5/31 Minor League Report

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We are lucky enough to have a SWB report from BigGuy tonight. He won't be doing these all the time by when he does I will post them. Thank BG for the great contributions.

(AAA) Scranton/WB (36-21) beat Rochester 5-2: Box Score - Recap

PITCHING: Jeff Karstens pitched the first 4 innings giving up both Rochester runs on 6 hits, including a solo homer in the 1st inning. The 2nd run scored in the 4th inning on a bases loaded RBI sac fly. Karstens had 2 strikeouts and gave up 2 walks. He also had a wild pitch. His era in his 3 games since returning from the DL is 7.82.

The bullpen was the story of this win for SWB. Both Heath Phillips and David Robertson were outstanding. Phillips followed Karstens and pitched 3.2 innings of scoreless relief. He gave up 3 hits and had 1 strikeout. ... David Robertson added 2.1 innings of scoreless relief picking up the win (2-0) In a real oddity Robertson had 4 strikeouts in the 9th inning. The extra strikeout victim reached on a wild pitch 3rd strike. Robertson gave up only 2 hits, 6 strikeouts and no walks.

OFFENSE: Francisco Liriano started the game for Rochester and pitched well leaving with a 2-1 lead after 6 plus innings. ... SWB picked up solo runs in the 2nd and 7th inning to force extra innings. ... In the 10th inning they picked the lead run on a wild pitch and Jason Lane added 2 insurance runs on a 2-run homer (11).

NOTES: Dan Giese gets the start Sunday agains Phil Humber.

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		R	H	E
Scranton/WB	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3		5	9	1
Rochester	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	11	0

W: D. Robertson (2-0, 2.25); L: J. DePaula (1-2, 5.76)
HR: SWB: J. Lane (11). ROC: D. McDonald (7).

Scranton/WB:
Brett Gardner: 0-for-4
Alberto Gonzalez: 1-for-4, R, BB
Jason Lane: 1-for-4, HR, 2 RBI, BB
Justin Christian: 1-for-4, R
Nick Green: 2-for-4, 2B, R
Eric Duncan: 2-for-4, RBI
Chris Stewart: 2-for-4, 2B
Bernie Castro: 0-for-0, R
Jeff Karstens: 4 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K (7.82 ERA)
Dave Robertson: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K (2.25 ERA)

(AA) Trenton (35-20) beat New Britain 13-3: Box Score - Recap

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Trenton	0	4	2	0	2	0	0	1	4		13	21	0
New Britain	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	8	5

W: M. Melancon (2-0, 1.84); L: E. Simonitsch (0-3, 12.18)
HR: NBR: L. Hughes (12), B. Peterson (5).

Trenton:
Ramiro Pena: 0-for-4, R, RBI, BB
Austin Jackson: 2-for-6, 2 R, RBI
Colin Curtis: 3-for-6, R, 2 RBI
Edwar Gonzalez: 2-for-6, RBI
Kevin Russo: 2-for-6, 2B, RBI, 3 R
Jose Tabata: 2-for-6, 2 R
P.J. Pilittere: 4-for-5, 2 R, 2 RBI
Chris Malec: 4-for-5, 2B, R, 3 RBI
Reegie Corona: 2-for-5, R
Mark Melancon: 3.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (1.84 ERA)

Now some more from Big Guy on Mark Melancon:

After a 90 minute rain delay Mark Melancon came on and pitched almost 4 innings. He pitched a scoreless 3rd inning. ... In the 4th he gave up 1 run on a solo homer. ... Melancon also gave up 1 run in the 5th inning on 2 singles..... In the 6th Melancon got the first 2 outs and was relieved after giving up a single. Melancon's line: 3.2 innings, 2 runs, 5 hits, 2 K's and no walks, his ERA is now 1.84.

(High A) Tampa (31-24) beat Fort Myers 8-6: Box Score - Recap

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Fort Myers	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	1		8	14	0
Tampa	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	0		6	13	1

W: S. Baker (1-0, 5.40); L: Z. McAllister (0-1, 9.00); SV: R. Delaney (12)
HR: FTM: W. Ramos (8).

Tampa:
Luis Nunez: 3-for-5, 2B
James Cooper: 2-for-5, RBI
Jose Gil: 1-for-4
Andres Perez: 1-for-5, R
Mitch Hilligoss: 1-for-4, 2 R, 2B, RBI, BB, SB
Josue Calzado: 3-for-5, R, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI
Kevin Smith: 2-for-4, 2 R, 2B, RBI
Brian Chavez: 0-for-3, RBI
Zachary McAllister: 4 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (9.00 ERA)
Kevin Whelan: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K (2.57 ERA)

(Low A) Charleston (36-19) beat Hickory 2-0: Box Score - Recap

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

W: A. Olbrychowski (3-2, 3.23); L: R. Delossantos (2-3, 4.22); SV: J. Ortiz (16)
HR: None.

Charleston:
Justin Snyder: 1-for-3, BB
Jesus Montero: 0-for-3
Austin Romine: 1-for-3, R, 2B
Brian Baisley: 1-for-3, R, 2B
Carmen Angelini: 0-for-3
Adam Olbrychowski: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K (3.23 ERA)

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Game 55: Yanks @ Twins

Regular Season Game 55
Yankees (27-27) @ Twins (28-26)
Metrodome - Minneapolis, MN
Game Time: 7:10 p.m
TV: YES -MLB.TV | Radio: WCBS 880

Here are the lineups:

YANKEES

Johnny Damon LF
Derek Jeter SS
Bobby Abreu RF
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Hideki Matsui DH
Jason Giambi 1B
Robinson Cano 2B
Jose Molina C
Melky Cabrera CF

Chien-Ming Wang RHP (6-2, 3.82 ERA)

TWINS
Carlos Gomez CF
Alexi Casilla 2B
Joe Mauer C
Justin Morneau 1B
Michael Cuddyer RF
Jason Kubel DH
Delmon Young LF
Mike Lamb 3B
Nick Punto SS

Boof Bonser RHP (2-6, 6.16 ERA)

Notes: Peter Abraham is reporting that Joe Girardi said the Yanks will be a calling up a much needed long reliever on Tuesday. No word oh who it will be.

Yanks vs. Bosner

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
D. Jeter	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667
B. Abreu	6	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	.333	.333	.833	1.167
A. Rodriguez	5	1	0	0	1	3	1	2	.200	.333	.800	1.133
J. Damon	5	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	.400	.500	1.000	1.500
M. Cabrera	5	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.800	.800	.800	1.600
J. Posada	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200
R. Cano	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	.750	.800	1.000	1.800
H. Matsui	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
J. Giambi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
J. Molina	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
C. Moeller	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Totals	43	14	1	0	3	8	4	7	.326	.383	.558	.941

Twins vs. Wang

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
D. Young	12	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	.417	.417	.583	1.000
C. Monroe	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.091	.091	.091	.182
B. Harris	8	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.250	.333	.250	.583
J. Morneau	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	.833	1.500
M. Cuddyer	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167
J. Mauer	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.250	.500	.250	.750
M. Redmond	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667
H. Clark	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
J. Kubel	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667
N. Punto	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
C. Gomez	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333
Totals	59	15	3	0	0	3	5	6	.254	.313	.305	.618

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Slight Chance Jorge Could be Back Tuesday

From Mark Feinsand:

MINNEAPOLIS - Jorge Posada could be back in pinstripes by Tuesday, as the catcher will undergo his biggest test to date on his injured right shoulder Saturday in Tampa.

Joe Girardi said Posada would take Sunday off, then play another game behind the plate on Monday. Assuming he has no setbacks, Posada and the Yankees will evaluate the situation after Monday's game, deciding whether he needs to catch back-to-back games before returning.

Girardi said he didn't expect to have Posada back for Tuesday's game - which happens to be Joba Chamberlain's first start - but the manager didn't rule out the possibility, either.

"I'm not planning on that, but it's not 100% sure," Girardi said. "I'm sure he'll call me Monday night. He's getting pretty close."

The Yanks will also keep three catchers on the roster for a while to ease Posada into playing everyday again, he will also see some time at DH.

UPDATE 2:45 PM: Posada told the AP that he will have "a day off (Sunday) and play again Monday. We'll see how it feels Monday. Probably another game Tuesday. Get back Wednesday or Thursday."

So I guess now we're looking at Wednesday. The chances for Tuesday were always slim anyway.

Back To .500 With Win Over Twins

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
N.Y. Yankees	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0		6	16	1
Minnesota	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		5	7	0

Like the title says the Yanks moved back to the .500 mark with a 6-5 wins over the Minnesota Twins. The Yanks also moved out of the AL East cellar with the win because Baltimore lost to the Boston tonight. Mike Mussina started for the Yanks and pitched well. He gave up 4 runs (2 earned) on 6 hits in 6 IP, while walking just 1 and striking out 4. His one bad inning was the first where he gave up all 4 of his run, but it would have been a much easier inning had Shelley Duncan not pulled Derek Jeter off second with a bad throw. But unlike the game vs. the Orioles Mussina was able to settle down and pitch a good ballgame. The win was Mussina's team leading 8th of the year, the win also pull him into a tie for the AL wins lead.

Ain't that something? Who would have thought Mussina would have 8 wins before June, or even July for that matter. Last year he didn't get his 8th win till the end of August.

Jose Veras relieved Mussina in the 7th and didn't do his job. He allowed a lead off walk and then retired a batter, but again he didn't do his job. You can't come in the game a give up a lead off walk. ... Edwar Ramirez replaced Veras and retired the only two batters he faced to get out of the 7th. ... Next out of the pen was Kyle Farnsworth and he pitched a Kyle Farnsworth type inning. He allowed a lead off homer which cut the Yankees' lead to 6-5, but was able to retire the next three batters he faced to get out of the inning with the lead intact. ... Mariano Rivera came in for the 9th and picked up his 14th save on the year. He walked a batter and struck out 2.

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Mussina (W, 8-4)	6.0	6	4	2	1	4	0	4.26
Veras (H, 1)	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.35
Ramirez (H, 1)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Farnsworth (H, 5)	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	4.44
Rivera (S, 14)	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0.38

TWINS PITCHING

The Yanks opened up the scoring in the first, Bobby Abreu walked with 1 out and later scored on an RBI single by Hideki Matsui.

They added one more in 3rd when Abreu led off with a triple and then scored on an RBI single by Alex Rodriguez.

Down 4-2 the Yanks tied the game in the 4th when Shelley Duncan led off with a walk, Robinson Cano then singled, and Jose Molina moved the runners over with a sac bunt. With runners on 2nd and 3rd with 1 out Melky Cabrera stepped up and smacked 2-run single into left.

Abreu again got on base in the 5th with a lead off single, he then scored on an RBI double by A-Rod to give the Yankees a 5-4 lead. They added their 6th and final run in the 7th, Abreu got on base once again with another triple, A-Rod got hit by a pitch and then Matsui his an RBI single.

AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Jeter, SS 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 .272 Abreu, RF 4 4 3 0 1 0 0 .296 Rodriguez, 3B 4 0 3 2 0 0 1 .291 Matsui, LF 4 0 3 2 1 0 1 .339 Damon, LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .288 Giambi, DH 5 0 1 0 0 1 7 .243 Duncan, S, 1B 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .161 a-Betemit, PH-1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 6 .265 Cano, 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .219 Molina, C 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 .219 Cabrera, CF 4 0 3 2 0 0 1 .266 Totals 37 6 16 6 3 4 21 a-Struck out for Duncan, S in the 5th. BATTING 2B: Rodriguez 2 (11, Perkins, Guerrier). 3B: Abreu 2 (3, Perkins, Bass). TB: Abreu 7; Rodriguez 5; Matsui 3; Giambi; Cano; Molina 2; Cabrera 3. RBI: Matsui 2 (26), Rodriguez 2 (19), Cabrera 2 (23). 2-out RBI: Matsui. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Jeter; Cano; Betemit. S: Molina. GIDP: Matsui. Team LOB: 9. BASERUNNING SB: Abreu (4, 2nd base off Perkins/Mauer). CS: Cabrera (1, 2nd base by Perkins/Mauer). PO: Cabrera (1st base by Perkins). FIELDING E: Duncan, S (3, throw). TWINS OFFENSE

PLAYER OF THE GAME: Bobby Abreu (3-for-4, 2 3B, BB, 4 R)

HONORABLE MENTION: Hideki Matsui (3-for-4, BB, 2 RBI), Alex Rodriguez (3-for-4, 2 2B, 2 RBI) and Melky Cabrera (3-for-4, 2 RBI). They all were 3-for-4 with 2 RBI, I couldn't ignore any of them.

Game two of this 4-game wrap around series is tomorrow night at the Metrodome. Chien-Ming Wang starts for the Yanks and he will go up against Boof Bosner. First pitch is set for 7:10 p.m., and the game can be seen on YES and heard on WCBS 880.

5/30 Minor League Report

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We are lucky enough to have a SWB report from BigGuy tonight. He won't be doing these all the time by when he does I will post them. Thank BG for the great contributions.

(AAA) Scranton/WB (35-21) beat Rochester 6-3: Box Score - Recap

PITCHING: Jeff Marquez got the start and the win (4-6). Marquez went 6 innings giving up 3 runs, only 1 earned, on 10 hits. He had 2 K's- with 2 walks, 1 intentional. Marquez gave up a solo homer in the 1st to give Rochester a 1-0 lead. ... In the 2nd, 2 unearned runs scored to make the score Rochester 3-0. Marquez worked out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the 5th inning. Marquez had 10 groundouts and 4 flyouts.

Billy Traber pitched a scoreless 7th inning giving up 1 hit. ... J.B. Cox pitched a scoreless 8th inning. Cox gave up a single and got a doubleplay. Cox has yet to allow a run in 8.1 innings and only 3 hits (1 infield). ... Scott Patterson pitched a scoreless 9th, allowing 1 hit, to pick up his 3rd save.

OFFENSE: Eric Duncan had a big game with a solo homer (5), double, single and 3 RBI. ... Greg Porter had a double & single. ... Brett Gardner had a double and bunt single. ... Alberto Gonzalez added a single and RBI sac fly. ... Bernie Castro had 2 singles. ... Jason Lane had an rbi walk with the bases loaded.

NOTES: In the AA Trenton game New Britain defeated Trenton 2-1. Alfredo Aceves who pitched a complete game shutout his last game, went 7 innings and got the loss. ... Jose Tabata singled and scored the only run for Trenton going 1-4. ... Austin Jackson was 0-4, HBP and 2 strikeouts. ... Jeff Karstens goes against Francisco Liriano Saturday for SWB.

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Scranton/WB	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	0		6	12	2
Rochester	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	13	2

W: J. Marquez (4-6, 5.55); L: C. Daigle (0-3, 2.67); SV: S. Patterson (3)
HR: SWB: E. Duncan (5). ROC: D. McDonald (6).

Scranton/WB:
Brett Gardner: 2-for-4, 2B, BB
Alberto Gonzalez: 1-for-4, RBI
Jason Lane: 0-for-3, 2 BB, RBI
Ben Broussard: 1-for-4, 2B
Nick Green: 1-for-5
Greg Porter: 2-for-4, 2B, 2 R, BB
Eric Duncan: 3-for-5, 2B, HR, 3 R, 3 RBI
Bernie Castro: 2-for-4, R
Jeff Marquez: 6 IP, 10 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K (5.55 ERA)
J. B. Cox: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K (0.00 ERA)
Scott Patterson: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K (3.04 ERA)

(AA) Trenton (34-18) lost to New Britain 2-1: Box Score - Recap

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

W: J. Rainville (5-5, 6.02); L: A. Aceves (1-1, 0.78); SV: B. Julianel (10)
HR: None.

Trenton:
Ramiro Pena: 1-for-4, BB
Austin Jackson: 0-for-4
Colin Curtis: 1-for-4
Edwar Gonzalez: 2-for-4, 2B
Jose Tabata: 1-for-4, R
Kevin Russo: 2-for-4
Joseph Muich: 1-for-4, RBI
Reegie Corona: 0-for-3, BB
Alfredo Aceves 7 IP, 9 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K (0.78 ERA)

(High A) Tampa (31-23) lost to Fort Myers 7-1: Box Score - Recap

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Fort Myers	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1		7	13	1
Tampa	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	6	1

W: A. Burnett (4-2, 3.07); L: I. Nova (3-6, 4.20)
HR: FTM: J. Portes (3).

Tampa:
James Cooper: 1-for-4, 2B
Andres Perez: 1-for-4, 2B, R
Jose Gil: 2-for-4, RBI
Kevin Smith: 1-for-3, 2B, BB
Josue Calzado: 0-for-3, BB
Tim Battle: 1-for-3
Ivan Nova: 5 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 5 BB, 5 K (4.20 ERA)

(Low A) Charleston (35-19) beat Hickory 5-0: Box Score - Recap

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

W: J. Stephens (2-2, 1.64); L: D. Molleken (4-3, 5.81)
HR: None.

Charleston:
Abraham Almonte: 3-for-4, 2B, RBI
Justin Snyder: 1-for-4, RBI
Jesus Montero: 0-for-4
Austin Romine: 1-for-4, R
Braedyn Pruitt: 0-for-2, 2 R, 2 BB
Carmen Angelini: 1-for-4
Walter Ibarra: 1-for-3, 2B, R, BB
Austin Krum: 2-for-2, R, 3 RBI
Jason Stephens: 7 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 12 K (1.64 ERA)