Yankees Minor League Baseball Blog

Trenton was held to just a run on six hits as they lost to Harrisburg 3-1.  Eduardo Nunez had a single and a double while James Cooper singled twice and drove in the lone Trenton run to lead the way at the plate.

A solid start by Lance Pendleton went to waste.  He gave up three runs (just one earned) on three hits and a walk with four strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.

Tampa finally got a couple of games in after a couple of days of rain and the end result is a doubleheader split with St. Lucie.  In game one, the Yankees comeback fell short in a 5-4 loss.  They scored three in the seventh inning but couldn’t push across the winning run.  Daniel Brewer went three for four with a double, a run and an RBI.  Eric Fryer went two for four.  Ryan Zink took the loss and he fell to 4-7.  He gave up four runs on seven hits and three walks with four strikeouts in six innings.

Game two went substantially better and it was Lance Pendleton who threw a gem of a game.  He gave up just a hit and a walk with two strikeouts in five shutout innings.  Jonathan Hovis struck out two in a shutout seventh and he picked up his tenth save of the season.  Seth Fortenberry went two for three with a double and a run while Daniel Brewer went two for four with a run.

Lance Pendleton improved to 6-4 on the season with a really nice start in Tampa’s 5-3 win over Clearwater.  He gave up just five hits with six strikeouts in six shutout innings.  Jonathan Hovis threw a shutout ninth inning and he picked up his eighth save of the season.

Eric Fryer went two for two with a double, a run, an RBI and two walks.  Damon Sublett belted a two run homer while Brandon Laird went deep with a solo shot.

Three errors led to a total of four unearned runs in the Yankees 8-4 loss to Palm Beach.  Lance Pendleton took the loss and he dropped to 5-4.  He gave up four unearned runs on five hits and two walks with two strikeouts in four innings.

Austin Romine went two for five with a run and an RBI.  Matthew Cusick went two for three with a double and a run.

The Yankees got some very solid pitching this afternoon as they took care of Charlotte 3-2.  Jason Stephens got the start and he gave up just a single run in five innings.  Then Lance Pendleton gave up just a single run in three innings and he picked up the win to improve to 4-3.

Austin Romine went two for four with a double and an RBI.  Jesus Montero singled twice and he drove in one run.

Charleston outhit Savannah 8-6 and Abraham Almonte was the hitting star in the win. He went four for five with three RBIs.  Justin Snyder went three for five with two doubles and an RBI while Jesus Montero went two for five with a double, a solo homer and two runs.

Jairo Heredia improved to 1-0 with a good enough start.  He gave up three runs on five hits and two walks with six strikeouts.  Lance Pendleton gave up two runs in 2 2/3 but he struck out seven batters to bring his season total up to twelve in 4 2/3 innings.