DJ Mitchell, not a machine

Make sure you scroll down for tonight’s game thread.

Triple-A Scranton (7-3 loss to Rochester)
Doug Bernier & John Rodriguez: both 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 BB – Bernier doubled … J-Rod drove in a run
Todd Linden: 2 for 4, 1 R, 2 2B, 1 RBI – dude is en fuego … 19 for his last 41 (.463) with 4 doubles, 1 triple & 3 homers
Shelley Duncan: 0 for 4, 1 K
Juan Miranda: 1 for 2, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Austin Jackson & PJ Pilittere: both 0 for 4, 3 K – Ajax played LF for the second time this year & threw a runner out at the plate … PJ missed a catch for an error
Eric Duncan: 0 for 3, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
Jason Johnson: 5 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 5 BB, 1 K, 9-5 GB/FB – 51 of 98 pitches were strikes (52.0%) … fugly
Jose Valdez: 3 IP, zeroes, 4 K, 3-2 GB/FB – 22 of 34 pitches were strikes (64.7%) … just up from AA to fill some empty bullpen spots

Double-A Trenton (11-3 loss to New Britain)
Eduardo Nunez: 1 for 5, 1 RBI
Reegie Corona & Seth Fortenberry: both 0 for 4 – Corona drew a walk & K’ed
Colin Curtis: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI – hitting .444 during his 12 game hit streak
Justin Snyder: 1 for 2 – replaced Curtis in LF once the game got out of hand
Jorge Vazquez & Marcos Vechionacci: both 1 for 4 – Vazquez drove in a run
Frankie Cervelli: 0 for 3, 2 K, 1 PB
Jose Gil: 1 for 1, 1 2B  – ditto Snyder’s comment, except he replaced Cervelli
Kevin Smith: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB
James Cooper: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B
Kanekoa Texeira: 2 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 2-0 GB/FB – made his first career start because today’s scheduled starter (Eric Hacker) was bumped up to AAA to take the place of Phil Hughes, who’s taking Chien-Ming Wang’s place in the big leagues
Noel Castillo: 2.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 3-1 GB/FB
Kevin Whelan: 1.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1-2 GB/FB
Mike Dunn: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 0-1 GB/FB – 9 hits, 19 strikeouts in 10.2 IP
Amaury Sanit: 1 IP, zeroes, 2-1 GB/FB – just up from A+, taking the place of Valdez
Josh Schmidt: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 1-0 GB/FB

High-A Tampa (6-4 loss to Clearwater)
Eric Fryer: 1 for 5, 1 RBI, 1 K
Mitch Hilligoss, Damon Sublett & Austin Krum: all 1 for 4, 1 R – Hilligoss drew a walk … Sublett doubled, walked & K’ed … Krum drove in a pair of runs
Jesus Montero: 1 for 5, 2 K
Austin Romine: 3 for 5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K – hitting .474 during 5 game hit streak
Matt Cusick: 1 for 4, 1 2B
Addison Maruszack: 1 for 2, 1 K, 1 SB, 1 HBP
Dellin Betances: 6.1 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 8-5 GB/FB – 5 walks in his last 7 IP
Craig Heyer: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1-4 GB/FB – everything was going along fine until he allowed 3 straight singles to lead off the 9th, ignited a 4 run rally
Jon Ortiz: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1-1 GB/FB – allowed both inherited runners to score

Low-A Charleston (8-4 win over Savannah)
Carmen Angelini: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 K, 1 E (fielding) – ‘nother day, ‘nother error
Ray Kruml: 1 for 4, 2 R, 1 3B, 1 BB, 1 K
David Adams & Garrison Lassiter: both 2 for 4 – Adams scored a run & drove one in … Lassiter tripled, drove in 3 runs & committed a throwing error
Brian Baisley: 0 for 4, 2 K
Abe Almonte: 0 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K – 0 for his last 11 after starting the year with a 12 game hit streak
Taylor Grote: 2 for 3, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Dan Brewer: 1 for 2, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP
Chase Weems: 0 for 3, 1 BB, 1 K
DJ Mitchell: 6 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 8-4 GB/FB – first real poor start of the year
Brandon Braboy: 2 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 2-2 GB/FB
Brad Rulon: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K