6/28 Minor League Report - News on Bleich, Cox, Johnson, and Montero's First AA Homer

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(Triple-A) Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (42-32) lost to Rochester (37-38) 6-2: Box Score - Recap

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

W: Swarzak, A (4-4, 2.34); L: Igawa (6-3, 3.80); SV: Crain (1)
HR: SWB: Jackson, A (2). ROC: Huber, Ju (11), Peterson, Br (3).

Offense:
Kevin Russo: 0-for-3, BB
Austin Jackson: 1-for-3, HR, RBI, BB, 2 R, and a strikeout.
Shelley Duncan: 1-for-4, 2B
Juan Miranda: 1-for-3, RBI, BB
Kevin Cash: 0-for-1, BB
P.J. Pilittere: 1-for-4

Pitching:
Kei Igawa (L, 6-3): 6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 103 pitches/64 strikes (3.80 ERA)
Zach Kroenke: 2 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 41 pitches/28 strikes (1.07 ERA)

Notes: Jason Johnson, who is recovering from a torn labrum, will make one more start at Double-A Trenton before rejoining the SWB rotation. ... Chad Jennings had this nice feature on Austin Jackson that you all should check out. He also had a Q&A with A-Jax that can be found here.

(Double-A) Trenton (38-36) lost to Reading (42-32) 8-3: Box Score - Recap

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Reading	0	2	0	0	1	3	0	2	0		8	14	2
Trenton	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		3	8	2

W: Stutes (5-4, 4.46); L: Arias (1-2, 4.22)
HR: REA: Taylor, M (14). TRN: Corona (3), Montero (1).

Offense:
Austin Krum: 0-for-4, BB
Reegie Corona: 1-for-3, HR, RBI, BB, R
Eduardo Nunez: 2-for-4
Jesus Montero: 2-for-4, HR, RBI, R - first Double-A homer. It came off Reading’s Mike Stutes in the bottom of the second inning.
Chris Malec: 1-for-4, 2B
Richie Robnett: 1-for-1, R
Marcos Vechionacci: 1-for-4, RBI

Pitching:
Jason Stephens: 3 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (4.08 ERA)
Wilkins Arias (L, 1-2): 2.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (4.22 ERA)
Jose Valdez: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K (3.29 ERA)
Amaury Sanit: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K (3.26 ERA)

Notes: Mike Ashmore is reporting that Jeremy Bleich will be called up to Trenton. ... There are also reports going around that JB Cox has retired. Here's what Ashmore had to say about that:

Also, just to touch on reports of J.B. Cox having retired…it is definitely a fact that he left the team to go home. I’m not sure of what the timeline was regarding his being placed on the disabled list is…did he decide to leave after being placed on the phantom DL? Did he leave and was that why he was placed on the phantom DL? Don’t know that yet.

But I can’t definitively tell you that he’s retired. I had heard that he needed to take some time to figure some things out, but that’s honestly the last I’d heard. Obviously, I’ll pass along any updates.

(High-A) Tampa (31-38) lost to St. Lucie (35-35) 5-4 in game 1 of today's doubleheader: Box Score - Recap

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
St. Lucie	0	1	0	1	0	2	1				5	9	3
Tampa	1	0	0	0	0	0	3				4	7	1

W: Kaplan (1-2, 3.12); L: Zink (4-7, 4.41); SV: Alvarez, Ma (7)
HR: None.

Offense:
Daniel Brewer: 3-for-4, 2B, RBI, R
Eric Fryer: 2-for-4
Austin Romine: 0-for-2, BB
Seth Fortenberry: 0-for-2, BB
Brandon Laird: 1-for-2, R
David Adams: 1-for-3, R
Luis Nunez: 0-for-3, R

Pitching:
Ryan Zink (L, 4-7): 6 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 4 K (4.41 ERA)
Humberto Sanchez: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (5.40 ERA)

Tampa (32-38) beat St. Lucie (35-36) 3-0 in game 2 of today's doubleheader: Box Score - Recap

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
St. Lucie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	3	3
Tampa	0	0	1	2	0	0	X				3	10	0

W: Pendleton (7-4, 2.95); L: Stronach (0-1, 8.64); SV: Hovis (10)
HR: None.

Offense:
Jack Rye: 1-for-3, BB
Daniel Brewer: 2-for-4, R, SB (1)
Brandon Laird: 1-for-4, RBI
Seth Fortenberry: 2-for-3, 2B, R
Matthew Cusick: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI, R
Mitch Hilligoss: 2-for-3, 2B, RBI,
Walter Ibarra: 1-for-3

Pitching:
Lance Pendleton (W, 7-4): 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K (2.95 ERA)
Grant Duff: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K (3.93 ERA)
Jonathan Hovis (S, 10): 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R< >
(Low-A) Charleston (2-2 second half, 41-33 overall) beat Savannah (37-37) overall, 2-2 second half) 9-2: Box Score - Recap

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Charleston	0	0	1	2	0	6	0	0	0		9	17	3
Savannah	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	10	0

W: Phelps (8-2, 3.03); L: Ramirez, E (3-7, 4.09)
HR: CSC: Joseph (2).

Offense:
Jose Pirela: 3-for-5, 2 R, BB, SB (6)
Raymond Kruml: 3-for-5, 3B, 4 RBI, BB, R
Corban Joseph: 3-for-6, HR, 2 RBI
Melky Mesa: 3-for-4, 3B, RBI, 2 BB, R
Abraham Almonte: 1-for-5
Taylor Grote: 1-for-5, RBI, R
Garrison Lassiter: 1-for-4, RBI, BB
Tommy Baldridge: 2-for-4, 2B, BB, 2 R

Pitching:
David Phelps (W, 8-2): 6 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (3.03 ERA)
Brandon Braboy: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K (2.89 ERA)
Jonathan Ortiz: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K (3.09 ERA)

(Single-A Short-Season) Staten Island (3-6) beat Aberdeen (4-5) 8-7: Box Score - Recap

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Aberdeen	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	0		7	7	1
Staten Island	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1		8	15	0

W: Marte, R (2-0, 1.69); L: Brandhorst, J (0-1, 5.40)
HR: ABD: Baxter (1), Britton (1), Davis, Bl (1), West (1).

Offense:
Fancisco Santana: 1-for-5
Jimmy Paredes: 2-for-5, 2B, 2 R, SB (4)
Zolio Almonte: 2-for-5, 2 R, 2 SB (4)
Kyle Higashioka: 2-for-5, 2B, 3 RBI, R
Medchill: 2-for-4, 2B, RBI, R
Kelvin Castro: 2-for-4, 2B, 2 R
Chad Gross: 3-for-4, 3B, 2 RBI, SB (2)
Hector Rabago: 1-for-3, RBI, BB

Pitching:
Trenton Lare: 4.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 5 K (2.61 ERA)
Michael Solbach: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K (2.35 ERA)
Sam Elam: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 1 K (16.20 ERA)
Griffin Bailey: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K (8.31 ERA)
Ronny Marte (W, 2-0): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K (1.69 ERA)

(Rookie) GCL Yanks (3-0) had an off day.