Josh Towers was named International League Pitcher of the Week for the second time in the last four weeks. Dan McCutchen won it last week and Eric Hacker the week before, so that’s four straight weeks that someone with ties to the Yanks has won the award. Jairo Heredia took home Florida State League Pitcher of the Week honors.
I can’t believe I went almost the entire season without updating the standings. Better late than never, I guess. The standings on milb.com don’t get updated until the morning and I have no interest in figuring them out myself, so the standings below are coming into today and do not reflect tonight’s action.
Triple-A Scranton (7-2 loss to Buffalo) 71-54, 3.5 games up in the International League North Division … there’s 16 games left in their season
Kevin Russo, Eric Duncan & Chris Stewart: all 0 for 4, 1 K – Russo drew a walk
Ramiro Pena: 0 for 5, 1 K – 6 for his last 34 (.176)
Colin Curtis: 2 for 4, 1 R – played CF in place of Austin Jackson, who got his first day off in a month
Shelley Duncan: 1 for 1, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 HBP
John Rodriguez & Reegie Corona: both 1 for 3, 1 BB – J-Rod K’ed twice & threw a runner out at second from LF … Corona committed a throwing error
Yurendell DeCaster: 1 for 4, 2 RBI
Anthony Claggett: 5 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 7-5 GB/FB – 43 of 67 pitches were strikes (64.2%)
Zach Kroenke: 2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 0-2 GB/FB – 22 of 35 pitches were strikes (62.9%) … 7 ER allowed in his last 5 IP
Kevin Whelan: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K – 17 of 27 pitches were strikes (63%)
Edwar Ramirez: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 0-1 GB/FB – 8 of 14 pitches were strikes (57.1%)
Double-A Trenton (8-3 loss to New Hampshire) 63-63, 10 GB in the Eastern League Northern Division … they’re two games back of a Wildcard spot … 15 games left
Austin Krum, Eduardo Nunez & James Cooper: all 0 for 3 – Krum drove in a run, walked & K’ed … Nunez drew a walk & committed a throwing error
Matt Cusick: 1 for 4, 1 BB, 1 K
Noah Hall: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K
Chris Malec: 0 for 4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K – 64-42 K/BB ratio this year … that’s unusual for him, he’s always been a BB > K guy
Edwar Gonzalez: 2 for 5, 1 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 K
PJ Pilittere & RJ Baker: both 2 for 2 – PJ drew a walk & was lifted for an unknown reason
Marcos Vechionacci: 3 for 5, 2 RBI, 1 K
Zach McAllister: 3 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 3-3 GB/FB – Mike Ashmore said he was limited to about 95 pitches tonight, but only lasted 70
Eric Wordekemper: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 3-3 GB/FB
Humberto Sanchez: 2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 2-1 GB/FB – still hasn’t allowed an ER since July 25th
Jose Valdez: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1-0 GB/FB
High-A Tampa had a scheduled off day. They’re 70-51, 4.5 GB in the Florida State League North Division, but they’ve got a seven game lead for a playoff spot. Only 13 more games left in the season.
Low-A Charleston (7-2 win over Augusta in 10 innings) 62-61, 5.5 GB in South Atlantic League Southern Division … five more losses and they’ll be eliminated from the postseason … 15 games left
Jose Pirela: 2 for 6, 1 RBI, 2 E (both throwing)
Abe Almonte: 2 for 5, 1 RBI, 2 K
Corban Joseph, Melky Mesa & Mitch Abeita: all 1 for 4, 1 R – CoJo drew a walk … Mesa was hit by a pitch & K’ed three times … Abeita walked, drove in two & K’ed
Taylor Grote: 0 for 4, 1 BB, 3 K
Addison Maruszak: 0 for 3, 2 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
Trenton Lare: 7.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 11-4 GB/FB – 71-9 K/BB ratio in 72 IP
Charles Nolte: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 5-0 GB/FB
Short Season Staten Island 34-26, 5.0 GB in the New York-Penn League McNamara Divison … they have a 1.5 game lead in the Wildcard standings … 14 games left
Game 1 (7-6 loss to Oneonta in 11 innings, walk-off style) this was the completion of the August 9th game that was suspended due to rain with the score tied at six in the 11th inning
Emerson Landoni: 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 K
Zoilo Almonte: 3 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB – picked off first
Luke Murton & Buck Afenir: both 0 for 4 – Murton was hit by a pitch, scored a run & K’ed twice … Afenir drew a walk
DeAngelo Mack & Carmen Angelini: both 1 for 5 – Mack K’ed three times … Angelini scored a run, K’ed & committed a fielding error
Mike Lyon, Justin Milo & Chad Gross: all 1 for 4 – Lyon drew a walk, drove in a run, scored twice & K’ed … Milo doubled, drove in two, walked & K’ed … Gross walked, plated a run & K’ed three times
Francisco Rondon: 4 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 7 K, 2 WP, 1-4 GB/FB
Kelvin Perez: 5.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 4-8 GB/FB – one of the walks was intentional
Ben Watkins: 0.1 IP, zeroes, 1 K
Mike Solbach: 0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K – he allowed a hit & walked a guy before the game was suspended
Ryan Flannery: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 0-1 GB/FB – the walk was intentional … allowed one of Solbach’s inherited runners from three weeks ago to score for the loss
Game 2 (2-1 win over Oneonta in 7 innings)
Jimmy Paredes, Luke Murton, Kelvin Castro & Carmen Angelini: all 1 for 3 – Murton scored a run … Angelini drove one in
Zoilo Almonte: 0 for 3, 1 K, 1 SB – picked off second
DeAngelo Mack: 0 for 1, 2 BB
Neil Medchill: 0 for 2, 1 BB, 1 K – 3 for his last 19 (.158)
Kyle Higashioka: 1 for 1, 1 R, 2 BB – Shelley-esque
Emerson Landoni: 0 for 2, 1 BB, 1 SB
Sean Black: 4 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 6-4 GB/FB – Robert Pimpsner says 48 of 71 pitches were strikes (67.6%)
Ronny Marte: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 3-0 GB/FB, 1 E (throwing) – 13 of 22 pitches were strikes (59.1%)
Gavin Brooks: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1-0 GB/FB – 38 K in 35.1 IP
Rookie GCL Yanks (10-0 loss to GCL Tigers) 31-22, 4.0 games up in the Gulf Coast League North Division … just seven games left
Slade Heathcott: 1 for 3 – pro debut for the 2009 first rounder … read more about it here
Isaiah Brown: 1 for 1 – replaced Heathcott in CF once the score got out of hand
Frankie Cervelli: 0 for 3, 1 PB, 1 E (throwing) – still recovering from that sore hand … he caught seven innings
Jhorge Liccien & Kelvin DeLeon: both 0 for 1 – Liccien replaced Cervelli … DeLeon drew a walk & was replaced in the late innings of the blowout
JR Murphy: 2 for 4, 1 K – 6 for 15 (.400) in his four pro games … he played all nine innings since he was the DH
Judd Golson & Eduardo Sosa: both 1 for 2
Kevin Mahoney: 0 for 4, 3 K – 60 K in 167 AB, one every 2.78 AB … yikes
Jose Toussen & Mitch Delaney: both 1 for 4 – Toussen committed a pair of throwing errors … Delaney K’ed
Mikey O’Brien: 2.1 IP, 7 H, 8 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 0 K, 2-4 GB/FB – eek
Danny Gil: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 8-4 GB/FB
Manny Barreda: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 HBP, 0-1 GB/FB
And just for the sake of completeness, the Dominican Summer League Yanks1 team finished 31-37. Their season ended over the weekend and they did not qualify for the postseason. Meanwhile, the DSL Yanks2 are 47-23 and are a half-game up in the division. They’ve got two games left in their season, both against the team directly behind them.
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