Banuelos, Mitchell strong in wins

Promotions!

• Slade Heathcott, J.R. Murphy, and Kyle Roller have all been promoted from Low-A Charleston to High-A Tampa. I assume Heathcott and Roller are ready to play and will be activated off the disabled list soon. Finally, a reason to follow Tampa.
• Going the other way are Kyle Higashioka and Kevin Mahoney, which sucks for them. Higashioka is hitting .268/.362/.463 this month and has homered in his last two games; dude didn’t deserve a demotion, not with his defense.
• Kramer Sneed is scheduled to start for Charleston tomorrow in place of Nik Turley. That could mean promotion or injury.

In other news, Mark Prior threw in outfield today, his second time doing so in three days. It’s still unclear how much longer he’ll be on the disabled list though. Gus Molina also has a minor toe problem that has kept him out of the lineup for a few days, but it’s no big deal.

Triple-A Scranton (10-5 win over Norfolk)
Austin Krum, CF: 1 for 4, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB – threw a runner out at second
Kevin Russo, 2B: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB – four multi-hit games in his last ten contests
Mike Lamb, DH: 1 for 4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K – he’s going to play first and DH, primarily
Brandon Laird, 3B: 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K
Terry Tiffee, 1B: 2 for 5, 1 RBI, 1 E (throwing) – Jorge Vazquez’s injury must be serious enough if they brought in him and Lamb
Jordan Parraz, RF: 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K – I find it very hard to believe that’s just his fourth homer, seems like he’s hit much more
Greg Golson, LF: 0 for 4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K
P.J. Pilittere, C: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB – day game after a night game, hence no Jesus Montero
Doug Bernier, SS: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Greg Smith, LHP: 6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 8-3 GB/FB – 51 of 81 pitches were strikes (63%) … picked a runner off first, which is no surprise, he’s got a dynamite move
Andrew Brackman, RHP: 0.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 0-1 GB/FB – 18 of 32 pitches were strikes (56.3%) … nothing’s working, sheesh
Josh Schmidt, RHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GB/FB – ten of 14 pitches were strikes (71.4%)
Randy Flores, LHP: 1 IP, zeroes, 1-2 GB/FB – eight of 13 pitches were strikes (61.5%)

Double-A Trenton (6-2 win over Portland)
Ray Kruml, CF: 1 for 5, 2 K
Corban Joseph, 2B: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K
Rob Lyerly, 1B: 1 for 5, 1 R
Cody Johnson, DH: 2 for 5, 1 R, 2 2B, 3 K – ten for his last 31 (.323) with five doubles, a triple, and a homer
Bradley Suttle, 3B: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 1 E (fielding)
Jose Pirela, SS: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K
Damon Sublett, RF: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB – just his seventh game of the season due to injuries, some real and some fake
Jose Gil, C: 2 for 4, 1 2B, 1 RBI
DeAngelo Mack, LF: 0 for 3, 1 BB, 1 K – got picked off first … he’s really cooled off
Manny Banuelos, LHP: 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 5-1 GB/FB – 61 of 96 pitches were strikes (63.5%) … breaks a streak of seven straight starts with three or more walks
Pat Venditte, SwP: 3 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1-1 GB/FB – 43 of 60 pitches were strikes (71.7%) … nice night
The Ghost of Kei Igawa, LHP: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HB, 1-1 GB/FB – 12 of 17 pitches were strikes (70.6%)

High-A Tampa (8-1 win over Dunedin)
Abe Almonte, CF: 1 for 5, 1 R, 2 K
Walt Ibarra, SS: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 K – 12 for his last 27 (.444) with four doubles and three homers
J.R. Murphy, C: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI – very nice debut
Zoilo Almonte, LF: 3 for 4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 CS – 16 for his last 36 (.444) with three doubles and six homers
Rob Segedin, 3B: 0 for 4, 2 K – sadface
Luke Murton, 1B: 1 for 2, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 BB – 12 for his last 33 (.364) with six doubles
Taylor Grote, RF: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 K – threw runners out at first and third bases
Mitch Abeita, DH: 0 for 3, 1 BB, 3 K – no contact kinda day
Kelvin Castro, SS: 1 for 3, 1 2B, 3 RBI
Jairo Heredia, RHP: 6 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 2-5 GB/FB – this qualifies as a poor start for him these days
Michael Solbach, RHP: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 3-0 GB/FB
Francisco Gil, RHP: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Low-A Charleston was rained out. They’re going to play two tomorrow.

Short Season Staten Island (3-2 win over Aberdeen in ten innings)
Mason Williams, CF: 2 for 5, 2 K
Cito Culver, SS: 1 for 4, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB, 2 E (both throwing) – four errors already
Angelo Gumbs, 2B: 0 for 3, 2 BB, 2 K – meh
Reymond Nunez, 1B: 1 for 4, 1 2B, 1 BB
Ben Gamel, RF: 0 for 5, 3 K – ouch
Cody Grice, RF: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 SB
Zach Wilson, 3B: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Jhorge Liccien, C: 0 for 5, 1 K
Shane Brown, DH: 3 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB
Ali Castillo, PR-DH: 1 for 1, 1 RBI
Bryan Mitchell, RHP: 4 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, 1 WP, 4-0 GB/FB – there we go, that’s much more like it … he was bumping 94 regularly
Matt Tracy, LHP: 2 IP, zeroes, 3-2 GB/FB
Francisco Rondon, RHP: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 1-1 GB/FB – picked a runner off first
Phil Wetherell, RHP: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 1-0 GB/FB – seven batters faced, four strikeouts as a pro
Branden Pinder, RHP: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1-0 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks (3-2 loss to GCL Blue Jays)
Taylor Anderson, 2B: 1 for 3, 1 R, 2 K
Claudio Custodio, SS: 0 for 1, 1 R, 1 K, 1 CS, 1 HBP, 1 E (throwing)
Tyler Austin, 3B, Jackson Valera, C & Damian Taveras, DH: all 0 for 3, 1 K – Austin stole two bags
Yeicock Calderon, RF: 1 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 K, 2 SB
Jose Alcantara, LF: 1 for 3, 1 2B, 1 K
Henry Pena, 1B: 0 for 3, 3 K, 3 E (fielding, missed catch, pickoff) – worst game ever? worst game ever
Danny Lopez, CF: 2 for 3, 2 SB – good for him, but a day without Ravel Santana is a day wasted
Evan Rutckyj, LHP: 4.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 8-3 GB/FB – very nice
Joel De La Cruz, RHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-1 GB/FB
Mariel Checo, RHP: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 1 K