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River Ave. Blues ยป Bird draws 100th walk in River Dogs loss

Bird draws 100th walk in River Dogs loss

August 28, 2013 by Mike 38 Comments

Nunez headed for MRI on right knee on Thursday
On Brian Cashman and Alfonso Soriano

CF Melky Mesa has been placed on the Triple-A Scranton DL with a hamstring problem, reports Donnie Collins. He pulled up lame running out a ground ball the other day. Terrible timing for Melky with September call-ups right around the corner. Hopefully it’s nothing serious. C Jose Gill has been called up from Double-A Trenton to fill the roster spot.

Triple-A Scranton (5-4 win over Lehigh Valley in 12 innings, walk-off style)

  • 2B David Adams: 1-5, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
  • C J.R. Murphy: 3-6, 4 R, 2 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 K — scored the winning run on a walk-off passed ball
  • LF Ronnie Mustelier: 3-6, 1 R, 2 2B, 2 K — has multiple hits in seven of the last ten games
  • RHP Caleb Cotham: 5 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 7/3 GB/FB — 56 of 85 pitches were strikes (66%)
  • RHP Matt Daley: 2 IP, zeroes, 4 K, 0/2 GB/FB — 18 of 29 pitches were strikes (62%) … 70/10 K/BB in 50.2 innings this year

Double-A Trenton (9-8 win over New Britain in 12 innings, walk-off style) they scored two in the 11th to extend the game before winning in the 12th

  • CF Mason Williams: 0-6, 1 R, 1 K — stuck in a 7-for-45 (.156) rut
  • DH Ramon Flores: 3-6, 2 R, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 1 K
  • C Gary Sanchez: 2-6, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K — walk-off two-run single, though a throwing error by the left fielder helped … picked a runner off first with a snap throw
  • LF Ben Gamel: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB — threw a runner out at second
  • SwP Pat Venditte: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1/3 GB/FB — 14 of 23 pitches were strikes (61%)
  • RHP Danny Burawa: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1/0 GB/FB, 2 E (pickoff, fielding) — 11 of 15 pitches were strikes
  • RHP Tommy Kahnle: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 0/2 GB/FB — 23 of 39 pitches were strikes (59%)

High-A Tampa Game One (2-0 win over Clearwater in seven innings) makeup of last Thursday’s rainout

  • SS Cito Culver: 0-2, 1 BB, 1 K
  • 2B Rob Refsnyder: 0-2, 1 BB, 2 K
  • 3B Peter O’Brien: 0-3
  • LHP Rony Bautista: 5 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 5/5 GB/FB — up from the GCL for the spot start

High-A Tampa Game Two (2-0 win over Clearwater in nine innings, walk-off style)

  • SS Cito Culver: 2-4, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 SB
  • DH Rob Refsnyder: 1-4, 1 R
  • 3B Peter O’Brien: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K — walk-off tater
  • RHP Branden Pinder: 4.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 7/0 GB/FB — 12/8 K/BB in 15.2 innings as a starter

Low-A Charleston (2-1 loss to Greenville in eleven innings, walk-off style)

  • CF Jake Cave: 1-4, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 BB, 1 SB — 13-for-39 (.333) during his nine-game hitting streak
  • DH Greg Bird: 0-3, 2 BB, 2 K — and there it is, his 100th walk of the season … he’s the first Yankees prospect to hit the century mark since Nick Johnson in 1999 (123 walks)
  • 3B Dante Bichette Jr.: 0-5, 2 K
  • RHP Rookie Davis: 5 IP, 8 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 4/4 GB/FB — 53 of 77 pitches were strikes (69%) … pretty good debut at this level

Short Season Staten Island (3-2 win over Vermont)

  • LF Michael O’Neill: 1-4, 2 K — got picked off first
  • 3B Eric Jagielo: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K — 11.8% walk rate and 23.6% strikeout rate
  • CF Brandon Thomas: 0-4, 2 K
  • SS Tyler Wade: 0-3, 2 K

Rookie GCL Yanks1 (3-2 win over GCL Blue Jays in ten innings, walk-off style)

  • 2B Gosuke Katoh: 2-4, 1 R, 1 SB — ten hits of his last 28 at-bats (.357)
  • DH Austin Aune: 1-4, 2 K
  • LHP Nestor Cortes: 3.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 4/1 GB/FB — 20/5 K/BB in 18.1 innings for this year’s 36th rounder

Rookie GCL Yanks2 (5-0 loss to GCL Astros)

  • SS Thairo Estrada: 0-4, 3 K
  • DH Miguel Andujar: 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K
  • LF Nathan Mikolas: 0-4, 1 K
  • C Luis Torrens: 1-3, 1 K
  • LHP Omar Luis: 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 1 WP, 2 HB, 3/3 GB/FB — in what was likely his last start of the season, he finally looks like a $4M pitcher
Nunez headed for MRI on right knee on Thursday
On Brian Cashman and Alfonso Soriano

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