Williams & Sanchez homer in Tampa win

LHP Francisco Rondon has been sent back down to Double-A Trenton, according to Josh Norris. The Thunder have six southpaws in their bullpen now.

Triple-A Scranton (5-0 win over Syracuse)

• CF Corey Patterson: 1-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K — threw a runner out at third
• C J.R. Murphy: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K — 13-for-33 (.394) with three doubles, two homers, four walks, and four strikeouts in his last nine games
• RF Fernando Martinez: 3-5, 1 2B, 2 RBI
• LF Thomas Neal: 1-4, 1 K
• RHP Jose Ramirez: 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 6/3 GB/FB — 37 of 63 pitches were strikes (59%) … easily his best outing at this level
• RHP Yoshinori Tateyama: 2 IP, zeroes, 3 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 18 of 23 pitches were strikes (78%)

Double-A Trenton (4-0 win over Erie)

• CF Slade Heathcott: 1-4, 1 R
• RF Tyler Austin: 1-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
• DH Andrew Clark: 3-4, 2 R, 2 HR, 2 RBI — he’s done nothing but mash since signing last week
• RHP Michael Pineda: 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 9/3 GB/FB — 53 of 78 pitches were strikes (68%) … had more on him earlier
• LHP Francisco Rondon: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 2/2 GB/FB — 26 of 41 pitches were strikes (63%) … 12 strikeouts in his last 6.1 innings at this level

High-A Tampa (10-3 win over Clearwater) game was completed a few outs early due to rain

• CF Mason Williams: 3-5, 3 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB — 14 hits in his last 36 at-bats (.389), so hopefully he’s turning it around
• 2B Rob Refsnyder: 2-4, 3 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K
• LF Ben Gamel: 2-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
• C Gary Sanchez: 3-6, 2 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 E (catcher interference) — second homer in as many days
• DH Peter O’Brien: 1-4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
• RHP Charley Short: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 1/3 GB/FB — 52/7 K/BB in 33.1 innings

Low-A Charleston (9-1 loss to Greenville)

• CF Jake Cave: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 SB
• SS Cito Culver: 1-4, 1 K, 1 SB
• DH Greg Bird: 1-2, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K — 51 walks in 68 games (16.8 BB%)
• 3B Dante Bichette Jr.: 0-4, 2 K, 1 E (throwing) — hitting .204/.285/.289 this year after hitting .248/.322/.331 last year, at the same level
• 2B Angelo Gumbs: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 CS
• LHP Evan Rutckyj: 3.1 IP, 9 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 5 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 6/0 GB/FB — 49 of 89 pitches were strikes (55%) … worst outing in a while, he’s been very good of late
• RHP Adam Smith: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 1/0 GB/FB — 18 of 32 pitches were strikes (56%) … 25th rounder in 2011 started pitching full time last year and has a nice little 21/5 K/BB in 21 innings this season

Short Season Staten Island‘s game was suspended not because of rain, but because the power went out in the stadium. They played four and and half innings before the lights went out. Not sure when they will complete the game, but there will be plenty of chances. Here’s the box score.

Rookie GCL Yanks1 (9-5 win over GCL Phillies)

• SS Tyler Wade: 2-3, 3 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 HBP, 1 SB — left the game after being hit by a pitch in the sixth, though he did stay in to run the bases
• 2B Gosuke Katoh: 3-5, 1 R, 1 2B — first multi-hit game, also his first non-homer base hits
• DH Chris Breen: 2-5, 2 R, 2 2B, 3 RBI
• RF Austin Aune: 2-5, 1 R, 2 K — 4-for-16 (.250) with eight strikeouts so far
• 3B Chris Tamarez: 2-5, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 E (fielding)
• RHP Hayden Sharp: 5 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 1 WP, 4/1 GB/FB — third year at the level, so maybe he is on the LHP Nik Turley path as another tall and raw high school arm
• RHP Taylor Morton: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2/1 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks2 (7-1 win over GCL Braves)

• CF Adonis Garcia: 2-4 — played seven innings as he works his way back from the broken wrist
• LF Nathan Mikolas: 2-4, 2 R, 1 SB
• RHP David Herndon: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0/1 GB/FB — second appearance for the Tommy John surgery rehabber
• LHP Rony Bautista: 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 8 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 5/2 GB/FB — dominant outing for the 6-foot-7, 200-pound 21-year-old