WS Game 5. Scherzer scratched, Houston goes up 3-2 with 7-1 win.

Washington ace Max Scherzer was scratched because of neck pain, and Houston took advantage of it for a 7-1 win in Game 5 of the World Series Sunday night.

The win means that the road  team has won each game of the WS so far and that Houston heads back to Texas with a 3 games to 2 lead in the series after having been down 0-2.

Scherzer got shots for the neck pain, and the Nats are hopeful that he can go in Game 7 if there is a Game 7. Sot

Gerrit Cole pitched 7 innings, giving up 1 run (Juan Soto HR), 3 hits, 9 K for the win.

Yordan Alvarez, Carlos Correa and George Springer each had 2-run HRs.

Game 6 is Tuesday night in Houston.

Minor League Report: Trenton wins Eastern League Championship, 3 games to 1, with a 5-2 win.

The Yankees’ AA affiliate, the Trenton Thunder, won the Eastern League Championship over Bowie with a 5-2 win. The win clinches the finals, three games to one for Trenton. Rony Garcia pitched five no-hit innings. Dellin Betances got in rehab work.

1B Chris Gittens 3 hits, RBI. Solo HR.
C Kellin Deglan Solo HR. (Series MVP)
SS Kyle Holder 2 hits.

Rony Garcia (Winner) 5 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 6 K.
Dellin Betances 1 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 W, 1 K. Gave up 1 HR.
Greg Weissert 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K.
Trevor Lane 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K.
Daniel Alvarez 1 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 W, 0 K. Gave up 1 HR.

 

 

Minor league report. AA Trenton goes up 2-0 in best of 5 and his heading home.

Yanks off today.

AAA SWB @ Durham. PPD. Rain. Hurricane Dorian.

AA: Trenton took a 2 games to none lead in their best of 5 series and now head home to Trenton after winning 3-0 in 10 innings.

DH Isaiah Gilliam 2 hits. SS Kyle Holder solo HR.

Rony Garcia 3 1/3 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 1 W, 2 K.
Reeves 3 2/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 6 K.  Great Job!
Lane (Winner) 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 4 K.
D. Alvarez (SAVE) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K.

A combined 5 hit shutout, 13 K.

 

 

Minor League Report. SWB has to play a tiebreaking game to see if playoff bound. All FSL games were cancelled after Aug. 29.

AAA: SWB (75-65) lost 5-3 while Syracuse (Mets) won, so both teams finished tied for the International North lead what was supposed to be the end of the regular season. A one-game playoff for the division title will be tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon (1:05) at SWB. It is sudden-death. The loser does NOT qualify for a wild card. The winner will face Durham (Rays) at Durham in the first playoff round on Wednesday night.

1B Edwin Encarnacion 0 for 4 on rehab. He packed his bags after the game to head to the Bronx and rejoin the Yankees.

3B Mandy Alvarez solo HR. 2B/1B Gosuke Katoh 2 hits.

AA: Trenton (76-62) scored in the bottom of the ninth to beat Reading 8-7. CF Ben Ruta 2 hits, RBI. RF Alexander Palma GW RBI single. 1B Chris Gittens solo HR. LF Isiah Gilliam 2 HR, 4 RBI. 3B Angel Aguilar 2 hits, solo HR. 2B Max Burt 2 hits.

Reading will be Trenton’s opponent in the first round of the Eastern League playoffs. Game 1 will be at Reading on Wednesday night.

High A: Tampa finished their season 63-71. Because of Hurricane Dorian, all games, including the playoffs, have been cancelled. The last games played were on August 29.

Low A: Charleston (73-66) finished their season. The season finale, scheduled for Labor Day, was cancelled due to rain, as Hurricane Dorian affected this too. Charleston didn’t make the playoffs.

Minor League Report. Severino, Encarnacion rehab. SWB’s magic # is 1.

AAA: SWB (75-64) won 15-12 to reduce their magic number to 1. A SWB win today in the regular season finale or a loss by Syracuse would give the International League North Division title to SWB.

Luis Severino started the game in his first rehab start after missing all season long. In one inning, he gave up two runs on three hits, one a HR, and struck out two.

DH Edwin Encarnacion, in his first rehab game after suffering a broken wrist, was 1 for 4 with an RBI.

RF Trey Amburgey 3 hits, 2 RBI. SS Breyvic Valera 2 hits, RBI. C Erik Kratz 3 hits, 2 RBI.
3B Mandy Alvarez 4 RBI, a 3-run HR. 1B Gosuke Katoh, a 2-run HR. CF Billy Burns 3 hits, RBI.

AA: Trenton (75-62) lost 3-2. 1B Chris Gittens 2 hits.

High A: Tampa cancelled, rain.

Low A: Charleston (73-66) won 8-0. DH Josh Breaux 2-run HR. 3B Welfrin Mateo 3-run HR. C Eduardo Navas 2 RBI. 2B Eduardo Torrealba 2 hits.

Rony Contreras (W, 12-5, 3.33) 6 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 8 K.
Ramos 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K.  0.90
Espinal 1 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 3 K.  2.41
The Yanks traded 1B/DH/OF Ryan McBroom off of SWB to the KC Royals in exchange for international signing bonus pool money and a player to be named later or cash considerations. McBroom, 27, hit .315 with 26 HR for SWB but the 1B/OF/ DH is blocked by the likes of Luke Voit, Edwin Encarnacion, Greg Bird (yeah, I know…), even D.J. LeMahieu when D.J. plays 1B. Guys like McBroom have to be given 40 man roster spots or you may lose them for nothing in the Rule 5 draft. So the Yanks got something for him.

The Yanks apparently have other guys they want to protect more so than McBroom.

Minor League Report. Montgomery on rehab.

AAA: SWB (73-64) lost 8-7 and stayed in a tie for the IL North Division lead with just three games to go.

Jordan Montgomery, on a rehab assignment, started, pitched 1 2/3 innings and gave up one unearned run, striking out three. On a pitch count, Montgomery left after 35 pitches.

1 2/3 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 0 W, 3 K.

Ben Heller on rehab. 2 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 2 K.

Another rough outing at AAA for 20 year old prospect Deivi Garcia.

1 IP, 3 R, 2 H, 2 W, 2 K. Gave up 1 HR. Don’t rush him. He needs AAA time. For those wanting a September callup or a postseason berth, I disagree. AAA ERA 5.84. He needs more time.

C Kyle Higashioka 2 hits, 3 RBI. a 3-run HR.
CF Trey Amburgey solo HR.
SS Mandy Alvarez 2 RBI
1B Gosuke Katoh 2 hits, RBI.

AA: Trenton (74-61) lost 5-3. LF Ben Ruta 2 hits, RBI, solo HR. 1B Chris Gittens 2 hits, RBI.

High A: Tampa ppd. rain.

Low A: Charleston (71-66) won 8-6. SS Oswald Peraza 2 hits, RBI, solo HR. LF Canaan Smith 2 hits, RBI, .308. 1B Eric Wagaman 2 hits, 3 RBI, solo HR. C Ryan Lidge 2 hits, 3 RBI, 3-run HR.  Keegan Curtis 4 scoreless relief innings for the win. (W, 3-1, 1.56) 6 K.

 

 

Minor League Report. SWB tied for first with four games left.

AAA: SWB (73-63) split a DH. With the split, they are tied for first in the International League North with four games to go. The loser between them and Syracuse (Mets) will most likely NOT make the playoffs as the wild card since they are 1 1/2 games behind that team right now.

Remember minor league DHs are seven-inning games. Both games went extras.

Reg. sched. game: Lost 9-5. Down 5-3, SWB scored once in the top of the sixth and then again in the top of the seventh to tie, but then in the bottom of the eighth, Chance Adams gave up a two-out grand slam to lose the game. A weird bottom of the eighth. It started with that rule of having a man start the inning at second. Adams then got a groundout but hit both of the next two batters to load the bases. After a strikeout, he gave up the grand slam.

LF Clint Frazier 2-run HR. 2 hits, solo HR for DH Wendell Rijo (tied game in top of the seventh).

Makeup of 8/28 postponement: SWB scored four in the top of the tenth to win 8-4 to preserve the tie on top of the division. LF Frazier 2 hits. DH Ryan McBroom 2 hits, 3 RBI, 2 HR (a 2-run and a solo shot). 2 hits, 2 RBI 3B Mandy Alvarez. J.P. Feyereisen (W, 10-2, 2.49) two scoreless IP, 5 K.

AA: Trenton (74-60) lost 8-2. LF Ben Ruta 2 hits, 2-run HR.

High A: Tampa (64-71) won 7-1. CF Estevan Florial 3 hits, 2 RBI. 3B Wilkerman Garcia 3 hits, 2 RBI. DH Alexander Palma 2 hits, RBI. 2B Kyle Gray 2 hits.

Starter Glenn Otto (W, 3-3, 3.20) 5 1/3 IP, 1 R, 5 H, 1 W, 7 K.

Low A: Charleston (70-66) won 10-6. CF Brandon Lockridge 2 hits. SS Oswald Peraza 4 hits. C Josh Breaux 2 RBI (2-run HR). DH Canaan Smith 2 RBI. 2B Eduardo Torrealba 3 hits, 3 RBI.