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River Ave. Blues ยป Heathcott homers in Tampa win

Heathcott homers in Tampa win

August 1, 2012 by Mike 62 Comments

Yankees release Jack Cust, Colin Curtis, and Ray Kruml
Yankees batter Orioles to end four-game slide

Keith Law and Kevin Goldstein got together on the Baseball Today podcast this afternoon to talk about prospects who traded at the deadline. They also took some time to speak about RHP Dellin Betances and his awful season, and predictably were pretty down on him. The Betances stuff starts around the 31:00 mark, so check it out.

Meanwhile, OF Melky Mesa has been promoted to Triple-A following tonight’s roster moves.

Double-A Trenton (4-3 win over Altoona in 11 innings, walk-off style)
2B Jose Pirela & SS Addison Maruszak: both 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 K — Pirela had the walk-off sac fly
3B David Adams, CF Melky Mesa & 1B Kevin Mahoney: all 1-5 — Adams struck out twice, Melky thrice … Mahoney hit a two-run homer to tie the game in the bottom of the eighth and committed an error when he missed a catch
RF Zoilo Almonte & LF Rob Segedin: both 0-4 — Almonte got hit by a pitch, struck out three times and committed a fielding error … Segedin drew a walk and scored twice
DH Luke Murton: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 3 K
C Jose Gil: 0-3, 1 HBP
RHP Mikey O’Brien: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 1 E (pickoff) — 61 of 100 pitches were strikes
LHP Francisco Rondon: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 2/1 GB/FB — half of his 22 pitches were strikes
RHP Mark Montgomery: 1 IP, zeroes, 4 K, 1 WP, 1/2 GB/FB — 19 of 27 pitches were strikes (70%)
RHP Jon Meloan: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 0/2 GB/FB — 17 of 29 pitches were strikes (59%)
RHP Graham Stoneburner: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 14 of 22 pitches were strikes (64%)

High-A Tampa (6-1 win over Charlotte)
DH Ramon Flores, 3B Zach Wilson & 2B Jose Toussen: all 2-4 — Flores walked and scored two runs … Wilson tripled, scored a run, and struck out … Toussen drove in a pair and stole a base
LF Adonis Garcia: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K — threw a runner out at first
CF Slade Heathcott: 3-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — 15 hits in his last 38 at-bats (.395) with five doubles, two triples, and two homers
RF Tyler Austin: 1-5, 1 2B, 1 K — threw a runner out at second
1B Kyle Roller & SS Jose Mojica: both 0-4 — Mojica struck out once, Roller twice
C Gary Sanchez: 1-4, 1 R
LHP Nik Turley: 5 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 5 K, 4/3 GB/FB — picked a runner off first … he had walked three batters total in his previous 25.1 IP
RHP Manny Barreda: 2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 3/2 GB/FB
RHP Tommy Kahnle: 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 3/1 GB/FB

Low-A Charleston (3-2 loss to Greenville)
SS Cito Culver & RF Rob Refsnyder: both 1-4 — Culver stole a base, scored a run, and struck out
2B Jamiel Orozco: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K
DH Ben Gamel, 1B Rey Nunez & C Nick McCoy: both 2-4 — Gamel drove in a run and struck out … Nunez doubled and struck out twice … McCoy whiffed
3B Ali Castillo: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 HBP — hitting .314/.404/.405 as a utility guy (227 PA)
LF Kelvin DeLeon & CF Cody Grice: both 0-4 — DeLeon struck out twice, Grice thrice
LHP Matt Bashore: 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 4/4 GB/FB
RHP Ben Paullus: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1/4 GB/FB

Short Season Staten Island (10-5 loss to Auburn)
LF Taylor Dugas: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI
SS Claudio Custodio, C Peter O’Brien & 3B Matt Duran: all 1-5 — Custodio drove in a run, struck out twice, and committed a fielding error … O’Brien whiffed twice and allowed a passed ball … Duran committed a fielding error
DH Saxon Butler: 0-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K
1B Matt Snyder: 4-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB
CF Ravel Santana: 1-4, 1 BB, 2 K — threw a runner out at the plate
RF Danny Lopez: 2-4, 1 R, 1 SB, 1 E (fielding)
2B Jose Rosario: 1-4, 1 R, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
LHP Evan Rutckyj: 4.2 IP, 10 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 HB, 4/5 GB/FB
RHP Charles Haslup: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB
RHP Charles Basford: 1.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 3/0 GB/FB
RHP Stefan Lopez: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1/2 GB/FB

The Rookie GCL Yanks were rained out. Not sure when they’re going to make this one up, but they have plenty of time. Meanwhile, Triple-A Empire State had a scheduled day off.

Yankees release Jack Cust, Colin Curtis, and Ray Kruml
Yankees batter Orioles to end four-game slide

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