Minor League Report June 9, 2017 | Organizational Record: 131-104 (.557) RECORD: 33-24 SCRANTON/WILKES- YESTERDAY: WP: P. Venditte (6-0) L, 3-2 LP: J. Mantiply (2-3) PLACE: 2ND BARRE RAILRIDERS AT LEHIGH VALLEY SV: P. Beato (18) GB: -6.5 TONIGHT’S GAME: at Lehigh Valley IronPigs (PHI) | 7:05 P.M. | STARTING PITCHER: RHP Luis Cessa (2-6, 5.40 ERA) • Scranton/Wilkes-Barre dropped the first game of a four-game series with the North Division-leading Lehigh Valley IronPigs on Thursday, 3-2. • RHP Brady Lail (6.0IP, 4H, 1ER, 3BB, 5K) made his ninth start of the season for Triple-A Scranton/WB (11th overall), and recorded a no decision. • 1B Greg Bird (1-for-3, 2BB) made his first appearance of the season for the RailRiders…is batting .350/.519/.450 (7-for-20) with 2R, 2 doubles, 3RBI and 7BB against just 2K in 7G combined between Triple-A SWB and Single-A Tampa on his current rehab assigment. • RF Clint Frazier (2-for-4, 1 double, 1SB) collected his second consecutive multi-hit game…leads the International League with 18 doubles. YESTERDAY: WP: R. Herrera (7-0) RECORD: 37-21 TRENTON THUNDER W, 9-0 LP: R. Castelliani (5-5) PLACE: 1ST VS. HARTFORD SV: None GB: +3.0 TONIGHT’S GAME: vs. Bowie Baysox (BAL) | 7:00 P.M. | STARTING PITCHER: RHP Domingo Acevedo (2-0, 1.78 ERA) • Trenton won the rubber match of their three-game series with Hartford on Thursday, 9-0…the Thunder begin a three-game series with Bowie on Friday. • RHP Ronald Herrera (6.2IP, 2H, 0ER, 0BB, 9K) turned in a dominant start, matching his career high with 9K and improving his record to 7-0 (8GS)…has allowed 2ER or fewer in all 8GS this season, including 4GS with 0ER…has not been defeated in his last 13GS dating back to 8/8/16, and is 9-0 in that time. • 1B Mike Ford (1-for-2, 2R, 1HR, 3RBI, 2BB, 1HP) hit his fifth HR of the season for Double-A Trenton (8HR overall) while reaching base four times…has reached base in 22 of his last 23G, including the last 13G consecutively, batting .279/.417/.616 (24-for-86) with 18BB for the Thunder and Triple-A Scranton/WB over the 23G stretch. • SS Thairo Estrada (3-for-4, 2R, 1RBI) extended his on-base streak to 22G, batting .347/.381/.475 (34-for-98) with 17R, 4 doubles, 2 triples, 2HR, 9 RBI, 7BB and 10 multi-hit games over the course of the streak…ranks third in the Eastern League with a .332 BA (66-for-199) and .404 OBP. • 3B Miguel Andújar (1-for-5, 1R, 1RBI) extended his hitting streak to 16G, batting .450/.493/.700 (27-for-60) with 12R, 9 doubles, 2HR and 16RBI over the streak. • RHP Cody Carroll (2.1IP, 1BB, 2K) has compiled a 1.00 ERA (9.0IP, 1ER) with 12K against just 6H and 2BB since his promotion from Single-A Tampa. YESTERDAY: WP: B. Koerner (1-1) LP: B. Anderson (2-2) RECORD: 31-30 DOUBLEHEADER SV: A. Schwaab (2) TAMPA YANKEES W, 2-1 |L, 2-1 WP: D. Rodriguez (5-2) PLACE: 3RD LP: T. Widener (3-6) GB: -3.5 AT FORT MYERS SV: None TONIGHT’S GAME: vs. Fort Myers Miracle (MIN) | 7:05 P.M. | STARTING PITCHER: RHP Zack Littell (7-1, 1.94 ERA) • Tampa split a doubleheader with Fort Myers on Thursday, taking Game 1, 2-1, and dropping Game 2, 2-1…the teams will meet again on Friday. • RHP Brody Koerner (G1: 5.0IP, 5H, 1ER,1BB, 5K) made the start in Game 1 and collected his first win of the season (3GS)…has 12K in 15.0IP this season. • RHP Taylor Widener (G2: 5.0IP, 3H, 2ER, 2BB, 5K) started Game 2 for Tampa, taking the loss despite allowing just 2ER…his 5.0IP matched a season high. • 1B Chris Gittens (G1: 1-for-3; G2: 2-for-3) collected three hits on the day…has reached base safely in 13 of his last 14G, batting .326/.436/.500 (15-for- 46) with 11R, 2 doubles, 2HR, 7RBI and 8BB in that time…ranks third in the Florida State League with a .913 OPS (.403 OBP, .510 SLG). • C Francisco Diaz (G1: 1-for-2, 1HR, 1R, 2RBI) hit his first HR of the season…is batting .500 (4-for-8) in 2G with Tampa since being reassigned from Double-A Trenton. • SS/CF Jorge Mateo (G1: 0-for-4; G2: 1-for-3, 1R, 1 triple) leads the FSL with 8 triples. • RHP Jordan Foley (G2: 1.0IP, 1BB, 2K) recorded 2K in just his second appearance of the season after being activated from the D.L. on 6/4. WP: N. Green (4-4) YESTERDAY: LP: A. Requena (3-3) RECORD: 30-29 CHARLESTON DOUBLEHEADER SV: None PLACE: 4TH W, 3-1|L, 2-0 WP: B. Gold (3-4) RIVERDOGS LP: F. Perez (1-3) GB: -6.0 VS. ASHEVILLE SV: J. Hammer (7) TONIGHT’S GAME: at Columbia FireFlies (NYM) | 7:05 P.M. | STARTING PITCHER: LHP Phillip Diehl (6-1, 3.79 ERA) • Charleston split a doubleheader with Asheville on Thurdsay, winning Game 1, 3-1, and falling in Game 2, 2-0. • RHP Nick Green (G1: 7.0IP, 7H, 1ER, 0BB, 4K, 1HR) made his 11th start of the season in Game 1, recording a complete game victory, the first of his career. • RHP Freicer Perez (G2: 6.0IP, 3H, 1ER, 3BB, 5K, 1WP) made the start in Game 2 and took the loss despite allowing just 1R over 6.0IP. • LF Dalton Blaser (G1: 1-for-2, 1R, 1HR, 1RBI; G2: 1-for-2) hit a solo HR in Game 1 to extend his HR streak to 3G…is batting .333/.407/.750 (8-for-24) in 8G with Charleston. • RF Isiah Gilliam (G1: 1-for-3, 1R, 1HR, 2RBI) connected on his seventh home run of the season in Game 1. • Charleston will send four representatives to the 2017 South Atlantic League All-Star Game: RHP Brian Keller (4-5, 4.30 ERA, 58K, 58.1IP), INF Hoy Jun Park (.266 BA, 46-for-173, 4HR, 22RBI), OF Blake Rutherford (.280 BA, 49-for-175, 1HR, 18RBI), and C Donny Sands (.271 BA, 42-for-155, 0HR, 20RBI). STATEN ISLAND PULASKI YANKEES YANKEES GCL YANKEES 1 & 2 • The 2016 Staten Island Yankees finished in second place with a 44-31 record in the McNamara Division…will start their 2017 New York-Penn League campaign on June 19 at home against the Brooklyn Cyclones. • The 2016 Pulaski Yankees finished in fifth place with a 29-37 record in the East Division in their second season as a Yankee affiliate...will start their 2017 Applalachian League season on June 22 vs the Princeton Rays. • The 2016 GCL Yankees East finished in fourth place with a 19-36 record in the GCL’s Northeast Division...will start their 2017 Gulf Coast League campaign on June 26 against the GCL Braves; The 2016 GCL Yankees West finished in fourth place with a 24-31 record in the GCL’s Northwest Division…will start their 2017 Gulf Coast League campaign on June 26 against the GCL Phillies. Lehigh Valley IronPigs (41­19) 3, Scranton/Wilkes­Barre RailRiders (33­24) 2 June 8, 2017 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Scranton/WB 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 9 1 Lehigh Valley 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 x 3 7 0 Scranton/WB AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO PO A Wade, SS .300 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 Fowler, LF .295 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 Bird, 1B .333 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 8 2 Austin, DH .267 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Frazier, RF .259 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Torres, 2B .260 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 Williams, M, CF .237 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 Solano, D, 3B .200 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 Rodriguez, E, C .207 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 3 a­Payton, PH .301 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lail, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Mantiply, J, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Heller, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals .265 34 2 9 4 0 0 2 6 6 24 13 a­Bunted out for Rodriguez, E in the 9th. BATTING 2B: Williams, M (4, Appel); Frazier (18, Appel); Solano, D (6, Beato); Wade (13, Beato). RBI: Williams, M (16); Wade (21). GIDP: Austin. Team RISP: 2­for­16. Team LOB: 11. BASERUNNING SB: Williams, M (12, 2nd base off Appel/Alfaro); Frazier (6, 2nd base off Venditte/Alfaro). FIELDING E: Lail (1). DP: (Solano, D­Torres­Bird). Lehigh Valley AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO PO A Perkins, CF .296 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Crawford, SS .193 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 Alfaro, C .258 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 Cozens, DH .239 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1­Mariot, PR­DH .000 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hoskins, 1B .306 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 0 Williams, RF .284 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 Featherston, 3B .270 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 Stassi, LF .667 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 Florimon, 2B .301 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 3 Appel, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Venditte, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Beato, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals .263 29 3 7 0 0 0 3 4 7 27 12 1­Ran for Cozens in the 8th.