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River Ave. Blues ยป DotF: Wagner and Amburgey go deep in Trenton’s win

DotF: Wagner and Amburgey go deep in Trenton’s win

August 10, 2018 by Mike Leave a Comment

Game 115: TGIF
Rangers 12, Yankees 7: Winning streak ends at four

Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (4-3 loss to Durham in ten innings, walk-off style)

  • 2B Tyler Wade: 0-5, 2 K — 3-for-27 (.111) in seven games since being sent down
  • DH Abi Avelino: 0-4
  • LF Ryan McBroom: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (fielding) — 11-for-27 (.407) during his seven-game hitting streak
  • 1B Mike Ford: 1-4, 1 K
  • SS Ronald Torres: 0-4
  • 3B Gio Urshela: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI — first homer since the trade and his first homer in 40 minor league games overall this year
  • LHP Nestor Cortes: 6.1 IP, 9 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 1 HR, 9/2 GB/FB — 71 of 102 pitches were strikes (70%)

Double-A Trenton Thunder (10-1 win over Harrisburg) they faced former Yankees farmhand and current Nationals RHP Jaron Long, who is apparently still kicking around the minors

  • 1B Brandon Wagner: 2-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — first homer in 14 games with Trenton after hitting 20 in 87 games with Tampa … to be fair, Arm & Hammer Park in Trenton is death on left-handed hitters
  • LF Trey Amburgey: 2-5, 2 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 2 K — 15 homers (in 103 games) are a new career high … he hit 14 in 121 games last year
  • CF Rashad Crawford: 2-5, 2 2B, 1 RBI — 7-for-23 (.304) during his six-game hitting streak
  • RHP Brian Keller: 6.2 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 8/2 GB/FB — 61 of 95 pitches were strikes (64%)

High-A Tampa Tarpons (10-8 win over Bradenton)

  • RF Estevan Florial: 2-6, 2 R, 2 2B, 2 K — has been in a 5-for-34 (.147) slump
  • SS Diego Castillo: 4-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 SB, 1 E (fielding) — had been in a 4-for-31 (.129) slump
  • LF Isiah Gilliam: 1-5, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 K
  • 2B Hoy Jun Park: 1-3, 2 RBI, 2 BB — 15 walks and seven strikeouts in his last 13 games
  • C Jason Lopez: 0-5, 1 RBI, 1 K — first game with Tampa after hitting .285/.330/.453 (123 wRC+) in 72 games with Charleston … the Yankees signed the 20-year-old backstop for $100,000 during their 2014-15 international spending spree
  • RHP Nick Green: 6.2 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 2 WP, 11/5 GB/FB — 67 of 105 pitches were strikes (64%) … fourth time in his last five starts that he allowed at least four runs

Low-A Charleston RiverDogs (6-4 win over Hagerstown)

  • SS Oswaldo Cabrera: 0-4
  • 1B Dermis Garcia: 2-4, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (missed catch) — had been in a 3-for-28 (.107) skid
  • 2B Wilkerman Garcia: 0-3
  • RHP Alex Mauricio: 5.2 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 3/5 GB/FB — 63 of 91 pitches were strikes (69%)

Short Season Staten Island Yankees (2-0 loss to Lowell)

  • SS Eduardo Torrealba: 2-4, 1 2B, 1 K — he had their only two hits
  • LF Canaan Smith: 0-4, 2 K
  • 2B Kyle Gray: 0-3, 1 K
  • RHP Juan De Paula: 5.1 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 5/1 GB/FB — 52 of 91 pitches were strikes (57%) plus he picked a runner off first … 2.19 ERA and 42/23 K/BB in 42.1 innings

Rookie Pulaski Yankees (9-5 win over Burlington)

  • C Anthony Seigler: 3-5, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 PB — here’s video of one of the singles … had been 5-for-25 (.200) in his seven games with Pulaski
  • CF Everson Pereira: 1-5, 1 RBI, 2 K, 1 CS
  • 2B Ezequiel Duran: 0-4, 1 BB, 1 K
  • 3B Nelson Gomez: 1-2, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 E (fielding) — 8-for-26 (.308) with two homers in his last seven games
  • RHP Luis Gil: 4 IP, 0 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 8 K, 2 WP, 2/4 GB/FB — 44 of 78 pitches were strikes (56%) … weird batting line … 1.57 ERA and 51/22 K/BB in 34.1 innings for the 20-year-old

Rookie GCL Yankees East Game One (7-2 loss to GCL Braves) completion of their August 1st game, which was suspended due to rain in the middle of the third inning

  • CF Ryder Green: 0-2 — played in the original game but not today … he hasn’t played at all since Monday, so he must be nursing something
  • CF Alexander Santana: 0-2
  • C Alex Guerrero: 0-4, 1 PB
  • RHP Juan Then: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 1/3 GB/FB — pitched in the original game, before the rain … 2.91 ERA and 35/12 K/BB in 41 innings for the 18-year-old

Rookie GCL Yankees East Game Two (6-4 loss to GCL Braves in seven innings)

  • DH Isaiah Pasteur: 2-3, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB — this year’s 13th rounder is hitting .350/.341/.675 in 14 pro games … big fan of those AVG > OBP batting lines
  • C Saul Torres: 0-3, 2 K — now 1-for-23 (.043) with nine strikeouts since being sent down to Pulaski
  • LF Alexander Santana: 1-3, 1 K, 1 CS
  • LHP Nestor Oronel: 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 2/0 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yankees West (6-5 win over GCL Tigers West, walk-off style)

  • CF Antonio Cabello: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 3 K — had the game-tying double in the ninth … 17-year-old is up to .316/.415/.551 in 38 games
  • SS Roberto Chirinos: 2-5, 1 RBI — walk-off single
  • RF Anthony Garcia: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — two homers in his last four games and four homers in his last 18 games … only 26 other players in the 18-team league have at least four homers on the season
  • RHP Leonardo Pestana: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 3/0 GB/FB
Game 115: TGIF
Rangers 12, Yankees 7: Winning streak ends at four

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