Yankees Minor League Baseball Blog

Tampa outlasted Clearwater tonight in a 4-3, eleven inning win.  Edwar Gonzalez was the hitting star with a pair of solo homers while Eduardo Nunez drove home the go ahead run and he later scored the game winner.

Alfredo Aceves had a solid start and he gave up just one run in five innings.  Jose Valdez pitched 2 2/3 shutout innings and he improved to 2-0.

Tampa took care of Dunedin 7-1 and it was Edwar Gonzalez and Mitch Hilligos who got it done at the plate.  Gonzalez went three for five with two doubles, three RBIs and two runs while Hilligoss went three for five with two RBIs and two runs.

Alfredo Aceves improved to 2-0 with a solid start.  He gave up one run on four hits and one walk with four strikeouts in five innings.

Tampa took care of Dunedin 6-1 and it was Ryan Pope who set the stage on the mound.  He improved to 1-1 and he gave up one run on four hits and one walk with eight strikeouts in five innings of work.

The Yankees racked up fifteen hits and three of those came from Eduardo Nunez.  He doubled, drove in a run and scored twice while Tim Battle belted a two run homer.

Eric Hacker did his best in the Yankees 1-0 win over Sarasota.  He gave up just two hits and a walk with four strikeouts in seven shutout innings.  Unfortunately, because the Yanks didn’t score until the eighth inning, he didn’t get the win.  That went to Mark Melancon, who gave up one hit in two shutout innings.

Josue Calzado drove in the lone run of the game for either side.  Seth Fortenberry went three for three and he scored the lone run.

Michael Dunn took the loss today as Tampa lost to Dunedin 8-4.  He gave up three runs on six hits and three walks with six strikeouts in four innings.  Grant Duff also had a tough time and he gave up four runs in 2 1/3 innings.

Damon Sublett doubled and drove in two runs in the loss.  Edwar Gonzalez doubled twice, drove in a run and scored.

Mitch Hilligoss picked up three of the Yankees six hits as they dropped their game to the Reds 7-1.  One of Hilligoss’ hits was a double and he also drove in the lone Tampa run.  Luis Nunez had the other three hits and he scored the lone run.

Ivan Nova took the loss and he fell to 0-1.  He gave up two runs on six hits and two walks with two strikeouts in five innings.

Edwar Gonzalez had a monster day at the plate in the Yankees 8-5 win over Sarasota.  He went four for five with a double, two homeruns, six RBIs and three runs.  James Cooper went three for four with four runs.

Jose Valdez picked up the win.  He gave up a single hit with a strikeout in two innings of shutout relief.

Tampa ran into a major league pitcher on a rehab start and the end result was a two shutout.  Eduardo Nunez picked up both hits and one of them was a triple.

Grant Duff gave up the only run of the game and he took the loss.  Ryan Pope threw four shutout innings but that nice start went to waste.

Mitch Hilligoss singled home Kevin Smith in the bottom of the ninth to win it for the Yankees in this one.  It was his second RBI of the game in the 5-4 win.  Eduardo Nunez went two for four with a double, a walk, a run and an RBI.

Michael Dunn had a mediocre start and he gave up four runs in 4 1/3 innings.  Edgar Soto pitched a shutout ninth inning and he picked up the win.

The offense never really got it going in this one in the 4-1 loss to Lakeland.  All four hits were singles and the lone run didn’t come until the bottom of the ninth inning.

Eric Hacker threw five shutout innings to start the game but he gave up three in the sixth and that was more then enough for the loss.  He gave up the three runs on seven hits with six strikeouts.