Yankees Minor League Baseball Blog

Jeffrey Marquez improved to 15-9 with a nice start as the Thunder took care of the Fisher Cats 5-4.  He gave up three runs on four hits and a walk with nine strikeouts in six innings.

Jamal Strong went one for four with two runs.  P.J. Pilittere doubled and drove in two runs.

Jeffrey Marquez improved to 12-8 on the season with a nice start in Trenton’s 5-2 win over Reading.  He gave up two runs (one earned) on three hits with three strikeouts in six innings.

Mike Kinkade singled twice and drove in three runs.  Colin Curtis and Jamal Strong each singled, drew a walk and scored twice.

Jason Jones was hit hard and he fell to 8-8 in Trenton’s 6-0 loss to the Mets.  He gave up six runs on ten hits and a walk with two strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings. 

Jamal Stong was the only hitter with two hits in the loss.  He went two for three with a double and a walk.

Shelly Duncan had a big day at the plate in the Yankees 7-4 win over the Bulls.  He went three for four with a homerun and three RBIs.  Eric Duncan went two for five with a homerun, three RBIs and two runs while Jamal Strong scored three times.

Steven White picked up his first Triple A with a nice start.  He gave up three runs on four hits and four walks with two strikeouts in five innings.

The Yankees lost another.  This time it was a 7-4 loss to Rochester that saw the opposition scored all seven of their runs from the sixth inning on.  Sean Henn did his job and he threw five shutout innings before they pen imploded.  Ben Kozlowski took the loss and he gave up four runs (just one earned) on three hits and a walk with one strikeout in 1 1/3 innings.

Jamal Strong was the hitting star in the loss. He went two for five with two triples and two runs.  Shelly Duncan hit a solo homerun and that was his fourteenth long ball of the year.

Trenton got some great pitching in a 1-0 eleven inning win over the Defenders.  Tim Lavigne threw five shutout innings in his start and Gerardo Casadiego threw two shutout innings to close the game out and he picked up the win.

The lone run of the game came on an RBI singled by Shawn Garrett.  He drove home Jamal Strong for the game winner.

Okay, it wasn’t that bad but you’d expect more from a future Hall of Famer.  Clemens gave up three runs on six hits and four walks with five strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.

Noah Hall hit a solo homerun in the 4-3 loss.  Jamal Strong was four for four and he drove in a run.