Yankees Minor League Baseball Blog

Mike Martinez improved to 4-4 on the season with a nice start in the Yankees 4-1 win over Sarasota. He gave up one run on three hits and two walks with four strikeouts in six innings of work.

Eduardo Nunez went two for three with a walk, a run and an RBI.  Tim Battle went two for four with a run and an RBI.

Joshua Schmidt improved to 6-1 on the season in Tampa’s 4-3 win over Lakeland.  He gave up one hit and two walks with two strikeouts in 1 2/3 innings.

Jared Greenwood went two for four with a double in the win.  Marcos Vechionacci singled, drew a walk and drove in two runs.

Austin Jackson had a big day at the plate in Tampa’s 8-2 win over Lakeland.  He went two for five with a double, a triple, three RBIs and a run.  Jared Greenwood went three for three with a walk, two RBIs and a run.

Anthony Claggett improved to 9-8.  He gave up two runs (one earned) on six hits and two walks with five 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.

Doug Mientkiewicz was the hitting star in Tampa’s 12-2 blowout win over Lakeland.  He went three for three with two doubles, five RBIs and a run.  Christopher Malec also had a great day at the plate and he went three for four with a double, a walk and four runs.

Anthony Claggett improved to 8-8 on the season.  He gave up one run on four hits and one walk with four strikeouts in six innings of work.

Elvys Quezada improved to 4-4 on the season with a nice start in Tampa’s 8-4 win over Clearwater.  He gave up two runs on six hits and one walk with four strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.

Jared Greenwood had just one single but he drove in three runs and scored.  Edwar Gonzalez went two for three with a walk, two runs and an RBI.

In the top of the ninth inning, Christopher Malec belted a solo homer to tie it and then Austin Jackson scored on Andres Perez’s sac. fly for the winning run.  Edwar Gonzalez had a team hit three hits and he scored a run.

David Robinson picked up the win with two innings of shutout relief.  He gave up a hit and struck out two and the win pushed his record to 3-1.

Elvys Quezada dropped to 3-4 on the season with a rough start in Tampa’s 4-3 loss to Dunedin.  He gave up the four runs on six hits and four walks with three strikeouts in four innings of work.

Christopher Malec went two for five with a double and an RBI.  Edwar Gonzalez belted a solo homer and he drew a walk in the loss.

Brett Smith has been kind of anamoly this season.  He put together a decent season for Trenton but he got sent down when some of the higher end prospects moved up.  Since his demotion, he’s been pummelled and he fell to 0-4 with another rough start in Tampa’s 9-5 loss to Fort Myers.  He gave up eight runs on eleven hits and two walks with three strikeouts in four innings.

Andres Perez went two for four with a triple and two RBIs.  Austin Jackson continued to rake and he went two for three with a walk and three runs.

George Kontos fell to 4-5 on the season with a rough start in Tampa’s 5-2 loss to Fort Myers.  He gave up five runs (all in the first inning) on ten hits with five strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings.

Marcos Vechionacci wen two for three with a double and a run.  Austin Jackson continued his hot hitting and he singled twice and scored.

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.

Tampa scored four first inning runs but didn’t score again as they lost to Palm Beach 5-4.  Andres Perez was the hitting star in the loss.  He went three for four with a homerun and three RBIs.  Christopher Malec walked twice and drew a walk.

Joshua Schmidt took the loss and he fell to 5-1.  He gave up one run on four hits and two walks in just two innings.

Anthony Claggett improved to 7-8 on the season in a nice start in Tampa’s 6-0 win over Palm Beach.  He gave up just three hits and a walk with two strikeouts in five shutout innings.

Jared Greenwood went two for four with a double, a homerun and three RBIs.  Marcos Vechionacci went three for four with a triple and two runs.

Brett Smith fell to 0-3 on the season with a tough loss in Tampa’s 7-3 loss to Palm Beach.  He gave up four runs on seven hits (two of which were homers) and two walks with two strikeouts in five innings of work.

Marcos Vechionacci doubled twice in the loss.  Robbie Minor doubled, drew two walks and scored a run.

Tampa needed plenty of offense but they got it done in a 10-7 win over Palm Beach.  Christopher Malec led the way with a grand slam and five RBIs.  Edwar Gonzalez went two for four with a walk and three runs.

George Kontos improved to 4-4 but it wasn’t pretty.  He gave up six runs (five earned) on seven hits and two walks with four strikeouts in six innings of work.

Phil Coke improved to 7-2 on the season in Tampa’s 6-3 win over Brevard County. He gave up one run on three hits and two walks with one strikeout in 5 2/3 innings.

Tim Battle doubled, drove in two runs and scored.  Eduardo Nunez doubled twice and drove in a run.

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 Clearwater made up their rain out from the day before and it was Tampa that came out on top in both games.  Marcos Vechionacci belted a grand slam in the 7-4 win to account for most of the Yankees offense while Elvys Quezada picked up the win with a nice start. He improved to 3-2 and he gave up three runs (just one earned) on four hits and a walk with seven strikeouts in five innings.

In the second game, Joshua Schmidt improved to 5-0 despite giving up the tying run in the sixth inning.  To his credit, both runs he gave up were unearned.  Austin Jackson went one for two with a run in the 3-2 win.

Anthony Claggett improved to 5-8 on the season with a nice start in Tampa’s 5-0 win over Sarasota.  He gave up just four hits and a walk with four strikeouts in five shutout frames.

Christopher Malec went two for three with a double and three RBIs to lead Tampa in the win.  Eduardo Nunez went two for four with a run.