4/23 Minor League Report

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(Triple-A) Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (8-7) beat Lehigh Valley (6-9) 6-3: Box Score - Recap

MONTERO WATCH: Jesus Montero was 1-4 in the game. He doubled and scored a run, reached on an error by the shortstop, and grounded out twice. Montero made a nice play blocking the plate on a play at home to save a run in the 3rd. Montero is currently batting .275.

PITCHING: Ivan Nova got the start for SWB. He came into the game with no decisions in 3 starts and a 2.04 ERA. Nova tossed a scoreless 1st inning giving up a walk, but wiped it out with a DP. He got the side in order in the 2nd, with 2 strikeouts. LHV picked up a run in the 3rd on a single, walk and rbi infield hit to cut the SWB lead to 3-1. A nice doubleplay from Juan Miranda at 1st to Jesus Montero, with a nice block of home plate, saved Nova another run. Nova got the side in order in the 4th with 2 more strikeouts. Another scoreless inning in the 5th with a walk and the the 3rd DP of the game. Nova threw a perfect 6th inning picking up his 6th strikeout. He ran out of gas in the 7th inning. He loaded the bases on a single and 2 walks and was relieved. Another good game by Nova as he picked up his first win. The only downside was the 5 walks. He did erase 3 of them on DP’s. He became the first Yankee starter to get credited with a win this year, 1-0. Nova’s line: 6.1 IP, 1 run, 3 hits, 7 K’s--5 walks. 8 GO-3 FO, 95 pitches--58 strikes.

Mark Melancon relieved Nova in the 7th with 1 out and the bases loaded. He struck out the next 2 batters to get out of the jam. Excellent job by Melancon in the 7th inning, but it didn’t carry over to the 8th. In the 8th, 2 runs scored on 2 singles a walk, and error to cut the Yankee lead to 6-3. Melancon’s line: 1.2 IP, 2 runs, 1 ER, 2 hits, 4 K’s--1 walk.

Jonathan Albaladejo tossed a perfect 9th inning for his 4th save.

OFFENSE: Drew Carpenter RHP got the start for Lehigh Valley. Colin Curtis was the hitting hero for the Yanks with 3 doubles, a single, and 3 rbis. The Yanks took a 1-0 lead in the 1st inning on and infield hit by Kevin Russo and rbi double by Curtis. The Yanks picked up 2 more runs in the 2nd inning when Chad Huffman and Russo singled. Curtis hit his 2nd double for 2 more rbis, and a 3-0 SWB lead. In the 5th, Eduardo Nunez picked up his 2nd hit of the game and stole 2nd base (7), but was stranded. Jesus Montero had a leadoff double in the 6th and scored when Jon Weber hit a rbi triple. It was Weber’s first extra base hit of the season. Weber then scored on a wild pitch to up the SWB lead to 5-1. Curtis hit his 3rd double of the night to start of the 7th inning. He scored when Juan Miranda added a rbi single to make it 6-1 SWB. The Yanks threatened but did not score in the 8th when Russo was HBP, and Curtis picked up a single.

NOTES: Zach McAllister gets the start for SWB Saturday. Former NY and SWB Yankee Cody Ransom played 3rd for LHV.

- Big Guy

Batting:
Kevin Russo, 3B: 2-for-4, 2 R, HBP
Colin Curtis, CF: 4-for-5, 3 2B, 3 RBI, R
Eduardo Nunez, SS: 2-for-5, SB (7)
Juan Miranda, 1B: 1-for-4, RBI
Jesus Montero, C: 1-for-4, 2B, R
Jon Weber, DH: 1-for-4, 3B, RBI, R
Chad Huffman, LF: 1-for-4
Reegie Corona, 2B: 0-for-4, R

Pitching:
Ivan Nova (W, 1-0): 6.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 5 BB, 7 K, WP (1.88 ERA)
Mark Melancon: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (2.25 ERA)
Jonathan Albaladejo (S, 4): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K (1.00 ERA)

Pitches-strikes: Nova 95-58, Melancon 38-22, Albaladejo 13-11.
Groundouts-flyouts: Nova 8-3, Melancon 1-0, Albaladejo 1-0.

(Double-A) Trenton (9-6) beat Portland (7-8) 9-1: Box Score - Recap

Batting:

Austin Krum, CF: 1-for-5, R

David Adams, 2B: 1-for-5

Austin Romine, C: 1-for-3, 2B, 2 BB, 2 R

Brandon Laird, 3B: 1-for-4, HR, 4 RBI, BB, 2 R

Damon Sublett, LF: 1-for-5, RBI, R

Reid Gorecki, DH: 3-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI, R

Kevin Smith, 1B: 2-for-4, 2B

Daniel Brewer, RF: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI

Luis Nunez, SS: 2-for-3, 2B, BB, 2 R

Pitching:
D.J. Mitchell (W, 2-1): 6 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 5 K (3.07 ERA)

Wilkins Arias: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K (2.45 ERA)

Josh Schmidt: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K (0.93 ERA)

Grant Duff: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, WB (2.25 ERA)

Groundouts-flyouts: Kelly, C 5-1, Lawson 3-5, Rice 1-0, Mitchell, D. 8-4, Arias 2-0, Schmidt 0-1, Duff 1-2.

(High-A) Tampa (9-7) beat Daytona (6-10) 11-3: Box Score - Recap

Batting:
Abraham Almonte, RF: 1-for-3, BB, 2 R

Walter Ibarra: 1-for-5, R, HBP

Jose Pirela, 2B: 1-for-3, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R

Bradley Suttle, 3B: 2-for-5, 2B, R

Melky Mesa, CF: 2-for-5, 2 RBI, R

Mitch Abeita, C: 1-for-3, 2 BB, R

Myron Leslie, 1B: 1-for-4, RBI, BB, R

Jack Rye, LF: 3-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI, R

Addison Maruszak, DH: 2-for-5, 2 2B, RBI, R

Pitching:
Daniel Kapala: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, HB (2.77 ERA)

Brad Rulon (W, 1-0): 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K (1.29 ERA)

Tim Norton: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K (0.00 ERA)

Pat Venditte: 2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K (2.19 ERA)

Jonathan Ortiz: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K (1.69 ERA)

Groundouts-flyouts: Kapala 4-1, Rulon 3-1, Norton 2-4, Venditte 3-2, Ortiz, J 1-1.

(Low-A) Charleston (6-10) beat Hickory (8-8) 6-3: Box Score - Recap

Batting:
Zolio Almonte, CF: 1-for-4, IBB

Deangelo Mack, LF: 1-for-5, RBI

Luke Murton, 1B: 1-for-5, HR, RBI, R

Robert Lyerly, DH: 3-for-4, BB, R, SB (1)

Kyle Higashioka, C: 2-for-4, BB, R

Jimmy Paredes, 2B: 3-for-5, RBI, R

Taylor Grote, RF: 2-for-5, HR, RBI, R

Garrison Lassiter, 3B: 0-for-3, BB

Kelvin Castro, SS: 1-for-3, 2 RBI, BB, R

Pitching:

Shaeffer Hall (W, 1-0): 5.2 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, HB, (0.71 ERA)

Ronny Marte: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K (6.00 ERA)

Michael Solbach: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K (1.13 ERA)

Ryan Flannery (S, 4): 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K (3.86 ERA)

Groundouts-flyouts: Hall 4-6, Marte, R 1-1, Solbach 1-0, Flannery 1-1,