Minors Recap, 6/28

Scranton falls to Rochester, 6-2

• Kei Igawa started, giving up 2 runs on 6 hits and 2 walks in 6 innings, and striking out 3.
• Austin Jackson was  1 for 3 with a walk and his 2nd home run of the season.
• Colin Curtis was 0 for 4.
• Shelley Duncan was 1 for 4.
• Juan Miranda was 1 for 3 with a walk.
• PJ Pilittere was 1 for 4.

Trenton defeated by Reading, 8-3

• Jason Stephens started, and gave up 2 runs on 6 hits in 3 innings, while fanning 3.
• Amaury Sanit struck out 2 in a perfect inning of work.
• Reegie Corona was 1 for 3 with a homer and a walk.  He is putting together a nice season, batting .301 with an .836 OPS, which is solid for a middle infielder.
• Eduardo Nunez was 2 for 4, raising his average to .314.
• Jorge Vazquez was 0 for 4.
• Jesus Montero, catching, was 2 for 4 with his 1st AA home run, a bomb to dead center.
• Chris Malec was 1 for 4 with a double.
• Marcos Vechionacci was 1 for 4.

Tampa loses to St. Lucie, 5-4 (7 innings, game 1)

• Ryan Zink took the loss, giving up 4 runs on 7 hits and 3 walks in 6 innings.
• Humberto Sanchez gave up a run on 2 hits in 1 inning, and struck out 1.
• Dan Brewer was 3 for 4 with a double.
• Eric Fryer was 2 for 4.
• Damon Sublett was 0 for 3.
• Austin Romine was 0 for 2 with a walk, but threw out both runners who attempted to steal.
• Brandon Laird was 1 for 2.
• David Adams was 1 for 3.

Tampa shuts out St. Lucie, 3-0

• Lance Pendleton was very effective, giving up just a hit and a walk in 5 shutout innings, while strikiing out 2.
• Jack Rye was 1 for 3 with a walk.
• Dan Brewer was 2 for 4 with a steal.
• Brandon Laird was 1 for 4, and was caught stealing.
• Seth Fortenberry wsa 2 for 3 with a double.
• Matt Cusick and Walter Ibarra were each 1 for 3.
• Mitch Hilligoss was 2 for 3 with a double.

Charleston over Savannah, 9-2

• David Phelps pitched well as the starter, giving up 2 runs on 7 hits in 6 innings of work.  He also struck out 3.
• Jose Pirela continued to hit well, going 3 for 5 with a walk and a stolen base.
• Ray Kruml was also 3 for 5.
• Corban Joseph was 3 for 6, with his 2nd homer in as many games.
• Melky Mesa ws 3 for 4 with a triple and 2 walks.
• Abe Almonte was 1 for 5.
• Taylor Grote was 1 for 5.
• Garrison Lassiter was 1 for 4 with a walk and 2 fielding errors.
• Tom Baldridge was 2 for 4 with a double and a walk.

SI edges Aberdeen, 8-7

• Trenton Lare started, and gave up 3 runs on 4 hits (3 left the yard) in 4 2/3 innings, and fanned 5.
• Ronny Marte got the win, striking out 1 in a perfect inning of work.
• Francisco Santana was 1 for 5, and got picked off.
• Jimmy Paredes was 2 for 5 with a double and a stolen base.
• Zoilo Almonte was 2 for 5 with 2 steals.
• Kyle Higashoka was 2 for 5 with a double and the game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the 9th.
• Neil Medchill and Kelvin Castro were each 2 for 4 with a double.
• Chad Gross was 3 for 4 with a triple.
• Hector Rabago, playing 3rd, was 1 for 3 with a walk.

The GCL Yankees were off today

That’s all for tonight.  It was an interesting night around the minors, highlighted by Ian Snell’s 17-strikeout performance in AAA (with 13 in a row at one point), and Lake Elsinore blew out High Desert 33-18 (showing why it is reasonable to be skeptical of offensive stats acquired in the Cal League).  It was nice to see Montero get that first AA home run.  Mike Ashmore had this to say about the homer:

Saying it was crushed would be an understatement.  Montero’s blast was hit to dead center, where the wall stands 407 feet away.  It hit more than halfway up the batters eye…and that part of the wall has got to be 30-40 feet tall.

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