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Triple A

The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees lost to the Pawtucket Red Sox by a score of 5-3. Starting for Scranton was Heath Phillips and he did not pitch well giving up 4 earned runs on 4 hits in 3 innings for the loss. Replacing Phillips to start the 4rth inning was Scott Strickland and he gave a great relief effort pitching 3 scoreless innings. Following Phillips in the 7th inning was Steven Jackson and he gave up 1 earned run on 3 hits in 2.2 innings. Billy Traber got the last out in the top of the ninth inning giving up 1 hit. The hitting stars of the game for Scranton worth mentioning were left-fielder Justin Christian, center fielder Brett Gardner and right-fielder Jason Lane. Christian went 2 for 5 with 1 run scored. Gardner went 2 for 4 with 1 run scored and 2 rbi's and Lane went 1 for 3 with 1 run scored and a walk.

Double A

Trenton Thunder was not scheduled to play.

A Adv.

The Tampa Yankees lost to the Vero Beach Devil Rays by a score of 6-5. Starting for Tampa was Ryan Pope and he gave up 5 runs on 9 hits in 5 innings of work for the loss but 2 of the runs were unearned because of a fielding error by shortstop Luis Nunez. Replacing Pope to start the 6th inning was Kevin Whelan and he gave up 1 earned run on 2 hits in 2 innings. Wilkins Arias pitched the 9th inning giving up 1 hit but all 3 outs were strikeouts. The hitting stars of the game for Tampa worth mentioning were second baseman Damon Sublett, DH James Cooper and right-fielder Josue Calzado. Sublett went 3 for 4 with 1 run scored. Cooper went 3 for 4 with 1 run scored and 2 rbi's along with a home run and Calzado went 2 for 4 with 1 run scored and 1 rbi along with a home run.

Class A

The Charleston RiverDogs lost to the Asheville Tourists by a score of 9-3. Ouch. Starting for the RiverDogs was Jason Stephens and he gave up 3 earned runs on 7 hits in 6.1 innings of work for the loss. Replacing Stephens was Wilkins De La Rosa and he gave up 5 runs on 3 hits in 2.1 innings but 4 of the runs were unearned because of a fielding error by pitcher Wilkins De La Rosa. Casey Erickson got the last out in the top of the 9th inning but gave up 1 earned run on 2 hits. The hitting stars of the game worth mentioning for the RiverDogs were second baseman Justin Snyder and catcher Jesus Montero. Snyder went 1 for 4 with 1 rbi and Montero went 1 for 3 with 2 runs scored.

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Triple A

The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees won on a walk off walk to beat the Charlotte Knights by a score of 5-4 in 11 innings. Starting for Scranton was Jeffrey Marquez and he gave up 3 runs on 5 hits in 6 innings of work for the no decision but 2 runs were unearned because of a throwing error by himself and a throwing error by right fielder Gregory Porter. Replacing Marquez to start the 7th inning was David Robertson and he pitched 2 scoreless innings. Billy Traber followed Marquez and he gave up 1 earned run in .1 of an inning. Scott Strickland followed Traber and he blew the game by letting Traber's run score but won the game by pitching 2.2 innings giving up 2 hits in 2.2 innings. The hitting stars of the game worth mentioning for Scranton were left-fielder Justin Christian who walked for the rbi that won the game and second baseman Bernie Castro. Christian went 0-3 with 2 rbi's and Castro went 1 for 3 with 1 rbi.

Double A

The Trenton Thunder dominated the Erie SeaWolves by a score of 7-2. Starting for the Trenton Thunder was Jason Jones and he gave up 2 earned runs on 5 hits in 5 innings of work for the win. Replacing Jones to start the 6th inning was Anthony Claggett and he gave up no runs on 1 hit in 3 innings. Joshua Schmidt pitched a scoreless 9th inning giving up no hits. There were 3 big hitting stars of the game for Trenton and they were second baseman Kevin Russo, left-fielder Edwar Gonzalez and third baseman Carlos Mendoza. Russo went 1 for 4 with 3 runs scored. Gonzalez went 2 for 5 with 3 rbi's and Mendoza went 3 for 4 with 3 rbi's.

A Adv.

The Tampa Yankees won a close game over the Brevard County Manatees by a score of 4-2. Starting for Tampa was Alfredo Aceves and he gave up 1 earned run on 1 hit in 5.1 innings of work along with 6 strikeouts for the win. Replacing Aceves in the 6th inning was Mark Melancon and he gave up 1 run on 2 hits in 2.1 innings but the run he gave up was unearned because of a fielding error by second baseman Damon Sublett. Following Melancon was Edgar Soto and he gave up no runs on 1 hit in .2 of an inning. Pitching the last two outs of the game was Josue Selenes and he gave up no runs and no hits. The hitting stars of the game worth mentioning for Tampa were second baseman Damon Sublett, right-fielder Josue Calzado and DH James Cooper. Sublett went 2 for 3 with 1 run scored. Calzado went 1 for 4 with 2 runs scored and Cooper went 3 for 3 with 1 rbi and a walk and is batting .366.

Class A

The Charleston RiverDogs won a close game over the Asheville Tourists by a score of 7-6 in 13 innings. Starting for the RiverDogs was Jason Stephens and he pitched a great game giving up no runs on 3 hits in 5 innings of work. Replacing Stephens to start the 6th inning was Wilkins De La Rosa and he did not have a good outing giving up 3 earned runs on 4 hits in 1.2 innings. Following De La Rosa was Chace Vacek and he pitched a perfect 1.1 innings. Jonathan Ortiz came in the 9th inning and blew the game by giving up a home run. He pitched 2 innings and gave up 1 earned run on 3 hits. The RiverDogs took the lead in the top of the 12th but the Tourists tied the game again in the bottom of the 12th because Casey Erickson blew the game giving up 2 earned runs on 3 hits in 3 innings but wound up with the win. Erickson started the 11th inning.

The hitting stars of the game for the RiverDogs were catcher Jesus Montero, left-fielder Taylor Holiday and first baseman Brian Baisley. Montero went 3 for 6 with 2 runs scored with 2 rbi's along with a big, juicy, hurt your feelings type of, home, run BAHHHHHHMB!!! It was solo home run that won the game in the top of the 13th. Holiday went 1 for 4 with 2 rbi's and Baisley went 3 for 4 with 2 runs scored. When a minor league team ties the game in the late innings, you can forget about going to bed on time because there's not much skill in the minor league level like in the pro level and it drove me crazy tonight because the game ended around 12:42 AM in the morning and this game started at 7:05 PM.

Triple A

The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees beat the Charlotte Knights by a score of 5-1. Starting for Scranton was Steven White and he gave up no runs on 3 hits in 6.2 innings of work for the win. Replacing White in the 7th inning was Billy Traber and he gave up 1 earned run on 2 hits in 1.1 innings. Scott Patterson pitched the 9th inning and gave up no runs on 2 hits. The hitting stars of the game for Scranton were center fielder Brett Gardner, right-fielder Gregory Porter and catcher Chris Stewart. Gardner went 1 for 3 with 2 runs scored. Porter went 2 for 3 with 1 run scored and 1 rbi along with a home run BOMB. Stewart went 2 for 3 with 1 run scored and is batting .304 on the year.

Double A

The Trenton Thunder beat the Erie SeaWolves by a score of 6-0 and the game was completed early in the 6th inning because of rain. Starting for the Trenton Thunder was Phil Coke and he gave up no runs on 4 hits in 5 innings of work along with 7 strike outs for the win. The hitting stars of the game for Trenton were center fielder Austin Jackson, left-fielder Edwar Gonzalez and second baseman Reegie Corona. Jackson went 1 for 2 with 2 runs scored. Gonzalez went 2 for 3 with 1 run scored and 2 rbi's along with a big, mean, home, run, BOMB. Corona went 2 for 3 with 2 rbi's.

A Adv.

The Tampa Yankees won a close game over the Brevard County Manatees by a score of 2-1. Starting for Tampa was Ryan Pope and he gave up no runs on 5 hits in 6 innings of work along with 6 strike outs for the win. Replacing Pope to start the 7th inning was Grant Duff and he pitched a perfect 7th inning. Following Duff was Philip Bartleski and he pitched a perfect 8th inning. Jose Valdez pitched the 9th inning for his first save and he gave up 1 earned run on 1 hit. The hitting stars of the game for Tampa worth mentioning were third baseman Mitch Hilligoss and left-fielder Tim Battle. Hilligoss went 1 for 4 with 1 run scored and Battle went 1 for 3 with 1 rbi.

Class A

The Charleston RiverDogs got beat up by the Asheville Tourist by a score of 9-3. Starting for the RiverDogs was Noel Castillo and he gave up 3 earned runs on 6 hits in 4.2 innings for the loss. Replacing Castillo in the 5th inning was Jesse Hoover and he got absolutely rocked giving up 4 earned runs on 5 hits in 1.1 innings. Replacing Hoover to start the 8th inning was Gabe Medina and he gave up 2 earned runs on 5 hits in 2 innings. The hitting stars of the game for the RiverDogs were second baseman Justin Snyder and right-fielder Taylor Holiday. Snyder went 3 for 4 with 2 runs scored and Holiday went 1 for 4 with 2 rbi's.

Triple A

The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees beat the Charlotte Knights by a score of 4-0. Starting for Scranton was Ian Kennedy and he pitched a great game giving up no runs on 1 hit in 7.1 innings along with 8 strike outs for the win. Kennedy doesn't really belong in Triple A, it's all mental for him when he pitches for the big pro club. Replacing Kennedy was Heath Phillips and he pitched a scoreless 1.2 innings on 1 hit. The hitting stars of the game worth mentioning for Scranton were left-fielder Brett Gardner, center fielder Justin Christian and right fielder Matt Carson. Gardner went 1 for 4 with 1 run scored and 1 rbi. Christian went 1 for 4 with 1 rbi and Carson went 1 for 3 with 1 rbi.

Double A

The Trenton Thunder beat the Erie SeaWolves by a score of 4-0. Starting for the Trenton Thunder was Daniel McCutchen and he gave up 1 earned run on 4 hits in 7.1 innings of work for the win. Replacing McCutchen was J.B. Cox and he gave up 1 earned run on 1 hit in 1.2 innings. The hitting stars of the game for Trenton worth mentioning were catcher P.J. Pilittere, left-fielder Colin Curtis and third baseman Chris Malec. Pilittere went 1 for 3 with 1 rbi. Curtis went 2 for 4 with 2 runs scored and 1 rbi. Malec went 2 for 4 with 1 run scored and 2 rbi's along with a big, hurt your feelings type of home, run, BAAAHMB!!!

A Adv.

The Tampa Yankees beat the Jupiter Hammerheads in 10 innings by a score of 5-4. Starting for Tampa was Michael Dunn and he gave up 4 earned runs on 5 hits in 6 innings of work for the no decision. He recorded 7 strikeouts. Replacing Dunn to start the 7th inning was Josue Selene and he gave up no runs on 1 hit in 1.2 innings of work. Following Selene was Philip Bartleski and he gave up no runs on no hits in 2 innings. Jose Valdez pitched the last out of the game for the win. He only faced 1 batter. The hitting stars of the game for Tampa were second baseman Damon Sublett, short stop Luis Nunez and catcher Kyle Anson. Sublett went 2 for 4 with 1 run scored and 1 rbi. Nunez went 2 for 4 with 2 rbi's. Anson went 2 for 3 with 1 run and 1 rbi. Kyle Anson was the hero of the game by driving in Damon Sublett for the winning run in the bottom of the 10th.

Class A

The Charleston RiverDogs beat down the Hickory Crawdads by a score of 7-4. Starting for the RiverDogs was Lance Pendleton and he gave up no earned runs on 1 hit in 4.2 innings of work for the no decision. Replacing Pendleton was Craig Heyer and he gave up 3 runs on 4 hits in 2.1 innings but 2 of the runs were unearned because of a throwing error by third baseman Brandon Laird. Heyer got the win. Following Heyer was Chace Vacek and he gave up 1 earned run on 3 hits in .2 of an inning. Jonathan Ortiz pitched the 9th inning for his 10th save of the year and gave up no runs on 1 hit and his era for the year now stands at 1.93. The hitting stars of the game for the RiverDogs were center fielder Abraham Almonte, second baseman Justin Snyder and first baseman Wady Rufino. Almonte went 1 for 4 with 1 run scored and 3 rbi's and went DEEEEP with a big, awesome, home, run, BOMB!! Snyder went 2 for 3 with 2 runs scored and Rufino went 1 for 3 with 1 run scored and 3 rbi's along with a gigantic, humongous, a pitcher's worst nightmare, home, run, MOOOOON shot!

Triple A

The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees lost to Charlotte Knights by a score of 5-0. Starting for Scranton was Dan Giese and he gave up 1 earned run on 5 hits in 6 innings of work for the loss. His era for the year now stands at 1.38. Replacing Giese to start the 7th inning was David Robertson and he gave up 2 earned runs on 2 hits in 1.2 innings. Following Robertson was Steven Jackson and he gave up 2 earned runs on 1 hit in 1.1 innings. The hitting star of the game worth mentioning for Scranton was left-fielder Matt Carson who went 2 for 4.

Double A

The Trenton Thunder DOMINATE the Erie SeaWolves by a score of 9-5. The Thunder had 17 hits in this game. Starting for the Trenton Thunder was George Kontos and he gave up 3 earned runs on 5 hits in 5 innings of work along with, ready for this, 11 strike outs for the win. That's a lot of strike outs. Replacing Kontos to start the 6th inning was Michael Gardner and he gave up 1 earned run on 1 hit along with 3 strikeouts and 3 walks in 2 innings. Eric Wordekemper pitched the 8th and 9th inning for his 5th save of the year. He gave up 1 run on 3 hits but the run he gave up was unearned because of a fielding error by third baseman Chris Malec. The hitting stars of the game for Trenton were basically the whole team. Every batter got a hit and scored a run. The ones I'll choose to mention are first baseman Cody Ehlers, right fielder Jose Tabata and second baseman Kevin Russo. Ehlers went 1 for 4 with 1 run scored and 2 rbi's along with a big, juicy, I can't believe how far the ball went, home, run, BOMB! Tabata went 3 for 4 with 1 run scored and 1 rbi. Russo went 2 for 3 with 1 run scored and 1 rbi along with a huuuuuuuge, home, run, SHOT!

A Adv.

The Tampa Yankees beat the Jupiter Hammerheads by a score of 3-2 because of a walk off home run by left-fielder Tim Battle. Starting for Tampa was pitching sensation Eric Hacker and he only pitched 2 innings of 2 hit ball along with 2 strike outs. Replacing Hacker to start the third inning was Stephen Artz and he gave up 2 runs but 1 run was unearned because of a throwing error by first baseman Kevin Smith. He pitched 2 innings and gave up 2 hits. Mark Melancon pitched a scoreless 5 and 6th inning giving up 3 hits. Wilkins Arias pitched a perfect 7th, 8th and 9th inning for the win along with 5 strikeouts. The hitting stars of the game for Tampa were right-fielder Andres Perez and left-fielder Tim Battle. Perez went 2 for 4 with 1 run scored and Battle went 2 for 4 with 1 run scored and 2 rbi's along with the game breaker, the game changer, walk, off, home, run, hurt your feelings type of shot, mean spirited, BAHHHHHHHMB!!!

Class A

The Charleston RiverDogs won a very close game over the Hickory Crawdads by a score of 5-4. Starting for the RiverDogs was Dellin Betances and he gave up 3 earned runs on 3 hits in 5.2 innings of work for the win. He walked 7 batters. Wilkins De La Rosa followed Betances and gave up no runs on no hits in 2.1 innings. Jonathan Ortiz pitched the 9th inning for his 9th save of the season giving up 1 earned run on 2 hits. Ortiz almost lost the game but a nice saving catch and throw by third baseman Brandon Laird to first baseman Wady Rufino foiled the Crawdads. The hitting stars of the game worth mentioning for the RiverDogs were center fielder Abraham Almonte and left-fielder Austin Krum. Almonte went 3 for 5 with 1 run scored and 1 rbi. Krum went 1 for 4 with 1 run scored and 3 rbi's along with a big, mean spirited, home, run, SHOT! This is the longest consecutive road win for the RiverDogs in 5 years which is 9 games.

Triple A

The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees brought the "real" big bats and beat the Durham Bulls by a score of 9-5. They brought the, "big" bats. Starting for Scranton was Kei Igawa and he gave up 4 earned runs on 5 hits in 7 innings of work for the win. Igawa struck out 8 batters. Replacing Igawa to start the 8th inning was Scott Strickland and he gave up 1 earned run on 4 hits in 2 innings. The hitting stars of the game worth mentioning for Scranton were centerfielder Brett Gardner, right fielder Jason Lane and shortstop Cody Ransom. Gardner went 2 for 3 with 2 runs scored and 1 rbi and is now batting .314 on the year. Lane went 1 for 3 with 2 runs scored and 5 big RRRR, BEE, EYES!!! along with a GRRRRAND slam! Ransom went 2 for 4 with 1 run scored and 2 rbi's along with a huge, big, most awesome, home, run, BOMB. I don't think it matters what Lane does because I don't see him being called up to the show.

Double A

The Trenton Thunder won a low scoring game over the Portland SeaDogs by a score of 3-2. Starting for the Trenton Thunder was Chase Wright and he gave up 2 earned runs on 5 hits in 6 innings of work for the no decision. Replacing Wright to start the 7th inning was Bo Hall and he pitched a perfect 2 innings along with 4 strike outs. Impressive. Zachary Kroenke pitched a 1 hit, scoreless 9th inning for the win. The hitting stars of the game for Trenton were shortstop Ramiro Pena, third baseman Chris Malec and catcher P.J. Pilittere. Pena went 2 for 4 with 1 run scored. Malec went 2 for 3 with 1 run scored and 1 rbi along with a big, home, run, BIZZOMB!! Pilittere went 2 for 5 with 1 rbi and he drove in Pena for the winning run in the bottom of the 9th. Yeah!

A Adv.

The Tampa Yankees romped all over the Jupiter Hammerheads by a score of 9-1. Starting for Tampa was Ivan Nova and he gave up no runs on 2 hits in 6 innings for the win. Replacing Nova to start the 7th inning was Grant Duff and he gave up no runs on 2 hits in 2 innings. Edgar Soto pitched the 9th inning and gave up 1 earned run on 2 hits. The hitting stars of the game for Tampa worth mentioning were short stop Eduardo Nunez, catcher Jose Gil, center fielder Seth Fortenberry, right-fielder Josue Calzado and left-fielder James Cooper. Nunez went 2 for 5 with 2 runs scored. Gil went 2 for 4 with 2 runs scored. Fortenberry went 2 for 3 with 2 runs scored and 3 "big" rbi's and Cooper went 1 for 3 with 2 rbi's. I know that's a lot of players to be hitting stars but you have to expect that when your team scores 9 runs.

Class A

The Charleston RiverDogs dominate the Hickory Crawdads by a score of 8-1. Starting for the RiverDogs was Zachary McAllister and he gave up NO runs on 6 hits in 7 innings of work for the win. McAllister's era for the year now stands at .092. Replacing McAllister to start the 8th inning was Jesse Hoover and he pitched 2 innings giving up 1 earned run on 2 hits. The hitting stars of the game worth mentioning for the RiverDogs were DH Jesus Montero, first baseman Wady Rufino and catcher Brian Baisley. Montero went 2 for 4 with 4 rbi's along with a big, juicy, home, run, shot, that will hurt your feelings, BOMB! Montero is batting 331 on the year. Rufino went 2 for 4 with 1 run scored and Baisley went 2 for 4 with 1 run scored and 2 rbi's along with a towering, moon shoot, mean spirited, juicy, home, run, BOMB! This was the 7 straight road win for the RiverDogs.

Summaries of all Yankee minor league affiliates