4/10 Minor League Report: Horne Leaves With Bicep Injury

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The SWB Yankees snapped a 3 game losing streak defeating Louisville 11-5. After being shut out the last two games by Louisville the bats finally woke up. Shelly Duncan sparked the offense with a 2-run homer, 3 doubles and 3 RBI. The bad news: Alan Horne the Yanks highly touted pitching prospect, left the game after the 2nd inning with a biceps injury to his right arm.

PITCHING: Alan Horne making his 2nd start of the year gave up 4 runs (1 earned) in the 1st inning on a single, a throwing error by Horne on a bunt, 2 rbi singles, and a 2-rbi double. Horne pitched a 1-2-3 second inning before leaving the game with his injury. 2.0 IP, 4 runs, 1 ER, 4 hits, 2 K's, and no walks.

BULLPEN: The bullpen once again was outstanding. They allowed only 1 run over the final 7 innings. ... Dan Giese came on to pitch scoreless 3rd & 4th innings. ... Chris Britton pitched scoreless 5th & 6th innings and picked up his 2nd win. ... Edwar Ramirez worked in and out of a bases-loaded jam for a scoreless 7th. ... Jonathan Albadejo gave up a run in the 8th and pitched a scoreless 9th.

OFFENSE: After being shutout the last 2 games the SWB bats fought back from a 4-0 deficit....... In the 2nd inning they picked up a run when they loaded the bases on a Shelly Duncan double, Juan Miranda walk, Nick Green single. Chad Moeller got the rbi on a sac fly to make the score Louisville 4-1. ...The bats exploded for 4 runs in the 5th. Moeller walked, Bernie Castro reached on a force out of Moeller at 2nd. Brett Gardner beat out an infield hit. Castro and Gardner then pulled off a double steal of 2nd & 3rd base. Justin Christian had a 2-rbi single. Christian stole 3rd base and scored on a balk. Jason Lane was HBP and Shelly Duncan had a rbi double to score Lane giving SWB a 5-4 lead. ...7th inning: Christian walked, Jason Lane had a 2-run homer, his 4th of the young year. ... Duncan doubled, Miranda rbi-single, Green rbi double gave the Yanks 4 runs and made it SWB 9-4. ... In the 8th, Lane doubled and scored when Shelly Duncan hit a 2-run homer to make the final score 11-5.

NOTES: Brett Gardner went 1-5 after missing the last 4 games with an ankle injury. ... Darrell Rasner pitches Friday when SWB makes its 1st road trip to Durham. ... Jeff Marquez goes Saturday.

OTHER YANKEES MINOR LEAGUE AFFILIATES

(AA) Trenton lost to Altoona 3-1 - Box Score - Recap

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Harrisburg	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1		3	4	2
Trenton	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		1	5	1

W: S. Martis (1-0, 4.82); L: D. McCutchen (1-1, 1.69); SV: A. Munoz (1)
HR: None.
A. Jackson: 1-for-4, 2B
J. Tabata: 1-for-3, 2B, BB
R. Pena 3-for-4
D. McCutchen: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4K

(High A) Tampa lost to Dunedin 7-5 - Box Score - Recap

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Dunedin	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1		7	11	2
Tampa	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		5	11	1

W: R. Gonzalez (2-0, 1.80); L: R. Pope (0-1, 2.00); SV: Z. Dials (3)
HR: DUN: T. Snider (2), J. Gonzalez (1).
E. Gonzalez: 2-for-4, 3B, R
J. Calzado: 2-for-4, 2 R, RBI
M. Melancon: 1 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 1 K

(Low A) Charleston beat Savannah 7-4 - Box Score - Recap

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Savannah	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0		4	8	0
Charleston	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	X		7	10	2

W: N. Castillo (1-0, 0.93); L: J. Stinson (0-1, 7.71); SV: C. Vacek (2)
HR: CHA: D. Williams (1).
J. Montero: 2-for-5, 2B, 2 R
A. Romine: 2-for-3, 2B, R
D. Williams: 2-for-3, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 2 R

(I'd like to thank Big Guy for his great contributions)