4/8 Minor League Report

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Welcome to the first edition of the this season's Minor League Report. Tonight's edition is a short one, just one game on the schedule tonight, the season opener for the Double-A Trenton Thunder. They played the Binghamton Mets.

(AA) Trenton (0-1) lost to Binghamton 5-3: Box Score - Recap

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

W: E. Brown (1-0, 0.00); L: M. Dunn (0-1, 4.50); SV: R. Merritt (1)
HR: None.

Trenton

Hitting:
Eduardo Nunez: 1-for-5
Reegie Corona: 1-for-5
Colin Curtis: 1-for-4, 2B, R
Edwar Gonzalez: 1-for-3, 2B
Marcos Vechionacci: 1-for-4, RBI, R
Francisco Cervelli: 0-for-4
Seth Fortenberry: 1-for-4, R
Chris Malec: 1-for-2, RBI, 2 B
Kevin Smith: 1-for-4, RBI

Pitching:
Eric Hacker: 5.1 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K (1.69 ERA)
Kevin Whelan: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER 1 BB, 2 K (13.50 ERA)
Eric Wordekemper: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K (0.00 ERA)
Michael Dunn: 2.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K (4.50 ERA)

The season openers for Triple-A Scranton, and Single-A Tampa and Charleston are scheduled for tomorrow. Jason Johnson will start for Scranton against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. Here's the rest of this week's SWB Yanks pitching matchups from Chad Jennings:

Friday: RHP Ian Kennedy vs. RHP Carlos Carrasco

Saturday: RHP Alfredo Aceves vs. RHP Drew Carpenter

Sunday: RHP Phil Hughes vs. RHP Rodrigo Lopez

Jason Stephens will start for Tampa as they take on the Lakeland Flying Tigers. Andrew Brackman gets the ball for Charleston when they host the Rome Braves.