Yankees Minor League Baseball Blog

Ian Kennedy had another nice start and the win pushed his record to 4-1.  He gave up two hits and three walks with eleven strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings.  The eleven strikeouts is a season high and Kennedy now has 47 strikeouts in 44 innings.

Francisco Cervalli provided most of the offense in the 6-1 win.  He drove in five with a grand slam and a sac. fly while Edwar Gonzalez went two for five with two runs.

Four hits usually won’t cut it and it’s especially disappointing when you can’t even score a run.  And that’s what happened in the Yankees 8-0 loss to Dunedin.  There were no extra base hits and the only hitter to reach base twice was Francisco Cervelli, who walked and singled.

Eric Hacker had a tough time in his start and he dropped to 1-2 on the season.  He gave up four runs on seven hits and two walks with three strikeouts in three innings of work.

Erick Abreu lost for the first time this year in a 9-1 blowout loss to Fort Myers.  He gave up five runs on eight hits and a walk with one strikeouts in just three innings.

Francisco Cervalli drove in the only run of the game and he was the only Yankee with two hits.  Hideki Mastui scorded the only run as he made an appearance in a rehab start.  He went one for three.

Now this is a marathon.  Tampa was on the short end of a 20 inning, more then five hour game to Clearwater.  George Kontos was great in his start and he threw 6 1/3 shutout innings and struck out eleven.  Unfortunately. he gave up one run and the end of regulation, the game was tied 1-1.  Eleven innings later, the Yankees finally lost it in the 20th by the score of 4-1.  Four relievers combined to throw ten innings of shutout ball.

The lone run was driven in by Francisco Cervelli.  He was also the only Tampa hitter to finish with two hits and he went two for eight with a double.