DotF: Murphy, Sanchez, and Fowler all homer on a busy night

Got a bunch of notes to start the nightly recap:

In case you missed it earlier, C/1B/OF Peter O’Brien and RHP Luis Severino will represent the Yankees at the Futures Game next month. Seems like O’Brien got the nod over OF Aaron Judge simply because Team USA needed a third catcher and another first baseman.
OF Slade Heathcott is done for the season following his latest knee surgery, VP of Baseball Ops Mark Newman confirmed to Chad Jennings. The kid just can’t stay on the field. Slade will have played 230 of 576 possible games from 2011-14 by time the season ends.
Newman also confirmed IF Dean Anna has been activated off the Triple-A DL and LHP Nik Turley will join the RailRiders’ rotation on Thursday, says Jennings. Donnie Collins reports RHP Diego Moreno has also been activated and RHP Heath Bell was released. Good thing everyone freaked when they signed him.
LHP Dan Camarena has been promoted from High-A Tampa to Double-A Trenton, according to Nick Peruffo. The knows how to pitch southpaw had a 2.72 ERA (3.78 FIP) in 76 innings for Tampa. I’ve always been a fan.
And finally, remember RHP Jose Mesa Jr.? He was the Yankees’ 24th round pick back in 2012, but apparently he had some kind of surgery and has not pitched. Well, based on his Twitter feed, Mesa will make his debut on Thursday. Neato.

Triple-A Scranton (7-5 loss to Rochester)

LF Jose Pirela: 1-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — second straight game with a homer and third in his last five games
2B Rob Refsnyder: 0-2, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K
C John Ryan Murphy: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 K — 6-for-17 (.353) with four doubles and a homer since being sent down
3B Scott Sizemore: 1-4, 1 K
DH Kyle Roller: 0-4, 3 K
SS Dean Anna: 1-4, 1 E (fielding)
1B Austin Romine: 0-3, 1 BB — first career game at first base
RHP Bruce Billings: 6 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 7/6 GB/FB, 1 E (fielding) — 62 of 93 pitches were strikes (67%)
RHP Preston Claiborne: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 19 of 36 pitches were strikes (53%), though one of the walks was intentional … he left the game with the trainer for an unknown reason, which is kind of a big deal because he’s the spare reliever who gets the call whenever an arm is needed

Double-A Trenton (6-3 loss to Bowie)

CF Mason Williams: 0-5, 1 K, 1 CS
C Gary Sanchez: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K — second homer in his last five games
DH Peter O’Brien: 0-4, 3 K
RF Tyler Austin: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K — quietly 12-for-37 (.324) with three doubles and a triple in his last ten games
LHP Daniel Camarena: 4.2 IP, 11 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 3/4 GB/FB — 47 of 73 pitches were strikes (65%)
LHP Tyler Webb: 2.1 IP, 3 H, R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 HBP, 3/1 GB/FB — 20 of 34 pitches were strikes (59%)
LHP Fred Lewis: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 3/0 GB/FB — nine of 12 pitches were strikes

High-A Tampa (4-3 win over Clearwater)

CF Jake Cave: 1-5, 1 R, 2 K
SS Cito Culver: 0-5
1B Greg Bird: 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 K — 13-for-33 (.394) with seven doubles, seven walks, and seven strikeouts in his last ten games
3B Dante Bichette Jr.: 0-2, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K — 36 walks in 73 games this year after 43 in 114 last year and 44 in 122 the year before
RF Aaron Judge: 1-4, 2 K — 5-for-21 (.238) in his first six games since the promotion
RHP Jaron Long: 5.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 8/4 GB/FB — the hitting coach’s kid has a 2.12 ERA in 68 total innings this season

Low-A Charleston Game One (6-1 win over Savannah in seven innings) makeup of yesterday’s rainout

RF Michael O’Neill: 1-2, 2 R, 1 BB
SS Tyler Wade: 2-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB — 12 walks and seven strikeouts in his last nine games
CF Dustin Fowler: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI — 17-for-42 (.405) with six doubles, one triple, and three homers in his last ten games
3B Miguel Andujar: 2-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 E (fielding)
2B Gosuke Katoh: 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI — 11-for-32 (.345) in his last nine games
LHP Caleb Smith: 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2/2 GB/FB — 24 of 37 pitches were strikes (65%) … he missed about two weeks with a minor unknown injury, so they’re easing him back in
LHP Omar Luis: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2/2 GB/FB — 31 of 48 pitches were strikes (65%)

Low-A Charleston Game Two (2-0 loss to Savannah in seven innings)

RF Michael O’Neill, CF Dustin Fowler & 3B Miguel Andujar: all 0-3 — Fowler and Andujar both struck out twice
SS Tyler Wade: 1-3, 1 K, 1 SB
2B Gosuke Katoh: 0-2, 2 K, 1 E (pickoff)
RHP Rookie Davis: 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 8/2 GB/FB — 56 of 83 pitches were strikes (67%)

Short Season Staten Island (4-0 win over Aberdeen)

CF Devyn Bolasky: 2-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
1B Chris Breen: 1-4, 1 R
2B Ty McFarland & RF Austin Aune: both 2-4, 1 2B — McFarland scored a run and drove in two … Aune drove in a run, struck out, and got picked off first
LF Nathan Mikolas: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 CS
SS Thairo Estrada: 1-4, 1 R, 2 K, 1 SB
RHP David Palladino: 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, 1 WP, 7/1 GB/FB — the 6-foot-8, 235-pounder came into this start with eight walks and seven strikeouts in 7.1 innings
LHP Rony Bautista: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2/1 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks1 (8-7 win over GCL Phillies in ten innings, walk-off style)

SS Jorge Mateo: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 K, 1 E (fielding) — 7-for-20 (.350) with four steals in four games
3B Drew Bridges: 1-5, 1 RBI, 2 K
2B Angelo Gumbs: 1-5, 2 K
DH Luis Torrens: 3-5, 1 RBI
CF Leonardo Molina: 0-3, 1 R, 2 BB, 2 K — 2-for-15 (.133) in four games
1B Dalton Smith: 2-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB
RF Dominic Jose: 3-5, 1 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 2 K — walk-off single for this year’s 24th rounder
RHP Luis Niebla: 3.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, 1 Balk, 1/2 GB/FB
RHP Dayton Dawe: 2 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HB, 3/1 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks2 (12-11 loss to GCL Braves in eleven innings, walk-off style)

2B Junior Valera: 3-5, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
SS Angel Aguilar: 1-6, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 2 K
1B Jake Hernandez: 3-6, 2 R, 3 RBI — signed as an undrafted free agent as a catcher
LF Anderson Feliz: 1-4, 1 RBI, 2 K
PH-LF Frank Frias: 1-2, 1 R, 1 2B — signed for only $7,500 last summer but has done nothing but hit since turning pro (.304/.434/.433 in the Dominican Summer League last season)
RF Wilmer Romero: 4-6, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 K — threw a runner out at third