DotF: Payton, Ford, and Garcia all go deep again

• LF Mark Payton: 4-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI — 6-for-12 with two homers in three games since the Billy McKinney trade made him the team’s No. 1 outfielder
  
• DH Tyler Austin: 1-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 2 K
• 1B Mike Ford: 2-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — here’s video of the homer … five homers in his last 14 games
• SS Abi Avelino: 2-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 K
• LHP Justus Sheffield: 5.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 7/5 GB/FB — 66 of 102 pitches were strikes (65%) … 1.21 ERA and 23/8 K/BB in his last five starts and 29.2 innings

Double-A Trenton Thunder (3-2 win over Portland, walk-off style)

• LF-RF Trey Amburgey: 2-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 SB — 18-for-56 (.321) with three doubles and two homers in his last 15 games
• 3B Brandon Wagner: 3-5, 1 2B, 1 RBI — walk-off single … 5-for-17 (.294) in four games since the promotion
• 1B Ryan McBroom: 2-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• SS Kyle Holder: 1-4
• RHP Domingo Acevedo: 4 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 HR, 2/4 GB/FB — 37 of 49 pitches were strikes (76%) … he left with the trainer in the fifth inning, so that’s not good

High-A Tampa Tarpons (8-5 win over Palm Beach)

• CF Estevan Florial: 1-4, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — 6-for-17 (.353) with three doubles in his last four games
• 2B Ronald Torreyes: 0-1, 1 RBI — played five innings … not sure if that was the plan going in … probably was
  
• PH-2B Hoy Jun Park: 1-1, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB
• RF Isiah Gilliam: 1-2, 1 R, 2 BB — ten walks and three strikeouts in his last eight games
• C Donny Sands: 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 PB
• SS Diego Castillo: 1-4, 1 R
• 1B Steven Sensley: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K
• RHP Nick Nelson: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 3/5 GB/FB — 53 of 92 pitches were strikes (58%) … 19/15 K/BB in his last four starts and 19.2 innings
• LHP Trevor Lane: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K — nine of 13 pitches were strikes

Low-A Charleston RiverDogs (10-8 loss to Greenville)

• 2B Wilkerman Garcia: 2-5, 1 2B, 1 K
• SS Oswaldo Cabrera: 1-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 BB
• DH Dermis Garcia: 2-5, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K — six homers in his last 18 games now
• CF Leonardo Molina: 2-4, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
• RHP Alex Mauricio: 4 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 3 WP, 2/3 GB/FB — 44 of 74 pitches were strikes (59%)

The Short Season Staten Island Yankees sat through a long rain delay and their doubleheader started not that long ago. Sorry folks, but I’m not waiting around for these games to end. You can see the box scores here.

Rookie Pulaski Yankees (5-3 loss to Greeneville)

• 3B-1B Nelson Gomez: 0-4, 2 K
• C Saul Torres: 1-3, 1 PB
• RHP Luis Gil: 4 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 5 K, 2 WP, 1/1 GB/FB — 43 of 82 pitches were strikes (52%) … 36/18 K/BB in 25.1 innings for the 20-year-old who came over from the Twins in the Jake Cave

Rookie GCL Yankees East (2-0 loss to GCL Phillies East)

• CF Ryder Green: 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 SB
• DH Jose Villa: 0-2, 1 K
• LF Alex Santana: 0-4, 2 K
• C Alex Guerrero: 0-3, 1 BB, 3 K
• RHP Elvis Peguero: 5 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 8/3 GB/FB — 7/11 K/BB in 16 innings for the 21-year-old
• LHP Josh Maciejewski: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 3/2 GB/FB — 20/4 K/BB in 16.2 innings for this year’s tenth rounder

The Rookie GCL Yankees West had a scheduled off-day.