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River Ave. Blues ยป R.J. Baker pulls a Chris Davis in Triple-A win

R.J. Baker pulls a Chris Davis in Triple-A win

June 4, 2012 by Mike 16 Comments

Yanks make RHP Ty Hensley their first-round pick
2012 First Round Draft Pick: Ty Hensley

C Gary Sanchez was named the Low-A South Atlantic League Offensive Player of the Week. He hit five homers and three doubles in seven games.

Triple-A Empire State (5-4 win over Norfolk in 13 innings) brutal few days for these guys, they played doubleheaders on both Saturday and Sunday and then went long this afternoon
LF Kevin Russo: 1-6, 1 RBI, 1 K — threw a runner out at second
2B Corban Joseph: 2-5, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 2 E (fielding) — third homer in six games since the promotion
RF Ronnie Mustelier, CF Colin Curtis & 3B Ramiro Pena: all 0-5 — Mustelier got hit by a pitch … Curtis walked and whiffed … Pena struck out
DH Jack Cust: 2-5, 2 R, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 2 K, 1 HBP — solo homer gave them the lead in the top of the 13th … three homers in the last two games and five homers in the last eight games
1B Brandon Laird: 2-6, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 K
C Frankie Cervelli: 3-6, 1 R, 2 2B, 1 K — 12 hits in his last 36 at-bats (.333)
SS Yadil Mujica: 1-5, 1 BB
RHP Dellin Betances: 5.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 6 BB, 6 K, 1 Balk, 7/1 GB/FB — 63 of 110 pitches were strikes (57.3%) … unraveled late, all the walks came in his last two innings
LHP Juan Cedeno: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1/1 GB/FB — nine of ten pitches were strikes
RHP Manny Delcarmen: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 0/3 GB/FB — 28 of 45 pitches were strikes (62.2%)
LHP Justin Thomas: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB — nine of 14 pitches were strikes
RHP Nelson Figueroa: 1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 13 of 21 pitches were strikes (61.9%) … came out of the bullpen on his throw day (threw 98 pitches on Saturday) to blow the save in the tenth
LHP Mike O’Connor: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 2/1 GB/FB — 12 of 20 pitches were strikes … like Figueroa, he came out of the bullpen on his throw day (threw 69 pitches on Saturday)
RHP R.J. Baker: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/2 GB/FB — 21 of 36 pitches were strikes (58.3%) … the third string catcher came out of the bullpen to get the win … this is his first appearance of the season, he hasn’t even gotten an at-bat yet!

Double-A Trenton (10-7 win over New Hampshire)
CF Abe Almonte: 2-5, 1 R, 2 SB — 21-for-25 in stolen base attempts (84.0%)
LF Jose Pirela: 3-4, 3 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB — 11 hits in his last 20 at-bats (.550) including two doubles and two dingers
2B David Adams: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
DH Cody Johnson: 0-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K — just three hits in his last 33 at-bats (.091) with 20 strikeouts
RF Zoilo Almonte: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 K — his grand slam in the fourth turned a one-run deficit into a three-run lead they would never relinquish
1B Luke Murton: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 K
3B Kevin Mahoney: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K, 2 E (throwing, fielding)
C Jose Gil: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K
SS Addison Maruszak: 1-4, 1 K
LHP Shaeffer Hall: 6 IP, 10 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 5/5 GB/FB — 72 of 101 pitches were strikes (71.3%)
RHP Ryan Flannery: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HB, 4/2 GB/FB — 24 of 31 pitches were strikes (77.4%)
RHP Preston Claiborne: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1/0 GB/FB — 11 of 14 pitches were strikes

High-A Tampa (2-1 win over St. Lucie in ten innings)
CF Ramon Flores & DH Kyle Roller: both 0-4, 1 K — Flores got hit by a pitch and threw out a runner at the plate … Roller drove in a run and walked
C J.R. Murphy: 3-5, 1 R, 1 K
RF Rob Segedin & 3B Zach Wilson: both 1-4, 1 BB — Segedin struck out
LF Neil Medchill: 0-5, 3 K
DH Tyson Blaser: 0-2, 1 R, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 SB, 1 HBP
2B Kelvin Castro & SS Jose Toussen: both 1-5 — Castro doubled twice, drove in the winning run in the tenth, struck out twice, and committed a fielding error … Toussen struck out once and got picked off first
LHP Matt Tracy: 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 10/4 GB/FB — beautiful
RHP Tommy Kahnle: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1/2 GB/FB — blew the save in the bottom of the ninth
LHP Rigoberto Arrebato: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

Low-A Charleston had a scheduled day off.

Yanks make RHP Ty Hensley their first-round pick
2012 First Round Draft Pick: Ty Hensley

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