WS Game 2. Washington going home with 2-0 Series lead. Cubs choose Ross as mgr.

The Washington Nationals, the biggest WS underdog since the 2007 Colorado Rockies (who got swept by Boston) are heading home after whipping Houston 12-3 in Game 2 last night.

In winning both games at Houston, Washington beat Gerrit Cole AND Justin Verlander. Verlander has now started six WS games in his career, and is 0-5.

Stephen Strasburg gave up a 2-run HR to Alex Bregman in the first inning, but nothing after that as he pitched six innings for the win.

Five different Nationals had two hits, as they banged out 14, including 3 HR.

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The Cubs apparently have chosen ESPN broadcaster David Ross as their new manager, replacing Joe Maddon who has moved on to the Angels. Remember the surprise when the Yankees chose Aaron Boone two years ago? And Eduardo Perez (Tony’s son), an ESPN broadcaster, is still in the mix for some open managerial jobs, too.

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The Arizona Fall League ends tomorrow, Friday. The Surprise Saguaros, which has some Yankees’ prospects, are 16-11, have clinched their division and will be playing in the Championship game on Saturday.  Stats for those prospects.

1B Brandon Wagner .212-2-21  19 games
C Donny Sands .188-1-7  14 games
CF Josh Stowers .121-1-3   19 games.
P Aaron McGarity 1-0, 0.87 9 games, 10 1/3 IP  14 K
P Glenn Otto  2-1, 1.35  5 starts, 20 IP,  20 K
P Daniel Bies 0-1, 4.50 10 IP, 14 K

 

 

Minor League Report.

AAA: SWB (69-60) won 4-3. LF Trey Amburgey 2 hits. 1B Gosuke Katoh 2 hits, 2 RBI. Michael King, who had a great 2018 but who missed most of this year due to an injury, turned in a nice outing. Deivi Garcia, converted to the bullpen for now, gave up a run but did strike out five in two innings

King (W, 1-1, 4.97) 6 2/3 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 3 W, 11 K.  Gave up 1 HR.
D. Garcia (H,1) 2 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 0 W, 5 K.  4.98 (AAA ERA)
Adams (S, 1) 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K.  4.44

AA: Trenton (70-58) won 7-0. SS Hoy Jun Park 2 RBI. 1B Chris Gittens 2 hits, solo HR. C Kellin Deglan 2 hits, solo HR. CF Rashad Crawford 2 hits, 2 RBI. 3B Max Burt 2 hits, RBI.

Nick Green (W, 3-3, 7.04) 6 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 1 W, 4 K.
Weissert 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 2 K.  1.40
Kriske 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K.  2.62
D. Alvarez 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 0 K.  2.32

High A: Tampa (60-66) won 3-1 in 11 innings.
2B Oswaldo Cabrera 3 hits, RBI. DH Mickey Gasper 2 hits.

F. German 5 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 2 W, 8 K. Gave up 1 HR.  3.64
McGarity 2 2/3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 5 K.  5.40
Zurak (W, 6-4, 2.79) 2 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 4 W, 1 K.
Wivinis (S, 8) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 0 K.  2.68

Low A: Charleston (67-62) lost 6-1, getting just two hits. DH Josh Breaux solo HR.
Starter Yoendys Gomez a no-decision, 6 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 2 W, 8 K.  4.37.

Minor League Report.

AAA: SWB (65-54) lost 3-1. They only got four hits.

Deivi Garcia pitched four scoreless innings, but then gave up runs in the fifth. He got out of a bases-loaded jam in the first.

He may need to work on his move since there were some stolen bases off of him.

When he left, there were runners on first and third with one out, but reliever Trevor Lane let in both runs and also another on his own.

Garcia (L, 1-3, 5.93 in AAA) 4 1/3 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 2 W, 5 K. Combined record this year A+/AA/AAA: 5-9, 4.29, but 147 K in 98 2/3 IP. He’s only 20. Some more time at AAA, cut down on the walks, lower the ERA and …

AA: Trenton (64-54) won 7-5. SS Hoy Jun Park 2 hits. 1B Chris Gittens 2 RBI, solo HR. LF Isiah Gilliam 2 hits, 2 RBI, 2-run HR. CF Matt Lipka 2 hits.   James Reeves, Brooks Kriske and Daniel Alvarez combined for five scoreless, hitless innings of relief.

High A: Tampa (52-64) lost 9-0. LF Pablo Olivares 2 of Tampa’s 6 hits. Rough outing for starter Clarke Schmidt, 7 R in 3 IP.

Low A: Charleston (61-58) only gave up two hits, but lost 2-1. C Eduardo Navas 3 hits. 2B Eduardo Torreabla 2 hits.

Harold Cortijo (L, 4-3, 2.86) 5 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 4 W, 2 K.
Aaron McGarity 3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 6 K.  3.19

 

 

Minor League Report. Frazier homers for SWB.

AAA: SWB (42-28) scored six in the bottom of the eighth to pull out a 9-7 victory. SS Breyvic Valera 2-run HR. LF Clint Frazier 2 hits, solo HR (Valera and Frazier went back-to-back in the eighth). DH Ryan McBroom 2 hits, RBI. 1B Logan Morrison 4 for 4, 3 RBI, inc. a solo HR. J.P. Feyereisen (W 6-0, 2.34) 2 scoreless relief innings, 5 K.

AA: Trenton (39-28) lost 4-3. Trenton only got 2 hits in the game, and gave up just 3. DH Wendell Rijo 2-run HR. Starter Nick Nelson, No decision, 5 1/3 IP, 2 R, 1 H, 2 W, 8 K. 2.66.

High A: Tampa (29-40) lost 4-0, getting just 3 hits.

Low A: Charleston (38-33) won 2-1.  3B Welfrin Mateo 2 hits. SS Eduardo Torrealba 2 RBI.

Cortijo (W, 2-0, 2.25) 6 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 2 W, 3 K. Gave up 1 HR.
McGarity (H, 1) 2 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 1 W, 2 K.  3.54
Marinaccio (S, 2) 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 2 K.  0.00

Minor League report. 2 HR for Lo-Mo.

AAA: SWB (34-25) won 3-1. 1B Logan Morrison 2 HR, 3 RBI. RF Trey Amburgey 2 hits.

Koerner (W, 3-0, 3.41) 7 IP, 1 R, 6 H, 0 W, 7 K.
Coulombe (H, 2) 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 3 K.  3.38
Feyereisen (S, 3) 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 1 K.  2.83

AA: Trenton (33-24) lost 3-2. Starter Garrett Whitlock, ND, 6 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 4 H, 2 W, 3 K.

High A: Tampa (26-35) won 7-3. 2B Oswaldo Cabrera 2 hits, a 3-run HR. SS Diego Castillo 2 hits. DH Tyler Hill a 3-run HR.

Low A: Charleston (34-28) won 7-0. CF Brandon Lockridge 2 hits, RBI. 2B Kyle Gray 2 RBI. 3B Max Burt 2 hits. SS Eduardo Torrealba 2 hits, 2 RBI.

Roansy Contreras (W, 5-3, 4.12) 7 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 2 W, 3 K.
Aaron McGarity 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 3 K.  3.96

 

 

Minor League Report.

AAA: Didi Gregorius rehab for SWB : DH, 0 for 4. Taking a while to get his stroke back.  1 for 16 on rehab.

SWB (30-21) lost 6-5 to Lehigh Valley. Joe Harvey’s 4 walks in the top of the ninth cost the Railriders the game. 2B/SS Breyvic Valera 2 hits. (.441). LF Trey Amburgey 2 hits, 4 RBI, 3-run HR. CF Billy Burns 2 hits. Starter Randall Delgado 6 IP, 2 R.

AA: Trenton (32-20) lost 4-1. SS Hoy Jun Park 2 hits (.329). 3B Mandy Alvarez 2 hits, RBI. RF Matt Lipka 2 hits.

High A:  Tampa (23-32) lost 7-3. RF Isiah Gilliam 2 hits. 3B Angel Aguilar 2 RBI, solo HR.

Low A: Charleston (30-26) won 5-0. 3B Max Burt 2 hits, solo HR.

Nolan Martinez (W, 1-0, 1.15) 7 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 2 W, 4 K.
McGarity 2 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 0 K.  4.57

Minor League Report. Gio rebounds nicely.

AAA: SWB (3-3) wins 5-1 over Lehigh Valley. Gio Gonzalez, who after the Yanks had signed him to a minor league deal, gave up 13 R, 12 ER in six innings in his first two appearances (one spring training and one AAA game) , put it together last night, pitching six shutout innings, giving up just 3 hits, and striking out 10. He walked one.

DH Mike Ford and SS Thairo Estrada each had 2 hits and an RBI. CF Billy Burns 2 hits.

With Luis Severino shut down, and, it appears, out until late June/early July, Gonzalez could now become an option for the Yankees’ rotation, or even the bullpen.

Another option could be signing free agent Dallas Keuchel.

But both options as far as the rotation goes, would most likely affect Domingo German, who so far, has pitched very well. As far as the bullpen, it most likely would affect Stephen Tarpley.

AA: Trenton (3-2) won 7-2. 2B Wendell Rijo 2-run HR. SS Hoy Jun Park solo HR. DH Rashad Crawford 2 hits. 3B Angel Aguilar 2 hits, 2 RBI. Three bullpen pitchers 5 IP, 0 R, 1 H.

High A: Tampa (2-4) lost 9-8. DH Matt Pita 3 hits, 4 RBI. 1B Dermis Garcia 2 RBI. 3B Oswaldo Cabrera 2 hits. Starter Rony Garcia 5 IP, 1 R, 7 K. End of game bullpen meltdown.

Low A: Charleston (3-3) lost both games of a DH, 17-3, then 8-3.

Game 1: CF Josh Stowers 2 hits. 2B Kyle Gray a 3-run HR.
Luis Medina 2 IP, 10 R, 10 H, 4 W, 3 K. Gave up 3 HR
Rodney Hutchinson 3 2/3 IP, 7 R, 3 H, 4 W, 3 K. Also gave up 3 HR.

Game 2: Got just four hits.
Alex Vizcaino 4 2/3 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 H, 2 W, 7 K
Aaron McGarity (L) 1 1/3 IP, 6 R, 7 H, 1 W, 1 K. Gave up 1 HR.