Yankees Minor League Baseball Blog

Wilkin Arias improved to 4-1 on the season with a1 1 1/3 innings of shutout relief in Tampa’s 3-2 win over Vero Beach.  He gave up one hit and he struck out one in the win.  Phil Coke had a pretty good start and he gave up two runs on five hits with two strikeouts in six innings.

Austin Jackson was the hitting star in the win.  He went three for five with a double, a run and an RBI.

Tampa pitching gave up four runs in the ninth inning in their 8-5 loss to Fort Myers.  All three Tampa pitchers gave up at least a couple of runs although Wilkin Arias struck out eight in 3 1/3 innings.

Tim Battle had a nice game at the plate.  He went two for four with a walk and he scored three runs.