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River Ave. Blues ยป Betances shows some improvement

Betances shows some improvement

July 25, 2008 by Mike 59 Comments

Yanks acquire Nady, Marte from Pittsburgh
But who's going to pitch the 8th inning?

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Triple-A Scranton (7-3 win over Rochester)
Bernie Castro: 1 for 5, 1 K
Alberto Gonzalez: 2 for 5, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K
Matt Carson: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K
Juan Miranda: 2 for 3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K – .969 OPS vs RHP … .455 vs LHB
Cody Ransom: 1 for 3, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Ben Broussard: 1 for 4, 1 RBI – couldn’t make it 3 straight with a homer
JD Closser: 2 for 4, 1 K
Chris Stewart: 3 for 4, 1 2B, 1 RBI – picked a runner off first with a snap throw
Nick Green: 0 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 K – threw a runner out at home from RF
Jeff Karstens: 5.2 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 3-6 GB/FB – 65 of 95 pitches were strikes (68.4%)
Steven Jackson: 0.1 IP, zeroes
Brian Bruney: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Billy Traber: 0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K – useless with Marte now on board … of course he was useless before that too
Chris Britton:2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 3-2 GB/FB

Double-A Trenton (2-1 loss to Portland)
Ramiro Pena: 1 for 3, 1 BB, 1 K
Edwar Gonzalez: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
James Cooper: 1 for 2, 1 RBI, 1 BB
rest of lineup: combined 0 for 21, 3 BB, 7 K – Joe Muich allowed a passed ball & committed a fielding error
Phil Coke: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K – so long Cokey
Eric Wordekemper: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
Kevin Whelan: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1-3 GB/FB
Anthony Claggett: 3 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 4-2 GB/FB – had allowed 1 ER since June 18th

High-A Tampa‘s game was postponed because someone forgot to the pay the Legends Field electric bill – they had a power outage. They’ve got tomorrow and Sunday to make it up.

Low-A Charleston (8-1 win over Hickory)
Abe Almonte: 0 for 4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K – the epic slump continues
Bradley Suttle: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B
Austin Romine, Justin Snyder & Carmen Angelini: all 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB – Romine drove in a run & K’ed … Snyder doubled, drove in a run & swiped a bag … Angelini committed a fielding error, his first in weeks
Jesus Montero: 2 for 4, 1 R, 2 RBI
Brandon Laird: 1 for 2, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB
Austin Krum: 1 for 4, 2 RBI
Dellin Betances: 7 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 1 HB, 7-7 GB/FB – 4 walks in his last 17 IP … improvement!
Jesse Hoover: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K
Gabe Medina: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Short Season Staten Island (6-4 loss to Brooklyn)
Ray Kruml (11): 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 RBI – he’s had the best pro debut of ’08 draftees, hands down
Steven Strausbaugh: 1 for 4, 1 R
Taylor Grote: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K – had been 3 for his last 22
Brian Chaves: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
rest of lineup: combined 0 for 14, 4 BB, 8 K – David Adams & Mike Lyon each drew a walk … Jahdiel Santamaria drew 2 walks & was caught stealing
Luke Greinke (12): 5 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 6-5 GB/FB
Jason Kiley: 2 P, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 WP
Dan Kapala: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 2-0 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks (7-6 loss to GCL Indians)
Jose Pirela, Neall French & Alvaro Ramirez: all 2 for 4, 1 R – French homered & drove in 2 … Ramirez K’ed twice
Chris Smith (5) & Chase Weems: both 0 for 3, 1 BB – Smith threw a runner out at home from LF … Weems swiped a bag & K’ed
Zoilo Almonte & Yunior Tabares: both 0 for 4 – Tabares K’ed
Spencer Lucian (31): 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Emerson Landoni: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 K
Chris Garcia: 2.2 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 5-0 GB/FB – stay healthy!
Manny Banuelos: 4 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 2 HB, 2-7 GB/FB
Mikey O’Brien (9): 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0-2 GB/FB – pro debut
Matt Richardson (15): 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K – ditto O’Brien’s comment

Yanks acquire Nady, Marte from Pittsburgh
But who's going to pitch the 8th inning?

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