In not-so-shocking news, Tyler Austin had the best offensive performance in the minors this weekend. He reached base ten times in 15 plate appearances, including three doubles, a triple, a homer, and two walks. That earned him a spot on Kevin Goldstein’s Monday Morning Ten Pack (subs. req’d). “He has nowhere near the tools of some of his Riverdog prospect brethren, but the bat stands out, and is very much for real,” wrote KG. Austin has been raking all season and came into today with a .438/.471/1.031 batting line and a .604 wOBA.
Austin and DeWayne Wise were named the Offensive Players of the Week for the Low-A South Atlantic League and Triple-A International League, respectively. In case you missed it earlier this afternoon, Tim Norton is making the transition to coaching following his latest shoulder injury.
Triple-A Empire State (5-3 loss to Rochester) first “home” game in Rochester, where they will play the majority plurality of their displaced home games
LF Kevin Russo: 1-3, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 BB
RF Colin Curtis, 1B Steve Pearce & SS Ramiro Pena: all 1-4 — Curtis drove in a run and struck out twice … Pearce struck out … Ramiro hit a homer (!), drove in two, and struck out
DH Jack Cust: 1-3, 1 BB, 2 K
CF Dewayne Wise: 2-2 GB/FB — left the game in the sixth after twisting his ankle running the bases in the fourth, we’ll know more tomorrow … for an unknown reason in the sixth … Ray Kruml replaced him and went 0-2 with a strikeout
3B Brandon Laird: 2-4, 1 K
C Frankie Cervelli: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K — threw out two of three attempted base stealers, including one from his knees
2B Doug Bernier: 0-3, 1 E (fielding)
RHP Dellin Betances: 4.2 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, 2 WP, 2/1 GB/FB — only 44 of 96 pitches were strikes (45.8%) … 11 walks in 13 IP so far
RHP Manny Delcarmen: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1/0 GB/FB — 24 of 38 pitches were strikes (63.2%)
RHP Cody Eppley: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 11 of 18 pitches were strikes (61.1%)
RHP Kevin Whelan: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1/0 GB/FB — just a dozen of his 27 pitches were strikes (44.4%)Double-A Trenton (6-3 win over Erie)
LF Abe Almonte: 1-5, 2 R, 1 K
3B Ronnie Mustelier: 2-5, 1 CS
RF Zoilo Almonte, DH Cody Johnson & CF Melky Mesa: all 2-4, 1 R — Almonte doubled, drove in two, and struck out … Johnson hit a solo homer and struck out twice … Mesa hit a two-run jack and struck out
C Jose Gil: 2-4, 2 K, 1 SB, 1 CS
1B Kevin Mahoney: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — a personal fave for an unknown reason
SS Addison Maruszak: 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 E (throwing)
2B Walt Ibarra: 0-4, 1 K
LHP Shaeffer Hall: 5 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 2 HB, 3/6 GB/FB — 56 of 82 pitches were strikes (68.3%)
RHP Michael Dubee: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 11 of 20 pitches were strikes (55%)
RHP Preston Claiborne: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K — 20 of 31 pitches were strikes … 13 K in 8 IP so far
High-A Tampa (6-2 win over Clearwater)
CF Eduardo Sosa: 3-4, 2 R, 2 RBI — been pretty hit or miss so far, lots of multi-hit games and lots of 0-fers
2B Kelvin Castro: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K
LF Ramon Flores: 2-4, 2 RBI, 1 E (throwing)
RF Rob Segedin & 3B Zach Wilson: both 0-3 — Segedin drove in a run and struck out … Wilson struck out three times and committed a fielding error
1B Kyle Roller & C J.R. Murphy: both 0-4 — Roller struck out … Murphy allowed a passed ball
DH Neil Medchill: 1-3, 1 R, 1 K
SS Jose Mojica: 2-3, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 3B — ten for his last 15 with three doubles and a triple
LHP Nik Turley: 7 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, 1 WP, 10/2 GB/FB — another gem lowering his season ERA to 1.00
LHP Kramer Sneed: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 10/2 GB/FB
LHP Rigoberto Arrebato: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0/1 GB/FB
Low-A Charleston (5-1 win over Augusta)
CF Mason Williams: 2-5, 1 SB — his fifth straight two-hit game
2B Angelo Gumbs: 0-5, 2 K
3B Dante Bichette Jr.: 1-4, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 K
RF Tyler Austin: 2-4, 1 3 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB — a disappointing game by his standards
C Gary Sanchez: 4-5, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 SB — nine for his last 19 (.474)
LF Ben Gamel: 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB
SS Cito Culver: 1-4, 1 E (fielding) — dropped in the lineup and he responds with a hit
1B Rey Nunez & DH Anderson Feliz: both 0-4 — Nunez struck out twice, Feliz all four times
RHP Jose Campos: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 2 WP, 5/3 GB/FB — gave up his first run of the season on a solo homer, but otherwise he was splendid
RHP Zach Varce: 2 IP, zeroes, 3 K, 1 WP, 3/1 GB/FB
RHP Ben Paullus: 2 IP, zeroes, 3 K, 2/0 GB/FB
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