Low A: Tampa (13-14) lost 12-11. SS Alexander Vargas 2 hits, RBI. Solo HR (3) (#17 prospect) CF Jasson Dominguez 3 hits, 4 RBI Solo HR (3) (#3 prospect) 1B Anthony Garcia 2 hits. RF Madison Santos 2 RBI 2-run HR (2) 3B Marcos Cabrera 3 RBI . 3-run HR (4)
Yulie 3 2/3 IP, 8 R, 4 H, 3 W, 3 K. 1 Balk. 2 HBP. Gave up 1 HR 7.97 Anderson (L, 1-1) 1 1/3 IP, 3 R, 6 H, 0 W, 2 K. Gave up 2 HR. 1.84 Watson 1 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 1 W, 1 K. gave up 1 HR. 1 WP. 4.00 Holloway 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K. 1 HBP 2.35 C. Gomez 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K. 1.53
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AAA: SWB’s hitting woes continued in a 2-0 loss. SWB is now 9-16. SS Oswald Peraza 2 hits (#2 prospect) CF Estevan Florial 2 hits (#30 prospect). SWB had 5 hits total.
Gil (L, 0-3) 5 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 0 W, 9 K. Gave up 1 HR. 9.53 (#10 prospect) Sears 3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 4 K. 1.17 (#24 prospect)
AA: Somerset (16-8) won 5-3. 1B Derek Dietrich 2-run HR (5) SS Jesus Bastidas 2 hits, 2 RBI
Vasquez 3 1/3 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 2 W, 3 K. 2.63 (#16 prospect) Jennings 3 2/3 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 0 W, 4 K. gave up 1 HR. 1 WP 2.25 Zurak (W, 2-0) 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 4 K. 0.00
High A: Hudson Valley (13-11) won 7-4 SS Trey Sweeney 3 hits, RBI (# 5 prospect) 2B Cooper Bowman 2 hits (#25 prospect) LF James Nelson 2 RBI 1B Spencer Henson 2 hits, 3 RBI. 3-run HR (1)
Way 4 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 0 W, 3 K. 3.93 J. Munoz (W, 1-0) 3 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 1 W, 1 K. 1 HBP 6.08 Coleman (S, 4) 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 1 K. 0.00
Low A: Tampa (12-11) won 10-4. SS Alexander Vargas 2 RBI. 2-run HR (2) LF Madison Santos 2 hits 3B Marcos Cabrera 2 hits, RBI. Solo HR (3) DH Anthony Seigler 4 RBI. Grand Slam (3) 2B Roberto Chirinos 2 RBI
AAA: SWB started the season 3-0, but have slipped to 9-15. Checking the batting averages, no one is hitting, even former major leaguers like Greg Bird, Ron Guzman, or Ryan Lamarre. They lost 2-0 last night, getting just five hits. #2 prospect Oswald Peraza is hitting just .203, and so is #14 prospect Oswaldo Cabrera. And other prospects at lower levels (#1 prospect Anthony Volpe and #3 prospect Jasson Dominguez, for example) are also struggling.
Wesneski (L, 0-3) 5 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 0 W, 6 K. Gave up 1 HR. 2.63 (#8 prospect) M. Gomez 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 1 K. 1 HBP. 2.61 Bristo 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 3 K. 6.97
AA: Somerset (15-7) won 8-7. C Mickey Gasper 2 hits, RBI RF Michael Beltre grand slam (2)
Spence 4 IP, 5 R, 6 H, 1 W, 6 K. Gave up 2 HR. 1 HBP 4.76 Loseke (W, 4-0) 3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 3 K. 1.98 Ernst (S, 1) 2 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 0 W, 1 K. Gave up 1 HR 2.63
High A: Hudson Valley (12-10) lost 5-3. CF Everson Pereira 2 hits (#11 prospect) C Austin Wells 2 hits, 2 RBI. Solo HR (4) (#4 prospect)
Back after a ten-day vacation visiting my sis across the country. Some comments at end of article.
Anthony Rizzo hit three of the Yanks (11-6) five homeruns in the Yanks’ 12-8 win over Baltimore Tuesday night. Luis Severino pitched 5 1/3 hitless, shutout innings before tiring, and the Yankees’ bullpen made things nervously close.
Rizzo hit a 3-run HR in the third to start the scoring. Joey Gallo hit his first HR of the season to make it 4-0 in the fourth. Rizzo’s second HR of the game, a 2-run HR, made it 6-0 in the fifth.
After losing his no-hit bid, Severino walked the next hitter then gave up a 3-run HR and Baltimore had cut the lead to 6-3. The Orioles scored another run in the top of the seventh to close the score to 6-4.
In the bottom of the seventh, D.J. LeMahieu led off with a single and Aaron Judge singled D.J. to third. Rizzo walked to load the bases. Giancarlo Stanton singled in one run, and after Josh Donaldson struck out, Gleyber Torres tripled to clear the bases and make the score 10-4.
Baltimore made things uncomfortable again, scoring four runs in the top of the eighth, three on a HR given up by Jonathan Loaisiga (who has been struggling lately) to cut the score to 10-8.
In the bottom of the eighth, the Yanks got back-to-back homers by Judge (4) and Rizzo (8) to make it 12-8, which wound up being the final score.
LeMahieu 2 hits Judge 2 hits, RBI, solo HR (4) Rizzo 3 hits, all HR (8), 6 RBI Now leads majors in HR Stanton 2 hits, RBI Torres 3 RBI Gallo solo HR (1)
Severino (W, 2-0) 6 IP, 4 R, 3 H, 2 W, 5 K. Gave up 1 HR. 3.32 Holmes (H, 5) 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K. 1.04 Luetge 2/3 IP, 3 R, 2 H, 0 W, 0 K. 1 HBP. 6.00 Loaisiga 1/3 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 0 W, 0 K. Gave up 1 HR. 8.10 Chapman 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 W, 2 K. 0.00
A few notes on the games while I was away. A disappointing weekend in Baltimore, where the Yanks lost two of three. So far the pitching (except for last night) has carried the team. In the first 13 games of the season, the Yanks were shut out three times, and in another game, they only scored one run in an eleventh inning loss. Higashioka, Gallo, and Stanton have been struggling. Now in the last two games, they have scored ten and twelve runs, so maybe the bats are waking up. The team batting average is .242, meanwhile the team ERA of 2.85 leads the league. A good thing is Severino looking like the Severino of old. Meanwhile, Nestor Cortes, Jr. and Mike King have been great.
Tim Locastro was brought up, and J.P. Sears sent down. Miguel Andujar was brought up because Aaron Hicks is out on paternity leave. There will be some more moves coming because those extra players allowed because of the shortened spring training will have to be lopped off the roster after Sunday’s games.
One thing I didn’t know until a few days ago is that EACH MLB team is now using humidors for the baseballs. Before, because of the light air and the way balls fly out, only teams like Colorado were doing so. The humidor helps to deaden the baseballs.
Congrats in order to Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera, who became only the seventh player to have 3000 hits and 500 HR in his career. The other six are Aaron, Mays, A-Rod, Pujols, Palmeiro and Murray.
AAA: SWB (4-1) suffered their first loss of the season, losing 4-3 in 10 innings. CF Estevan Florial (Yanks #30 prospect) 2 hits. SS Oswald Peraza (#2 prospect) 4 hits, RBI LF Miguel Andujar 2 hits
Gil 3 2/3 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 1 W, 5 K. Gave up 1 HR. 4.91 (#10 prospect) Lane 1 1/3 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 2 W, 1 K. 0.00 Bristo 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 W, 1 K. 3.00 Greene 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 1 K. 4.50 Miller (L, 0-1) 2/3 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 0.00
AA: Somerset (2-0) won 11-2. LF Elijah Dunham 2 hits (#27 prospect) DH Josh Breaux 2 hits, 4 RBI. A 3-run HR (2) (#26 prospect) 3B Andres Chaparro 3 hits 1B Chad Bell 2 hits, 3 RBI C Rodolfo Duran 3 hits, RBI; Solo HR (1) 2B Oliver Dunn 3 for 3, 3 RBI
Waldichuk (W, 1-0) 5 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 2 W, 7 K. 0.00 (#6 prospect) 1 WP Ernst 1 2/3 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 2 W, 1 K. 2 WP 5.40 Espianal 1 IP ,1 R, 2 H, 2 W, 1 K. 9.00 Zurak 1 2/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0W, 2 K. 0.00
Waldichuk put up a great year last year and off to a good start here. A lefty to watch.
High A: Hudson Valley (1-1) won 8-6 in 10 innings. DH T.J. Rumfield 3 RBI, 2-run HR (1) LF Aldenis Sanchez 2 hits, 2 RBI 3B Eduardo Torrealba 3 hits.
Way 4 1/3 IP, 3 R, 4 H, 2 W, 7 K. 2 WP. Gave up 1 HR, 6.23 (#22 prospect) Myatt 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 3 W, 2 K. 0.00 Munoz 2 1/3 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 0 W, 4 K. Gave up 1 HR. 3.86 Mauricio (W, 1-0) 1 2/3 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 H, 1 W, 1 K. 5.40 Blanton (S, 1) 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 0.00
Tampa (1-1) lost 5-1. 3B Marcos Cabrera 2 hits, solo HR (2)
Panacual (L, 0-1) 3 1/3 IP, 3 R, 2 ER, 4 H, 1 W, 6 K. 5.40 C. Gomez 3 1/3 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 0 W, 4 K. Gave up 1 HR. 5.40 Neely 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 2 K. 0.00
Game 1: 7-6 in 8 innings (minor league games are 7 innings if a DH). 1B Greg Bird hit a 2-run HR (1) in his first at bat back with the Yankees’ organization. He had 2 hits. 3B Phillip Evans had 2 hits and an RBI, RF Tim Locastro had 2 hits.
D. Garcia (#29 prospect) 3 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 3 W, 1 K. 1 WP. 2 HBP. Was Wild. 3.00 Nittoli 1 1/3 IP, 3 R, 1 H, 2 W, 3 K. Gave up 1 HR. 1 HBP 20.25 McClain 2/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 W, 1 K. 1 WP, 1 HBP. 0.00 Seeing a lot of wildness here, Walks, WP, HBP… McKay (W 1-0, BS, 1) 2 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 0 W, 3 K. Gave up 1 HR. 9.00 Weissert (S, 1) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 1 K. 0.00
Game 2: Won a blowout, 10-1. SS Oswaldo Cabrera 3 hits, 3 RBI, (#14 prospect) CF Ender Inciarte 2 hits, 4 RBI, Both hits were 2-run HR. (2) C David Freitas 3 hits, RBI, HR (1) LF Matt Pita 2 hits, RBI, HR (1)
AA: Somerset won their opener, 6-2. Interesting game. A combined one-hitter, but with 10 Walks and 2 HBP. #1 prospect SS Anthony Volpe 2 hits, RBI LF Elijah Dunham 2 hits, RBI (#27 ranked prospect in Yankees’ system) C Josh Breaux 2-run HR (1) (#26 prospect) RF Michael Beltre 2 hits
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