DotF: Rutherford and Garcia extend hitting streaks in wins

Triple-A Scranton is off until Thursday for the All-Star break. The All-Star Game is tonight and it is still ongoing as of this writing. Here’s the box score.

• LHP Caleb Smith: 1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 2/1 GB/FB — 14 of 22 pitches were strikes (64%) … ouch, rough All-Star Game appearance
• OF Dustin Fowler was also selected to the All-Star Game but did not play because he is both in the big leagues and injured.

Double-A Trenton is also off until Thursday for the All-Star break. The All-Star Game was tonight (East 7, West 1).

• SS Thairo Estrada: 1-3, 1 R, 2 BB — started and played the entire game
• RF Zack Zehner: 2-3, 1 R, 2 RBI — came off the bench to win MVP honors
• RHP Yefry Ramirez: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/0 GB/FB — eleven of 16 pitches were strikes (69%) … threw the second inning
• LHP Nestor Cortes, 1B Mike Ford, and LHP Justus Sheffield were all selected to the All-Star rosters but did not play. Ford was recently promoted to Triple-A Scranton and Sheffield is out with an oblique injury. Cortes was available but simply didn’t pitch.

High-A Tampa (4-2 loss to Dunedin)

• 2B Nick Solak: 0-5, 1 K
• LF Trey Amburgey: 0-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
• SS Kyle Holder: 2-2, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB — first game back from the disabled list … not sure what was wrong with him though
• DH Alex Palma: 0-4, 2 K
• RHP Erik Swanson: 6 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 5/3 GB/FB — 51 of 70 pitches were strikes (59%) … 20/3 K/BB in his last seven starts and 27.2 innings

Low-A Charleston (6-3 win over Hagerstown)

• 2B Hoy Jun Park: 3-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 SB — got picked off second … 7-for-15 (.467) in his last four games
• SS Diego Castillo: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI
• RF Blake Rutherford: 2-4, 2 R, 1 RBI — 11-for-29 (.379) during his seven-game hitting streak
• CF Estevan Florial: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB — threw a runner out at the plate
• C Donny Sands: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI — 9-for-20 (.450) in his last five games
• LF Isiah Gilliam: 1-4, 2 RBI, 1 K
• RHP Austin DeCarr: 1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 0/1 GB/FB — 20 of 38 pitches were strikes (53%) … 4/13 K/BB in his last three starts and 6.1 innings … that is: bad

Short Season Staten Island (3-2 win over Vermont)

• 2B Oswaldo Cabrera: 0-2, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 HBP
• SS Wilkerman Garcia: 2-4, 1 2B, 1 E (throwing) — 11-for-27 (.407) during his seven-game hitting streak
• CF Dom Thompson-William: 0-4, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 CS
• RF Leonardo Molina: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K
• RHP Alex Vargas: 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 8/2 GB/FB — 50 of 83 pitches were strikes (60%)

Rookie Pulaski (5-4 win over Kingsport)

• CF Pablo Olivares: 2-3, 2 R, 1 BB — 19-year-old is hitting .309/.443/.436 through 15 games
• RF Steven Sensley: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB
• DH Dermis Garcia: 1-2, 2 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB — hitting .262/.364/.538 with four homers in 18 games
• 1B Eric Wagaman: 1-3, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
• C Saul Torres: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K — picked a runner off first with a snap throw
• LF Brayan Emery: 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K
• RHP Alex Vizcaino: 6 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 9/4 GB/FB — 54 of 78 pitches were strikes (69%)

Rookie GCL Yanks East (6-0 loss to GCL Braves)

• SS Ricky Surum: 2-4, 1 BB, 1 CS
• RF Canaan Smith: 1-3, 1 BB — now 12 walks in eleven games … we know he can walk, but can he hit?
• DH Jhon Moronta: 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K
• CF Jonathan Amundaray: 2-4 — had been 3-for-25 (.120) in his first six games
• RHP Glenn Otto: 4 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 3 BB, 7 K, 3/2 GB/FB — pro debut for this year’s fifth rounder
• RHP Aaron McGarity: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 3/0 GB/FB — 10/1 K/BB in seven innings for this year’s 15th rounder

Rookie GCL Yanks West (8-5 win over GCL Phillies)

• SS Oswald Peraza: 0-5, 1 R, 1 SB, 1 E (fielding)
• C Gustavo Campero: 1-2, 2 R, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 SB — 19-year-old 5-foot-6 catcher is hitting .421/.556/.789 through six games
• 1B Miguel Flames: 0-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
• RF Juan De Leon: 3-5, 2 R, 2 RBI — 8-for-21 (.381) during his little five-game hitting streak
• RHP Deivi Garcia: 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, 1 HB, 5/3 GB/FB — 36/6 K/BB in 27.2 total innings this year for the 18-year-old
• RHP Kyle Zurak: 2 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 4/2 GB/FB, 1 E (missed catcher)