7/15 Minor League Report: Montero Homer, Brackman Wins 1st At Trenton

(Triple-A) Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (54-38) beat Toledo (44-48) 12-5: Box Score - Recap

Batting:
Reid Gorecki RF: 2-for-4, BB, R
Chad Tracy 3B: 1-for-5, 2B, 3 RBI (6), R
Eduardo Nunez SS: 3-for-5, 2 2B, RBI (41), 2 R
Juan Miranda DH: 1-for-4, 2 R, HBP
Jesus Montero C: 3-for-4, HR (8), 2 RBI (39), 2 R --- average climbs to .259
Jorge Vazquez 1B: 1-for-4, 2B, 3 RBI (27), R
Eric Bruntlett LF: 2-for-3, RBI (27), BB, R
Greg Golson CF: 2-for-3, R, HBP

Pitching:
Sergio Mitre: 3 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, WP (9.00 ERA)
Tim Redding (W, 5-4): 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K (3.32 ERA)
Boone Logan: 1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K (2.11 ERA)

Pitches-strikes: Mitre 60-43, Redding 87-57, Logan 11-10.
Groundouts-flyouts: Mitre 2-4, Redding 4-6, Logan 1-0.


(Double-A) Trenton (54-37) beat Reading (44-46) 3-2: Box Score - Recap

Batting:
Justin Christian CF: 3-for-4, 2 2B, RBI (29), R
Matthew Cusick 2B: 1-for-4, RBI (11)
Austin Romine C: 0-for-4 --- average down to .277
Brandon Laird 3B: 1-for-4
Daniel Brewer RF: 0-for-4
Jack Rye LF: 1-for-3
Marcos Vechionacci 1B: 1-for-3, R
Edwar Gonzalez DH: 0-for-3
Justin Snyder SS: 2-for-3, R

Pitching:
Andrew Brackman (W, 1-4): 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 5 K (4.56 ERA)
George Kontos (H, 1): 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K (4.32 ERA)
Ryan Pope (S, 4): 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (4.39 ERA)

Groundouts-flyouts: Ramirez, J 8-7, Brackman 7-1, Kontos 2-3.


(High-A) Tampa (Overall: 48-38; Second Half: 12-6) beat Jupiter (Overall: 28-59; Second Half: 6-13) 7-5 in 11 innings: Box Score - Recap

Batting:
Raymond Kruml LF: 0-for-5, 3 K's
Melky Mesa CF: 0-for-5, 3 K's
Bradley Suttle DH: 1-for-5, RBI (46), R, SB (7)
Corban Joseph 2B: 2-for-3, 3B, BB, 3 R, SB (4), HBP
Jose Pirela SS: 3-for-4, 2 RBI (37), BB, 2 R, SB (16)
Zolio Almonte RF: 0-for-4, RBI (6)
Jose Gil 1B-C: 1-for-5, 2 RBI (4)
Walter Ibarra 3B: 0-for-4
Myron Leslie C-1B: 3-for-4, 2B, R, SB (4)

Pitching:
Craig Heyer: 3 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K (1.44 ERA)
Adam Olbrychowski: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 3 K (3.07 ERA)
Noel Castillo: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K (3.63 ERA)
Trenton Lare: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K (3.71 ERA)
Jonathan Ortiz (W, 4-1): 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K (2.63 ERA)

Groundouts-flyouts: Heyer 5-2, Olbrychowski 1-4, Castillo, N 0-1, Lare 3-2, Ortiz, J 2-2.


(Low-A) Charleston (Overall: 41-49; Second Half: 10-11) beat Augusta (Overall: 51-40; Second Half: 10-11) 6-5: Box Score - Recap

Batting:
Kelvin Castro SS: 0-for-4, BB, R
Deangelo Mack RF: 2-for-4, 2B, R
Jimmy Paredes 2B: 2-for-3, 2 3B, 3 RBI (39), BB, R
Neil Medchill LF: 1-for-3, RBI (10), BB
JR Murphy C: 1-for-4
Robert Lyerly 1B: 1-for-4, R
Kyle Higashioka DH: 1-for-4, 2B, R
Emerson Landoni 3B: 1-for-4, RBI (16), R
Francisco Santana CF: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI (5)

Pitching:
Michael Solbach: 5 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2 HB (3.27 ERA)
Jose Ramirez (W, 3-4): 3 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (3.51 ERA) --- now relieving to limit his innings
Francisco Gil (S, 4): 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K (1.35 ERA)

Groundouts-flyouts: Solbach 6-7, Ramirez, Jo 3-3, Gil 3-0.


(Single-A Short-Season) Staten Island (14-11) lost to Jamestown (17-9) 5-1: Box Score - Recap

Batting:
Eduardo Sosa CF: 1-for-4, 2B
Isaiah Brown DH: 0-for-4
Kyle Roller 1B: 0-for-4
Kelvin De Leon RF: 1-for-4, 2B, R
Kevin Mahoney 2B: 1-for-4, 2B
Shane Brown LF: 1-for-3, RBI (7), BB
Jeffrey Farnham C: 0-for-3
Garrison Lassiter 3B: 0-for-2, BB
Jose Mojica SS: 1-for-3

Pitching:
Shane Greene (L, 2-2): 4.2 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (5.10 ERA)
Wilton Rodriguez: 3.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K (3.80 ERA)

Groundouts-flyouts: Greene, S 7-2, Rodriguez, W 7-3.


(Rookie) GCL Yankees (8-14) lost to the GCL Pirates (11-11) 8-5: Box Score - Recap

Batting:
Kelvin Duran CF: 1-for-5, R, SB (5)
Anderson Felix SS: 1-for-4, R
Gary Sanchez DH: 2-for-3, 2B, RBI (21), R
Ramon Flores LF: 0-for-4
Reymond Nunez 1B: 1-for-4, 2 RBI (16)
Fu-Lin Kuo 3B: 0-for-4
Damian Taveras C: 1-for-3, R, HBP
Jose Toussen 2B: 1-for-3, BB, R
Judd Golsan RF: 1-for-4, RBI (5)

Pitching:
Juan Marcano: 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K (0.00 ERA)
Mariel Checo: 1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 WP (5.91 ERA)
Charlyn Garcia (H, 1): 1 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HB (10.38 ERA)
Trevor Johnson (BS, 1)(L, 0-1): 1 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 2 WP (4.50 ERA)
Sam Elam: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K (4.50 ERA)

Groundouts-flyouts: Marcano 2-5, Checo 0-2, Garcia, Ch 2-0, Johnson 2-0, Elam 2-0.

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6/27 Minor League Report - Montero Starting to Heat Up

(Triple-A) Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (43-33) beat Rochester 8-6 (33-42) 8-6: Box Score - Recap

Batting:
Justin Christian LF: 2-for-4, BB
Reid Gorecki CF: 0-for-5
Eduardo Nunez SS: 1-for-3, 2 BB, 3 R
Jesus Montero DH: 2-for-3, HR (2), 2 RBI (31), 2 BB, 3 R - Now batting .254... Apparently, it was quite a piece of hitting.
P.J. Pilittere 1B: 3-for-4, 2 RBI (5), BB, 2 R
Reegie Corona 2B: 0-for-4, BB
Eric Bruntlett 3B: 3-for-5, 2B, 3 RBI (15)
Chad Moeller C: 0-for-5
Greg Golson RF: 2-for-4, RBI (18)

Pitching:
Zach McAllister (W, 6-5): 7 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (4.55 ERA)
Jason Hirsh: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K (4.40 ERA)

Pitches-strikes: McAllister 99-67, Hirsh 27-21.
Groundouts-flyouts: McAllister 5-11, Hirsh 1-1.


(Double-A) Trenton (45-29) lost to New Hampshire (46-30) 8-6: Box Score - Recap

Batting:
Daniel Brewer LF: 1-for-5
Austin Krum CF: 0-for-4, BB
Austin Romine DH: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI (40), BB, R
Brandon Laird 3B: 2-for-5, 2B, R
Matthew Cusick 2B: 0-for-3, 2 BB, R
Jose Gil C: 1-for-4, 2B, 3 RBI (20), BB, 2 R
Marcos Vechionacci 1B: 3-for-5, 2B, RBI (25)
Luis Nunez SS: 0-for-2, RBI (31)
Justin Snyder RF: 0-for-1, 3 BB, R

Pitching:
Lance Pendleton: 3 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K (3.70 ERA)
Cory Arbiso: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K (4.09 ERA)
Wilkins Arias (H, 9): 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (3.03 ERA)
Tim Norton (BS, 1): 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K (1.29 ERA)
Grant Duff (BS, 2)(L, 1-4): 1 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 1 K (2.84 ERA)

Groundouts-flyouts: Pendleton 0-0, Arbiso 5-0, Arias 1-1, Norton 2-0, Duff 2-0.


(High-A) Tampa (Overall: 39-33; Second Half: 3-1) beat Lakeland (Overall: 38-36; Second Half: 1-3) 6-5 in 14 innings: Box Score - Recap

Batting:
Raymond Kruml LF-CF: 3-for-7, 2B, R, 2 SB (4)
Jose Pirela DH: 0-for-6, BB, 2 R
Corban Joseph 2B: 4-for-6, 4 2B, 2 RBI (40), IBB, 2 R
Bradley Suttle 3B: 3-for-6, 2 RBI (35), BB
Melky Mesa CF: 2-for-7, RBI (30), R
Abraham Almonte RF: 2-for-7, SB (6)
Walter Ibarra SS: 2-for-6, BB
Mitch Abeita C: 1-for-3, RBI (15)
Trent Lockwood PH-1B: 0-for-3
Myron Leslie 1B-C: 1-for-6

Pitching:
Dellin Betances: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K, HB (0.39 ERA)
Trenton Lare (H, 6): 2.2 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (3.67 ERA)
Jonathan Ortiz (BS, 2): 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (2.40 ERA)
J.B. Cox: 3 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, HB (8.59 ERA)
Juan Marcano (W, 1-0): 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K (0.00 ERA) - first game since being promoted from the GCL Yanks

Groundouts-flyouts: Betances 7-2, Lare 3-3, Ortiz, J 2-1, Cox, J 6-1, Marcano 2-2.


(Low-A) Charleston (Overall: 31-42; Second Half: 0-4) lost to Greenville (Overall: 40-34; Second Half: 4-0) 5-4: Box Score - Recap

Batting:
Slade Heathcott CF: 1-for-2, 2 BB, 2 R
Francisco Santana RF: 1-for-3, HR (1), 2 RBI (2), R - first game since being demoted
Jimmy Paredes 2B: 2-for-4, 2B, RBI (28), R, SB (27)
Neil Medchill LF: 1-for-4
JR Murphy C: 0-for-4
Robert Lyerly 1B: 1-for-4, RBI (31)
Kyle Higashioka DH: 1-for-4
Kelvin Castro SS: 0-for-4, 3 K's
Emerson Landoni 3B: 0-for-4

Pitching:
Michael Solbach: 4.2 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, WP (3.33 ERA)
Ryan Acosta: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K (4.59 ERA)
Ryan Flannery (L, 5-3): 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, HB (1.73 ERA)

Groundouts-flyouts: Solbach 3-7, Acosta, R 1-5, Flannery 3-1.


(Single-A Short-Season) Staten Island (4-5) beat Hudson Valley (5-4) 8-6: Box Score - Recap

Batting:
Eduardo Sosa CF: 1-for-4, R, SB (2)
Casey Stevenson 2B: 0-for-3, BB
Shane Brown LF: 1-for-3, RBI (1), R
Kyle Roller DH: 2-for-3, 2B, BB, 2 R
Kevin Mahoney 1B: 1-for-3, BB, 2 R
Kelvin De Leon RF: 2-for-4, 2 HR (2), 6 RBI (8), 2 R
Jose Mojica SS: 1-for-3
Luis Parache 3B: 0-for-4,
Jeffrey Farnham C: 1-for-3

Pitching:
Zachary Vance: 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K (5.40 ERA)
Bryant Cotton: 1 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 1 K (22.50 ERA)
Michael Recchia: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K (0.00 ERA)
Chas Whitley (W, 1-0): 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K (0.00 ERA)

Groundouts-flyouts: Varce 5-1, Cotton 0-2, Recchia 1-2, Whitley 2-1.


(Rookie) GCL Yankees (3-3) had an off day.

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6/26 Minor League Report - Montero Goes Yard For Scranton

(Triple-A) Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (42-33) beat Rochester 2-1 (33-41) 7-6: Box Score - Recap

Batting:
Justin Christian LF: 2-for-6, SB (2)
Reid Gorecki RF: 1-for-5, BB
Eduardo Nunez SS: 2-for-5, 3B, BB
Jorge Vazquez 1B: 1-for-6
Jesus Montero C: 3-for-6, HR (5), RBI (29), R - average goes up to .249
Rene Rivera DH: 0-for-6
Reegie Corona 2B: 1-for-4, 3B, 2 BB, R, SB (9)
Eric Bruntlett 3B: 0-for-5, IBB
Greg Golson CF: 1-for-4, RBI (17), HBP - walk-off sac fly in the 13th

Pitching:
Ivan Nova: 6.2 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, WP (3.00 ERA)
Royce Ring: 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K (1.44 ERA)
Eric Wordekemper: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K (0.00 ERA)
Jonathan Albaladejo: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K (1.21 ERA)
Mark Melancon: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K (2.86 ERA)
Zack Segovia (W, 3-1): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K (4.84 ERA)

Pitches-strikes: Nova 94-57, Ring 3-3, Wordekemper 19-9, Albaladejo 28-18, Melancon 22-14, Segovia 13-9.
Groundouts-flyouts: Nova 11-4, Ring 0-0, Wordekemper 0-4, Albaladejo 3-1, Melancon 4-0, Segovia 0-1.


(Double-A) Trenton (45-28) beat New Hampshire (45-30) 2-0: Box Score - Recap

Batting:
Daniel Brewer LF: 0-for-3, 2 BB, R, SB (20)
Austin Krum CF: 0-for-3, BB
Austin Romine C: 1-for-3, BB
Brandon Laird, 3B: 0-for-2, BB, HBP
Matthew Cusick DH: 1-for-3, RBI (5), BB, R
Marcos Vechionacci 1B: 1-for-2, 2 BB
Edwar Gonzalez RF: 0-for-4
Luis Nunez SS: 0-for-4
Justin Snyder 2B: 1-for-4, RBI (12)

Pitching:
David Phelps (W, 6-0): 6 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 7 K (2.04 ERA)
Ryan Pope (H, 3): 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K (4.11 ERA)
Grant Duff (S, 8): 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K (1.76 ERA)

Groundouts-flyouts: Phelps 6-3, Pope 3-2, Duff 2-1.


(High-A) Tampa (Overall: 38-33; Second Half: 2-1) beat Clearwater (Overall: 38-35; Second Half: 1-2) 4-3: Box Score - Recap

Batting:
Raymond Kruml LF: 3-for-5, 3 2B, R, SB (2)
Jose Pirela SS: 0-for-4, BB
Corban Joseph 2B: 2-for-4, 2B, IBB, 2 R
Melky Mesa CF: 2-for-3, 3B, 2 RBI (29), 2 BB, R, 2 SB (20)
Zolio Almonte RF: 2-for-4, RBI (2), BB, SB (2) - walk-off single in the ninth
Trent Lockwood 1B: 0-for-3, BB
Jack Rye DH: 0-for-2, BB, RBI (25)
Mitch Abeita C: 0-for-2, 2 BB
Walter Ibarra 3B: 0-for-4

Pitching:
Adam Olbrychowski: 4.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, HB (2.64 ERA)
Pat Venditte: 3.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, HB (1.98 ERA)
Jonathan Ortiz (W, 3-0): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K (2.20 ERA)

Groundouts-flyouts: Olbrychowski 7-4, Venditte 2-6, Ortiz, J 2-0.


(Low-A) Charleston (Overall: 31-41; Second Half: 0-3) lost to Greenville (Overall: 39-34; Second Half: 3-0) 9-5: Box Score - Recap

Batting:
Slade Heathcott CF: 2-for-4, RBI (8), BB, R
JR Murphy C: 2-for-4, 2B, 3B, RBI (21), R
Jimmy Paredes 2B: 2-for-4, HR (3), 2 RBI (27), R, SB (26)
Neil Medchill LF: 0-for-4
Deangelo Mack RF: 0-for-2, 2 BB
Kyle Higashioka DH: 0-for-4
Robert Lyerly 1B: 2-for-4, 2B, R
Kelvin Castro SS: 1-for-3, BB, R
Hector Rabago 3B: 0-for-4

Pitching:
Jose Ramirez: 5 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, WP (3.57 ERA)
Benjamin Watkins (H, 1): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K (4.26 ERA)
Andy Shive (BS, 1)(L, 0-1): 2 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 1 K (4.50 ERA)
Gabriel Tatis: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K (3.63 ERA)

Groundouts-flyouts: Ramirez, Jo 10-3, Watkins, B 1-2, Shive 4-0, Tatis 3-0.


(Single-A Short-Season) Staten Island (3-5) lost to Huddson Valley (5-3) 8-1: Box Score - Recap

Batting:
Eduardo Sosa CF: 1-for-4
Luis Parache 2B: 1-for-4, RBI (2)
Kevin Mahoney 1B: 0-for-4
Kyle Roller DH: 0-for-4
Carlos Urena 3B: 0-for-4
Michael Ferraro LF: 0-for-3
Kelvin De Leon RF: 0-for-2, BB
Jose Mojica SS: 0-for-3
Nick McCoy C: 1-for-2, 2B, BB, R

Pitching:
Wilton Rodriguez (L, 0-2): 5 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, HB (3.48 ERA)
Manuel Barreda: 4 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K (8.53 ERA)

Groundouts-flyouts: Rodriguez, W 5-3, Barreda 5-4.

(Rookie) GCL Yankees (3-3) lost to the GCL Phillies (4-2) 3-2: Box Score - Recap

Batting:
Anderson Felix 2B: 1-for-4
Cito Culver DH: 1-for-4
Gary Sanchez C: 1-for-3, HBP
Ramon Flores RF: 0-for-4
Reymond Nunez 1B: 0-for-3, BB, R
Fu-Lin Kuo 3B: 0-for-0, HBP
Jose Toussen PR-3B: 0-for-3, R, SB (1)
Jose Rosario SS: 0-for-3, RBI (3)
Nathan Aron LF: 1-for-2, 2B, RBI (1)
Judd Golsan CF: 0-for-3

Pitching:
Brett Marshall: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, HB (2.25 ERA)
Nik Turley (L, 0-1): 3.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K (1.50 ERA)
Erick Tapia: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K (0.00 ERA)

Groundouts-flyouts: Marshall 6-4, Turley 4-2, Tapia, E 2-0.

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Montero Talks About His Early Season Struggles

From Wayne Coffey (hat-tip to Was Watching):
"I am worried about my hitting, but not that much," Montero says in front of his locker in the PNC Field clubhouse. Not even five minutes later, he says, "I'm not upset that I'm not hitting. I'm still the same guy ... trying to hit the ball hard every single time."

..."I have been working every single day in the cage," Jesus Montero says. "This is baseball; slumps will happen. I am working really hard to get out of it."Yankees senior VP of baseball operations Mark Newman, and SWB manager Butch Wynegar don't seem too concerned either:


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