Hughes (and Pavano) take another step

Triple-A Scranton (7-3 loss to Pawtucket)
Brett Gardner & Greg Porter: both 1 for 4, 1 K – Gardner swiped a bag
Eric Duncan & Matt Carson: both 0 for 4 – E-Dunc K’ed thrice
Juan Miranda & Ben Broussard: both 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 BB – Miranda drove in 1 run … Broussard drove in a pair of runs & K’ed
Cody Ransom, JD Closser & Chris Basak: all 0 for 3, 1 BB – Ransom swiped a bag, scored a run & K’ed … Basak K’ed twice
Billy Traber: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HB, 3-2 GB/FB – 21 of 39 pitches were strikes (53.8%) … started in place of Alan Horne, who was shipped to Tampa to figure out what the hell is wrong with him
Steven Jackson: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 3-1 GB/FB – 21 of 39 pitches were strikes, same rate as Traber
Mark Melancon: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 2-1 GB/FB – 21 of 33 pitches were strikes (63.6%)
Phil Coke: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 0-2 GB/FB
Scott Strickland: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K – he was bound to have one of these eventually

Double-A Trenton
Game 1 (7-3 win over Portland) this was the makeup of the July 20th game that was rained out
Reegie Corona & Ramiro Pena: both 1 for 2 – Corona drew 2 walks, stole 2 bases, scored 2 runs, drove in a run & K’ed … Pena walked once
Austin Jackson: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI
Chris Malec, Colin Curtis, Kevin Russo & Joe Muich: all 1 for 3 – Malec drove in a run, K’ed & was caught stealing … Curtis drew a walk, drove in a run, scored a run & K’ed … Russo drew a walk, doubled & scored a run … Muich drove in a run, scored a run & K’ed
Cody Ehlers: 0 for 2, 1 R, 2 BB
James Cooper: 1 for 4, 1 RBI
Mike Gardner: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 4-3 GB/FB
Anthony Claggett: 3 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 4-3 GB/FB – 4 runs allowed in his last 5 IP after allowing 6 runs in his previous 47 IP
Wilkins Arias: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Game 2 was postponed due to rain. I’m guessing they’ll play two tomorrow.

High-A Tampa (13-7 win over Dunedin)
Luis Nunez, Andres Perez & Tim Battle: all 2 for 5 – Nunez scored 2 runs, drove in 2 runs & swiped a bag … Perez scored a run, drove in a run & K’ed twice … Battle tripled, drove in a run, scored a run & K’ed
Eduardo Nunez & Kevin Smith: both 3 for 5, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K – Nunez drew a walk & scored 3 runs … Smith scored a pair of runs
Josh Kreuzer: 1 for 4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 HBP
Seth Fortenberry: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 K
Kyle Anson: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 PB
Matt Cusick: 0 for 2, 1 K – organizational debut … guess he’s going to be working off Tampa’s bench after being a regular player in Low-A while with Houston
Mitch Hilligoss: 1 for 3, 1 R
Alan Horne: 2.1 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 1-3 GB/FB – prospect status starting to go boom
Edgar Soto: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
Phil Bartlewski: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
Josh Schmidt: 2 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 5-0 GB/FB

Low-A Charleston (5-4 win over Greenville)
Justin Snyder: 0 for 5
Bradley Suttle: 2 for 4, 1 2B, 1 K – gotta love the .471 SLG
Austin Romine & Jesus Montero: both 1 for 4
Austin Krum & Brandon Laird: both 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 K – Krum hit a solo jack … Laird launched a pair of homers & drove in 3 runs … the radio announcer said it cleared the New York Life Building in LF, so that’s not a cheapy
Carmen Angelini & Matt Morris: both 0 for 3, 1 BB – Angelini K’ed twice, Morris once … Morris was also caught stealing
Abe Almonte: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI – 6 for his last 14 with 4 XBH, so he’s starting to get it together
Carl Pavano: 3 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 4-2 GB/FB – 33 of 45 pitches were strikes (73.3%) … he’s still in one piece, I think
Phil Hughes: 3.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 2 WP, 2-4 GB/FB – 37 of 54 pitches were strikes (68.5%) … he was on a ~50 pitch limit … next stop Trenton? I say yes
Ryan Zink: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Jon Ortiz: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K – almost let it get away

Short Season Staten Island (6-1 win over Brooklyn)
Addison Maruszack (17): 3 for 5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 RBI – 13 for his last 36 (.333)
David Adams (3): 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
Brian Baisley: 2 for 5, 1 K
Dan Brewer (8) & Taylor Grote: both 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K – Brewer was hit by a pitch … Grote drove in a run
Marcos Vechionacci: 2 for 3, 1 2B, 2 RBI – back after missing just about all of the season with what I believe was a quad injury … please correct me if I’m wrong
Mitch Abeita (19): 0 for 4, 3 K
Erik Lovett (39): 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 K
Ray Kruml (11) & Melky Mesa: both 0 for 2 – Kruml K’ed twice, Mesa once
Nick Montgomery: 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 6-5 GB/FB – nice outing for the undrafted free agent
Jacinto Gonell: 2 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 2-2 GB/FB
Jason Kiley: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 4-0 GB/FB
Brad Rulon (34): 0.2 IP, zeroes, 1-1 GB/FB – filling in at closer because Pat Venditte is out with an illness

The Rookie GCL Yanks had their game suspended in the middle of the 8th inning due to rain. They’re going to finish it up Monday, so I’ll update the stats then.