Notes:
Nothing much to report on the minor league front.
Scranton (19-15) (Won a crazy one over Worcester, 9-7, in ten innings.)
3B George Lombard Jr.: 1-for-3, 3 BB, K
Since promotion: 5-for-23 (.217), though he has walked eight times (.438 OBP). He is still searching for his first extra-base hit.
SS Anthony Volpe: 0-for-6, R, K
Oof. In 15 games between here and Somerset, he is hitting only .241/.300/.315 with a double and a home run.
CF Spencer Jones: 1-for-5, 2B (7), RBI, 2 R, BB, 2 K
.258/.366/.592 in 142 PA (7 doubles, 11 HR, 41 RBI, 25 R, 7-for-9 SB, 12.7% BB, 32.4% K). He is on an 8-game hitting streak (12-for-35; 1 double, 6 HR, 15 RBI). During his streak, his K% is 28.9%.
RF Yanquiel Fernandez: 4-for-5, 2B (4), 2 HR (8), 5 RBI, 3 R, K
His home run with two outs in the top of the 9th gave Scranton the lead, but they blew it in the bottom half. This is his second multi-HR game this season, and he is hitting .259/.298/.517 in 124 PA. Yeah, taking walks has never been a plus tool.
DH Oswaldo Cabrera: 1-for-4, RBI, R, BB, K
Cabrera has a modest 8-game on-base streak that has increased his triple slash from .146/.202/.244 to .211/.287/.321.
C Ali Sanchez: 1-for-4, BB, 2 K
PR-LF Duke Ellis: 0-for-0, R, SB (13)
1B Ernesto Martinez Jr.: 1-for-3, 2B (5), 2 RBI, CS (1), 2 BB
.268/.333/.526 in 108 PA.
2B Jonathan Ornelas: 1-for-4, BB, K
LF Kenedy Corona: 0-for-3, R, BB, K
PH Seth Brown: 0-for-1
C Payton Henry: 0-for-0
RHP Carlos Lagrange: 4.1 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 8 K, 3 HR
Lagrange topped out at 99.9 MPH and averaged 97.4. After allowing eight home runs in 120 innings last year, he has allowed six in 28.1 innings this year. He owns a 4.76 ERA with a 38/17 K/BB.
RHP Carson Coleman: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
RHP Harrison Cohen: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
Last six appearances: 7.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 5 BB, 9 K. It has lowered his ERA from 12.60 to 4.97.
RHP Rafael Montero: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
RHP Bradley Hanner (W, 2-0): 1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
RHP Dylan Coleman (S, 1): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
Somerset (13-16) (Defeated Reading, 11-3. Several hitting streaks are active for the Patriots…)
CF Jace Avina: 4-for-6, 2 2B (7), 2 RBI, 2 R, SB (3), 2 K
Avina has a 7-game hitting streak (12-for-34; 4 doubles, 4 HR, 10 RBI). Before the streak: .162/.247/.382. Now: .225/.286/.529.
RF Garrett Martin: 3-for-6, 2 HR (10), 3 RBI, 2 R
Martin joins Spencer Jones in the double-digit home run club. He is the first Eastern League player to reach ten home runs this season.
LF Jackson Castillo: 1-for-4, 2B (3), R, 2 BB
Castillo starts his season with an 11-game hitting streak (17-for-43; .395). He has seven walks and seven strikeouts.
2B Marco Luciano: 2-for-5, 2B (8), HR (10), 3 RBI, 2 R, 2 K
Luciano has an 8-game hitting streak (14-for-30). Luciano joins Jones and Martin in the organization’s double-dight HR club and is the second Eastern League player to reach ten home runs this season.
1B Coby Morales: 0-for-5
One of the organization’s hottest hitters is the lone 0-for tonight. Baseball!
3B Tyler Hardman: 2-for-4, 2B (7), RBI, R, BB
Hardman has an 8-game hitting streak and five-game RBI streak.
DH DJ Gladney: 2-for-4, HR (2), RBI, R, SB (4), 2 K
Gladney has a 6-game hitting streak. He left the game after the dreaded “injury delay”….
PR-DH Duncan Pastore: 1-for-1, R
C Miguel Palma: 1-for-5, R, K
SS Owen Cobb: 1-for-5, SB (3)
RHP Cade Smith:(W, 2-1) 5.2 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, HR
Back-to-back solid efforts for Smith (6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 5 K last time out). Overall, he owns a 4.44 ERA over 24.1 innings (25 H, 12 R, 12 ER, 6 HR, 9 BB, 26 K)
RHP Ben Grable: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, HR
Between here and Hudson Valley: 11.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 HR, 2 BB, 22 K
RHP Chris Kean: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
RHP Eric Reyzelman: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, HR
Hudson Valley (15-13) (Mauled Winston-Salem, 11-1, in 7+ innings. Last night, I said they did not put on an offensive clinic. They reversed that this afternoon.)
2B Kaeden Kent: 2-for-3, RBI, 2 R, SB (9), 3 BB
Kent has hit safely in 14 of his last 15 games (21 of his 26 games this season). He is hitting .346/.421/.523 in 121 PA and is 4th in the Sally League in batting average. His strikeout percentage is an impressive 14.9%.
SS Core Jackson: 3-for-3, 2B (6), RBI, R, 2 BB
Your odds of scoring runs improve significantly when the first two hitters reach base ten times. Jackson is hitting .252/.352/.388 in 122 PA. He has been feast or famine this year, as he owns five 3+ hit efforts.
1B Kyle West: 1-for-5, 2 RBI, R, 2 K
C Eric Genther: 1-for-3, SF, RBI, R, BB, 2 K
3B Roderick Arias: 3-for-4, 2B (3), 4 RBI, R, BB, K
.241/.343/.333 in 102 PA (3 doubles, 1 triple, 1 HR, 17 RBI, 9 R, 10-for-11 SB, 9.8% BB, 30.4% K).
RF Wilson Rodriguez: 2-for-4, 2 RBI, BB
There is some bad BABIP luck in his profile (.238). Maybe this will start to change his fortunes around.
DH Josh Moylan: 0-for-4, R, BB, 4 K
CF Camden Troyer: 2-for-5, 2 R, SB (3)
LF Connor McGinnis: 2-for-4, 2 R, BB
RHP Luis Serna (W, 2-0): 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 5 BB, 7 K
Despite the walks, he kept runs off the board. Season: 1.67 ERA (27 IP, 14 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 0 HR, 11 BB, 31 K). He has allowed eight home runs in 204.1 career innings.
RHP Brady Kirtner: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
RHP Hansel Rincon: 1 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
RHP Tony Rossi: 0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K
I wrote “7+ innings ” above because the game was called due to rain after Rossi issued a walk in the top of the 8th.
Tampa (14-15) (Defeated Ft. Myers, 4-3)
3B Enmanuel Tejeda: 1-for-4, R, 2 SB (11), BB
Tejeda has a 22-game on-base streak that features 18 walks (he owns a 20% BB rate, which is also his strikeout rate).
SS Jackson Lovich: 3-for-4, 2B (8), 3B (2), RBI, R, BB
Lovich’s third straight multi-hit effort. That is how you raise your average from .227 (.766 OPS) to .278 (.904 OPS). Despite not homering, Lovich hit two balls further than 400 feet.
CF Brando Mayea: 0-for-3, BB, K
C Engelth Urena: 0-for-2, HBP, BB, K
2B Bryce Martin-Grudzielanek: 0-for-4, 2 K
1B Hans Montero: 3-for-3, SF, RBI, R, SB (9), CS (1)
Good news: Montero is hitting well (.295/.853 OPS) for the second straight season at this level. Bad news: It’s his third season at this level.
RF Willy Montero: 0-for-4
LF JoJo Jackson: 0-for-3, RBI, R, SB (5), BB, K
DH Greg Bozzo: 1-for-4, 2B (1), RBI, 3 K
Life as someone at the “bottom” of a Low-A roster: Bozzo went 2-for-4 with a home run on April 19th (his professional debut) and didn’t play again until tonight. Could there have been an injury? Sure. But I doubt it.
RHP Mac Heuer: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 2 K
Heuer averaged 95.5 MPH (peaked at 97.1)
RHP Jose M. Rodriguez: 2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
LHP Pedro Rodriguez: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
8.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 13 K
RHP Bryce Warrecker: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
LHP Parker Seay: (W, 3-0) 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K
FCL Yankees (3-0)
Day off.