Game 41. No #250 for Andy as he leaves early. Yanks lose, 3-2.

Not only did Andy Pettitte not get his 250th career win tonight, he could not qualify for the win. He was pulled with neck and back trouble and took the loss after going just 4 2/3 in the Yanks 3-2 loss to Seattle.

Before the game, the Yanks optioned Brett Marshall back to SWB and brought up Dellin Betances. Here’s some info from mlb.com on the 6’8″ Betances, who may make it as a reliever, but to be frank, has been a disappointment.

Betances, 25, had been touted as one of the club’s brightest pitching prospects, ranked No. 19 by MLB.com, but the local product has experienced struggles with his control and recently moved to the bullpen full-time at Triple-A, where he was 3-2 with a 5.40 ERA in eight games (six starts).

Marshall gave up 5 R in 5 2/3 in his MLB debut but threw 108 pitches, hence the move.

In the 2nd, Andy gave up an RBI double, and the Yanks got it right back on a double by David Adams for his first career RBI.

Andy gave up a run in the fourth on a bases-loaded, 2-out infield single. He had to leave with the injury after 4 2/3. Hopefully a DL stint isn’t necessary, but after his last outing, it’s good to know that Nuno is available.

Not only that, C Chris Stewart left the game with an issue.

Calling Hawkeye and B.J. The M*A*S*H* unit is getting (can you believe it?) larger.

Pettitte, 4 2/3 (L, 4-3, 3.83), 2 R. 4 H, 3 walks and 5 K.

Shawn Kelley gave up a HR to Mike Morse (code) in the 6th. 3-1 Mariners.

Kelley 2 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 walks and 5 K.  5.71.

Logan 1 1/3, 0 R, 0 H, 0 walks and 1 K. 2.31.

Warren 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 walks and 0 K. 1.37.

The Yanks had their chances. They were 2 for 13 with RISP tonight.

I don’t know when the Yanks last successfully executed a squeeze play. In honor of one of the greatest bunters ever, Phil Rizzuto, I’ll pop open a bottle of champagne the next time they do so.

In the 5th, 1st and 3rd, one out and Gardner K’s, Nix pops up. One thing I’ve harped on FOR YEARS. Why no squeeze with Gardner up? He can beat OUT a bunt. Why no squeeze down 2-1?

They had 1st & 2nd, two out in the sixth and the rookie, Adams, bounced into a forceout.

They did cut it to 3-2 in the 7th (the final score) on a single by Ichiro, walk by Stewart and after two outs, a single by Cano.

They had Granderson on 2nd with one out in the 8th. Adams popped up and the slumping Ichiro struck out.

Gardner singled with one out in the 9th and stole 2nd and 3rd. With two out, Robbie bounced to SS to end the game.

Granderson had 3 hits tonight. Meanwhile, prospect Austin Romine has to start hitting. 1 for 17 so far in the majors this year.

The minors today. Joba starts rehab.

AAA: SWB got hammered, 10-2. They fall to 20-18. Joba started to get his rehab work in, 0 R, 2 H, in 1 IP. Caleb Cotham 6 R in 4 IP. Betances, now a reliever, 1 R in 2 IP. Clay Rapada (7.36) 3 R in 1 IP. 3 H, RBI LF Zoilo Almonte. 3 H, rbi 1B Luke Murton. Dave Adams, due up (maybe tomorrow for 3B?) 2 hits, .316.

AA: 5-3 loss for Trenton. Zach Nuding (1-5, 3.24) 4 R in 4 IP. RF Tyler Austin 2 hits.

High A: Tampa lost 7-2. Cesar Cabral off the DL, one scoreless IP. 3B Anderson Feliz 3 hits.

Low A: 3-2 win for Charleston. Dan Camarena 1 unearned run in 5 IP. 2 H, 2 RBI C Pete O’Brien. (.330).

The minors today. Granderson HR.

AAA: Curtis Granderson (playing LF tonight) went 1 for 5 with a HR, 2 RBI in SWB’s 5-3 win. Chris Bootcheck 3 R in 6 IP. Dellin Betances has now been turned into a reliever. 2 1/3 tonight in relief, no runs, 0 hits, 3 K.   3 H, 2 RBI for OF Zoilo Almonte. 2 H, 3B Ronnier Mustelier, DH Dan Johnson and 2B Corban Joseph. 3 hits for CF Melky Mesa.

AA: 3-2 win for Trenton. Mikey O’Brien 6 scoreless IP.

High A: 7-3 win for Tampa. Scottie Allen 1 R in 6 IP. LF Ben Gamel with 4 RBI. 2 Hits, HR and 2 RBI C Gary Sanchez.

Low A: 8-1 Charleston win.  Rafael De Paula 6 Ip, 1 R, 3 H and 12 K. 2 H, 2 RBI CF Jake Cave. 2 H HR and 2 RBI RF Yeicok Calderon.

 

The minors today

AAA: SWB swept a DH.

Game 1: There are times when Dellin Betances shows his potential, but far too often he lets you down. Today he showed his potential with five no-hit innings as SWB won 5-1. He walked 4 and K’d 3. Sam Demel 2 IP, 1 unearned run. LF Zoilo Almonte 2 hits, HR, 2 RBI. 1B Dan Johnson 2 h, rbi.

Game 2: A 2-1 win. Chris Bootcheck, 34, who had an unimpressive MLB career mostly as a reliever, is having a good year as a starter at AAA. 6 IP, 1 R, 4 H. He is now 4-0, 0.60. Ronnier Mustelier solo HR.

AA: Trenton lost 5-1. Caleb Cotham 2 scoreless innings as the starter. Jeremy Bleich 5 R in 2 2/3. DH Tyler Austin 2 h, triple, RBI.

High A: Tampa won 8-2. Scottie Allen 2 R in 6 IP. 2B Rob Refsnyder 2 hits. 2 H, double, RBI C Gary Sanchez. RF Jose Toussen 2 doubles and 2 hits for 1B Fu-Lin Kuo.

Low A: Charleston lost 5-2. C Pete O’Brien 3 hits, LF Jake Cave 2 hits.

The minors today.

AAA: SWB swept a DH.

Game 1: 5-4 win. Dellin Betances 2 R in 3 1/3. Sam Demel 2 2/3 scoreless IP. 1B Corban Joseph 2 H, HR, 3 RBI. OF Melky Mesa 2 H, RBI.

Game 2: 5-0 win. Chris Bootcheck 6 IP, 2 H. OF Zoilo Almonte 2 H, 4 RBI. C Jeff Farnham 3 for 3. 2 doubles for Addison Maruszak.

AA:  Trenton ppd.

High A: Tampa lost 7-1. Mikey O’Brien 3 R, 1 ER in 4 IP. 2B Rob Refsnyder continues his torrid hitting with 2 h (.419 since the callup to High A).

Low A: Charleston ppd.

 

The Minors today

AAA: Dellin Betances, an enigma, showed his promise today. I’ve been one wondering if the Yanks should give up on him. He’s been so disappointing. Tonight, 7 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 2 walks and 7 K as SWB won 2-1, beating Dice-K in the process. Even with the impressive win, Betances is just 1-2, 8.04. SWB got just 3 hits. DH Dan Johnson a 2-run HR.

AA: Trenton got just one hit in a 7-1 loss. Matt Tracy 5 R in 5 1/3.

High A: Tampa won 3-2. Mikey O’Brien, 1 R, 2 H in 6 IP.

Low A: 4-2 win for Charleston. Gabe Encinas 2 UE runs in 6 IP. 2 doubles RBI CF Jake Cave. 2B Claudio Castillo 3 H, RBI.

The minors today

AAA: SWB lost 5-4. I have to wonder when we take the prospect label off of Dellin Betances and admit he is a flop. 4 R in the 1st inning. 5 R in 4 IP. Maybe the Yanks should just cut him. 3B Dave Adams 2 H, solo HR. DH Dan Johnson 2 H, 2 RBI. CF Melky Mesa 3 H, solo HR.

AA: Trenton lost a slugfest, 15-14. I guess Erie went for 2 (LOL). Matt Tracy 10 R in 3 IP. Ugh. C J.R. Murphy with THREE HR, 5 RBI (4 H). 1B Kyle Roller 2 H, HR, 3 RBI. 3B Rob Segedin, 3 h, TWO SOLO HR. LF Ramon Flores, 2 H, 2 RBI.

High A: A lot of bats tonight in the minors. Tampa won 13-7. Mikey O’Brien 7 R 5 er in 2 IP. After that the bullpen did great. C Gary Sanchez continued to stay hot, 3 H (3 for 4, 2 walks), HR, 3 RBI. 2 doubles 3 RBI for 3B Anderson Feliz. LF Ben Gamel 2 triples and 3 walks.  SS Carmen Angelini 3 H, rbi.

Low A: Charleston lost 8-6. Jose Campos 2 R,, 1 ER in 3 IP. Evan Rutckyj 6 R in 4 IP (good hitting throughout tonight, but the pitching…)

The minors today.

AAA: SWB split a DH. Both 7-inning games.

Gm 1: 6-1 loss. Dellin Betances was awful, 6 R in 2/3 IP.

Gm 2: 12-5 win. Brett Marshall 5 R in 4 1/3, but Cody Eppley 2 2/3 scoreless. LF Zoilo Almonte 3 for 3, 2 RBI. C Bobby Wilson 4 RBI. 2 H, 2 RBI RF Thomas Neal.

AA: Trenton won a 15-1 laugher. Caleb Cotham 1 R in 4 IP. Shaeffer Hall (1), Kelvin Perez (2) and Josh Romanski (2) with five scoreless innings of relief. CF Ramon Flores 2 for 2, 4 RBI. RF Tyler Austin 3 H, 5 RBI. C J.R. Murphy 3 H, 4 RBI. Six players with 2 or more hits.

High A:    Tampa lost 3-1. Scottie Allen 3 R in 6 IP. DH Francisco Arcia 2 hits.

Low A: Charleston’s game was suspended, tied 7-7 after 13. 2B Rob Refsnyder 3 H, 2 RBI.

Friday’s minors, Trenton sloppy (6 E, 17K)

AAA: SWB lost 9-4. Dellin Betances gave up 2 R in 4 IP. Ryan Pope gave up 1 R in 3 IP, but Josh Romanski gave up 5 runs in his 1 inning of relief. C Austin Romine had 2 hits and RF Thomas Neal drove in 3 runs.

AA: Trenton lost 7-4. Zach Nuding gave up 7 R—all unearned—in 3 2/3 IP. Jeremy Bleich and Aaron Dott combined for 4 1/3 scoreless innings of relief. Trenton made six errors in the game and struck out 17 times. Neil Medchill had a 2-R HR.

High A: Tampa won 9-2. Corey Black 2 R in 5 IP. Dan Mahoney and Manuel Barreda combined for four shutout innings of relief (2 each). 2B Angelo Gumbs and LF Ben Gamel each had 2 H and 3 RBI. C Gary Sanchez 3 H, 1 RBI, 3B Zach Wilson 3 H.

Low A: Charleston lost 4-2. Cesar Vargas gave up 0 R on 2 H in 5 IP, but his reliever, Brett Gerritse, gave up 4 R, 3 ER, in 1 IP. The Riverdogs struck out 13x. Cito Culver 2 hits.

S.T. Game 17. Yanks shut out Cards, 4-0

Hiroki Kuroda pitched four scoreless innings and Kevin Youkilis homered as the Yanks shut out St. Louis 4-0.

It improves their S.T. record to 5-12. Remember that CC, Andy and Hughes haven’t pitched yet, and Robbie Cano is playing for the D.R. in the WBC (he homered last night).

Besides his solo HR, Youk also had a SF.

Infield prospect Corban Joseph had two hits.

Kuroda gave up 3 hits and struck out 6 in his 4 innings. He walked no one.

Joba Chamberlain and David Robertson each followed with a scoreless inning, Dellin Betances tossed two scoreless, and Shawn Kelley finished up with a scoreless inning.