of 75 pitches were strikes (61%)
LHP James Reeves: 3.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HB, 4/4 GB/FB — 28 of 41 pitches were strikes (68%) … his K/9 dropped from 13.9 to 12.8 with this game

Low-A Charleston (4-2 win over Rome)

SS Hoy Jun Park: 0-5, 2 K — 8-for-36 (.222) with 13 strikeouts in his last nine games
1B Chris Gittens: 0-1, 3 BB
DH Connor Spencer: 3-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI — I’ve determined the Yankees have too many Connors/Conors/Conners in the system … I can’t keep them straight
3B Angel Aguilar: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K
RF Leonardo Molina: 1-4, 2 K
2B Gosuke Katoh: 0-2, 1 BB, 2 K
RHP Yefrey Ramirez: 7 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 6/4 GB/FB — 63 of 86 pitches were strikes (73%) … look at Yefrey doin’ work
RHP Jose Mesa Jr.: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 WP — 15 of 20 pitches were strikes