Down On The Farm Minor League Report 8/14/08 Pt 2
Class A Short-Season
The Staten Island Yankees blew the doors off the State College Spikes and won by a score of 13-4. Starting for Staten Island was Casey Erickson and he gave up 1 run on 4 hits along with 6 strikeouts in 5 innings of work for the win. His era is 2.88. Replacing Erickson to start the 6th inning was Jason Kiley and he gave up 3 earned runs on 6 hits in 1.2 innings. Following Kiley was Drew Shetrone and he pitched 2.1 scoreless innings giving up 2 hits. Shetrone’s era is 2.70.
The hitting stars of the game worth mentioning for Staten Island were center fielder Raymond Kruml, DH Jack Rye and first baseman Erik Lovett. Kruml went 2 for 4 with 1 run scored and 2 rbi’s. Rye went 4 for 5 with 3 runs scored and 1 rbi and Lovett went 2 for 4 with 3 runs scored and 4 rbi’s along with a home run.
- Staten Island Yankees Recap – Staten Island Yankees Official
- Staten Island Yankees Box Score – Staten Island Yankees Official
Rookie
The DSL Yankees1 won a close scoring game over the DSL Red Sox by a score of 3-2. Starting for the DSL Yankees1 was Juan Marcano and he pitched 5 scoreless innings giving up 1 hit along with 5 strikeouts for the win. His era is 0.59. Angel Mundo pitched 2 scoreless innings and Francis Moreta pitched the 8th and 9th innings giving up 2 earned runs on 5 hits for the save. The hitting stars of the game for the DSL Yankees1 worth mentioning were second baseman Luis Parache who went 1 for 4 with 1 run scored and 1 rbi and DH Luilly Baez who went 2 for 4 with 1 rbi.
- DSL Yankees1 Recap – DSL Yankees1 Official
- DSL Yankees1 Box Score – DSL Yankees1 Official
Rookie
The DSL Yankees2 won what seemed to be a never ending game over the DSL Diamondbacks by a score of 3-2 in 16 innings. Starting for the DSL Yankees2 was Jose Quintana and he gave up 1 run on 1 hit in 5 innings of work for the no decision but the run was unearned because of a fielding error by third baseman Juan Rijo. He also had 7 strikeouts. His era is 1.19. Replacing Quintana to start the 6th inning was Juan Heredia and he gave up 1 earned run on 3 hits in 3 innings. Following Heredia to start the 9th inning was Justo Arias and he got credit for pitching 3 perfect innings but he let in Heredia’s base runner and that’s why he got a blown save. He threw a wild pitch. Alan Atacho came in for Arias to start the 12th inning and pitched 2.2 scoreless innings. Alejandro Martinez then replaced Atacho and pitched 2.1 scoreless innings giving up 1 hit for the win.
The hitting star of the game for the DSL Yankees2 worth mentioning was third baseman Juan Rijo who went 2 for 6 with 1 rbi. He drove in pinch runner Julio Rojas for the winning score on a sacrifice fly.
- DSL Yankees2 Recap – DSL Yankees2 Official
- DSL Yankees2 Box Score – DSL Yankees2 Official
Rookie
GCL Yankees/GCL Braves was Postponed: Rain
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