DotF: Judge suffers left knee injury in Scranton’s win

Some notes:

• The Yankees have signed RHP Christian Herstine out of the independent American Association, according to the Marietta College website, his alma mater. Herstine allowed one run and struck out ten in only 8.2 innings with the Gary SouthShore RailCats.
• C Kyle Higashioka will participate in the Double-A Eastern League All-Star Home Run Derby next week, so says Matt Kardos. His 14 homers are nearly double his previous career high (eight in 2011).

Triple-A Scranton (7-5 win over Rochester)

• CF Ben Gamel: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 2 RBI — threw a runner out at first … 16-for-46 (.348) during his ten-game hitting streak
• RF Aaron Judge: 0-2, 1 BB, 1 K — he left the game after pulling up lame running out a ground ball in the fifth inning, according to Shane Hennigan … manager Al Pedrique said Judge felt “a little pop” and has soreness in his left knee … Pedrique downplayed the injury and said Judge wanted to remain in the game, though that wasn’t going to happen … the All-Star break is next week, so even if it’s a minor injury, my guess is the Yankees play it safe and have Judge sit out the rest of the weekend and not participate in the Home Run Derby and All-Star Game
  
• C Gary Sanchez: 2-3, 1 BB — 17-for-50 (.340) in his last eleven games … Austin Romine’s been pretty darn good as Brian McCann’s backup, but if the Yankees do sell, I think it would be wise to call up Sanchez and give him half the starts behind the plate down the stretch
• DH Ike Davis: 1-4, 1 R, 2 K
• 1B Tyler Austin: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K — 18-for-57 (.316) with seven doubles and six homers in his last 14 games
• LF Jake Cave: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
• RHP Kyle Haynes: 4 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 3/2 GB/FB — 59 of 90 pitches were strikes (66%)
• RHP Matt Wotherspoon: 3.1 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HB, 6/0 GB/FB — 41 of 57 pitches were strikes (71%) … the Scranton native is back with the RailRiders
• RHP Johnny Barbato: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/3 GB/FB — 21 of 31 pitches were strikes (68%) … 26/13 K/BB in 26.2 Triple-A innings

Double-A Trenton (2-1 loss to Richmond, walk-off style)

• SS Tyler Wade: 1-4, 1 RBI
• DH Dustin Fowler: 0-4, 2 K
• C Kyle Higashioka: 2-4, 1 E (throwing) — 13-for-39 (.333) in his last ten games
• 3B Miguel Andujar: 1-4
• RHP Vicente Campos: 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 8/3 GB/FB — 62 of 95 pitches were strikes (65%) … 97/34 K/BB in 104.1 innings
• RHP Cale Coshow: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/2 GB/FB — 20 of 30 pitches were strikes

High-A Tampa (4-0 loss to Jupiter)

• DH Mason Williams: 0-4, 1 K — he’s 2-for-25 (.080) in six rehab games, all at DH
• 2B Thairo Estrada & LF Trey Amburgey: both 1-4, 1 K
• SS Abi Avelino: 1-4, 2 K, 1 E (fielding)
• RHP Domingo Acevedo: 6 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 Balk, 8/1 GB/FB — 62 of 78 pitches were strikes (79%) … 76/13 K/BB in 71.1 innings

Low-A Charleston Game One (10-4 win over Asheville in seven innings) makeup of yesterday’s rainout

• DH Hoy Jun Park: 0-4, 1 K
• SS Kyle Holder: 4-4, 3 R, 2 2B — 17-for-48 (.354) in his last 12 games, but all 17 hits are singles
• CF Jeff Hendrix: 0-2, 2 R, 2 BB, 1 E (fielding) — 1-for-17 (.059) since that insane 28-for-44 (.636) streak
• 1B Chris Gittens: 2-3, 2 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
• RF Jhalan Jackson: 2-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K — second straight game with a homer
• 3B Mandy Alvarez: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 5 RBI — first pro homer for this year’s 17th rounder … he’s reached base in all 15 pro games
• 2B Gosuke Katoh: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
• RHP Domingo German: 5 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 2 WP, 5/3 GB/FB — 44 of 63 pitches were strikes (70%) … 11/2 K/BB in his first 15 innings back from Tommy John surgery

Low-A Charleston Game Two is in extra innings and I don’t feel like waiting around any longer. Here’s the box score.

Short Season Staten Island (4-2 win over Mahoning Valley)

• RF Ricardo Ferreira: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 3 K
• 2B Nick Solak: 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — eight walks and five strikeouts in 14 pro games for this year’s second rounder
• C Luis Torrens: 1-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K — he’s hitting .326/.348/.419 in eleven games
• 3B Drew Bridges: 1-4
• CF Dom Thompson-Williams: 2-4, 1 K, 1 SB
• SS Angel Aguilar: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B
• RHP Austin DeCarr: 3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1 Balk, 1 HB, 5/0 GB/FB — 38 of 64 pitches were strikes (59%) … 6/7 K/BB in 10.2 innings back from Tommy John surgery
• RHP Taylor Widener: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2/1 GB/FB — 27 of 40 pitches were strikes (68%) … 8/2 K/BB in six innings for this year’s 12th rounder

Rookie Pulaski was rained out. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on August 4th.

Rookie GCL Yanks East (6-2 loss to GCL Tigers East)

• DH Edel Luaces: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 K
• RF Erick Mendez: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — 4-for-14 (.286) in his last four games, and all four hits have gone for extra bases (three doubles, one homer)
• CF Jordan Scott: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 SB
• 3B Yancarlos Baez: 1-4, 2 K, 1 SB, 1 E (fielding)
• RHP Miguel Yajure: 6 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 1 HB, 8/2 GB/FB — 14/1 K/BB in 15 innings for the 18-year-old

Rookie GCL Yanks West (3-2 loss to GCL Blue Jays)

• CF Pablo Oliveras: 3-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HBP — the 18-year-old is 8-for-22 (.364) in his last six games
• SS Diego Castillo: 2-4 — 9-for-23 (.391) in his last six games
• DH Blake Rutherford: 1-2, 1 RBI, 1 BB — this year’s first rounder picks up his first hit, first walk, and first RBI in his fourth pro game
• 3B Nelson Gomez: 0-3, 1 RBI, 3 K
• 1B Miguel Flames: 1-4
• RF Juan DeLeon: 1-3, 1 HBP
• LHP Tony Hernandez: 3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 7/0 GB/FB
• RHP Isaac Padilla: 4 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 3/2 GB/FB