Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Game One (5-3 loss to Lehigh Valley in seven innings) makeup of yesterday’s rainout
- SS Thairo Estrada: 2-4, 1 R — 11-for-31 (.355) with two doubles and two homers in his last seven games
- LF Trey Amburgey: 0-4, 1 R, 1 K
- C Ryan Lavarnway: 3-3
- RHP Jonathan Loaisiga: 5 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 7 K, 1 HR, 5/3 GB/FB — 48 of 83 pitches were strikes (58%) … believe it or not, this was his first career Triple-A start … the Yankees called him up straight from Trenton last year and he never made it to Scranton after being sent down because he got hurt
- LHP Rex Brothers: 2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HR, 1/1 GB/FB — 22 of 38 pitches were strikes (58%) … 8/2 K/BB in 5.2 innings thus far
Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Game Two (5-3 loss to Lehigh Valley in seven innings)
- DH Thairo Estrada: 1-4, 1 R
- LF Trey Amburgey: 0-4
- 2B Gosuke Katoh: 2-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 HBP — that’s now four homers in eleven Triple-A games after hitting five homers in 118 Double-A games last year
- 1B Ryan McBroom: 1-2, 1 R, 2 BB
- RHP Chance Adams: 4 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 5 K, 2 HR, 2/2 GB/FB — 50 of 83 pitches were strikes (60%) … his overall season line is pretty ugly: 11.1 IP, 16 H, 14 R, 13 ER, 10 BB, 14 K, 4 HR in three starts
- RHP Jake Barrett: 2 IP, zeroes, 3 K, 3/0 GB/FB — 18 of 28 pitches were strikes (64%)
Double-A Trenton Thunder (5-3 loss to Akron)
- SS Hoy Jun Park: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 E (throwing) — got picked off first … showing some nice extra-base power in the early going
- 1B Brandon Wagner: 0-4, 1 K, 1 E (fielding) — has had a few walk-off hits lately, though he’s at .143/.273/.286 in the early going
- LF Ben Ruta: 1-2, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 2 SB — went 0-for-6 yesterday and is still hitting .386/.481/.568 with seven extra-base hits (six doubles, one triples), eight walks, and eight strikeouts in 12 games
- RF Rashad Crawford: 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB
- RHP Brody Koerner: 7 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 7/7 GB/FB — 61 of 96 pitches were strikes (64%) … the Yankees are apparently going with a six-man rotation in Double-A for the time being … Koerner’s still in the rotation even though RHP Nick Green is stretched out and starting
High-A Tampa Tarpons (6-1 win over Bradenton)
- CF Pablo Olivares: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI — has exactly one hit in each game during his six-game hitting streak
- SS Diego Castillo: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB — now 5-for-57 (.088) on the season … one hit a day makes for a slow trek to the Mendoza Line
- 3B Oswaldo Cabrera: 0-4
- DH Dermis Garcia: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K — 5-for-15 (.333) with two doubles and two homers in his last four games
- LF Isiah Gilliam: 2-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K — 5-for-16 (.313) with a double and a homer in his last four games
- C Donny Sands: 2-3, 1 R
- RHP Deivi Garcia: 4.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 8 K, 3/2 GB/FB — 53 of 90 pitches were strikes (59%) … 23/7 K/BB in 12 innings through three starts
Low-A Charleston RiverDogs (7-1 win over Greenville)
- LF Brandon Lockridge: 1-3, 2 BB, 1 K
- CF Josh Stowers: 2-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K — threw a runner out at third … hitting .286/.386/.367 through 13 games … not much power, but that’ll come in time
- DH Josh Breaux: 0-5, 3 K — in a 1-for-16 (.063) skid
- RHP Jio Orozco: 6 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 6/4 GB/FB — 56 of 95 pitches were strikes (59%)
The Short Season Staten Island Yankees, Rookie Pulaski Yankees, and two Rookie Gulf Coast League Yankees teams begin play in June.