Yankees Minor League Baseball Blog

Trenton dropped their season opener to Binghamton today 2-0 and the offense was held to a mere two hits in the game.  Both hits were singles and even with the four walks the team drew, no hitter reached base more then once.

Chase Wright had a solid enough outing but he dropped to 0-1 on the season.  He gave up two runs on three hits with four strikeouts in six innings of work.  David Robertson was impressive and he threw two shutout innings of relief with three strikeouts.

Austin Jackson continued his impressive season with another three hit game in Tampa’s 7-4 loss to Clearwater.  He went three for four with a triple and a run and the nice game improved his batting average to .371 on the season.

David Robertson picked up the win and he improved to 1-1 on the season. He gave up just two hits and a walk with one strikeout in two shutout innings of relief.

Kevin Whelan continued his transition to a starter and had his best game this year as he threw five no-hit innings in the Yankees 3-0 win over Jupiter.  David Robertson and Joshua Schmidt each then threw two no-hit innings to finish up the no-hitter.

Francisco Cervalli went one for four with two RBIs.  Marcos Vechionacci went two for four with a double and a run.

Anthony Claggett gave up five runs in five innings but because the Yankees came back, he didn’t take the loss. Unfortunately, David Robertson gave up two runs in his two innings of work and he gave the lead back up to St. Lucie.

Jared Greenwood hit a three run homer in the loss.  Edwar Gonzalez went two for four with a double, an RBI and a run.

The RiverDogs and Sand Gnats each took a game in their doubleheader.  In the first game, the RiverDogs scored three late runs but the comeback came up short in a 4-3 loss.  John Axford took the loss and he gave up three runs in two innings while Brian Aragon went one for three with two RBIs.  Mitchell Hilligoss singled and stole two bases.

Game two went quite a bit better with a 2-1 win.  David Robertson picked up the win with two innings of shutout relief.  Mitchell Hilligoss hit a solo homerun and he extended hit new hitting streak to two games.  Kyle Anson went two for three with a solo homerun.

The RiverDogs topped Rome 7-1 and they racked up 18 hits to get those seven runs.  Josue Calzado was the hitting star.  He went four for five with a double, two RBIs and a run.  Christopher Malec also had a nice game and he went three for four with two doubles, two RBIs and a run.

David Robertson picked up the win and he improved to 3-2 on the season with two no-hit innings of relief.  He walked one and struck out three in the win.

Christopher Kunda had a solid game in the RiverDogs 5-2 rain shortened win.  He went two for three with two doubles and he drove in two runs.

David Robertson picked up the win with two shutout innings of relief.  He struck out three and gave up a run and a hit.

Seth Fortenberry drove in three runs but it wasn’t enough in the RiverDogs 6-5 loss to Asheville.  Austin Jackson also had a nice game.  He doubled twice and he scored two runs.

Grant Duff had a mediocre start but it was actually reliever David Robertson that took the loss.  He gave up one unearned run in his two innings of work. it’s just that one run turned out to be the game winner.

The RiverDogs scored most of their runs all in a bunch with five run sixth inning as they beat the Catfish 6-4.  Mitchell Hilligoss went two for four with two RBIs and Seth Fortenberry went one for three with a walk and two runs.

Angel Reyes had mixed start.  He did give up three runs in five frames but he struck out seven.  David Robertson was very sharp in two innings of relief.  He held the Catfish hitless and he struck out five of the six batters he faced.