6/24 Minor League Report - Laird Homers Twice, Drives In 7 For Trenton

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(Triple-A) Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (41-33) beat Pawtucket 5-1 (33-40) 7-6: Box Score - Recap

Batting:
Justin Christian LF: 2-for-3, IBB, SB (1)
Reid Gorecki CF: 0-for-3, RBI (19), BB
Eduardo Nunez SS: 2-for-4, 2B, RBI (35), R - average up to .320
Jorge Vazquez 1B: 1-for-4, RBI (7)
Jesus Montero C: 1-for-4 - now batting .235
Rene Rivera DH: 1-for-4, R
Reegie Corona 2B: 2-for-4, HR (5), 2 RBI (20), 2 R
Eric Bruntlett 3B: 1-for-3, 2B, R
Greg Golson RF: 0-for-3

Pitching:
Tim Redding (W, 2-3): 6.2 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K (3.89 ERA)
Zack Segovia (S, 3): 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K (4.98 ERA)

Pitches-strikes: Redding 106-72, Segovia 31-20.
Groundouts-flyouts: Redding 11-5, Segovia 2-5.


(Double-A) Trenton (44-27) beat Erie (31-41) 11-2: Box Score - Recap

Batting:
Daniel Brewer LF: 1-for-4, BB, 2 R
Austin Krum CF: 0-for-3, RBI (31), 2 BB, R
Austin Romine DH: 2-for-4, 2 RBI (39), BB, 2 R
Brandon Laird 3B: 3-for-5, 2 HR (18) including a grand slam, 7 RBI (76), 2 R - Leads all of professional baseball in RBIs
Matthew Cusick 2B: 0-for-5
Jose Gil C: 1-for-4, 2B, BB, R
Marcos Vechionacci 1B: 0-for-3, BB
Luis Nunez SS: 1-for-3, BB, R
Justin Snyder RF: 1-for-3, 2B, BB, 2 R

Pitching:
Hector Noesi (W, 4-1): 7 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 10 K (2.20 ERA)
Tim Norton: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K (0.00 ERA)
Wilkins Arias: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K (2.86 ERA)

Groundouts-flyouts: Noesi 4-6, Norton 0-1, Arias 0-1.

(High-A) Tampa (37-32) beat Clearwater (37-34) 5-2: Box Score - Recap

Batting:
Raymond Kruml LF: 0-for-4, BB
Jose Pirela SS: 3-for-3, RBI (30), BB, R
Corban Joseph 2B: 1-for-3, BB, R
Bradley Suttle DH: 1-for-3, 2B, RBI (33), BB
Melky Mesa CF: 0-for-3, BB
Zolio Almonte RF: 1-for-2, RBI (1), 2 BB, R, SB (1) - first game since being promoted from Charleston
Trent Lockwood 1B: 2-for-3, R
Myron Leslie PH-1B: 0-for-1
Mitch Abeita C: 1-for-3, BB
Walter Ibarra 3B: 1-for-3, HR (1), 2 RBI (6), R

Pitching:
Shaeffer Hall (W, 4-0): 6 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K (0.77 ERA)
Trenton Lare (H, 5): 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K (2.84 ERA)
Jonathan Ortiz (S, 14): 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K (2.28 ERA)

Groundouts-flyouts: Hall 10-2, Lare 3-2, Ortiz, J 0-2.


(Low-A) Charleston (31-39) lost to Greenville (37-34) 7-6: Box Score - Recap

Batting:
Slade Heathcott CF: 1-for-4, BB, R
JR Murphy DH: 2-for-5, 2B, RBI (20), R
Jimmy Paredes 2B: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI (25), 2 R, SB (25)
Robert Lyerly 1B: 1-for-4
Neil Medchill LF: 2-for-3, 2 RBI (2), SB (1) - first game since being demoted from Tampa
Kyle Higashioka: 1-for-4, HR (4), RBI (16), R
Deangelo Mack RF: 0-for-3, BB
Kelvin Castro SS: 0-for-4
Emerson Landoni 3B: 0-for-1, 3 BB, R, 2 SB (7)

Pitching:
Jario Heredia: 3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 1 K (4.50 ERA)
Francisco Gil: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K (1.59 ERA)
Ronny Marte: 0.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 K (3.73 ERA)
Ryan Acosta (BS, 3)(L, 4-2): 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, WP (4.94 ERA)

Groundouts-flyouts: Heredia 2-5, Gil 1-6, Marte, R 0-0, Acosta, R 5-1.


(Single-A Short-Season) Staten Island (2-4) lost to Aberdeen (3-4) 8-5: Box Score - Recap

Batting:
Eduardo Sosa CF: 2-for-5, 2B, 3B, 3 RBI (3)
Casey Stevenson 2B: 0-for-5
Shane Brown LF: 1-for-5
Kyle Roller DH 0-for-2, 2 BB, R
Kelvin De Leon RF: 1-for-4, R
Carlos Urena 1B: 1-for-4, 2 RBI (3)
Jose Mojica SS: 2-for-4
Garrison Lassiter 3B: 0-for-3, BB, R
Jeffrey Franham C: 3-for-4, 2 R

Pitching:
Sam Elam: 3.2 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 3 K, WP, 2 HB (7.36 ERA)
Matthew Jaernstad: 4.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K (0.00 ERA)
Preston Claiborne (L, 0-1): 1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K (3.86 ERA)

Groundouts-flyouts: Elam 4-2, Jernstad 3-3, Claiborne 0-0.


(Rookie) GCL Yankees (3-1) beat the GCL Tigers (2-2) 6-5: Box Score - Recap

Batting:
Anderson Felix 2B: 3-for-5, 2B, 3B, 3 R
Fu-Lin Kuo 3B: 2-for-5, RBI (3), R
Ramon Flores RF: 3-for-5, 2B, 3 RBI (4), R
Henry Pena LF: 0-for-4
Jose Toussen SS: 0-for-3, sac-fly, RBI (1)
Jhorge Liccien C: 0-for-4
Kyle Perkins DH: 0-for-2, 2 BB
Nathan Aron LF: HBP 0-for-3
Judd Golsan CF: 1-for-4, R

Pitching:
Charlyn Gerritse (W, 1-0): 5 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (5.40 ERA)
Mariel Checo (H, 1): 2.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, HB (3.38 ERA)
Joel Marte (S, 2): 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K (0.00 ERA)

Groundouts-flyouts: Gerritse 7-3, Checo 3-3, Marte, J 0-2.