DotF: Bird, McKinney begin rehab assignments in Tampa’s loss

Two quick injury notes:

• SS Thairo Estrada, who was placed on the disabled list yesterday, is out with a wrist issue, Triple-A Scranton manager Bobby Mitchell told DJ Eberle. So there you go. Tough year for Estrada so far. He’s had wrist and groin problems in addition to the whole getting shot thing.
• RHP Gio Gallegos was activated off the Triple-A Scranton disabled list, the team announced. He’d been out with groin and back trouble.

The Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders were rained out. They’re going to play a doubleheader tomorrow. Brandon Drury’s rehab was moved back here because Trenton is out on the road, so he lost out on a rehab game tonight. He’ll (probably) play two tomorrow instead.

Double-A Trenton Thunder (3-1 loss to Richmond, walk-off style)

• CF Rashad Crawford: 1-4, 1 K
• LF Trey Amburgey: 0-4, 2 K
• SS Abi Avelino: 2-4, 1 R, 1 SB — so I guess he’s not going back to Scranton even though Estrada’s hurt
• 2B Gosuke Katoh: 2-4, 2 K
• RF Jhalan Jackson: 0-2, 2 BB, 1 SB
• RHP Erik Swanson: 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 9 K, 1 Balk, 4/5 GB/FB — 75 of 104 pitches were strikes (72%) … 0.52 ERA and 44/11 K/BB in 29.2 innings so far this season … he’s been dominant all year

High-A Tampa Tarpons (10-6 loss to Florida)

• CF Estevan Florial: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B — 13-for-42 (.310) with four doubles in his last ten games
• 1B Greg Bird: 0-3, 1 RBI — played five innings in the field as scheduled … Aaron Boone said yesterday Bird is 10-20 days away
• LF Billy McKinney: 0-1, 2 BB — played five innings in the field as well … it had been reported Bird would start his rehab assignment today, but McKinney’s was a surprise
• DH Isiah Gilliam: 1-4, 2 RBI, 2 K
• RF Alex Palma & SS Diego Castillo: both 1-4, 1 R — Palma threw a runner out at second … Castillo committed a throwing error
• RHP Nick Green: 4.2 IP, 11 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 2 WP, 4/3 GB/FB — 49 of 85 pitches were strikes (58%), plus he picked a runner off second … first tough outing of the season … he’d allowed seven runs total in his first five starts

Low-A Charleston RiverDogs (2-1 loss to Lakewood)

• LF Dom Thompson-Williams & SS Oswaldo Cabrera: both 0-4 — Cabrera struck out twice, DTW once … Cabrera also missed a catch for an error
• 2B Wilkerman Garcia: 2-4 — had been in a 4-for-29 (.138) … he’s been either very hot or very cold so far this year
• RF Steven Sensley: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B — first multi-hit game in two weeks
• DH Leonardo Molina: 2-4, 1 2B, 1 K — 10-for-32 (.313) during his seven-game hitting streak
• LHP JP Sears: 5.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 2 HR, 7/4 GB/FB — 61 of 86 pitches were strikes (71%), plus he picked a runner off first … 25/1 K/BB in 22.2 innings so far this year