Minor League Report. AAA & AA waste good efforts by starters.

AAA: SWB (56-42) blew a 6-0 lead they took into the ninth. They gave up six in the top of the ninth (on four HR) and two more in the top of the tenth to lose 8-6. RF Trey Amburgey 2 hits, solo HR. DH Zach Zehner 4 RBI, grand slam. CF Terrance Gore (recently acquired) 2 hits. The relief meltdown ruined a nice outing by starter Brody Koerner. Ugly loss.

Koerner 7 2/3 IP, 0 R, 5 H, 1 W, 8 K.  3.75
Dan Jennings 2/3 IP, 5 R, 5 H, 0 W, 0 K.  67.50. Gave up 3 HR. 1st game for SWB.
Feyereisen (L, 7-1, 2.66; BS, 2) 1 2/3 IP, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 H, 2 W, 2 K.  Gave up 1 HR.

AA: Trenton (50-44) lost 2-0, getting just one hit in the loss.

Keller (L, 1-1, 2.43) 7 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 1 W, 5 K. Gave up 1 HR
Lail 2 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 W, 2 K.  1.93

High A: Tampa (42-54) won 5-4 in a game called after five innings. DH Estevan Florial 2 hits. 2B Oswaldo Cabrera 2-run HR. C Donny Sands 2 RBI.

Low A:

Charleston lost the completion of Thursday’s suspended game, 3-2. Starter Rony Contreras 5 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 1 W, 5 K. 4.33.

Charleston (49-50) won the regularly scheduled game, 5-1. LF Canaan Smith (.301) 2 hits, 3 RBI. C Mickey Gasper 2 hits, RBI. Charlie Ruegger 5 1/3 scoreless relief IP for the win.

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Minor League Report

AAA: SWB (53-40) gave up 4 in the 8th to blow a 3-1 lead and lose 5-3. RF Zach Zehner 2 run HR.

Ben Heller (opener/rehab) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K. 0.00
Koerner 6 IP, 1 R, 8 H, 0 W, 5 K.  4.21
Sosebee (L, 3-1; BS, 1; 3.31) 1 IP, 4 R, 3 ER, 4 H, 0 W, 1 K. Gave up 1 HR.

AA: Trenton (48-41) lost 8-2. SS Kyle Holder solo HR.

High A: Tampa (40-52) lost 4-3. 3B Oswaldo Cabrera 2 hits, RBI. RF Leonardo Molina 2 hits, RBI. LF Omar Carrizales 3 hits, RBI.

Low A: Charleston (47-47) lost a DH.

Reg. Scheduled Game: Lost 2-1. LF Canaan Smith 2 hits. DH Eric Wagaman 2 hits, RBI.

Makeup of 7/13 ppd: Lost 5-0, and they only got one hit.

Minor League Report.

AAA: SWB (53-39) lost 6-2. Just 2 runs despite getting 14 hits. 2B Thairo Estrada 3 hits. SS Tyler Wade 2 hits (.316). C Kyle Higashioka 2 hits. RF Zach Zehner 2 hits, both doubles. Everyone in the lineup got a hit, but apparently no key ones.

Adams, No-decison. 6 2/3 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 1 W, 4 K. Gave up 1 HR.  3.88
Losing pitcher Stephen Tarpley 2/3 IP, 4 R, 1 ER, He made two errors.

AA: Trenton (48-40) 8-3 winners over Reading. SS Kyle Holder 2 hits. LF Ben Ruta 2 hits. 1B Chris Gittens 2 hits, both HR, 3 RBI. C Kellin Deglan 2 hits, RBI. CF Matt Lipka 2 hits, 2 RBI.

Brian Keller (W, 1-0, 2.78) 7 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 1 W, 4 K.

High A: Tampa (40-51) won 6-4. 3B Oswaldo Cabrera solo HR. DH Mickey Gasper 2 RBI. SS Wilkerman Garcia 2 hits. C Jason Lopez 2 hits. LF Omar Carrizales 2 hits, RBI.

Jio Orozco (W, 3-2, 3.29) 7 IP, 3 R, 6 H, 2 W, 11 K.  Gave up 1 HR.

Low A: Charleston (47-45) was rained out. Makeup today.

Standings:

SWB 53-39, 1st place by 5 games in International League North.

AA and lower have split seasons.

Trenton is 10-13 in the 2nd half, tied for fourth in the Eastern League East division, 4 1/2 back. Trenton did win the first half title with a 38-27 record, so they are guaranteed a playoff spot already.

Tampa is 12-13, 3rd place in the Florida State League North, 4 1/2 out. They were 28-38 in the first half, 5th place, 13 1/2 out.

Charleston is 10-12, 5th place, 1 1/2 games out in the South Atlantic League South Division. They were 37-33, 3rd place, just 1/2 game out in the first half.

 

Minor League Report. Lipka hits for cycle at AA.

The Major League New York Yankees return to action Friday night vs. Toronto. The first three starters will be German, Happ, then Tanaka.

AAA: SWB (52-38) lost 4-2. SS Tyler Wade (.310) solo HR. 1B Ryan Lavarnway solo HR.

AA: Trenton (46-40) lost 5-3. RF Matt Lipka 4 for 4, 2 RBI, a 2-run HR in the ninth that enabled him to hit for the cycle. 1B Chris Gittens 2 hits.

High A: Tampa (39-50) swept a DH.

Completion of suspended game of 7/10 (ppd from 7/9): Won 8-2. LF Pablo Olivares 2 RBI. CF Estevan Florial 4 for 4, RBI.  2B Oswaldo Cabrera 2 hits. DH Mickey Gasper 2 hits. C Donny Sands 2 RBI. SS Diego Castillo 3 hits, RBI.

Reg. scheduled game: Won 2-1 in 8 innings (DH’s only go 7 regular innings). RF Steven Sensley solo HR. Both sides only got four hits apiece. Castillo GW RBI single.

Low A: Charleston (46-45) lost 3-1 despite giving up just 3 hits.

Luis Medina 6 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 W, 10 K.  7.59
Myatt (L, 3-2; BS, 1) 1/3 IP, 3 R, 1 H, 4 W, 0 K.  4.15
C. Espinal 2 2/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 3 K.  2.50

 

Minor League Report.

AAA: All Star Game. The PCL beat the International League (SWB’s league), 9-3.

Here is how SWB’s representatives did:

C Kyle Higashioka started. 0 for 1 with a walk.
1B Mike Ford started. 0 for 2.
DH Ryan McBroom started. 0 for 2.
Reliever J.P. Feyereisen pitched a scoreless eighth. 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K.

AA: Eastern League All-Star Game. The West beat the East (Trenton’s division) 5-0. The East only got 2 hits.

Trenton representatives:

RF Ben Ruta started, 1 for 2.
1B Chris Gittens started, 0 for 3 with a walk.
SS Hoy Jun Park, sub, 0 for 2.
Reliever Danny Alvarez pitched the 4th. 1 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 W, 3 K.
Reliever Trevor Lane pitched in the 8th. 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 0 K.

High A: Tampa (37-50) lost Game 1 of a DH 10-8. LF Pablo Olivares 2 hits, RBI. DH Oswaldo Cabrera 3 hits, 2 RBI. 1B Mickey Gasper 3 hits, 3 RBI, 3-run HR.

Game 2: Makeup of 7/9 postponement. Game suspended in the top of the third with Tampa up 3-0. To be resumed today, 7/11.

Low A: Charleston (46-44) lost 4-3. 1B Eric Wagaman 3 hits. Daniel Bies in relief, 3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 6 K.

 

 

 

Minor League Report. Sloppy Fielding at AA, Low A.

AAA: SWB (49-35) won 5-3. 2B Thairo Estrada 2 hits, 2 RBI, 2-run HR. C Kyle Higashioka solo HR. DH Zach Zehner 2 hits, solo HR.

Ben Heller, opener, on rehab. 2 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 2 K. Adonis Rosa (W 2-0, 4.45) six IP, 2 R, 7 K in relief.

Maybe, if Betances is still a ways away, Heller may be able to come back and help the Yanks’ bullpen. Heller, RHP, 27 (28 in August) was 1-0, 6.43 in 10 games in 2016 but 1-0, 0.82 in 9 games in 2017. So 19 MLB games, 2-0, 3.00. Possible help soon?

AA:  Trenton (45-36) lost 9-2. LF Ben Ruta 2 hits. 3B Mandy Alvarez 2 hits, 2 RBI, a 2-run HR, but 2 errors.  Trenton made four errors and six of the nine runs given up were unearned.

High A: Tampa (35-46) got one in the top of the 10th, but gave up two in the bottom half and lost 5-4. DH Oswaldo Cabrera 3-run HR. 2B Deivi Munoz 2 hits. Tampa struck out 15x.

Starter Jio Orozco 7 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 1 W, 7 K.  3.76

Low A: Charleston (43-41) lost 11-8. CF Brandon Lockridge 2 hits, RBI. LF Canaan Smith 2 hits, 2 RBI. SS Max Burt 2 hits, RBI. 3B Kyle Gray 2 hits, RBI. C Eduardo Navas 2 RBI. Charleston made 5 errors. and four runs given up were unearned. 

 

Minor League Report. German on rehab, also, news on Stanton.

Before getting to the minor league report, some news on Giancarlo Stanton. Don’t expect to see him until August, what with the new injury (sprained PCL). What a wasted season for him.

AAA: SWB (46-32) split a DH.

Reg. Sched. game: won 6-4 but the real story here is of Domingo German’s rehab start which was only so-so, if that. He pitched 4 innings, gave up 4 runs, 4 hits, 2 Walks, 5 K. He gave up two two-run HRs in the third inning.

3B Breyvic Valera (.381) 2 hits, 3 RBI, solo HR. C Erik Kratz 2 hits, RBI.

Makeup of 4/20 postponement: Lost 1-0, got just five hits.

Espinal (L, 3-7, 4.71) 6 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 2 W, 8 K.

AA:  Trenton (43-31) lost 4-2. SS Hoy Jun Park 2 hits. LF Zach Zehner 2 hits.

Whitlock (ND) 6 IP, 1 R, 9 H, 0 W, 7 K.  2.89

High A: Tampa (32-43) won 7-2. DH Estevan Florial 2 hits, 2 RBI, led off game with HR. CF Pablo Olivares 3 hits, RBI. 2b/3B Oswaldo Cabrera 2 hits, 2 RBI.   C Jason Lopez 3 hits. 3B Angel Aguilar 2 hits, RBI. J.P. Sears 4 innings of scoreless relief pitching.

Low A: Charleston (40-38) lost 7-2. DH Matt Pita 2 RBI.