Down on the Farm

Are you as psyched as me to see how the greatest lineup he’s ever faced treats Dice-K tonight?

Update: The Yanks have promoted RHP Eric Hacker to High-A Tampa from Low-A Charleston (surprising to me since Hacker missed 2006 with arm troubles). This is purely speculation on my part, but I think we may be seeing a certain 6′-9″ manchild take the hill for the River Dogs this week…

Triple-A Scranton (4-3 loss to Ottawa)
Kevin Reese: 1 for 3, 1 BB
Alberto Gonzalez: 0 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 K
Bronson Sardinha: 0 for 3, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 SB - geez, couldn’t even put the ball in play???
Shelley Duncan:  1 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB
Andrew Beattie: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI
Ben Kozlowski: 2.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 Balk – got the start because Friday’s doubleheader threw the regular rotation out of whack…
Ron Villone: 3.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 6-3 GB/FB – has pitched on 4 of the last 5 days, I guess Torre’s managing this team too…
TJ Beam: 2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 B, 1 K – his stock is pretty low right now…

Double-A Scranton (7-4 win over Binghamton)
Brett Gardner: 0 for 3, 1 BB – .204-.295-.352-.647, ugh…
Ramiro Pena: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 3B
Cody Ehlers: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 RBI – 6H, 4 RBI, 2 K in last 5 games
PJ Pilittere: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 PB – catcher ripping a triple…nice
Justin Christian: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 SB
Matt Carson: 2 for 4, 1 R, 2 RBI
Jason Jones: 5 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 9-2 GB/FB – 4.33 GB/FB ratio this year…
Phil Thorp: 2.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Gerardo Casadiego: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

High-A Tampa had a scheduled off day.

Low-A Charleston (4-2 win over Savannah)
Mitch Hilligoss: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 E (throwing) – error total up to 8 in 18 games
Chris Malec: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 E (fielding)
Seth Fortenberry: 1 for 3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Brian Baisley: 2 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Josue Calzado: 0 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 K – threw a runner out at home from RF
Jose Gil: 2 for 4, 1 2B
Grant Duff: 7 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 12-7 GB/FB
Jon Hovis: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K – oh snap, 7.1 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 10 K, 3 saves this year

Man, how about that Cain kid?