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Staten Island scored five runs in the seventh and four in the eighth to push them to a blowout win over Tri-City.  Jose Gil belted a homer and drove in five runs while Austin Krum went three for four with a double, three RBIs and two runs.

Adam Olbrychowski improved to 3-5 with the win. He gave up two runs on four hits and three walks with five strikeouts in five innings.

Staten Island scored a run in the eighth and a run in the ninth to come back and beat Brooklyn 5-4.  The game winner was an RBI single by Jose Gil with two outs while Christopher Raber belted a solo homer in the bottom of the eighth to tie it.  Raber finished the gave with two hits, two walks and he scored three times.

Darrell Rasner gave up two runs in four innings in his start.  Jonathan Ortiz gave up five baserunners in 1 2/3 innings but none of them crossed the plate and he picked up his fourth win of the season.

Adam Olbrychowski improved to 2-5 on the season in the Yankees 8-3 win over Hudson Valley.  He gave up two runs on four hits and three walks with two strikeouts in six solid frames.

Jose Gil doubled twice, drove in two runs and scored once.  Taylor Holiday went three for four with a walk and two runs.

Jose Gil had a big day at the plate as Staten Island came from behind to beat Lowell 9-6.  Gil went four for five with a double, a homerun, two RBIs and two runs.  Braedyn Pruitt went two for five with a double, two RBIs and a run.

Ryan Zink improved to 6-1 with 2 2/3 innings of solid relief.  He gave up one hit and one walk and he struck out five.

Jeffrey Livek gave up two runs in the top of the eleventh inning and he fell to 1-2 as the Yankees lost to the Tigers 4-2.  It was disappointing because up until that inning, three Yankee pitchers combined to hold Oneonta to just two runs in ten innings.

Jose Gil belted a solo homer to account for one of the Yankees runs.  Braedyn Pruitt continued his hot hitting and he went two for three with a walk.  That raised his season batting average to .468 in the nineteen games he’s played.  Not too bad for a guy the Yankees got in the fourteenth round of this year’s draft.

Staten Island blew a 1-0 lead in the top of the eighth only to come back and win it in the bottom half of the frame with two runs to make it a 3-2 final.  The game winning run was a two RBI single by Jose Gil.  Ryan Wehrle was the only Yankee hitter with two hits and he was also the only one to rack up an extra base hit with a double.

Jonathan Ortiz improved to 1-1 with 1 1/3 innings of shutout relief.  He walked one and struck out four while Ryan Pope threw four shutout innings and struck out six in his start.

Staten Island lost 5-3 but Jose Gil had a fantastic individual performance in the win.  He drove in a run and scored a run.

Jason Kiley fell to 2-2 on the season with the loss.  He gave up two runs on three hits and with two strikeouts in three innings of work.

Grant Duff dropped to 5-3 on the season in the RiverDogs 6-3 loss to Columbus.  He gave up four runs on six hits and three walks with two strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings.

Jose Gil went two for three with an RBI.  Mitchell Hilligos went two for five with two doubles and a run.

The pitching went out the window in yesterday’s 12-6 loss to Asheville.  Garrett Patterson took the loss when he gave up eight runs in three innings of relief while Angel Reyes gave up four runs in four innings in his start.

Brian Baisley had a nice game in the loss and he went three for five with a homerun and two RBIs.  Jose Gil hit a solo homerun while Christopher Malec went two for three with two runs scored.

Four hits isn’t usually going to cut it and that’s all the RiverDogs got in their 5-2 loss to the Catfish.  Jose Gil singled and he drove in both runs for the RiverDogs in the 5-2 loss.

Timothy Norton had a rough start and he took the loss.  He gave up five runs (two earned) on nine hits and a walk with three strikeouts in five innings.

Angel Reyes lasted just 3 1/3 innings but he struck out nine batters.  That’s nine of the ten outs he made.  He wasn’t unhittable though.  He did give up two runs on one hit and two walks in a no decision.  Luke Trubee picked up the win with 1 2/3 innings of shutout relief.

Seth Fortenberry had big game.  He went four for four with a triple, a homerun, an RBI and two runs.  Jose Gil hit a two run homerun in the 7-4 win.

The RiverDogs got it all.  They got some very good hitting and they also received some exception pitching.  Austin Jackson had a big game at the plate.  He went two for four with a homerun, a double, three RBIs and two runs.  Wilmer Pino hit a two run shot while Jose Gil singled, drew a walk and scored twice.

On the mound, Eric Hacker had a solid start.  He threw six shutout innings and gave up just three hits with five strikeouts.