Down on the Farm (there, I wrote it out, happy now dan???)

Triple-A Scranton (4-3 loss to Charlotte, walk-off style)
Kevin Thompson: 2 for 3, 1 R, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB – 11 BB, 2 K in last 6 games
Kevin Reese: 2 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 CS – picked off first…twice
Andy Phillips: 0 for 4, 1 K – OPS still hovering around .900
Shelley Duncan: 0 for 2, 1 R, 2 BB, 2 K
Eric Duncan: 2 for 4 – hopefully that bruised thumb that was bothering him all year (supposedly) is healed, and he’ll take off
Alberto Gonzalez: 0 for 3, 1 RBI
Steven White: 6 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 9-6 GB/FB, 1 E (pickoff)
Ben Kozlowski: .2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K – gave up a walk-off bomb to a guy with a .336 SLG

Double-A Trenton (2-0 win over Reading)
Brett Gardner: 1 for 3, 1 BB
Cody Ehlers: 1 for 3, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K
Noah Hall: 2 for 4, 1 R – 10 for his last 25
Justin Christian: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SB
Aarom Baldiris & Jason Brown: both 1 for 3, 1 RBI – Baldiris got plunked, Brown walked
Jason Jones: 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 11-7 GB/FB – best start in over a month
Zach Kroenke: .2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K – first scoreless outing in 10 days
Mike Gardner: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

High-A Tampa will be off until Monday for the All-Star break.  

Low-A Charleston (6-2 loss to Augusta)
Kyle Anson: 0 for 1, 1 R, 3 BB, 1 K
Eduardo Nunez & Josue Calzado: both 2 for 4, 1 2B, 1 RBI – Nunez scored a run, Calzado threw a guy out at second
rest of lineup (including Hit Streak, A-Jax and Fortenberry): combined 0 for 23, 6 K, 3 E
Eric Hacker: 5 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 HB – back to Charleston now that King Kontos is back in Tampa
Garrett Patterson: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K – has now allowed at least 1 ER in 7 straight outings, and 8 of his last 9
Ferdin Tejeda: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K – don’t believe the hype

Yankee draftees in the College World Series
Isaiah Howes, LF, Louisville (12th rd): 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 K, 4 LOB (ouch) in Louisville’s 15-10 loss to Rice

UC Irvine did not play today, so there’s nothing to report for Taylor Holiday and Matt Morris. The Anteaters kick off their quest for the CWS Title tomorrow against Arizona State at 2pm EST.