Yankees Minor League Baseball Blog

The RiverDogs walked away with two wins tonight, the first a tight game and the second a blowout.  Game one was 5-4 and while Jairo Heredia wasn’t exceptional, he put together four decent innings in which he struck out an impressive seven batters.  Brad Suttle was the only hitter with two hits and he drove in a run.

The second game was a 13-0 beatdown.  There were plenty of hitting stars but David Williams was a notch above the rest.  He went four for five with a double, three RBIs and a run.  Noel Castillo had an exceptional start but he fell a batter short of picking up the win.  He gave up three hits and two walks with eight strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings.

Staten Island played two games today and it was an odd split as both team’s picked up a shutout win.  Staten Island lost the first game 3-0 and they were held to just three hits.  Taylor Holiday had two of the three hits while Jason Stephens fell to 4-1 with a nice start.  He gave up just one unearned run on four hits and three walks with seven strikeouts in five innings.

Staten Island won 6-0 in game two.  Craig Heyer continued his nice season with five shutout frames.  He gave up three hits and four walks with two strikeouts in five shutout innings.  David Williams went three for three with a double, an RBI and a run.  Justin Snyder went four for four with two doubles and three runs.

Staten Island ran up the scored in their 9-5 win over Aberdeen and it was the light hitting Isaiah Howes who led the way.  He went two for five with a double, a homerun and three RBIs.  David Williams also had a nice game and he went two for four with a double, a walk, two RBIs and a run.

Ryan Pope picked up his first win of the season.  He gave up two runs (one earned) on three hits and a walk with three strikeouts in five innings of work.

Three different pitchers gave up at least two runs a piece as Staten Island lost to Lowell 7-2.  Starter Adam Olbrychowski took the loss despite the fact he probably had the best outing of the three pitchers.  He gave up two runs on five hits and a walk with six strikeouts in five innings.

Damon Sublett went two for four with a solo homerun.  David Williams went two for four with a double and an RBI.

Staten Island took a 4-0 lead and saw it State College pick at it one run and one inning at a time.  Fortunately, the come back fell short and the closest that State College came was a run back in the 4-3 win. 

David Williams had the big hit of the game with a bases loaded clearing double to rack up three RBIs.  Ryan Zink picked up the win with six nice shutout innings.

Staten Island couldn’t pick up the win and they lost to Vermont 7-2. Dellin Betances took the loss and he dropped to 1-2 on the season. He gave up two runs on three hits and two walks with three strikeouts in.

Justin Snyder went two for four with a double, an RBI and a walk. David Williams went one for three with a walk and a run.

Staten Island hitters had a tough time at the plate in their 6-1 loss to Brooklyn.  David Williams had three of those hits and he was a perfect three for three with a walk and he scored the only run for the Yankees.

Zachary McAllister took the loss with a rough start.  He gave up five runs (four earned) on six hits and three walks with three strikeouts.