Charleston’s offense stays hot, but they lose again anyway

The uninspiring Austin Jackson was named the Eastern League Offensive Player of the Week thanks to his .643 BA. Phil Coke was named EL Pitcher of the Week. Allowing 5 hits with 21 strikeouts in 14 IP will earn you that honor. Brian Baisley won NY-Penn League Offensive Player of the Week honors, but he’s the oldest position player in the league, roughly 6 years older than league average.

TPA posted their Midseason Top 10 Yankees’ Prospects. Hard to argue with that list, very well put together.

Remember, the number in parenthesis following a player’s name is the round he was selected in if he was an ’08 draftee.

Triple-A Scranton (6-4 win over Richmond)
Alberto Gonzalez & Nick Green: both 0 for 4, 1 K
Eric Duncan: 0 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K
Matt Carson: 2 for 4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K – threw a runner out at come from CF … OPS’ing over .860 this year
Juan Miranda: 0 for 4, 2 K
Cody Ransom: 1 for 3, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K – 17 homers this year
Ben Broussard: 2 for 3, 2 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB
Chris Stewart: 3 for 4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 SB
Kei Igawa: 7 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 7-10 GB/FB – 69 of 107 pitches were strikes (64.5%)
Chris Britton: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K – 10 of 11 pitches were strikes (90.9%)
Billy Traber: 0.1 IP, zeroes
Steven Jackson: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

Double-A Trenton (9-6 win over New Hampshire)
Reegie Corona & Colin Curtis: both 2 for 5, 1 R – Corona drew a walk
Ramiro Pena: 1 for 5, 2 K, 1 E (throwing)
Austin Jackson: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Chris Malec & PJ Pilittere: both 2 for 5, 2 R – Malec drove in a run … PJ doubled, drove in 2 & allowed just his second passed ball of the year
Cody Ehlers: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 BB
Edwar Gonzalez: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K – 8 for his last 38 (.211)
James Cooper: 1 for 4, 2 K
George Kontos: 3 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 5 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 2-4 GB/FB – handed a 5 run lead before he even took the mound, but he flushed it away in less than 3 innings
Anthony Claggett: 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 4-1 GB/FB
Zack Kroenke: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1-3 GB/FB
Mike Gardner: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 2 WP – lacking a feel for his pitches tonight … I guess
Jose Valdez: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

High-A Tampa was rained out. They’ll make it up either tomorrow or Wednesday.

Low-A Charleston (10-9 loss to Greensboro)
Austin Krum & Carmen Angelini: both 2 for 5 – Krum doubled … Angelini homered & drove in 3
Bradley Suttle: 0 for 3, 2 K
Austin Romine: 0 for 5 – still 12 for his last 38 (.316)
Jesus Montero: 3 for 4, 2 R, 1 BB – 12 for his last 22 (.545)
Brandon Laird: 1 for 5, 2 R, 1 2B
Justin Snyder: 3 for 5, 4 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI – 13 for his last 21 (.619) with 4 doubles & a homer
David Williams: 1 for 5, 1 K
Taylor Holiday: 1 for 3, 2 RBI
Jairo Heredia: 5 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 1 HB, 5-4 GB/FB – having about as good a year as you could possibly ask for
Craig Heyer: 2 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 5-1 GB/FB – allowed back-to-back-to-back homers to cough up a 4-run lead
Chase Vacek: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

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Ray Kruml (11): 1 for 5, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 K
David Adams (3): 0 for 3, 1 BB
Brian Baisley: 1 for 3, 1 B, 1 K
Mike Lyon (24): 0 for 2, 2 BB, 2 E (fielding, throwing) – 19-16 K/BB ratio this year
Dan Brewer (8) & Taylor Grote: both 0 for 4 – Brewer K’ed thrice, Grote once … Grote was also caught stealing
Braedyn Pruitt & Mitch Abeita (19): both 2 for 4 – Pruitt missed a catch for an error … Abeita picked a runner off second
Addison Maruszack (17): 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K
Brandon Braboy (18): 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 2 HB, 6-3 GB/FB
Brad Rulon (34): 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K – 30 K in 22 IP
Tim Dennehy: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Pat Venditte (20): 0.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K – easily the worst outing for his young career
Dan Kapala: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 3-0 GB/FB

The GCL Scoreboard hasn’t been updated yet, so no stats for the Rookie GCL Yanks. Check back later, eventually the box score will be up.