Scranton falls to Syracuse, 5-4
- Casey Fossum started, giving up 3 runs on 5 hits and 3 walks in 4 1/3 innings, while striking out 3.
- Edwar Ramirez continued his major league struggles, giving up 2 runs on 3 hits and a walk in 1 2/3 innings.
- Jonathan Alabaladejo allowed 1 hit and struck out 1 in 2 scoreless, while the man he was trade for, Tyler Clippard, shut the Yankees down over 1 1/3 innings.
- Reegie Corona and Austin Jackson were each 1 for 5. Jackson’s .356 average on the season is more than triple Corona’s .118 average. Ouch.
- Todd Linden was 2 for 4 with a double.
- Shelley Duncan was 2 for 4 with a walk.
- Juan Miranda was 1 for 5.
- John Rodriguez was 1 for 3 with 2 walks.
- Eric Duncan and Chris Stewart were each 2 for 5.
Trenton beaten by New Britain, 7-2
- Ryan Pope was roughed up, giving up 6 runs (3 earned) on 5 hits and a walk, while striking out 1.
- Josh Schmidt dominated, giving up just a walk and a hit in 3 shutout innings, while striking out 5.
- Kanekoa Teixeira struck out 2 and walked 2 in 2 shutout innings.
- Justin Snyder, Seth Cooper, and Kevin Smith were each 1 for 4.
- Chris Malec was 2 for 3 with a double.
- Noah Hall was 1 for 3 with a walk.
Tampa tops Fort Myers, 8-3
- DJ Mitchell pitched very well, giving up 2 runs (1 earned) on 3 hits and 2 walks in 6 inning of work, while striking out 8. His Tampa ERA is high because of a rough first outing, but 22 strikeouts in 15 1/3 high-A innings is very impressive. He also had a 6-3 groundout-flyout ratio, so he’s keeping the ball on the ground with his 91-93 mph sinker.
- Tim Norton gave up a run on 3 hits in 2 innings, with 1 strikeout.
- Austin Krum was 1 for 5 with a double.
- Jesus Montero, DH’ing, was 3 for 4 with 2 home runs (giving him 7 on the year), raising his average to .338. Just after I comment on his recent power drought, Jesus makes me look silly. Well done sir. Did you know that Montero hasn’t homered since the 6th inning of tonight’s game?
- Austin Romine was 1 for 5, and stole his 5th base of the year.
- Brandon Laird was 2 for 4 with a walk.
- Matt Cusick was 2 for 3 with 2 walks.
Charleston leads Greenville, 2-0 (suspended in 7th due to rain)
- Brett Marshall was great, striking out 9 in 6 shutout innings, while allowing 5 hits and just 1 walk. This is the kind of outing I’ve been waiting to see from him. He also had a 6-3 groundout-flyout ratio.
- Abe Almonte was 0 for 3.
- David Adams and Corban Joseph were each 1 for 3. Joseph stole a base.
- Melky Mesa was 1 for 3 with his 12th homer of the year.
- Jose Pirela was 1 for 3 with a double.
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Sweet lord Tim Norton is still around?!? Didn’t he have like every arm suregery in the book.
Should be fun to follow the career paths of Mitchell and Marshall over the next few years. Sounds like Marshall has the bigger upside.
Can you comment on Marshall’s stuff.
Also, I want to be a little provacative here and pose the following question: If Montero is hitting .340+ with 10 HRs at the break, does he have more to prove with the bat at Advanced A. Is it possible to move him to Trenton and suffer the defensive liability for the sake of continuing to advance his bat? At what point do we focus on the bat at the cost of D?
I have been following the system for years and have not seen any Yankee do this. Indeed, any Yankee that cam close was quickly elevated to AA.