Rasner makes his case

Triple-A Scranton (3-0 win over Rochester)
Brett Gardner: 1 for 1, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 CS – picked off first
Juan Miranda, Jason Lane & Cody Ransom: all 1 for 4 – Miranda K’ed & extended his hitting streak to 7 games … Lane hit a solo jack & K’ed
Shelley: 0 for 4 – 2 for his last 22
Nick Green: 2 for 4, 2 K
Bernie Castro: 1 for 2, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 CS
Darrell Rasner: 8 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 10-9 GB/FB – 63 of 90 pitches were strikes (70%) for the man with a 0.72 ERA … I’ve been telling you since he was claimed off waivers, don’t sleep on D-Ras, he’s better than he gets credit for
Jose Veras: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

Double-A Trenton (5-4 loss to Binghamton, walk-off style)
Ramiro Pena: 0 for 4, 1 K
Austin Jackson: 1 for 4 – hitting .341 during his 10 game hit streak
Jose Tabata: 0 for 3 – 0 for his last 18 after going 6 for his previous 15
Colin Curtis: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K – 4 of his last 9 hits have gone for extras
Matt Carson & PJ Pilittere: both 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR – Carson drove in 2 & K’ed … Pilittere’s was a solo jack
Chris Malec & Reegie Corona: both 0 for 3, 1 K
Phil Coke: 6 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
Bo Hall: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K

High-A Tampa (6-0 loss to Clerwater)
Eduardo Nunez: 2 for 4 – picked off first
Mitch Hilligoss, Edwar Gonzalez & Josue Calzado: all 1 for 4 – Edwar doubled & K’ed … Calzado K’ed & committed a throwing error
rest of lineup: combined 0 for 15, 1 BB, 6 K, 1 E – shut down by the only guy who went to Philly in the Bobby Abreu trade that still has a chance to amount to something
Ryan Pope: 5 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 E (throwing), 3-8 GB/FB – picked a runner off first
Edgar Soto: 3 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

Low-A Charleston (7-2 win over Columbus)
Abe Almonte: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 SB – 2 homers yesterday, 2 steals today … gotta love it
Justin Snyder: 1 for 5, 1 K – well, at least he didn’t commit an error
Wady Rufino: 1 for 3, 1 2B, 2 K – left the game in what was called a defensive substitution, but how often do you replace your number 3 hitter in the 5th inning? … treachery (or injury) is afoot
Jesus Montero: 2 for 5, 1 R, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K – I know it’s only April, but could his full season debut be going any better?
David Williams: 1 for 5, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 1 CS
Austin Romine: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 K – breaks his string of 6 consecutive multi-hit games
Brandon Laird & Carmen Angelini: both 3 for 5, 1 R – Laird K’ed … Angelini doubled … hopefully this game kick starts Angelini a bit
Noel Castillo: 7 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 8-9 GB/FB
Jesse Hoover: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K – I wonder if Mr. Hoover has anything to say about this …