First off apologies. The milb.com site had that the Eastern League (AA) Finals were to start tonight, and that is what I previously reported. But with both semi-finals ending in 2-game sweeps, Game 1 of the Finals was moved up and began last night. Sorry. The remaining games are as previously reported. Game 2 will be Tuesday, with Somerset needing to win to stay alive.
AAA: SWB lost 1-0 to Lehigh Valley. A tough loss, because it dropped SWB 1 1/2 GB with only a few games left in the season.
SWB only got one hit.
Chi Chi Gonzalez 6 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 0 W, 4 K. 4.03 M. Gomez 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 0 K. 5.03 Banda (L, 0-2) 2/3 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 1 W, 1 K. 3.60 Barnes 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K. 2.92
AA: Somerset lost Game 1 of the Eastern League Finals (best-of-3) to Erie, 6-5.
CF Jasson Dominguez “The Martian” 2 hits #2 prospect See below. C Austin Wells 2 hits, 2 RBI #4 prospect 3B Tyler Hardman 2 RBI
Will Warren 4 IP, 3 R, 4 H, 1 W, 7 K. Gave up 2 HR. #8 prospect. Semple 1 2/3 IP 2 R, 2 H, 1 W, 1 K. Minnick (BS) 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 0 K. McGarity (L) 1 2/3 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 0 W, 4 K. Coleman 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K.
Dominguez made a fielding error which enabled the winning run to score.
AAA: SWB (77-62) won 7-5. SS Chris Owings 2 RBI 1B Ron Guzman 3 hits, RBI. Solo HR (14) DH Rob Brantly 2 hits, RBI RF Michael Beltre 2 hits, RBI.
Boyle 6 1/3 IP, 4 R, 4 H, 0 W, 3 K. Gave up 3 HR. 4.34 Banda 1 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 2 W, 0 K. 2.25 Cordero (W, 1-1) 1 2/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K. 1.87
AA: Somerset (82-53, 1st half division winner) lost 8-2, getting just four hits. CF Harrison Bader 0 for 2, Walk, Strikeout. REHAB 2B Jesus Bastidas 2 hits.
Will Warren (L, 7-6) 5 1/3 IP, 6 R, 4 ER, 8 H, 0 W, 8 K. Gave up 1 HR. 4.02 #8 prospect. Minnick 2/3 IP, 0 R,1 H, 0 W, 1 K. 1.81 Stephen Ridings 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 2 K. 0.00 REHAB. FIRST GAME THIS YEAR. Ernst 2/3 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 1 W, 1 K. 4.37 Coleman 1 1/3 IP, 0 r, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 1 HBP. 2.86
STANDINGS
AAA: SWB 77-62 2nd place, just 1/2 game out in International League East.
AA: Somerset won the first half division title by one game with a 44-25 record. They are currently second in the Eastern League Northeast Division at 38-28, 6 GB. As far as the second half is concerned, they have been eliminated. The regular season ends today.
Somerset will play Portland at Portland Tuesday in Game 1 of the best of three semifinal Eastern League division series.
AA: Somerset (76-48) lost 5-4 in 10 innings. DH Austin Wells 3 hits, RBI. #4 prospect. Overall .285-18-58, 12 SB 3B Andres Chaparro 2 hits, RBI
Will Warren 3 2/3 IP, 4 R, 1 ER, 5 H, 2 W, 5 K. 3.34 #8 prospect. Overall 9-7, 3.41. Semple 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K. 0.00 (AA stats only) Cowart 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 W, 0 K. 1 WP 4.50 McGarrity 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 2 K. 2.70 Minnick (L, 4-3) 1 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K. 1.94
High A: Hudson Valley (69-56) lost 6-1. DH Tyler Hardman 2 hits.
Carela (L, 1-3) 4 2/3 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 4 W, 5 K. 7.50 Dees 1 1/3 IP, 4 R, 2 ER, 3 H, 1 W, 1 K. 4.91 Holloway 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K. 1 WP 2.70 Neely 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K. 0.00 (HIgh A ERA only).
Low A: Tampa Bay (60-63) lost both games of a DH. Game 1: Lost 7-3. 1B Anthony Garcia 2 hits, RBI. Solo HR (14). 2B Brett Barrera 2 hits, 2 RBI
Messinger (L, 1-8) 4 2/3 IP, 5 R, 7 H, 2 W, 5 K. 4.46 Paciorek 1/3 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 0 W, 0 K. Gave up 1 HR. 29.45 Reyzelman 2/3 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 1 W, 2 K. 13.50 Bow 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 1 K. 1 Balk. 0.00
Game 2: Lost 5-4 in 8 innings. SS Alexander Vargas 2 hits, RBI. #27 prospect. .207-8-33, 27 SB C Antonio Gomez 2 RBI. #18 prospect. ..244-7-46 RF Raimfer Salinas 3 for 3
Calderon 5 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 0 W, 4 K. Gave up 1 HR. 1 WP 2.84 O. Rodriguez (H, 1) 1 IP, 0R, 1 H, 0 W, 2 K. 0.00 Stevens (BS, 1) 2/3 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 1 W, 1 K. 5.40 McNeely (L, 0-1) 1 1/3 IP, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 1 W, 1 K. 0.00
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
AAA: SWB (62-55) won 5-4. LF Miguel Andujar solo HR (13). Needs to show that power in Majors. Hasn’t since that injury in 2019. 3B Armando Alvarez 2 hits, 2 RBI. 2-run HR (12)
Weber 4 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 0 W, 2 K. Gave up 1 HR. 3.53 Zach Greene (W, 9-0) 3 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 1 W, 3 K. Gave up 1 HR. 3.98 M. Gomez (H, 6) 2/3 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 1 W, 0 K. Gave up 1 HR. 5.96 Weissert (H, 1) 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K. 1 HBP 1.76 Could be called up soon. Bristo (S, 1) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 0 K. 5.00
AA: Somerset (70-44; 1st half division champs) won 10-6. SS Anthony Volpe 3 hits, 3 RBI. #1 prospect. .255-17-59, 43 SB C Austin Wells 2-run HR (7) #4 prospect .277-15-42, 10 SB 3 levels RF Elijah Dunham solo HR (16) #21 prospect .262-16-56, 32 SB 3B Andres Chaparro 2 hits 2B Jesus Bastidas 2 hits, 2 RBI 2-run HR (16) DH Eric Wagaman 2 hits, 2 RBI 2-run HR (3rd at AA)
Will Warren 5 2/3 IP, 6 R, 6 H, 3 W, 5 K. Gave up 3 HR. 3.64 #8 prospect. Myatt (W, 2-1) 2 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 W, 2 K. 5.49 Cowart 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K. 6.30
High A: Hudson Valley (61-53) lost 3-2. CF Jasson Dominguez “The Martian” 2 hits. #2 prospect. .273-12-50, 32 SB at Low and High A combined.
Yoendrys Gomez 3 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 4 H, 3 W, 4 K. 1.93 #12 prospect Diaz 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K. 5.63 Edgar Barclay (L, 5-4; BS, 2) 3 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 0 W, 4 K. 2.06 #29 Prospect. Alvarez 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 2.93
Low A: Tampa (54-59) lost 5-1. RF Tayler Aguilar 2 hits 1B Connor Cannon HR (2)
Messinger 5 IP, 1 R, 5 H, 0 W, 4 K. Gave up 1 HR. 4.46 Mendez (L, 1-1) 2 IP, 3 R, 4 H, 0 W, 1 K. Gave up 2 HR. 6.14 Santana 1 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 1 W, 0 K. 1.82
I don’t know if it is a case of pitchers not being able to hold runners on, poor catching, great speed or a combination of all of that, but look at the SB numbers of some of those prospects. Impressive.
Recent Internet articles advocate a couple of moves the Yanks should make that I also have been advocating for a while. A) bring Clarke Schmidt back up B) bring back up Ron Marinaccio C) bring up Estevan Florial. Of course, moves would have to be made to accommodate bringing those three players back up, but Clarke Schmidt really made a case for himself last night, with six no-hit innings and eleven strikeouts.
AAA: SWB (57-50, hot after terrible start to season) won 4-1. 1B Chad Bell 2 RBI
Schmidt (W, 2-0) 6 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 11 K. 2.86 Rich Rodriguez 1 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 W, 1 K. Gave up 1 HR. 8.44 M. Gomez (H, 4) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 5.80 Espinal (S, 1) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 0 K. 3.18
Low A: Tampa (50-53) lost 8-6. CF Spencer Jones 2 hits, RBI. HR (1). 2nd game with Tampa. Yanks #1 draft pick this year. 3B Marcos Cabrera 2 hits, 3 RBI. 2-run HR (13)
Sean Hermann 5 IP, 3 R, 1 ER, 4 H, 2 W, 3 K. Gave up 2 HR. 1 HBP. 1.76 #27 prospect. Anderson (L, 2-6; BS, 2) 2 IP, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 W, 2 K. 1 WP. 3.99 Mendez 1 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 W, 0 K. 0.00 1st game with Tampa.
AA: Somerset (60-39, first half division champs) lost both games of a DH. Game 1: completion of suspended game from Aug 4. Lost 11-8. C Austin Wells 2 RBI #4 prospect 3B Andres Chaparro 3 hits, RBI CF Brandon Lockridge 2 hits. #15 prospect RF Jeisson Rosario 2 hits, RBI 2B Jesus Bastidas 3 hits, 3 RBI 3-run HR (12)
Castano (L, 0-1) 1 2/3 IP, 9 R, 5 ER, 7 H, 1 W, 4 K. Gave up 4 HR 27.00 (AA ERA) Loseke 1 1/3 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 0 W, 4 K. Gave up 1 HR. 3.40 Minnick 3 IP 0 R, 2 H, 1 W, 2 K. 1 HBP. 2.53 McGarrity 2/3 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 1 W, 2 K. 3.86 Jennings 2 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 2 K. 1 HBP 3.75
Game 2: Regularly scheduled game. Lost 10-5 (7-inning game) SS Anthony Volpe 2-run HR (16) #1 prospect .250-16-51 CF Rosario 2 hits, RBI RF Blake Perkins solo HR (11) C Ezequiel Duran 2 hits, RBI. Solo HR (6)
Will Warren (L, 6-4) 5 2/3 IP, 8 R, 3 ER, 5 H, 3 W, 2 K. 1 HBP. Gave up 1 HR. 3.17 #21 Prospect. Cowart 0 IP, 2 R, 0 H, 4 W, 0 K. 1 HBP. 1 WP. 9.00 (AA ERA) Myatt 1 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 4 K. 1 WP. 8.31 (AA ERA)
High A: Hudson Valley ppd.
Low A: Tampa (47-51) lost 1-0.
Richard Fitts 6 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 W, 7 K. 5.28 #28 prospect Cortijo 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 5 K. 4.03 Anderson (L, 2-5) 1 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 0 W, 2 K. Gave up game’s only run on HR. 3.11
AAA: SWB (49-48) finally got over .500 after a terrible start to the season. Completion of suspended game from 7-28. Won 8-6. CF Estevan Florial 2 hits. #27 prospect. .289-12-34, 29 SB SS Oswald Peraza 3 hits, 2 RBI #2 prospect .264-13-38, 25 SB
Hayden Wesneski 2 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 0 W, 3 K. Gave up 1 HR. 3.51 #7 prospect Bristo 2 IP, 3 R, 4 H, 1 W, 1 K. gave up 1 HR. 5.26 Espinal 2 1/3 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 0 W, 1 K. 3.46 Ramirez (W, 1-0) 2/3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 W, 0 K. 10.80 (AAA ERA) Cordero (H, 7) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 1 K. 3.00 Weissert (S, 12) 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 2 K. 2.06
Reg. scheduled game. Won 10-9. SS Oswaldo Cabrera 2 hits, RBI. Solo HR (5) #13 prospect .234-6-21 at 3 levels DH Ben Rortvedt 3 hits, RBI. ON REHAB LF Miguel Andujar 3 hits, 4 RBI 2 doubles, 2-run HR (11) On trade market? RF Phillip Evans 2 hits, 2 RBI. Solo HR (7) 1B Ron Guzman 2 hits, RBI
Krook (W, 6-7) 5 1/3 IP, 4 R, 6 H, 1 W, 3 K. Gave up 3 HR. 4.37 Shane Greene 2/3 IP, 3 R, 3 H, 1 W, 0 K. 4.98 Re-signed to minor league deal after being DFA’d. Mujica (S, 1) 1 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 0 W, 2 K. gave up 1 HR. 4.40
AA: Somerset (59-35; won 1st half division title) lost 8-1.
Will Warren (L, 6-3) 4 IP, 4 R, 3 H, 4 W, 4 K. Gave up 1 HR. 1 HBP. 3.00 #25 prospect Myatt 2 IP, 4 R, 2 H, 1 W, 0 K. Gave up 1 HR. 1 HBP 8.18 (AA ERA) Loseke 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 W, 0 K. 3.29
High A: Hudson Valley (50-43) lost 5-1. C Anthony Seigler 2 hits. LF Grant Richardson solo HR (2nd at High A)
Panacual (L, 2-3) 4 1/3 IP, 3 R, 5 H, 3 W, 4 K. Gave up 1 HR. 1 HBP 4.35 Alvarez 1 2/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 W, 3 K. 2.60 Edgar Barclay 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 W, 3 K. 2.11 #28 prospect Ruegger 1 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 1 W, 1 K. 5.82
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