Yankees Minor League Baseball Blog

The Red Sox Yankees might not have had much luck against the Boston Red Sox but SWB got it done over Pawtucket last night with a pair of wins.  Game one went eleven innings and Mark Melancon was the star on the mound in the 3-2 win.  He gave up a hit and a walk in three shutout innings of relief and the win pushed his record to 4-0 on the season.  Juan Miranda went three for five with a walk and two RBIs.  Austin Jackson didn’t get a hit, but he walked three times and he scored and drove in a run.

Game two saw Kei Igawa get it done on the mound.  He improved to 7-3 and he gave up a run on six hits and a walk with three strikeouts in six innings.  Anthony Claggett pitched a shutout ninth to pick up save number four.  Austin Jackson went two for three with a solo home run in the 4-1 win. Shelley Duncan went two for two with two walks and an RBI.

The Yankees impressive lead got a little bit smaller today as they dropped two games to Indianapolis.  Game one was a 7-1 beatdown that saw three errors turn in four unearned runs.  Casey Fossum took the loss and he fell to 3-3.  He gave up six runs (just two earned) on seven hits with four strikeouts in five innings.  The Yankees had just one run on three hits and Justin Leone drew a walk and scored a run.

in game two, it was Josh Towers who got roughed up in a 6-3 loss.  He fell to 2-5 and he gave up four runs on six hits and one walk with two strikeouts in four innings.  Shelley Duncan had the big hit with a three run blast, his 21st home run of the seaosn.

The SWB Yankees couldn’t get anything going at the plate and they lost to the Bats 3-0.  Austin Jackson and Shelley Duncan both doubled while Eric Duncan singled. Unfortunately, that was it. 

A pretty good start by George Kontos went to waste.  He gave up three runs (one earned) on five hits and two walks with five strikeouts in seven innings of work.

Josh Towers fell to 0-4 on the season with another rough start in the Yankees 7-5 loss to Louisville.  He gave up seven runs (six earned) on nine hits with two strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings.

Shelley Duncan had another nice game and he singled and drove in two runs.  Austin Jackson also pitched with a single and two RBIs.

Shelley Duncan brought a bit stick as the Yankees took care of the Bats 9-3.  He went two for four with two homers and five RBIs.  John Rodriguez and Todd Linden also went yard in the win.

Zachary Kroenke improved to 4-0 with 1 2/3 innings of shutout relief.  Anthony Claggett pitched the final three frames and he picked up his second save of the season.