Heathcott goes deep in Tampa win

CF Ravel Santana is day-to-day with some soreness in his ankle. No idea if it’s the same ankle he shattered last summer, but I would assume so.

Triple-A Empire State (13-8 win over Gwinnett)
CF Chris Dickerson: 1-4, 2 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 BB
3B Kevin Russo: 4-6, 2 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (fielding) — 18 hits in his last 35 at-bats (.514)
2B Corban Joseph: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (fielding) — seven hits in his last 23 at-bats (.304) with four doubles
DH Jack Cust: 0-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K
1B Brandon Laird: 3-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 BB — 16 hits in his last 39 at-bats (.410) with four doubles and two homers
LF Kosuke Fukudome: 0-5, 3 K
C Frankie Cervelli: 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
RF Cole Garner: 2-4, 3 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — the grand slam was his second homer in the last six games
SS Ramiro Pena: 2-5, 1 R, 1 K
RHP Ramon Ortiz: 5 IP, 8 G, 6 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HB, 6/4 GB/FB — 61 of 87 pitches were strikes (70%)
RHP Cory Wade: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 4/1 GB/FB — 31 of 50 pitches were strikes (62%)
RHP Danny Farquhar: 2 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 4/0 GB/FB — 11 of 14 pitches were strikes

Double-A Trenton (7-1 loss to Reading)
2B Jose Pirela: 1-4, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
3B Addison Maruszak & 1B Kevin Mahoney: both 0-4 — Mahoney drove in a run and struck out thrice
RF Zoilo Almonte & CF Melky Mesa: both 2-4 — Zoilo struck out and stole a base … Melky swiped two bags
DH Luke Murton: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K — six hits in his last 38 at-bats (.158), but all six have gone for extra-bases
LF Rob Segedin: 1-4, 1 K
C Jose Gil: 0-2, 1 K, 1 E (throwing)
SS Yadil Mujica: 0-3
RHP Mikey O’Brien: 6 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 4 BB, 6 K, 8/4 GB/FB — 65 of 103 pitches were strikes (63%) … shoulda walked two more guys just so I could have broken out the rare “sixes across the board”
LHP Lee Hyde: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 12 of 19 pitches were strikes
RHP Craig Heyer: 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 2 HB, 0/5 GB/FB — 23 of 41 pitches were strikes (56%)

High-A Tampa (5-3 loss to Bradenton)
CF Mason Williams: 2-4, 1 R, 1 K — 12 hits in his last 24 at-bats
LF Ramon Flores: 1-4
RF Adonis Garcia: 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB
DH Slade Heathcott & 3B Zach Wilson: both 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI — Slade struck out
1B Kyle Roller & C Kyle Higashioka: both 0-4 — Higgy struck out twice and picked a runner off second with a snap throw
2B Anderson Feliz: 0-2, 2 BB
SS Jose Toussen: 0-3
RHP Sean Black: 3 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 4/1 GB/FB — 32 of 53 pitches were strikes (60%)
LHP Kramer Sneed: 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 0 K, 4/0 GB/FB — just 21 of 47 pitches were strikes (45%) … 33/29 K/BB in 49.2 IP
RHP Tommy Kahnle: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 0/2 GB/FB — 18 of 25 pitches were strikes (72%)
RHP Branden Pinder: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0/1 GB/FB — 11 of 14 pitches were strikes

Low-A Charleston (8-5 win over Kannapolis)
2B Ali Castillo: 1-5, 1 R, 1 CS
SS Cito Culver, CF Ben Gamel & 3B Casey Stevenson: all 2-5 — Culver scored twice, stole a base, drove in a run, and struck out … Gamel scored twice and plated a run … Stevenson doubled, came around to score, and drove in three
1B Tyson Blaser: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 HBP
DH Dante Bichette Jr.: 3-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — nine for his last 28 (.321) with three doubles and a triple
RF Rob Refsnyder & LF Eduardo Sosa: both 1-4 — Sosa struck out and got caught stealing
C Francisco Arcia: 1-2, 1 RBI, 1 BB
RHP Bryan Mitchell: 4 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, 3/1 GB/FB — 86/52 K/BB in 83 IP
RHP Ben Paullus: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1/0 GB/FB
RHP John Brebbia: 2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 1 K0/1 GB/FB
RHP Pedro Guerra: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HB, 1/3 GB/FB

Short Season Staten Island (3-1 win over Brooklyn)
CF Taylor Dugas: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K
SS Claudio Custodio: 1-4, 1 R
DH Saxon Butler: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 K — they’ve hit 13 homers as a team and he has eight of them
1B Matt Snyder: 0-2, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP
C Peter O’Brien: 2-4, 1 2B, 1 K
3B Fu-Lin Kuo: 1-4, 2 E (both fielding)
RF Exicardo Cayones: 0-4, 1 K
2B Jose Rosario: 1-3, 1 R, 1 K
LF Danny Oh: 3-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 SB — nice night off the bench
LHP Evan Rutckyj: 7 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 7/8 GB/FB — the best start of his career and it’s not particularly close either
LHP James Pazos: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 4/1 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks (9-0 loss to GCL Pirates)
SS Eduardo Nunez: 1-3 — played seven innings in the field … SS Fernando Perez took over and struck out in his only at-bat
2B Walt Ibarra: 0-2 — played five innings in the field … 2B Francisco Rosario struck out and walked in his two trips to the plate
DH Austin Romine: 0-4, 1 K
RF Yeicok Calderon: 2-4, 1 2B, 2 E (both fielding)
LF Ericson Leonora: 0-4
CF Kelvin Duran, C Chris Breen & 3B Miguel Andujar: all 0-3 — Breen struck out and committed a pair of passed balls
1B Jorge Alcantara: 0-2, 1 BB
RHP Luis Niebla: 4 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 3/5 GB/FB
RHP Chaz Hebert: 3 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 3/1 GB/FB
RHP Kelvin Castro: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP
RHP Andury Acevedo: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
LHP Yoely Bello: 0.1 IP, zeroes, 0/1 GB/FB