4/20 Minor League Report

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The AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees blew a 4-0 lead and lost to Rochester (Twins) by a score of 7-4. The loss puts their league best record at 12-6.

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Rochester	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	3		7	10	1
Scranton/WB	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		4	5	1

Recap - Box
W: C. Cali (2-0, 2.08); L: C. Britton (2-1, 2.70); SV: B. Korecky (4)
HR: ROC: J. Morales (1), J. Pridie (1).

PITCHING: Steven White started and pitched very well for the first 4 innings allowing just a 1st inning double and 2 walks. In the 5th with a 4-0 lead he gave up 2 runs on a double and 2-run homer. ... In the 6th another run scored on 2 walks and RBI single. He left the game with 1 out in the 6th with a 4-3 lead. His final line was 5.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, and 6 K, and his ERA for the year is now 4.15. White threw 107 pitches, 62 for strikes.

Sean Henn came in to get the final 2 outs of the 6th. ... Henn gave up a run to tie the game at 4-4 in the 7th when he made an error and gave up 2 singles. ... Henn got the 1st out in the 8th. ... Chris Britton got the final 2 outs of the 8th. ... Britton gave up his first runs of the year in the 9th when he gave up 3 runs on a double, single and 3-run homer to make the score 7-4. Britton took the loss. His record is 2-1.

OFFENSE: Former Met Phil Humber, involved in the Santana trade, made the start for Rochester. SWB broke out on top with 1 run in the 1st Brett Gardner walked and stole 2nd. Bernie Castro walked, Shelly Duncan was HBP to load the bases. Then Jason Lane hit a sac fly to score the Yanks first run. ... In the 2nd Cody Ransom singled and stole 2nd base, and later scored on Gardner's RBI single to give SWB a 2-0 lead. ... SWB's third and fourth runs came in the bottom of the 4th inning on an RBI single by Eric Duncan which scored Rasom who have previously doubled, and a sac fly by Bernie Castro to plate Duncan.

NOTES: Gene Michael was at the game. ... Manager Dave Miley was ejected in the 7th inning for arguing a force out call at 3rd base. ... Former SWB player Chris Basak doubled and scored the winning run. ... Edwar Ramirez was sent back down to SWB.

OTHER YANKEES MINOR LEAGUE AFFILIATES

(AA) Trenton loses to New Britain 5-4 - Box Score - Recap

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12		R	H	E
Trenton	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		4	14	3
New Britain	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1		5	10	1

W: K. Aselton (1-0, 1.13); L: J. Schmidt (1-1, 1.35)
HR: NBR: E. Lis (1), D. Martin (1).

Trenton:
Jose Tabata: 1-for-6,
Austin Jackson: 1-for-6
Reegie Corona: 1-for-4, R, 2 BB
Matt Carson: 2-for-6, 2B, R, 2 RBI
P.J. Pilittere: 4-for-6, RBI
Kevin Russo: 2-for-4, RBI, BB
Daniel McCutchen: 7 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (1.46 ERA)

(High A) Tampa beat Clearwater 3-0 - Box Score - Recap

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

W: G. Duff (1-1, 4.09); L: D. Byrd (0-2, 6.59); SV: J. Hovis (1)
HR: None.

Tampa:
Damon Sublett: 1-for-4, BB
Edwar Gonzalez: 2-for-5, 2B, 2 R
Kevin Smith: 1-for-5, 2B, RBI
Kyle Anson: 1-for-3, 2 BB
Josue Calzado: 1-for-5, RBI

(Low A) Charleston beat Columbus 11-7 - Box Score - Recap

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Charleston	0	0	0	0	1	6	4	0	0		11	16	4
Columbus	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3		7	11	1

W: J. Heredia (2-0, 3.92); L: A. Cobb (2-2, 2.45); SV: J. Stephens (1)
HR: CHA: A. Almonte 2 (3), W. Rufino (2). COL: C. Cipriano (3), H. Wrigley (1).

Charleston:
Abraham Almonte: 4-for-5, 2 HR, 4 RBI
Justin Snyder: 2-for-5, 2 R
Jesus Montero: 3-for-5, R
David Williams: 2-for-5, R
Austin Romine: 3-for-4, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI
Wady Rufino: 2-for-5, 2B, HR, 5 RBI

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