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River Ave. Blues ยป DotF: Murphy homers in Scranton’s win

DotF: Murphy homers in Scranton’s win

July 31, 2014 by Mike 179 Comments

Thursday Night Open Thread
Thoughts following the trade deadline

Following today’s trade deadline activity, Brian Cashman told reporters 2B Rob Refsnyder will remain at second base for the remainder of the season. No more experimenting in right field. Happy to hear it.

Triple-A Scranton (8-3 win over Gwinnett)

  • LF Jose Pirela: 3-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 2 RBI
  • 2B Rob Refsnyder: 2-5, 1 R, 2 RBI
  • 1B Austin Romine: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 K
  • C John Ryan Murphy: 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI – pleasantly surprised that is still with the team following the trade deadline
  • RHP Bruce Billings: 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 3/8 GB/FB — 60 of 96 pitches were strikes (63%)
  • RHP Matt Daley: 1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HB, 0/3 GB/FB — 11 of 18 pitches were strikes (61%)

Double-A Trenton (2-1 win over Portland)

  • RF Jake Cave: 2-4, 1 BB, 1 K — 14-for-26 (.538) with a double, two triples, a homer, four walks, and four strikeouts in his last six games
  • LF Ben Gamel: 1-3, 1 BB
  • C Gary Sanchez: 1-4, 1 K
  • CF Mason Williams: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 K
  • RHP Jaron Long: 6.2 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 1 WP, 6/4 GB/FB — 70 of 103 pitches were strikes (68%) … 95/15 K/BB in 105 innings this year … he’s had a remarkable season for an undrafted free agent
  • RHP Danny Burawa: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1/0 GB/FB — 11 of 21 pitches were strikes (52%)
  • RHP Mark Montgomery: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 17 of 28 pitches were strikes (61%) … instead of coming up to help out the MLB bullpen in the second half, he and Burawa pitched themselves back to Trenton

High-A Tampa (7-3 loss to Charlotte)

  • 1B Greg Bird: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K
  • DH Aaron Judge: 1-3, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — back-to-back games with a double after going 14 straight games without an extra-base hit
  • 3B Eric Jagielo: 2-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 K — 7-for-17 (.412) in his last five games
  • 2B Angelo Gumbs: 0-4, 3 K
  • SS Cito Culver: 0-3, 1 BB, 2 E (both throwing)
  • LHP Miguel Sulbaran: 7 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 9/5 GB/FB

Low-A Charleston (1-0 loss to Hagerstown) they got shut down by Nationals RHP Lucas Giolito, arguably the best pitching prospect in all the land

  • CF Mark Payton & SS Abi Avelino: both 0-4, 2 K
  • DH Tyler Wade: 2-4, 1 2B, 2 K — 14-for-41 (.342) in his last nine games
  • 3B Miguel Andujar & LF Michael O’Neill: 0-3 — O’Neill struck out
  • 2B Gosuke Katoh: 1-2, 1 BB, 1 K
  • LHP Chaz Hebert: 7 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 7/6 GB/FB — 54 of 77 pitches were strikes (70%) … losses don’t get much tougher

Short Season Staten Island (11-4 loss to Lowell)

  • C Luis Torrens: 1-5, 1 RBI — stuck in a little 3-for-19 (.158) slump
  • 2B Ty McFarland: 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB
  • 1B Connor Spencer: 1-4, 3 K, 1 E (throwing)
  • RF Austin Aune: 0-3, 2 K, 1 E (fielding) — threw a runner out at third
  • RHP Dillon McNamara: 3.1 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 6/1 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks1 (4-3 loss to GCL Yanks2) going to lump the two teams together into one update

  • 2B Junior Valera: 0-3, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
  • DH Ericson Leonora: 3-4, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
  • SS Angel Aguilar: 0-5, 1 K
  • LF Frank Frias: 0-5
  • RF Wilmer Romero: 2-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB — second homer in the last nine games
  • CF-RF Jose Figueroa: 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K, 3 SB
  • CF Leonardo Molina & 3B Drew Bridges: both 0-3 — Bridges drew a walk and struck out twice
  • DH Alex Palma: 0-4
  • C Kyle Higashioka: 0-2, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K
  • RHP Branden Pinder: 2 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 3/1 GB/FB — still working his way back from the groin injury … I have to think he’ll move back up Triple-A Scranton soon, this is already his fifth appearance here
  • RHP Austin DeCarr: 1 WP, 3/2 GB/FB — 18/5 K/BB in 14 pro innings for this year’s third rounder
  • LHP Orby Tavares: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 2/1 GB/FB
  • RHP Christopher Cabrera: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 2/0 GB/FB — 17/10 GB/FB in 14.1 innings
Thursday Night Open Thread
Thoughts following the trade deadline

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