Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders:L 1-7 vs. Buffalo Bisons
CF Adonis Garcia 0-4
3B Brent Lillibridge 0-3, K, CS, put out, HBP
2B David Adams 0-3, BB, K
DH Randy Ruiz 0-4, 3 K
1B Dan Johnson 0-3, E3 - fielding error, seventh of the season
C JR Murphy 2-3, 2B, RBI - seventh double with SWB
RF Melky Mesa 1-3 - batting .245 this season
LF Thomas Neal 0-3
SS Walter Ibarra 1-3, K
Brett Marshall 6 IP, 4 H, 7 R/4 ER, 5 BB, 3 K, WP, HB - 11 groundouts, three groundouts
Chase Whitley 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, K
Amazingly, both teams picked up four hits in the game. The Bisons turned their four into seven runs while the RailRiders only scratched out one in Marshall's seventh loss of the year. The RailRiders are on their All-Star break.
Double-A Trenton Thunder:L 0-1 vs. New Britain Rock Cats
LF Ramon Flores 0-3, BB, 2 K - bating .239 this season
DH Slade Heathcott 0-4, 2 K
2B Jose Pirela 1-3, BB
1B Andrew Clark 0-4, K
SS Reegie Corona 0-3, K
3B Casey Stevenson 0-3, 3 K
C Jose Gil 0-3
CF Cody Grice 0-3, K
RF Shane Brown 0-3
Shane Greene 6 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K - ten groundouts, two flyouts
Graham Stoneburner 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB
Runs were at a premium as Greene pitched a game that is good enough to win almost every time out. Unfortunately, the Thunder offense only managed to pick up one hit in the entire game, making Greene the hard-luck loser. Nik Turley gets the start for Trenton today at 7:05 pm.
High-A Tampa Yankees:W 4-3 vs. Bradenton Marauders
CF Mason Williams 2-4, RBI, SB - batting .342/.375/.553 over his last 10 games
DH Alex Rodriguez 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI, BB, K
3B Peter O'Brien 2-4 - batting .324/.341/.541 over his last 10 games
C Gary Sanchez 1-4, put out, E2 - pickoff error, seventh of the season
LF Ben Gamel 1-4, 2B, K - 26th double of the season
RF Yeral Sanchez 1-3, BB, E9 - fielding error, first of the season
2B Rob Refsnyder 0-3, 2 E4 - two fielding errors, 14th and 15th of the season
1B Tyson Blaser 0-2, BB, SB
SS Ali Castillo 2-3, 2B, RBI, K
Joel De La Cruz 5 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, BB, 4 K - seven groundouts, zero flyouts
David Herndon 2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Manny Barreda 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Despite four defensive errors the Yankees used a three-run inning in the fifth to take the lead, which was blown by the bullpen in the seventh. The Yankees pulled ahead for good in the bottom of the seventh for their 39th win of the season. Dietrich Enns starts for Tampa tonight at 7:00 pm.
Low-A Charleston RiverDogs:W 5-4 (10 innings) vs. Augusta GreenJackets
CF Jake Cave 0-4, K
SS Cito Culver 0-4, 2 K
DH Greg Bird 1-4, HR, RBI - third straight game with a home run, 11th of the season
2B Angelo Gumbs 0-3, BB, K
3B Dante Bichette Jr. 1-4, HR, 2 RBI - sixth homer of the season
RF Danny Oh 0-4, K
1B Reymond Nunez 2-4, 2 HR, 2 RBI - ninth and tenth homers of the season
LF Aaron Gates 2-3, K - batting .304 with Charleston
C Wes Wilson 0-3, pickoff
Vicente Campos 4 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K - six groundouts, zero flyouts
Brett Gerritse 3 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, WP
Tyler Webb 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, K
Ben Paullus 2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB
After blowing the save in the ninth inning, Charleston scored a walk-off win when Nunez led off the bottom of the 10th inning with his second solo home run to give the RiverDogs their 51st win of the season. Luis Niebla gets the start for Charleston tonight at 7:05 pm.
Short Season-A Staten Island Yankees:W 7-6 vs. Auburn Doubledays
2B Hector Crespo 0-4, BB, 3 K
DH Michael O'Neill 2-5, 2B, 2 K, SB - seventh double of the season
3B Eric Jagielo 3-5, 2B, 3 RBI - batting .333/.429/.472 in 9 games with SI
RF Yeicok Calderon 0-3, BB, K
CF Brandon Thomas 1-4, 2 RBI
SS Jose Rosario 1-3, RBI, 2 K
1B Bubba Jones 0-3, BB
LF Daniel Lopez 1-4, RBI, K - batting .333 this season
C Isaias Tejeda 0-2, 2 BB, K
Jairo Heredia 4 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 4 HB
Conner Kendrick 3.2 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, K, WP, 2 pickoffs - six groundouts, one flyout
Kelvin Castro 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB
Nick Rumbelow 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB
The Yankees rallied back after being down 4-0 after two innings to win their 14th game of the season despite being out-hit 12-8 by Auburn.
Notes from the Gulf Coast League:
GCL teams have Sundays off.