OF Abe Almonte was placed on the DL and will miss 7-10 days with a left hamstring injury. He missed a bunch of time earlier this year with a right hamstring problem, and the last thing the speedster needs to develop is some kind of chronic hammy issues.
Triple-A Empire State (5-4 win over Pawtucket)
RF Chris Dickerson & 2B Corban Joseph: both 0-3, 2 BB — Dickerson got caught stealing … CoJo scored a run
SS Eduardo Nunez: 1-5, 1 E (fielding)
DH Brandon Laird: 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HBP — left the game after taking a Daniel Bard fastball to the collarbone area, so yeah … Kevin Russo pinch-ran and did not come to the plate
C Austin Romine: 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
LF Darnell McDonald: 0-4, 2 K
CF Melky Mesa: 2-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — third homer in 17 games since the promotion
1B Kosuke Fukudome: 0-2, 2 BB, 1 K — started in place on Ronnie Mustelier, who was a late scratch for an unknown reason
3B Ramiro Pena: 0-4, 1 K
LHP Justin Thomas: 5 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 1/5 GB/FB — 59 of 85 pitches were strikes (66%) … allowed his first two homers of the season (60 IP) at any level, Majors or minors
RHP Chase Whitley: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 3/3 GB/FB — 21 of 31 pitches were strikes (68%)
RHP Ryota Igarashi: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 2/1 GB/FB — 16 of 26 pitches were strikes (62%) … recently outrighted off the 40-man roster
Double-A Trenton (14-12 win over Reading)
DH Jose Pirela: 0-5, 1 K
CF Adonis Garcia & 1B Jose Gil: both 0-3, 1 HBP — Garcia walked, drove in a run, scored twice, and struck out twice … Gil scored a run
RF Zoilo Almonte: 3-5, 3 R, 1 3B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 1 K — 14-for-37 (.378) in his last nine games with four doubles, a triple, and four homers … that’s 20 homers on the season, five more than the career-best he set last year
SS Addison Maruszak: 2-5, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 K
3B Kevin Mahoney: 2-4, 3 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
C J.R. Murphy: 3-5, 1 R, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 1 K — nine hits in his last 35 at-bats (.257), but five of those hits are homers
LF Rob Segedin: 1-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 K — threw a runner out second
2B Walt Ibarra: 1-4, 1 R
RHP Brett Marshall: 5.1 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 7 K, 3 WP, 1 HB, 7/0 GB/FB — 55 of 92 pitches were strikes (60%) … he’s now at 141.1 IP this year, surpassing last year’s total (140.1 IP)
RHP Craig Heyer: 0.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 0/1 GB/FB — 16 of 25 pitches were strikes (64%)
RHP Mark Montgomery: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0/2 GB/FB — 13 of 17 pitches were strikes (76%) … has allowed at least one run in four of his last five appearances
LHP Josh Romanski: 1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K — seven of 11 pitches were strikes
RHP Jon Meloan: 0.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K — 19 of 28 pitches were strikes
RHP Ryan Pope: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K — four pitches, three strikes
High-A Tampa (4-2 win over Clearwater)
LF Ramon Flores: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB
CF Slade Heathcott: 1-3, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB — 14 hits in his last 36 at-bats (.389) … he’s 16-for-19 in steal attempts
RF Tyler Austin: 3-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 SB — 10-for-19 in his last five games (.526) … also 23-for-25 in steal attempts on the year
1B Kyle Roller: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 K
DH Gary Sanchez & 2B Jake Anderson: both 1-3, 1 K — Sanchez drove in a run and walked … Anderson got caught stealing
C Kyle Higashioka & 3B Hector Rabago: both 0-4 — Rabago struck out once, Higgy twice
SS Jose Toussen: 0-2, 1 K
RHP Jose Ramirez: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, 3/2 GB/FB — fourth time in 17 starts he’s struck out eight or more … that’s tough to do when you’re limited to five innings all the time
RHP Caleb Cotham: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/3 GB/FB
RHP Branden Pinder: 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 3/2 GB/FB
Low-A Charleston (3-1 win over Augusta)
CF Ben Gamel, SS Cito Culver & C Nick McCoy: all 0-3 — Gamel drove in a run, struck out, and threw a runner out at the plate … Culver walked and whiffed
DH Dante Bichette Jr.: 1-4, 2 K
1B Saxon Butler: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB — first homer since the promotion
RF Rob Refsnyder: 2-4, 1 R
3B Casey Stevenson, 2B Ali Castillo & LF Eduardo Sosa: all 1-3 — Stevenson struck out and got hit by a pitch … Castillo doubled, scored a run, and drove one in … Sosa tripled
RHP Scottie Allen: 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 7/3 GB/FB — 38 of 52 pitches were strikes (73%)
RHP Ben Paullus: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 0/1 GB/FB — half of his 14 pitches were strikes
LHP Dan Mahoney: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 12 of 20 pitches were strikes
RHP Nick Goody: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 1/0 GB/FB — 23 of 33 pitches were strikes (70%) … 40/8 K/BB in 25.2 IP
Short Season Staten Island (3-2 loss to Vermont) they faced RHP Michael Ynoa, who you surely remember from the international free agent frenzy years ago
LF Taylor Dugas: 3-3, 1 BB
Everyone Else: combined 0-26, 2 BB, 11 K — SS Claudio Custodio and 3B Matt Duran drew the walks … Custodio also scored a run and committed a fielding error … 2B Jose Rosario got hit by a pitch and scored a run
RHP Derek Varnadore: 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2 WP, 3/5 GB/FB
RHP Alex Smith: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 4/1 GB/FB
Rookie GCL Yanks (9-4 loss to GCL Braves)
CF Mikeson Oliberto: 2-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K
SS Austin Aune: 0-5, 3 K, 4 E (fielding, three throwing) — maybe the worst game of his life
C Chris Breen: 1-3, 1 R, 2 E (both throwing) — left the game for an unknown reason in the seventh — Eduardo DeOleo took over and struck out in his only trip to the plate while also committing a throwing error
1B Greg Bird, RF Nathan Mikolas, 2B Jerison Lopez & LF Justin James: all 1-4 — Bird and James struck out twice … Mikolas drove in a run and whiffed twice … Lopez scored a run and struck out
3B Miguel Andujar: 2-4, 1 R, 1 K
RHP Ty Hensley: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2 HB, 4/2 GB/FB — had a little more on him earlier
RHP Dayton Dawe: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2 WP, 4/1 GB/FB
RHP Hayden Sharp: 3 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 2 WP, 4/1 GB/FB — man, seven errors on defense and four wild pitches? brutal day, even for rookie ball
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