Game 160. Yanks win 1st game of day/night DH 5-4. 3 HR hit, but Judge still waiting on 62.

Now we start wondering if #62 will come at all.

Aaron Judge was 1 for 5 with a single in the first game of a day/night DH, a game the Yankees (99-61) won 5-4. He is now hitting .310 after that game.

The Yanks have just the night game tonight and an afternoon game tomorrow left in their season before their postseason begins with Game 1 of the ALDS at Yankee Stadium on October 11.

The Yanks did hit three HR in the game, including the first MLB HR by Oswald Peraza.

Oswaldo Cabrera got the scoring started with a HR in the top of the first inning (6).

Yanks’ starter Jameson Taillon gave two runs back in the bottom of the first and had to get out of a bases-loaded jam or else he would have given up more than that. Texas up 2-1 after one inning.

Peraza hit his HR in the top of the second to tie the game.

The Yanks went up 3-2 in the top of the fifth. Peraza (who has been playing great since he has been called up, as has Cabrera) singled and stole second. After a popup, Marwin Gonzalez singled in Peraza.

But Taillon gave up a 2-run HR in the bottom of the fifth and Texas took a 4-3 lead.

The Yanks’ winning rally came in the top of the eighth. Kyle Higashioka, hot lately, led off the inning with a HR (10) to tie the game. Judge singled and Anthony Rizzo was HBP. Cabrera sacrificed both runners over, and Harrison Bader singled to give the Yanks the eventual winning run.

Cabrera solo HR (6)
Peraza 2 hits, solo HR (1) FIRST MLB HR
Higashioka solo HR (10)

Taillon 6 IP, 4 R, 7 H, 2 W, 5 K. 1 HBP Gave up 1 HR. 3.91
Chapman (W, 4-4) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K. 4.46 The Chapman we need to see.
Weissert (H, 2) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 5.56
Loaisiga (S, 2) 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 0 K. 4.13

Ron Marinaccio to the IL. He will miss the ALDS. Albert Abreu back off the IL.

Game 159. Severino sensational in Yanks’ 3-1 win. 2 HR, but none by Judge.

There should be no doubt that Luis Severino is the Yankees #3 starter come playoff time.

Severino was marvelous last evening, pitching 7 no-hit innings as the Yankees (98-61) defeated Texas, 3-1.

It was Severino’s third start since coming off the IL. As a result, his pitch count was limited to 90 (he threw 94) and therefore was pulled for safety reasons. Also, Miguel Castro was activated (Chi Chi Gonzalez DFA’d) and the Yankees do need to see if Castro should be on the postseason roster or not.

Aaron Judge was 1 for 4 with an infield single. He has 2 days and 3 games left to see if he can hit #62 to set a new AL and Yankees record. You now wonder if he will do it. He has just 1 HR since September 20. His batting average is at .311, 4 points back. I doubt that he will make it up to win the Triple Crown. The Yanks have a day-night doubleheader today. If Judge doesn’t get a HR in the opener, does he play in the night game? I’m sure if he DOES HR in the opener, he will be given the night game off. Maybe even tomorrow too.

The Yanks scored in the fifth inning on a leadoff single by Oswald Peraza followed by a force out by Aaron Hicks. Isiah Kiner-Falefa walked, and Kyle Higashioka singled in Hicks.

The Yanks hit into six DP in the game.

In the top of the eighth, Marwin Gonzalez led off the inning with a 400 ft. HR (6), before Judge struck out. Giancarlo Stanton followed with a 457 ft. HR (30) to make it 3-0.

Castro came in for the eighth and got an out before losing the no-hitter and then the shutout.

Stanton solo HR (30) good to see. Hopefully coming out of slump.
Peraza 2 hits. .333 in limited time. Be interesting to see if on postseason roster.
Higashioka 2 hits, RBI. Heating up after a bad season.
Gonzalez solo HR (6)

Severino (W, 7-3) 7 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 7 K. 3.18
Castro (H, 9) 1 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 W, 1 K. 4.18 Just off IL. First game since mid-July.
Effross (S, 4) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 2.54 (Cubs/NYY ERA)

Game 155. Fit to be tied! Judge gets #61, Cole ties Guidry K mark in Yanks’ 8-3 win.

Aaron Judge tied Roger Maris for the AL and Yankees’ single-season HR record by hitting his 61st HR last night in the Yankees’ (96-59) 8-3 win at Toronto.

The blow broke a 3-3 tie in the top of the seventh inning. Fitting that it was the game-winning hit.

So, 61 years after Maris, who wore #9, hit 61, Judge, also a RF, who wears #99, matches him. And Maris sometimes played CF, especially after Mantle went down late in the 1961 season. We’ve seen Judge play a lot of CF himself this season.

The Yankees are off today and return to NY for a weekend series against Baltimore. If Judge doesn’t hit #62 Friday night, maybe he does it Saturday, October 1. If so, he would break Maris’ mark exactly 61 years after Roger hit his 61st.

Judge wasn’t the only one to tie a single season Yankees’ record last night. Gerrit Cole struck out four batters to give him 248 on the season, tying the mark set by Ron Guidry in 1978.

Judge’s HR was his only at bat in a 1 for 4 night. He still leads, barely, in the batting title race as he possibly could win a Triple Crown. He is hitting .3134 to the Twins’ Luis Arraez .3133. Xander Bogaerts of Boston is at .309. Should Judge win the Triple Crown, he would be only the second player since 1967 to do so. He would be the third Yankee. Lou Gehrig in 1934 and Mickey Mantle in 1956 are the Yankees to have done so. By the way, no NL hitter has won the Triple Crown since Joe “Ducky” Medwick of St. Louis in 1937.

Having won the AL East the night before, manager Aaron Boone made Anthony Rizzo the de facto manager for the evening. Most of the lineup was made up of the bench players, and rookie Oswald Peraza hit cleanup.

The Yanks scored three times in the top of the first inning. Judge walked, and so did Oswaldo Cabrera. Josh Donaldson singled in Judge, and Peraza then got a single for his first MLB RBI to make it 2-0. After a force-out, Marwin Gonzalez hit a SF to make it 3-0.

Cole retired the first 15 batters he faced before giving up a HR to Danny Jansen leading off the bottom of the sixth. As we have seen this year, anything that seems to throw Cole off a bit seems to mess him up big time, as far as limiting the damage. A single and walk immediately followed. After a lineout, a single brought in one run. A balk by Cole moved the runners up to second and third. A SF tied the game before Cole got out of the inning.

In the top of the seventh, Aaron Hicks singled before Judge hit his AL record-tying HR (and we know about the steroid controversy surrounding the NL and MLB mark, a fact alluded to by Roger Maris, Jr. in a postgame interview). But two outs after Judge’s line drive blast (394 ft with an exit velo of 117+ MPH, the hardest HR Judge has hit all season), the Yanks tacked on another run. Peraza singled, went to second on a WP and scored on a single by Harrison Bader, who moved to second on an error. 6-3 Yankees.

The Yanks got a couple of insurance runs in the top of the ninth. Cabrera doubled, and Donaldson was HBP. A groundout by Peraza moved the runners up. Bader then hit a ball back to the mound, but in trying to get the runner out at home, Toronto pitcher Adam Cimber threw the ball back to the backstop and both runners scored. 8-3.

Judge 2-run HR (61). Ties AL record and Yankees’ record for most HR in a season.
Peraza 2 hits, RBI. First MLB RBI
Locastro 2 hits
Hicks 3 for 3 with a walk.

Cole (W, 13-7) 6 1/3 IP, 3 R, 3 H, 1 W, 4 K. 1 Balk. Gave up 1 HR. 3.51
Cole’s 248 K ties Guidry single season NYY record.

Britton (H, 2) 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 W, 0 K. 13.50 After TJ surgery, control is the last thing to return.
Effross (H, 16) 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K. 2.63 (Cubs/NYY)
Schmidt (H, 4) 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 1 K. 3.29
Chapman 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K. 4.24

D.J. LeMahieu is expected off the IL on Friday, and we will see about the corresponding move.

Game 152. Rain gives Yanks rain-shortened 6 inning win, 2-0, robs Judge of an AB. Magic # 2

Before last night, the Yankees had no complete games out of their starters this season.

They do now, thanks to the rain. Nestor Cortes pitched six innings of one-hit shutout baseball, and since the rain ended the game after six innings, he’s credited with a complete game victory.

The 2-0 win means the Yankees (94-58) magic number for clinching the AL East title is 2. Since the Yankees now head to Toronto for a three-game series, all the Yanks have to do is to win one of the three games and the AL East crown is theirs.

The rain ending the game early also meant that Aaron Judge was robbed of at least one at bat. He was scheduled to lead off the bottom of the seventh for the Yanks. Judge doubled in the first inning, walked in the third, and flied out in the fifth. His 1 for 2, combined with Xander Bogaerts 0 for 2, put Judge back on top for the AL batting lead and the Triple Crown, and barely. Judge is currently hitting .3143, and Bogaerts .3137.

The Yanks scored in the fourth when Oswaldo Cabrera led off with a double and stole third. A single by Jose Trevino plated Cabrera.

In the sixth, Harrison Bader singled and was forced out by Aaron Hicks. With two out, Hicks came around to score when one-time Yankee Rob Refsnyder had trouble catching a ball between the pouring rain and the lights and was charged with an error.

Although it would have been great to have Judge hit #61 and #62 at home, the perfect scenario now would be for him to hit both in the same game at Toronto tonight. Therefore, there could be a ton of celebrating, for Judge would have broken the AL and Yankees’ single season HR record in the same game in which they clinch the division. Also, perfect would be for that little boy who is a huge Judge fan and who was gifted a HR ball by a Toronto fan in a scene that went viral this summer to be there to witness it.

Rookie SS Oswald Peraza had 2 hits.

Cortes (W, 11-4) 6 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 W, 5 K. 2.56

Miguel Andujar, DFA’d by the Yankees, was picked up by the Pirates.

Yankees’ legend Don Mattingly will not be back as Marlins’ manager next year. No offense to any of the Yankees’ coaches, but here is hoping Donnie comes back home, perhaps as the Yankees’ hitting coach (no offense to the coaches doing that now). It would be great to see #23 wearing his retired Yankees uniform, not have the pressure of managing, and teaching what he (.307 career batting average) did so well.

Games 136 & 137. Despite depleted lineups, Yanks sweep Twins. Judge hits #55, IKF, Peraza, Cole star.

Sorry, my original draft got erased and I had to re-write a lot. UGH.

A load of baseball yesterday, and at first it didn’t look good. Due to injuries, the Yankees’ lineups looked worse than a spring training lineup. In the first game of the DH yesterday, the Yanks (83-54) started three rookies, plus another guy who, although he had MLB experience and wasn’t a rookie, hadn’t played in the majors all season.

The Yanks put Josh Donaldson on the paternity list. Isiah Kiner-Falefa (IKF) played 3B. IKF had won a GG at 3B for Texas in 2020. Bard DFA’d, Deivi Garcia up. Miguel Andujar up as 29th man for the doubleheader. Rizzo to IL, Ron Guzman up.

But at the end of the day, the Yankees had won both games off of their perennial whipping boys, the Twins, by scores of 5-4 (in 12 innings) and 7-1.

With the wins, the Yanks are 5 up on the Rays in the AL East. The magic # for winning the division is 22, and the magic # for a playoff berth is 15. The wins ensured the Yankees a winning season. They haven’t had a losing season since 1992.

Game 1: Domingo German had a rough start but settled in. A double, strikeout, and HR, and Minnesota was up 2-0 just three batters into the game. With two out in the fourth, three straight singles made it 3-0 Twins and with the weakened Yankees’ lineup, it didn’t appear good.

The Yanks got a run in the bottom of the fourth of Aaron Judge’s 55th HR of the season. The home run meant that Judge now has hit more HR in a season than any other righty hitter in Yankees’ history. Only Ruth (60 in 1927) and Maris (61 in ’61) have hit more. Judge was walked 5x yesterday, 3x intentionally. Another reason to hate the ghost runner. If Judge is the first guy up, even with the ghost runner on second, first base is open, and Judge is walked to set up a DP. You take the bat out of the hands of the most dangerous hitter in baseball.

Gleyber Torres tied the game with a 2-run HR in the sixth. (19).

Both teams wasted chances. Oswaldo Cabrera, an infielder brought up to the Yanks a few weeks ago, got his fifth OF assist of the season in the top of the tenth. Ron Guzman, up for Rizzo, struck out 4x and then with the bases loaded and no out in extra innings, hit into a 3-2-3 DP.

The Twins got a run in the top of the 12th off of Ron Marinaccio, but with the bases loaded and one out, Greg Weissert avoided further damage.

In the bottom of the 12th, Marwin Gonzalez was the ghost runner and IKF singled to tie the game. With one out, IKF stole second. Jose Trevino singled, IKF was held up and Trevino took second on the throw. With two out, Cabrera singled to win the game.

Judge solo HR (55)
Torres 2-run HR (19)
Kiner-Falefa (IKF) 2 hits, RBI
Peraza 3 hits FIRST 3 HITS OF MLB CAREER.

German 6 IP, 3 R, 7 H, 1 W, 6 K. Gave up 1 HR. 3.27
Peralta 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 2.58
Loaisiga 1 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 1 K. 4.66
Holmes 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 0 K. 2.29
Marinaccio 1 1/3 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 2 W, 3 K. 1.73
Weissert (W, 3-0) 2/3 I, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K. 7.36

Game 2: With the long game in game 1, and several bullpen members used, the Yanks needed length from Gerrit Cole. He went 6 2/3 IP, striking out 14.

Cole leads MLB with 218 strikeouts and is 30 away from Ron Guidry’s Yankee team single season record of 248, set in 1978. Cole has four, maybe five starts left in the season.

Cole gave up a HR to his ex-teammate, Carolos Correa, in the top of the third.

IKF hit a grand slam, just his third HR of the season, in the bottom of the fourth. He didn’t get his first HR until mid-August.

In the bottom of the eighth, Aaron Hicks hit a bases-loaded double for three runs to make it 7-1.

Hicks 3 RBI
Kiner-Falefa 4 RBI. Grand Slam. (3)
Florial 2 hits.

Cole (W, 11-7) 6 2/3 IP, 1 R, 5 H, 2 W, 14 K. Gave up 1 HR. 3.20
Luetge (S, 2) 2 1/3 Ip, 0 R, 3 H, 0W, 3 K. 2.55

Nestor Cortes returns to the rotation tonight to face ex-Yankee Sonny Gray.

Game 132. Lead down to 5 after 9-0 loss.

You don’t know what to write anymore. A 15 1/2 game lead is now down to 5. Tom Petty’s song “Free Fallin'” keeps playing in your head. From 61-23 to 79-53. 18-30 in their last 48 games, and as much as you want it to stop, it isn’t.

Anthony Rizzo had an epidural for his back. He’s out for this whole Tampa Bay series. During the game, an embarrassing 9-0 loss, Andrew Benintendi hurt his wrist, saying he “felt something pop.” X-rays were negative, but an MRI is forthcoming. Don’t be surprised if he is out a while, maybe for the season.

Meanwhile you can’t win if you can’t score, and the Yankees’ offense right now looks like I’ve been transported back to the Horace Clarke/Gene Michael/Jake Gibbs days. Ugly. The Yankees got just five hits last night.

It’s hard to pitch when you have no margin for error.

For six innings, Domingo German was really good. The Rays got a run in the fourth because Josh Donaldson made two errors on back-to-back plays. The Rays would have had another run except that Oswaldo Cabrera (who replaced the injured Benintendi) threw out a runner at the plate.

It stayed 1-0 into the seventh. In the seventh, German made his only mistake, giving up a 2-run HR. 3-0, and you knew it was over then. The way this offense has collapsed, you knew they were not coming back.

Then the Rays got six runs in the eighth off of Greg Weissert and Anthony Banda (you are forgiven for saying “Who?”). Who’d have thought, on September 2, in the middle of a pennant race, that Weissert and Banda would be on the mound for you. That says a lot of where the Yanks are right now.

Then the ultimate ignominy last night. Marwin Gonzalez on the mound to get the last out in the eighth.

Embarrassing. And I’m trying to be nice about it.

Let’s face it. No matter what happens from here on in, heads should roll. Hal Steinbrenner has been far too quiet. Show a little anger at what is happening Hal! Instead, he’s been too busy buying an Italian soccer team.

Yankees’ fans on the Internet made themselves known yesterday. If you went on websites, blogs, Twitter, etc. they were all wondering why rookies Oswaldo Cabrera and Oswald Peraza were not in the lineup. Bring them up only to sit? Keep guys like Hicks in the lineup? Yankees Universe was NOT happy when that lineup came out.

For the sake of integrity for this blog, some numbers that Michael Kay alluded to on last night’s broadcast. You can’t ignore this. We have been seeing this every day.

LeMahieu (toe problem) 10 for 69 since Aug. 8. .145. NO extra base hits.
Stanton by month: April .269; May .301; June .176, July .156, August .130. 0 for 3 last night, 3 strikeouts.
Since June 1, Stanton is hitting .159. That is Gallo-like bad. Achilles problem.
Torres .186 since July 13. 6 walks. 50 strikeouts.
Hicks starting with 2nd game of a DH on July 21. .155, NO extra base hits.
Donaldson has pretty much been in the .220s all year.
Higashioka is at .191.
Even Rizzo, despite 30 HR, is only at .225.
Marwin Gonzalez doesn’t play much. But he’s 0 for his last 29.

If a team hits, you can carry someone like Isiah Kiner-Falefa. This team is hitting .239. That makes IKF’s lack of power stand out more despite his .261 batting average.

Those numbers are one reason the fans were upset at the lineup last night. Granted Cabrera went 0 for 3, and Peraza, in his MLB debut, struck out, but give the kids a chance. They can’t do much worse than what has been going on.

I don’t know. Whatever the hitting coaches are telling these guys, it isn’t working, or some guys are stubborn and aren’t listening. Maybe some guys are hurt more than what is being let on.

One last thing before the recap. The MVP thing. When was the last time Ohtani played a meaningful game? One that had pennant race implications for his team? The Angels were out of the race by the end of June. Take Ohtani off the Angels and they are still a crappy fourth place team.

Since the All-Star Game, Aaron Judge is hitting .321 with 18 HR. Of course, other teams are and have been pitching around him based on what the rest of the lineup has NOT been doing. While the ship is sinking, the one lifeboat in the Yankees lineup has been Judge. The award is for the most VALUABLE player. Not Player of the Year, Decade or Century. Ohtani is great. Granted. But look at the numbers. Who right now is more VALUABLE?

Ok, enough.

Recap. The Yanks were shut out on five hits. They struck out 13x.

German (L, 2-3) 6 2/3 IP, 3 R, 2 ER, 6 H, 2 W, 1 K. 3.12
Weissert 1 IP, 3 R, 3 H, 0 W, 2 K. 10.13
Banda 0 IP, 3 R, 2 H, 3 W, 0 K. 1 HBP. 6.75
Marwin Gonzalez 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K. 0.00 POSITION PLAYER.

Minor League Report. Yanks call up #3 prospect, SS Oswald Peraza.

Now that it is September, rosters can expand slightly, to 28 players. With that, the Yankees have called up #3 prospect SS Oswald Peraza (see stats below). They also reactivated Marwin Gonzalez from the paternity list. Tim Locastro, who was up for Gonzalez, stays.

AAA: SWB (66-59) split a doubleheader.
Game 1: Lost 4-1.
Peraza Solo HR (19). #3 prospect. .259-19-50, 33 SB. Just called up.
Shortly after hitting this HR, Peraza was removed from the game because the Yankees have called him up.

C Josh Breaux 2 hits. #22 prospect. .223-18-44

Spence (L, 1-2) 5 2/3 IP, 4 R, 10 H, 2 W, 5 K. 4.15 (AAA stats only)
M. Gomez 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 2 K. 5.75

Game 2: Won 3-2 in 10 innings.
RF Ryan LaMarre 2 hits, RBI
1B Chad Bell Solo HR (1) (AAA stats onlyh)

Chi Chi Gonzalez 3 2/3 IP, 1 R, 6 H, 1 W, 2 K. 4.09
Mujica 1 2/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 W, 1 K. 4.01
Zach Greene 1 2/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 3 K. 3.79
Luke Bard 2 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 1 W, 4 K. 4.70
Rich Rodriguez (W, 2-1) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 3 K. 5.40

Gonzalez, Bard and Rodriguez are all ex-major leaguers. Journeymen if you will. Recently signed.

AA: Somerset (74-47, 1st half division champ) won 4-3.
DH Everson Pereira 3 hits, RBI. #5 prospect. .273-13-54, 20 SB
3B Andres Chaparro 2 hits.
RF Brandon Lockridge 3 hits, 2 RBI. #28 prospect. .229-11-45, 14 SB
1B Mickey Gasper 2 hits.

Yoendrys Gomez 3 1/3 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 3 W, 3 K. 1 HBP. 2.70 (AA ERA)
#12 prospect, 0-0, 1.85 (3 levels, see below).
Semple (W, 1-0) 1 2/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 0.00 (AA Stats only)
Jennings (H, 6) 1 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 W, 1 K. 4.48
Myatt (H, 1) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 2 K. 4.98
McGarrity (H, 2) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 2 K. 3.38
Coleman (S, 13) 1 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 1 W, 2 K. 3.26

Gomez has fought injuries. In 12 starts this year, he has pitched only 34 innings, so the Yanks are bringing him along slowly. Hence the record.

High A: Hudson Valley (67-55) won 8-0.
3B Tyler Hardman 2 RBI
1B Spencer Henson 2 hits
RF Aaron Palensky 2 hits, RBI.

Fitts (W, 3-0) 5 2/3 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 1 W, 9 K. 0.68 (High A stats only)
Dees (H, 1) 2 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 4 K. 0.00 (High A stats only)
Santana 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 0 K. (High A stats only)

Low A: Tampa was leading 2-1 in the top of the second when the game was suspended. DH Spencer Jones (#7 prospect, Yankees’ 1st round draft pick this year) had homered.

Minor League Action from 8-28-22. Slam for Wells.

AAA: SWB (64-58) lost both games of a doubleheader. This really hurts their playoff chances.
Game 1: Lost 9-4.
C Ben Rortvedt solo HR (2)
3B Armando Alvarez solo HR (14)
1B Ron Guzman 2 hits, 2 RBI. 2-run HR (12)

Weber (L, 3-4) 4 IP, 3 R, 6 H, 1 W, 3 K. Gave up 1 HR. 3.86
Mujica 1 1/3 IP, 3 R, 3 H, 1 W, 1 K. 4.17
Ramirez 2/3 IP, 3 R, 2 H, 1 W, 2 K. Gave up 1 HR. 15.43

Game 2: Lost 12-10.
CF Estevan Florial 3 hits, 2 RBI. 3-run HR (15). #15 prospect. .288-15-42, 33 SB
SS Tyler Wade 2 hits, RBI
2B Oswald Peraza 3 hits, 4 RBI. 3-run HR (18) #3 prospect. .257-18-49, 32 SB
RF Ryan LaMarre 3 hits, RBI. Solo HR (1)

Semple (L, 1-1) 2 2/3 IP, 8 R, 10 H, 1 W, 1 K. Gave up 3 HR. 1 HBP 11.45
Minnick 1 1/3 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 W, 1 K. Gave up 1 HR. 6.75
Rich Rodriguez 1 IP, 3 R, 3 H, 1 W, 1 K. 1 HBP. 5.84
Zach Greene 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 2 K. 3.90

AA: Somerset (73-46; won 1st half division title) won 8-1.
DH Austin Wells 4 RBI. Grand Slam (9) #4 prospect .278-17-51, 11 SB
3B Andres Chaparro 2 htis

Will Warren (W, 7-4) 6 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 4 H, 2 W, 5 K. 3.38 #8 prospect (9-7, 3.44 2 levels)
Myatt 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 2 K. 5.23
Cowart 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 2 K. 5.25
Jennings 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K. 4.40

High A: Hudson Valley (66-53) won 9-7.
C Carolos Narvaez 3 RBI
LF Kyle Battle 2 htis, 2 RBI

Abeyta 4 2/3 IP, 6 R, 9 H, 6 W, 3 K. 4.48
Edgar Barclay (W,6-4) 2 1/3 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 1 W, 2 K. 1.98 #29 prospect.
C. Gomez (S, 4) 2 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 0 W, 2 K. 1 HBP 3.32

Low A: Tampa (58-60) won 6-1.
1B Ben Rice 2 hits.
2B Brett Barrera 2 his, RBI.
LF Christopher Familia 4 RBI

Messinger (W, 1-7) 5 1/3 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 3 W, 5 K. 3 HBP. 4.14
Mendez (H, 1) 2/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 2 K. 5.63
McNeely 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 0 K. 0.00
Anderson 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K. 4.07
Dees 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 H, 0 K. 3.31

Minor League Action from 8-21-22. More Stanton Rehab.

AAA: SWB (61-55) lost 5-4 in 10 innings.
SS Oswald Peraza 2 hits. #3 prospect. .259-17-45, 31 SB
3B Phillip Evans 2 hits.
C Max McDowell 2 hits, 4 RBI. 3-run HR (2)

Salazar 2 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 W, 3 K. Gave up 1 HR. 4.50
Semple 4 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 0 W, 2 K. Gave up 1 HR. 1 WP 6.48
Bristo (H, 2) 1 2/3 IP, 1 R, 0 H, 1 W, 2 K. 5.11
Rich Rodriguez (BS, 1) 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 W, 1 K. 2 WP 4.82
M. Gomez (L, 2-5) 1/3 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 0 W, 0 K. 1 WP 5.66

AA: Somerset (69-44; first half division champs) won 13-3.
DH Giancarlo Stanton on rehab 0 for 4.
SS Anthony Volpe 3 hits, 4 RBI. Solo HR (17). #1 prospect. .251-17-56, 42 SB
C Austin Wells 3-run HR (6). #4 prospect. .277-14-40, 10 SB 3 levels
CF Everson Pereira 2 hits. #5 prospect. .271-12-51, 19 SB
3B Andres Chaparro 3-run HR (13)
2B Jesus Bastidas solo HR (15)

Clayton Breeter 2 2/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 4 K. 0.00 #9 prospect (Overall 0-3, 5.03, 99 K in 59 IP)
Ernst (W, 4-0) 2 2/3 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 1 W, 3 K. Gave up 1 HR. 3.96
Loseke 2 1/3 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 0 W, 2 K. 3.12
Ramirez 1 1/3 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 0 W, 3 K. Gave up 1 HR. 1.87

High A: Hudson Valley (61-52) won 9-3 in 10 innings.
SS Trey Sweeney 2 hits. #6 prospect. .237-13-48, 25 SB
CF Jasson Dominguez 3 hits. # 2 prospect .271-12-50, 31 SB at two levels.
3B/1B Tyler Hardman 2 RBI
C Anthony Seigler 2 hits, RBI
1B T.J. Rumfield 2 hits, RBI
LF Aaron Palensky 4 RBI; Grand Slam (8)

Abeyta 5 IP, 2 R, 7 H, 3 W, 1 K. Gave up 1 HR. 1 WP 1 HBP 4.12
C. Gomez 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 0 K. 1 WP 3.57
J. Munoz 1 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 0 W, 2 K. 4.78
Miller (W, 2-3) 2 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 W, 2 K. 1 HBP 5.75
Milam 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 8.00 (High A ERA only)

Low A: Tampa (54-58) split a doubleheader.

Game 1: Won 7-4.
CF Spencer Jones 3 hits, RBI. Yanks’ #1 draft pick this year.
SS Alexander Vargas 3 hits. #27 prospect. .207-8-31, 26 SB
LF Jesus Familia 2 RBI
DH Tayler Aguilar 2 RBI
2B Brett Barrera 2 hits, RBI

Yulie 4 1/3 IP, 4 R, 4 H, 4 W, 9 K. 1 WP 4.87
Holloway (W, 5-2) 1 2/3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 2 W, 1 K. 1 WP 2.49
Neely (S, 5) 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 2 K. 4.25

Game 2: Lost 3-2.
2B Barrera 2 hits, RBI
LF Raimfer Salinas 2 hits.

Y. Castro (L, 2-6) 3 2/3 IP, 3 R, 5 H, 1 W, 4 K. Gave up 2 HR. 3.28
Paciorek 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W,1 K. 1 Balk. 27.00
Anderson 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 2 K. 4.19
Watson 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 W, 1 K. 3.78

Minor League Action from 8-16-22. Big comeback for SWB.

Sorry if late. Had to get sprung from FB Jail.


AAA: SWB (59-52) won 10-9 after trailing 9-0 after two innings.
CF Estevan Florial 2 hits, 2 RBI. #23 prospect. .286-14-39 32 SB To be called up Wednesday.
SS Oswald Peraza 3 hits, 2 RBI. 2-run HR (17) #2 prospect .261-17-45 29 SB
1B Ron Guzman 2 hits, 3 RBI. 2-run HR (9)
3B Armando Alvarez 2 -run HR (11)
C Max McDowell 2 hits, RBI.

Jhony Brito 1 IP, 3 R, 2 H, 2 W, 0 K. 1 HBP 3.23 #26 propect (overall AA/AAA 11-4, 2.89)
Zach Greene 1 IP, 6 R, 0 ER, 3 H, 0 W, 0 K. Gave up 1 HR. 3.78
Mujica 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K. 3.82
Rich Rodriguez 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K. 5.63
Bard (W, 1-0) 2 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 2 K. 1 WP 1 Balk 5.02
Weissert (S, 17) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K. 1.81

AA: Somerset (67-41; 1st half division champs) won 2-1.
SS Anthony Volpe 2 hits. #1 prospect .253-16-54, 40 SB
3B Andres Chaparro solo HR (11)
DH Jeisson Rosario 2 hits.

Clayton Beeter 1 2/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 W, 1 K. 1 WP 0.00 #10 prospect (overall 0-3, 5.27)
Ernst (W, 3-0) 3 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 1 W, 4 K. Gave up 1 HR. 3.99
Minnick (H, 4) 3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 3 K. 2.22
Carson Coleman (S, 11) 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 4 K. 3.24 #29 prospect

High A: Hudson Valley (58-50) won 7-4.
1B T.J. Rumfield 2 hits, RBI
RF Grant Richardson 2 RBI
SS Benjamin Cowles 2 RBI

Yoendrys Gomez 3 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 3 W, 2 K. 2.16 #6 prospect
Semple (W, 3-0) 3 2/3 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 H, 2 W, 5 K. 2.40
Correa (S, 4) 2 1/3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 0 K. 1.52

Low A: Tampa (51-56) lost 6-0.
CF Spencer Jones 3 hits Yanks #1 draft pick this year.
C Antonio Gomez 2 hits #16 prospect .259-5-35

Y. Castro (L, 2-5) 5 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 4 W, 5 K. Gave up 1 HR. 1 Balk. 3.08
Dees 2 2/3 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 2 W, 2 K. 3.45
Cortijo 1 1/3 IP, 3 R, 3 H, 0 W, 1 K. Gave up 1 HR. 4.35