O’Brien dominates in Tampa win

Got some notes…

• According to Slade Heathcott, he will play his first game of the season with High-A Tampa on June 5th. Hooray for that.
• Dellin Betances got the sixth spot on this week’s Prospect Hot Sheet following his eight-inning gem the other day. Hopefully he strings a few strong performances together.
• A number of players — including Betances and Andy Pettitte — have had trouble with the mound in Rochester, so it will be rebuilt. Triple-A Empire State will play 38 of their 72 “home” games in Rochester this season, not to mention their regularly scheduled road games there as well.
• Mentioned yesterday that Rob Lyerly is out for the season with a shoulder problem, and apparently he had surgery to repair his labrum. That bites. Meanwhile, Jose Pirela is close to returning from the dreaded mystery injury.
• And finally, check out Yankees Fans Unite‘s interview with Tyler Austin.

Triple-A Scranton (8-7 loss to Durham in ten innings) they faced former Yankees great Lance Pendleton
2B Kevin Russo: 0-6, 1 K
CF Ray Kruml: 0-5, 1 K, 1 E (missed catch) — Brandon Laird pinch-hit for him in the tenth and struck out
1B Steve Pearce: 2-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K — yawn
DH Jack Cust: 1-2, 1 R, 3 BB, 1 K — six walks in his last ten trips to the plate
3B Ronnie Mustelier: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HBP — nine hits in 27 at-bats since the promotion (.333)
RF Colin Curtis: 0-4, 2 R, 1 BB, 2 K — threw a runner out at second
C Frankie Cervelli: 2-5, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (throwing)
LF Cole Garner: 2-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 K — first multi-hit game of the season
SS Yadil Mujica: 3-5, 1 RBI, 2 K, 1 E (fielding)
RHP Ramon Ortiz: 5.2 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 7/1 GB/FB — 62 of 93 pitches were strikes (66.7%)
LHP Mike O’Connor: 4.1 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 3/4 GB/FB — 52 of 83 pitches were strikes (62.7%)

Double-A Trenton (4-2 loss to Portland)
RF Abe Almonte: 0-3, 1 BB
LF Dan Brewer, 3B Kevin Mahoney & C Jose Gil: all 1-4 — Brewer committed a fielding error … Mahoney scored a run and struck out … Gil hit a two-run jack
1B Luke Murton & CF Melky Mesa: both 0-4 — Murton struck out twice, Mesa once
DH Cody Johnson: 2-4, 1 K
2B Jose Toussen & SS Addison Maruszak: both 1-3 — Toussen doubled … Maruszak struck out twice
RHP Graham Stoneburner: 2.1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 4/0 GB/FB — 18 of 26 pitches were strikes (69.3%) … he was sitting 89-90 before leaving the game after re-aggravating his groin injury … sigh
RHP Ryan Pope: 1.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 0/1 GB/FB — 22 of 37 pitches were strikes (59.5%) … picked a runner off first
LHP Lee Hyde: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1/0 GB/FB — 12 of 23 pitches were strikes
RHP Preston Claiborne: 2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 Balk, 3/0 GB/FB — 22 of 31 pitches were strikes (71%)
RHP Michael Dubee: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 0/2 GB/FB — 19 of 33 pitches were strikes (57.6%)
LHP Francisco Rondon: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 0/1 GB/FB — threw a dozen pitches, half for strikes

High-A Tampa (4-0 win over Jupiter)
CF Ramon Flores: 1-5, 1 K
DH Kyle Higashioka: 0-5, 1 K
RF Rob Segedin: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K — up to .294/.359/.471
1B Kyle Roller: 1-3, 1 R, 2 BB, 2 K — ten hits in his last 23 at-bats (.435)
C Tyson Blaser: 2-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB — 15 for his last 34 (.441) with seven walks and five strikeouts
LF Neil Medchill: 1-3, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 CS
2B Hector Rabago: 1-4, 2 RBI, 2 E (fielding, throwing)
3B Garrison Lassiter: 2-3, 1 BB
SS Jose Mojica: 0-3, 1 HBP
RHP Mikey O’Brien: 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 7/4 GB/FB — nine hits allowed in his last 17 IP
RHP Tommy Kahnle: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 2/1 GB/FB
LHP Rigoberto Arrebato: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 WP, 2/1 GB/FB

Low-A Charleston (8-4 win over West Virginia in ten innings) still no Mason Williams or Gary Sanchez, but the good news is that neither is on the DL
2B Angelo Gumbs: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 2 SB — nine steals (in ten tries) in his last four games
SS Cito Culver: 1-2, 2 RBI, 3 BB, 1 CS — eight walks and six strikeouts in his last ten games
CF Ben Gamel: 1-6, 3 K
RF-1B Tyler Austin: 1-6, 1 RBI, 2 K, 1 SB — his average dipped under .300 (to .297 to be exact) before getting a hit in his final at-bat (.303 now)
3B Dante Bichette Jr.: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB — three straight two-hit games, so hooray for that
1B Rey Nunez: 1-2, 1 R, 2 HBP — left the game after getting plunked a second time … Ali Castillo replaced him, played left, singled and scored in his only at-bat, and ended the ninth by throwing the would-be winning run out at the plate
DH Casey Stevenson: 1-5, 1 R, 2 K
LF-RF Kelvin DeLeon: 3-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 HBP
C Francisco Arcia: 1-3, 1 R, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K — he’s done a nice job filling in for Sanchez
RHP Caleb Cotham: 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 8/2 GB/FB — 30/7 K/BB in 33 IP
LHP Fred Lewis: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/0 GB/FB
RHP Phil Wetherell: 2 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2 WP, 1 HBP, 2/1 GB/FB — Clip’d the win after blowing a three-run lead in the bottom of the ninth
RHP Ben Paullus: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 0/1 GB/FB