Josh Norris chatted with Nardi Contreras briefly, who talked about who might be going to the Arizona Fall League this year. We’re still waiting for part two of the interview, but check it out anyway.
Triple-A Scranton (7-4 loss to Toledo)
Kevin Russo, LF-2B: 3 for 5, 2 R – 14 for his last 42 (.333)
Eduardo Nunez, SS: 0 for 0 – left the game after fouling a ball of his face in the very 1st inning
Greg Golson, PH-RF: 2 for 5, 2 2B, 1 K – 13 for his last 39 with four doubled, a triple & three homers
Jesus Montero, C: 1 for 5, 1 RBI, 1 K – 15 for his last 35 (.429)
Juan Miranda, 1B, Jorge Vazquez, DH, Brandon Laird, 3B & Eric Bruntlett, 2B-SS: all 1 for 4 – Miranda K’ed … JoVa drove in a run & K’ed … Laird K’ed twice … Bruntlett hit a solo jack & K’ed twice
Colin Curtis, CF: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K – three homers in his last nine games after hitting just one in his first 59 games
Chad Huffman, RF-LF: 0 for 4, 2 K
Lance Pendleton: 5 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 2-6 GB/FB – 55 of 91 pitches were strikes (60.4%)
Zack Segovia: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1-3 GB/FB – 24 of 35 pitches were strikes (68.6%)
Amaury Sanit: 1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 1-1 GB/FB – 15 of 22 pitches were strikes (68.2%)
Double-A Trenton (3-2 win over Harrisburg)
Justin Christian, LF & Edwar Gonzalez, DH: both 0 for 4 – Christian walked & came around to score … Edwar K’ed twice
Austin Krum, CF: 0 for 3, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
Dan Brewer, RF: 1 for 4, 1 2B, 1 K – 13 for his last 33 (.394) with two doubles & a homer
Rene Rivera, C: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB
Corban Joseph, 2B: 1 for 2, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 SB – 21 BB & 20 K since the start of July
Marcos Vechionacci, 1B & Matt Cusick, 3B: both 2 for 4, 1 K – Vech drove in a run
Justin Snyder, SS: 0 for 2, 2 BB, 1 K – 46 BB, 35 K this year
Hector Noesi: 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 9 K, 7-5 GB/FB – 71 of his 96 pitches were strikes (74%) … very nice rebound, he got smacked around a bit the last few times out … 133-24 K/BB ratio in 135.2 IP this year
J.B. Cox: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 2-1 GB/FB
Ryan Pope: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 3-0 GB/FB – six runs allowed in his last 5.1 IP
High-A Tampa
Game One (5-2 win over Daytona in 7 innings) makeup of a July 3rd rain out
Ray Kruml, LF: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI
Jose Pirela, SS: 4 for 4, 3 RBI – 14 for his last 40 (.350)
Bradley Suttle, 3B: 2 for 3, 1 2B, 1 BB – 13 for his last 36 (.361)
Melky Mesa, CF & Zoilo Almonte, RF: both 0 for 2 – Mesa drove in a run & K’ed … Almonte walked
Addison Maruszak, 1B & Jack Rye, DH: both 0 for 3
Mitch Abeita, C: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 K
Walt Ibarra, 2B: 2 for 3, 2 R
Graham Stoneburner: 7 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 9-5 GB/FB – like Noesi, the last few weeks weren’t kind to him, so it’s good to see him get back on track … 129-30 K/BB ratio in 133 IP
Game Two (1-0 win over Daytona in 7 innings)
Ray Kruml, LF, Myron Leslie, 1B & Jose Gil, C: all 1 for 2 – Kruml drew a walk, stole a base & got caught stealing … Leslie scored the only run on a suicide squeeze
Walt Ibarra, 2B: 0 for 1, 1 RBI
Everyone Else: combined 0 for 11, 3 BB, 5 K, 1 SB, 1 CS
John Van Benschoten: 4 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 7-4 GB/FB
Pat Venditte: 3 IP, zeroes, 5 K, 3-1 GB/FB – he’s 29th in the league with 78 strikeouts despite being a reliever
Low-A Charleston (8-4 win over Hickory)
Slade Heathcott, CF: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 3 K – got picked off first … he’s six for his last 12 with four walks
Kelvin Castro, SS: 0 for 4, 1 R, 2 K
J.R. Murphy, C: 2 for 5, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 K, 2 PB – he’s absolutely en fuego right now … 11 for his last 20 with a double & three homers
Rob Lyerly, DH & Neil Medchill, LF: both 1 for 5, 1 R, 2 K – Lyerly doubled & drove in a run
Luke Murton, 1B: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K
Kevin Mahoney, 3B: 3 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 E (fielding) – he’s the new Chris Malec
Emerson Landoni, 2B: 2 for 4, 1 2B, 1 E (missed catch) – got picked off first
Francisco Santana, RF: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 3B
Brett Marshall: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 5 K, 9-1 GB/FB – love the grounders … his strikeout rate is up more than one full K/9 since last year, pre-Tommy John surgery
Ben Watkins: 3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 4-4 GB/FB
Gabriel Tatis: 1 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 2-0 GB/FB
Short Season Staten Island (6-5 win over Tri-City)
Kelvin Duran, CF: 0 for 5, 4 K – he’s now 0-for-9 with 7 K with SI
Shane Brown, 3B: 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K, 2 E (fielding, throwing) – I didn’t even know he could play the hot corner, but then again he might not be able to be, judging by the errors
Kyle Roller, DH: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K
Kelvin DeLeon, RF: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 K – threw a runner out at the plate
Garrison Lassiter, 1B: 0 for 2, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K – five more walks than last year in 60 fewer plate appearances
Jose Mojica, SS: 0 for 4, 1 K, 3 E (all throwing) – just one for his last 23 (.043)
Mike Ferraro, LF: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI – first career homer
Nick McCoy, C: 2 for 4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 K,1 SB – eight for his last 20
Luis Parache, 2B: 1 for 3, 1 2B, 1 BB
Zach Varce: 5.2 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 1 WP, 4-4 GB/FB – opponents are hitting over .310 off him
Michael Recchia: 1.1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1 WP, 0-2 GB/FB
Preston Claiborne: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 0-2 GB/FB
Chase Whitley: 1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 2 WP, 1-0 GB/FB – moved the tying to run to third with back-to-back wild pitches, but stranded him there
Rookie GCL Yanks had a scheduled off day.
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