Minor League Action from 5/31/2023.

AAA: SWB (27-26) beat Lehigh Valley 7-5.

CF Estevan Florial 2 hits, RBI.
SS Oswald Peraza 3 hits, 2 RBI. 2 HR (9), Both solo HR. #3 prospect is hot lately.
LF Elijah Dunham 2 hits. #18 prospect.
RF Kole Calhoun 2 hits, 2 RBI

Spence 7 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 W, 3 K. 1 WP 4.26
Deivi Garcia (BS, 1) 1 IP, 3 R, 2 H, 2 W, 1 K. 4.78
Bowman (W, 2-0) 2 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 H, 1 W, 1 K. 3.65

AA: Somerset (26-20) won 4-2.

LF Jeisson Rosario 2-run HR (6)
DH Mickey Gasper solo HR (1).

Clayton Beeter (W, 3-2) 5 1/3 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 4 W, 3 K. 2.66 #15 prospect.
Barclay 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 W, 3 K. 1 WP 0.00
Watson (H, 1) 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 0 K. 0.00
Houston 2/3 IP, 2 R, 1 H, 2 W, 1 K. 1 HBP 10.13
Mauricio (S, 2) 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K. 3.86

High A: Hudson Valley (27-20) lost 7-4.

CF Spencer Jones 2 hits. #5 prospect.
C Josh Breaux 3 hits, 2 RBI. 2-run HR (1).
DH Spencer Henson 2 hits.
1B Rafael Flores 2 hits, RBI.
LF Grant Richardson solo HR (5).

Yulie (L, 1-3) 4 1/3 IP, 5 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 5 W, 5 K. 1 Balk, Gave up 1 HR. 5.30
Vinyard 1 1/3 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 3 W, 1 K. Gave up 1 HR. 13.50 up from Low A.
C. Gomez 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 1 K 6.08
Maciejewski 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 1 K. 0.00

Low A: Tampa (20-27) won 2-1 in 10 innings.

C Augustin Ramirez 2 hits, GW RBI single.

Bow 3 1/3 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 1 W, 6 K. 16.50
Y. Calderon 2 2/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 W, 3 K. 2.38
Gilbert 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 0 K. 2.14
Keating 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 3 K. 2.11
Ayers (W, 1-1) 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 W, 4 K. 1 WP 3.26

Game #57. Volpe, IKF lead Yanks to 10-2 win. Judge HRs again (18).

While Aaron Judge homered again, it was the bats of Anthony Volpe and Isiah Kiner-Falefa that were the big stars in the Yankees’ (34-23) 10-2 win over Seattle Tuesday night.

Volpe hit a 3-run HR and IKF went 4 for 5 with 4 RBI.

Before the game, Jose Trevino was activated off of the IL, and Ben Rortvedt was sent down. Also, Harrison Bader was put on the 10-day IL, and Franchy Cordero called up from SWB.

Anthony Rizzo was still out with a stiff neck, and as a result, IKF was in the unfamiliar position of #5 in the lineup.

The Yanks struck right away with three runs in the top of the first inning. With one out and the bases loaded, IKF hit a 2-run single. Jake Bauers followed with a SF.

In the top of the third, Volpe hit a 3-run HR (8) to make it 6-0.

Greg Allen homered (1) for the Yanks in the top of the fourth to make it 7-0.

Nestor Cortes, for whatever reason, has had the fifth-inning blues this season. He’s fine for the first four innings, then hits a wall when the fifth inning or third time around the order happens. It happened again last night as he gave up two runs in the bottom of the fifth. By that time, he’d thrown 101 pitches and was done.

Judge homered (18) in the top of the seventh to make it 8-2.

In the top of the ninth, IKF singled in two runs to make it 10-2, which wound up being the final score.

Torres 2 hits.
Judge solo HR (AL leading 18; leads MLB in SA, OPS, OPS+)
Calhoun 2 hits.
Kiner-Falefa 4 hits, 4 RBI
Volpe 3-run HR (8).
Allen solo HR (1).

Cortes (W, 5-2) 5 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 3 W, 6 K. 5.16
King 2 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 W, 3 K. 1.76
Weber 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K. 2.92

I do wonder why, with a big lead, Matt Krook wasn’t used. He could have made his MLB debut and gotten his feet wet. Oh, well.

The Yanks are still in third place in the AL East, but have now closed the gap to 5 behind Tampa Bay and 2 behind Baltimore.

Minor League Action from 5/30/2023. Donaldson, Stanton & Kahnle all rehab at AA.

AAA: SWB (26-26) beat Lehigh Valley, 4-1.

SS Oswald Peraza 2 hits, RBI. Solo HR (7) #3 prospect.
DH Carlos Narvaez 2 hits.
3B Jamie Westbrook 3 hits.

Tully (W, 5-1) 6 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 0 W, 5 K. Gave up 1 HR. 3.52
Feliz (H, 1) 2/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 W, 1 K. 0.00
Nick Ramirez (H, 2) 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 2 K. 1.38
Weissert (S, 5) 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 2 K. 1 WP 2.35

AA: Somerset (25-20) lost 3-1 despite Donaldson, Stanton and Kahnle all playing on rehab assignments.

SS Trey Sweeney Solo HR (3) #7 prospect.
3B Josh Donaldson 1 for 4, single. REHAB ASSIGNMENT
DH Giancarlo Stanton 0 for 3, walk. REHAB ASSIGNMENT

Richard Fitts (L, 2-4) 6 IP, 2 R, 8 H, 1 W, 8 K 1 WP 4.96 #10 prospect.
Tommy Kahnle 1 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 2 W, 1 K. 9.00 REHAB ASSIGNMENT.
L. Santos 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 1 K. 3.08

High A: Hudson Valley (27-19) lost 7-0.

Jo. Valdez (L, 1-3) 3 2/3 IP, 7 R, 6 H, 2 W, 5 K. 2 HBP. Gave up 1 HR. 7.08
Dees 2 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 4 K. 2.95
Ry. Anderson 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 4 K. 4.13
Paciorek 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 W, 2 K. 3.77

Low A: Tampa (19-27) won 15-0.

RF Anthony Hall 2 hits, 4 RBI.
LF Christopher Familia 3 hits, 3 RBI. 3-run HR (1).
3B Brett Barrera 2 hits, 1 RBI.

Merda (W, 1-2) 6 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 3 W, 4 K. 4.46
Velasquez 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 W, 3 K. 1.14
M. Ramirez 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 W, 2 K. 1 WP 7.41
Gray 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K. 4.70

Game #56. Judge hits 2 HR, takes one away in Yanks’ 10-4 win. Bader hurt.

Aaron Judge hit 2 homers and almost a third (a double off the wall) and robbed a Mariner of a HR in the Yanks’ (33-23) 10-4 win late last night in Seattle.

During the game, Harrison Bader had to be removed due to right hamstring tightness. He will have an MRI today and the IL is a possibility.

The Yanks struck first in the top of the second when Bader singled, stole second, went to third on an error and scored on a double by Jake Bauers.

Yanks’ starter Domingo German gave up a run in the bottom of the second and the game was tied at one.

Judge’s first HR of the game, a 2-run shot, made it 3-1 in the top of the third. Soon after that, Bader tweaked his hammy in beating out an infield hit.

Bauers hit a solo HR (3) in the top of the fourth to put the Yanks up 4-1. German gave up a run via a HR by Julio Rodriguez in the bottom of the inning and it was 4-2.

The Yanks made it 8-2 with four runs in the top of the fifth. Gleyber Torres led off the inning with a single and Judge doubled off the wall, sending Torres to third. Willie Calhoun doubled in two runs to make it 6-2. After an out, Greg Allen (in for Bader) was HBP. After another out, Isiah Kiner-Falefa doubled in both runners to make it 8-2.

German struggled with J-Rod again in the bottom of the fifth, as he singled in two runs for Seattle to make it 8-4.

In the top of the sixth, Judge hit his second HR of the game (AL Leading 17th) to make it 9-4.

Ron Marinaccio came in for German in the seventh and got two straight strikeouts with runners on second and third to get out of a jam.

In the bottom of the eighth, Judge went high above the fence and robbed Teoscar Hernandez of a HR.

Kyle Higashioka got an RBI single in the top of the ninth to make the score 10-4, and it ended that way.

Giancarlo Stanton will begin rehab today (Tuesday) with Somerset, joining Josh Donaldson and Tommy Kahnle there.

Torres 2 hits.
Judge 3 hits, double and 2 HR (2-run and solo) (17), 3 RBI and he robbed a Mariner of a HR.
Calhoun 2 hits, 2 RBI
Bader 2 for 2, removed from game with right hamstring tightness.
Bauers 3 hits, 2 RBI. Solo HR (3).
Kiner-Falefa 2 hits, 2 RBI.
Higashioka 2 hits, RBI.

German (W, 3-3) 6 1/3 IP, 4 R, 7 H, 3 W, 4 K. 1 HBP. Gave up 1 HR. 3.98
Marinaccio 2/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K. 1 WP. 4.00
Abreu 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 3 K. 3.58

Minor league action from 5/28/2023. Donaldson hits 458′ HR while on rehab.

AAA: SWB (25-26) won 11-4.

CF Estevan Florial 3 hits, 2 RBI. 2-run HR (12). Hitting .322 now. Has he finally found it?
3B Josh Donaldson 2 hits, 2 RBI. Solo HR (1). 458 Ft. Bomb. REHAB ASSIGNMENT
1B Andres Chaparro 2 RBI.

Will Warren (W, 2-1 at AAA) 6 IP, 4 R, 2 ER, 4 H, 3 W, 8 K. 1 HBP 5.27 #9 prospect. (5-1, 3.35 AA/AAA this year).
Tommy Kahnle 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 3 K. 0.00 REHAB ASSIGNMENT
Brewer 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 3 K. 1.86

AA: Somerset (25-19) won 3-2.

CF Everson Pereira 2 hits. #6 prospect.
DH Austin Wells 2 hits, #4 prospect.
C Mickey Gasper 3 RBI.

Yoendrys Gomez 3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 3 K. 0.00 #11 prospect. SEASON DEBUT
Giacone 1 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 1 W, 0 K. 2.21
Wilson (W, 1-1) 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 2 K. 4.86
Diaz (H, 3) 1 2/3 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 1 W, 0 K. 3.32
Mauricio (S, 1) 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 0 W, 1 K. 3.97

High A: Hudson Valley (27-18) won 8-4.

CF Spencer Jones 2 hits, #5 prospect.
SS Alexander Vargas 2 hits, 2 RBI.
DH Antonio Gomez 2 hits, 2 RBI.
LF Grant Richardson 2-run HR (4).
3B Marcos Cabrera solo HR (3).

Drew Thorpe (W, 3-1) 5 2/3 IP, 4 R, 6 H, 2 W, 7 K. 3.92 #8 prospect.
Aguilar 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K. 3.65
Neely 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 4 K. 1 WP 2.00
Watson 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 0 K. 1.48

Low A: Tampa (18-27) won 3-1.

DH Omar Martinez 2 hits, RBI.

Pestana 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 W, 3 K. 1 WP 5.82
Gabonia (W, 2-0) 1 2/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 0 K. 4.20
Stuart (H, 1) 4 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 3 W, 5 K. 5.40
Bustamente (S, 1) 1 2/3 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 1 W, 0 K. 2.18

Game #55. 7 runs in 3rd inning spark Yanks to 10-7 triumph

Gerrit Cole didn’t have his “A” game, but the Yankees’ (32-23) offense picked him up to have Cole improve his record to 6-0 on the season. A seven-run third inning proved to be decisive in a 10-7 win over the Padres.

Cole gave up a HR to the second batter he faced, and San Diego had a quick 1-0 lead.

Aaron Judge tied the game in the bottom of the first inning with his 15th HR of the season. With that HR, he took over the AL lead in HR, even though he missed ten games by being on the IL. Pete Alonso of the Mets leads the majors with 20 HR.

In the top of the third, the Yanks got sloppy. With two out and a man on second, Jose Azocar singled to make it 2-1, Padres. However, errors by Harrison Bader and Kyle Higashioka let Azocar come all the way around on the play and it was 3-1 Padres.

Then, in the bottom of the third, the Yanks exploded for seven runs to take an 8-3 lead. Higashioka led off the inning with a double and scored on an Anthony Volpe single. Volpe took second on the throw home. Gleyber Torres singled Volpe to third, and then Judge singled to tie the game at three, with Torres stopping at second. A single by Anthony Rizzo gave the Yanks a 4-3 lead. Now the Yanks had Judge on second and Rizzo on first. D.J. LeMahieu was robbed of a 3-run HR, but the long flyout enabled Judge to tag up and go to third. Bader grounded into a force out that scored Judge to make it 5-3. Bader’s hustle down the line avoided the inning-ending DP and enabled the inning to continue. The “Gas House Gorillas” procession continued with a double by Willie Calhoun to make it 6-3. A single by Isiah Kiner-Falefa made it 7-3, and Higashioka’s second double of the inning made it 8-3.

Ex-Yankee Rougned Odor hit a 2-run HR in the top of the seventh to cut the Yanks’ lead to 8-5, and after a single, Cole was relieved by Jimmy Cordero, who promptly gave up a double. Second and third, no out, tying run at the plate. Cordero gave up an RBI fielder’s choice, but then got two strikeouts to get out of the inning. 8-6, Yankees.

The Yanks got two runs in the bottom of the eighth to make it 10-6. With one out, Bader homered (6). Calhoun singled, and after a force out, IKF stole second and went to third on an error. Higashioka singled to make it 10-6.

The Padres pushed across a run in the top of the ninth, but the Yanks held on for the 10-7 win.

The next four games will have late starts, since the Yanks are now on the west coast. 9:40 PM Eastern Mon-Wed in Seattle, then after an off day on Thursday, Friday night’s game against the Dodgers has a 10:10 PM Eastern Time start. Saturday is 7:15 PM eastern for Fox, and Sunday night is 7:08 pm Eastern for ESPN. June 5th is an off-day, and the Yanks next play at home on Tuesday, June 6.

Tonight’s game (Monday, Memorial Day) will have Domingo German on the mound, as he returns from his 10-day suspension for too much sticky stuff on his pitching hand. He needs to be careful. The next time, it will be a 50-game suspension.

Judge 2 hits, 2 RBI. Solo HR (15). Took over AL HR lead.
Bader 2 RBI. Solo HR (6)
Calhoun 2 hits, RBI.
Higashioka 3 hits, 2 RBI.

Cole (W, 6-0) 6+ IP, 6 R, 5 ER, 4 H, 3 W, 9 K. Gave up 2 HR. 2.93
J. Cordero (H, 4) 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 2 K. 3.47
Marinaccio (H, 5) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 1 HBP 4.10
Holmes 1 IP, 1 R, 0 H, 2 W, 0 K. 3.27

After Friday night’s game, Randy Vasquez was sent back to SWB and Matt Krook, a lefty reliever, was called up.

Minor league action from 5/27/2023.

Sorry for no minor league report yesterday, but with my bus trip up to Yankee Stadium for yesterday’s game, there was no time to write up a report on Friday’s minor league action.

But here goes with the results from Saturday.

AAA: SWB (24-26) lost 11-7.

3B Oswald Peraza 2-run HR (6). #3 prospect.
SS Jesus Bastidas 3 hits, 3 RBI. 3-run HR (6)

McGarity (L, 4-1) 1 IP, 4 R, 0 H, 3 W, 3 K. 1 HBP 5.68
Norwood 1 IP, 3 R, 3 H, 2 W, 2 K. 1 WP Gave up 1 HR 6.62
Loseke 2 2/3 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 0 W, 3 K. 1 WP Gave up 2 HR 2.45
Bowman 2/3 IP, 2 R, 1 H, 3 W, 1 K. 3.57
M. Gomez 2 1/3 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 0 W 1 K. 1 WP 7.66
Weissert 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 2 K. 1 WP 2.51

AA: Somerset (24-19) got crushed, losing 17-3.

LF Jasson Dominguez (“The Martian”) 2 hits, 2 RBI. 2-run HR (7). #2 prospect still struggling at .206.
2B Caleb Durbin 2 hits.
RF Jeisson Rosario 2 hits, RBI.

Abeyta (L, 2-3) 4 2/3 IP, 8 R, 7 ER, 8 H, 4 W, 6 K. Gave up 3 HR. 6.75
Jennings 1 1/3 IP, 3 R, 2 H, 0 W, 1 K. 1 HBP Gave up 2 HR 4.03
Myatt 1/3 IP, 6 R, 2 H, 4 W, 0 K. Gave up 1 HR 4.26
Semple 1 2/3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 3 K. 1.29

High A: Hudson Valley (26-18) lost 7-5.

SS Alexander Vargas 2 hits.
LF Aaron Palensky 3 hits, RBI .352
DH Josh Breaux 3 hits, RBI.
3B Benjamin Cowles 2 hits.

Chase Hampton 5 1/3 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 2 W, 10 K. Gave up 2 HR. 3.15 #26 prospect.
C. Gomez (L, 2-2) (BS, 2) 1 2/3 IP, 4 R, 3 H, 1 W, 2 K. Gave up 1 HR. 6.45
Cohen 1 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 W, 3 K. 3.18

Low A: Tampa (17-27) lost 7-6.

RF Daury Arias 2 Hits, 4 RBI. Grand slam (2).

Lange 1 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 2 W, 1 K. 4.30
Y. Calderon 2 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 1 W, 2 K. 2.70
Vinyard 3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 2 K. 3.33
Gilbert 1 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 2 K. 2.25
Keating (L, 3-3) (BS, 1) 1 2/3 IP, 4 R, 2 ER, 4 H, 2 W, 0 K. 2.21
Ayers 0 IP, 1 H, 0 W, 0 K. 3.63


Just a quick note on a game from Friday. AAA SWB won 5-2 Friday.
Josh Donaldson on rehab: 0 for 3, walked twice, struck out twice. Scored a Run,. DH’d.
SS Peraza had two hits.
Jhony Brito started and got the win. 5 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 6 H, 2 W 6 K. Gave up 1 HR.


STANDINGS
AAA SWB 24-26; tied for 6th in the 10 team IL East. 11 1/2 GB
AA Somerset 24-19, 2nd in Eastern League Northeast 5 1/2 GB
High A Hudson Valley 26-18, 1st in SAL North by 2 1/2 games.
Low A Tampa 17-27; 6th and last in Florida State League west, 14 1/2 GB

Game #54. IKF wins game for Yanks in the bottom of the 10th, 3-2.

Isiah Kiner-Falefa hit a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the tenth to give a sellout crowd (including me) a happy ride home. The Yanks (31-23) beat San Diego, 3-2.

Luis Severino was fabulous in just his second outing since coming off the IL. In just his second outing of the season, Sevy gave up just one hit in 6 2/3 IP.

The Yanks got on the board right away in the bottom of the first inning. With one out, Aaron Judge singled. He got a bad break when the ball didn’t bounce into the stands for a ground rule double. It was hit so hard down the LF line that he was held to a single. Anthony Rizzo followed with a single that moved Judge to third. D.J. Lemahieu then doubled down the line, scoring Judge. From my seat in Section 205 in RF I was hollering “Hold!” but I didn’t scream loud enough, I guess. Third base coach Luis Rojas sent Rizzo as well, and it was a bad send. Rizzo was a dead duck.

In the top of the fourth, Severino gave up his only hit of the game, a game-tying HR to Fernando Tatis, Jr. Tatis had homered the night before, and Tatis was peppered with boos throughout the game because of his suspension last year and part of this year for steroids.

In the top of the seventh, Sevy got the first two outs, then gave up a walk. He lobbied for one more batter to finish the inning, and got a grounder, but Gleyber Torres booted it for an error. Sevy was then taken out, having thrown 82 pitches and because he had just recently come off the IL. Reliever Michael King gave up an RBI single to put the Padres up 2-1 before getting a strikeout to finish the inning.

LeMahieu homered (6) in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game.

The game went into extra innings, with that ghost runner I hate.

Clay Holmes got a short flyout to RF for the first out, and the runner could not advance. A strikeout for out #2. Then a slow roller to Lemahieu and the batter was originally called safe, moving the runner to third, but replay overturned the call for the third out.

Greg Allen PR for Rizzo in the bottom of the tenth. LeMahieu was intentionally walked. Harrison Bader put down a bunt that didn’t exactly work as planned. San Diego got a force on LeMahieu at second, but the main job, getting Allen to third, was accomplished. Bader advanced to second on defensive indifference, then IKF grounded one sharply down the LF line and past the dive of ex-Yankee Roughned Odor for the game-winning hit.

The season is now 1/3 over, with the Yanks 31-23. They are in third place in the AL East, 7 games behind Tampa Bay and 3 behind Baltimore. If the season ended today, they would have the sixth and final playoff spot (they lead Boston by two for that spot) and play the Twins in a best-of-3 (all games in Minnesota) in round one. But that’s a long way away. Keep doing what you are doing, and get people back, healthy and productive. First off, Donaldson, Stanton, Trevino and Kahnle, then Rodon, then maybe at the end of the year Montas and Loaisiga.

Not to mention maybe a trade at the deadline for more help.

LeMahieu 2 hits, 2 RBI. Solo HR (6).
Kiner-Falefa GW hit.

Severino 6 2/3 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 H, 3 W, 5 K. 1.59 Was just great.
King 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 2 K. 1.88
Peralta 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 0 K. 2.45
Holmes (W, 3-2) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 3.00

Game #53. Rookie decent, but Yanks’ bats silent again in 5-1 loss to Padres.

Because I am leaving soon on a bus trip to today’s Yankees game, this will be the only report. There will be NO minor league report on Friday’s games in the Yankees farm system. Sorry, but this one is all the time I have before I have to leave and catch the bus.

Randy Vasquez, the Yankees’ #14 prospect, made his MLB debut last night and did well for four innings before losing it in the fifth, giving up a long upper-deck HR to Juan Soto that gave San Diego a 2-0 lead. Unfortunately for Vasquez and the Yanks, those runs would be all the Padres would need in a 5-1 win.

The Yankees’ offense struggled again, getting only the one run on seven hits. They struck out 11x.

Ron Marinaccio gave up an upper-deck HR to Fernando Tatis, Jr. in the top of the sixth and it was 4-1 Padres.

The Yanks got their only run in the bottom of the sixth when with one out, Gleyber Torres singled and Aaron Judge followed with a double. Anthony Rizzo got an RBI groundout.

San Diego got a run in the top of the ninth. Ex-Yankee Roughned Odor got the RBI single.

Before the game, Aaron Hicks, previously DFA’d, was given his outright release.

Rizzo 2 hits, RBI.

Vasquez (L, 0-1) 4 2/3 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 3 W, 6 K. 2 HBP. Gave up 1 HR. 3.86 MLB DEBUT.
Marinaccio 1 1/3 IP, 2 R, 1 H, 1 W, 1 K. 1 HBP Gave up 1 HR. 4.26
Weber 3 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 0 W, 3 K. 3.48

Aaron Boone didn’t manage the game, having been suspended for a game by MLB because of recent ejections.

Minor league action from 5/25/2023. Donaldson and Kahnle on rehab.

Because I am leaving early Saturday morning to go on a bus trip to the Yankees’ game on Saturday, there will probably be a recap of Friday’s Yankees game but no report on the Friday minor league games. No time for a write up.

AAA: SWB (23-25) won 10-1.

CF Estevan Florial 4 RBI. Grand Slam (11). Was 1 for 5, 4 strikeouts and the Grand Slam. .313
3B Josh Donaldson 1 for 3 in first Rehab game.
RF Kole Calhoun 2 hits.
DH Andres Chaparro 2 hits.
SS Oswald Peraza solo HR (5) #3 prospect.
LF Elijah Dunham 3 hits, 2 RBI. #18 prospect.
C Rodolfo Duran 2 hits, 2 RBI.

Spence (W, 4-2) 5 2/3 IP, 1 R, 7 H, 3 W, 3 K. 1 WP 4.86
Kahnle 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 0 K. 0.00 REHAB
Norwood 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 5.40
Brewer 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 1 K. 2.35
Weissert 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 1 K. 2.77

AA: Somerset (24-17) lost 7-6.

2B Caleb Durbin 2 hits, 3 RBI.
1B Eric Wagaman 2 hits, 3 RBI. 3-run HR (3)

Clayton Beeter 5 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 3 W, 6 K. 3.03 #15 prospect
Diaz 1 IP, 3 R, 3 H, 1 W, 2 K. 1 WP 3.12
Wilson (L, 0-1) (BS, 1) 1 IP, 4 R, 3 H, 1 W, 2 K. Gave up 1 HR. 1 WP 1 Balk 5.52
Giacone 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K. 1.86

High A: Hudson Valley (25-17) won 10-8.

SS Alexander Vargas 2 hits, RBI
LF Aaron Palensky 3 hits, 3 RBI. Solo HR (12). .333
DH Spencer Henson 2 hits.
1B Rafael Flores 4 hits, 2 RBI.
RF Grant Richardson 2 hits, 2 RBI.
2B Benjamin Cowles 2 hits.

Messinger 6 IP, 6 R, 5 ER, 8 H, 4 W, 2 K. 2 WP 3.12
E. Santana 2 IP, 2 R, 1 H, 1 W, 2 K. Gave up 1 HR. 1 balk 8.36
Watson (W, 3-1) 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 4 K. 1 HBP 1.54
Neely (S, 2) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 3 K. 2.16

Low A: Tampa (15-26) lost Game 1 of scheduled DH, 6-5 in 10 innings.

SS Jared Serna 2 hits, RBI. Solo HR (8).
CF Daury Arias 2 hits.
LF Tayler Aguilar solo HR (2)
RF Alan Mejia 2 RBI.

Bow 1 2/3 IP, 4 R, 3 H, 4 W, 1 K. 2 HBP 33.75
Gray 2 1/3 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 W, 1 K. Gave up 1 HR. 4.91
Gabonia 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 2 K. 1 HBP 4.73
Ayers 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 3 K. 3.63
Velasquez (L, 0-1) 1 2/3 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K. 1.19

Game 2 was ppd.