Yankees Minor League Baseball Blog

The Thunder doubled up Harrisburg 8-4 and it was Marcos Vechinonacci and Kevin Russo who got it done at the plate.  Vechionacci went two for four with a double, three RBIs and two runs while Russo doubled and drove in three.  P.J. Pilittere had a team high three hits and he scored twice.

Chase Wright improved to 2-1 with a nice start.  He gave up one run on five hits and two walks with two strikeouts in six innings.

Austin Jackson was the hitting star in Tampa’s 4-3, ten inning win over Lakeland.  He went four for five with two RBIs.  He drive in the game winner in the bottom of the tenth though.  That went to Kevin Russo, who drove home Robbie Minor on a sac. fly.

Eric Wordekemper picked up the win despite giving up two unearned runs that tied the game up.  He did strike out two in two innings of relief.

Phil Coke fell to 7-3 on the season with a rough start in Tampa’s 8-6 loss.  He gave up six runs on seven hits and two walks with five strikeouts in five innings of work.

Christopher Malec went two for four with three RBIs.  Kevin Russo went three for three with a double, a walk and three runs.

Elvys Quezada fell to 3-3 on the season in a rough start in Tampa’s 11-6 loss to Brevard County.  He was knocked around for six runs on seven hits and three walks with four strikeouts in just 2 2/3 innings.

Austin Jackson went two for five with a homerun and two RBIs.  Kevin Russo went two for four with a triple, an RBI and a run.

Tampa and Fort Myers played two because of a rain out the day before and both teams took a game.  In the first game, Anthony Claggett threw five shutout frames and he improved to 4-8 on the season with the win.  Christopher Malec was the hitting star and he went three for four with a run and an RBI in the 4-1 win.

In the second game, Tampa lost 4-2 and they had a tougher time getting runs across the plate.  Kevin Russo went two for three with a double and an RBI to lead the way at the plate.  Wilkins Arias dropped to 6-2 and he gave up three runs in two innings of relief.

Daniel McCutchen improved to 7-1 on the season with an outstanding start in Tampa’s 4-0 win over Fort Myers.  He gave up just two hits and a walk and he struck out three in seven shutout innings.

Kevin Russo was the hitting star in the win.  He went three for five with a double, two RBIs and two runs.

Kevin Russo had a nice day at the late in Tampa’s 8-3 win over Palm Beach.  He went two for four and he drove in three runs.  Marcos Vechionacci went three for five and he scored a run.

Phil Coke picked up his first win of the season in a nice start.  He gave up one run on three hits and two walks with five strikeouts in seven solid frames.

Tamps lost to Lakeland 9-2 in a game where the hitters were definitely held in check.  Kevin Russo tripled home both of the Yankees runs and Colin Curtis was the only Tampa hitter with two hits.

Eric Hacker was hit hard and he dropped to 1-3 with a rough start.  He gave up five runs on eight hits and two walks in just 1 1/3 innings.

Tampa beat Jupiter 6-3 and Joba Chamberlain improved to 2-0 on the season in the win.  He gave up two runs on four hits and two walks with seven strikeouts in six innings of work.

Kevin Russo went one for four and he drove in two runs.  Marcos Vechionacci went one for four and he scored two runs.

Tampa scored four runs from the sixth inning on to come from behind to beat Sarasota 7-6.  Jared Greenwood had the bit hit of the game.  He three run pinch hit homerun gave the Yankees the runs they needed for the win.  Kevin Russo also had a nice day and he went two for three with an RBI and two runs.

Zachary Kroenke picked up the with with a shutout eighth inning.  Ian Kennedy gave up three runs in 5 1/3 innings and he struck out nine in his start.

Erick Abreu had a tough start today for Tampa.  He gave up three runs on seven hits in just three innings.  Fortunately, the pen was very good today as three relievers combined to throw six no-hit innings.  Mike Martinez was particularly good and he threw three no-hit frames to pick up the win.

Edwar Gonzalez went two for four with an RBI in the 4-3 win.  Kevin Russo went two for three with a double and a run.

The Tampa Yankees put up ten runs on fiften hits in a 10-4 blowout win over the Lakeland Flying Tigers.  Kevin Russo led the way with three hits, three runs and an RBI while Juan Miranda went two for four with two RBIs and a run.

Elvys Quezada picked up the win in relief of starter Phil Coke who was hit hard.  Quezada game up a single run on just two hits with two strikeouts in 3 1/3 innings.