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Noel Castillo improved to 2-0 on the season with four shutout innings of relief in the GCL Yankees 3-2 win over the GCL Indians.  He gave up two hits and a walk with four strikeouts.

Ryan Wehrle doubled and drove in a run.  Ben Blumenthal had the only other extra base hit with a triple.

Timothy Dennehy improved to 1-1 on the season with a solid relief appearance in the GCL Yankees 5-4 win over the GCL Phillies.  He gave up one hit and two walks with two strikeouts in four shutout innings.

Prilys Cuello hit a solo homerun in the win.  Brandon Laird went two for four with a double and two RBIs.

Kelvin Perez improved to 1-1 on the season with a nice start in the GCL Yankees 4-2 win over the GCL Phillies.  He gave up four hits and he struck out four in four shutout innings of relief.

Andres Dionicio doubled and he drove in two runs.  Zoilo Almonte went two for four.

The GCL got some solid pitching from four different pitchers but it was Daniel Gil who was the most impressive and who also picked up the win.  He didn’t give up a single baserunner in three innings and he struck out two.

Prilys Cuello belted a two run homer in the 8-2 win.  Kelvin Castro went two for five and he scored two runs.

Timothy Dennehy had a rough outing in the GCL Yankee’s 10-0 rain shortened loss to the GCL Tigers.  He gave up five runs on nine hits and one walk with one strikeout in 2 1/3 innings.

There’s no real hitting highlights in this one.  The offense was held to two singles and nobody drew a walk.

The GCL Yankees got nothing from their hitters in a 3-0 loss to the GCL Tigers.  Prilys Cuello was the only guy who really hit well and he went two for four.

Kelvin Perez took the loss after a rough start.  He gave up two runs on six hits and one walk with one strikeout in just 3 1/3 innings.

Zoile Almonte had a great day at the plate in the Yankee’s 7-2 win over the Blue Jays.  He went three for five with two doubles and he drove in three runs.  Prilys Cuello also had a nice game and he went one for three with a walk an RBI and three runs.

Dickson Marquez struck out six in four shutout innings in his start.  Daniel Gil picked up the win despite giving up two runs in his three innings of work.

The GCL Yankees lost their opener 2-1 but it wasn’t because their pitchers didn’t step up.  Noel Castillo gave up just one run on four hits with six strikeouts in four innings in his start, and despite taking the loss, Jairo Heredia gave up a run in 3 2/3 and he struck out five.

The offense managed just five hits in the game.  Ryan Wehrle had two of those and Prilys Cuello went one of three with a walk and an RBI.