Yankees Minor League Baseball Blog

Staten Island took a 5-4 lead into the ninth inning but walked away with a 6-5 loss.  Ronny Marte gave up the two ninth inning runs and he fell to 2-1.  Francisco Rondon struck out eight in four innings in his start.

Neil Medchill went two for two with a home run, two RBIs and two runs.  Kyle Higashioka went two for four with a run.

Trenton Lare improved to 1-0 with a really solid start in the Yankees 5-1 win over Aberdeen.  He gave up one unearned run on three hits with five strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.

Zoilo Almonte had a big day at the plate.  He went two for four with a double and three RBIs.  Neil Medchill drew a walk but still managed to scored two runs.

Staten Island got their game in today, unfortunately they didn’t play enough innings to give them their first win.  Their two runs came on back to back home runs by Neil Medchill and Kelvin Castro.

Kelvin Perez took the loss and he fell to 0-1.  He gave up five runs (two earned) on six hits and two walks with a strikeout in just two innings.