Minor League Recap 7/28

Written by Greg Fertel | 28 July 2008

Scranton falls to Rochester, 7-4

Alan Horne, who last pitched a month ago, struggled tremendously in his return to the Scranton rotation. The 25 year-old gave up 5 runs on 2 hits and 5 walks in only 1 inning of work. These struggles are likely due to rust, and he will get himself back together in due time.
Chris Britton was great through 3 innings of scoreless relief, giving up 3 hits and a walk and striking out 5. While his line looks good, he did allow 2 runners inherited from Horne to score, showing that you can't always trust the box score.
Scott Strickland pitched a perfect 8th, striking out 1 and lowering his ERA to 2.19 on the season.
Brett Gardner, back in the minors after the acquisition of Xavier Nady, was 0 for 5 with 3 strikeouts.
Alberto Gonzalez was 1 for 4.
Juan Miranda was 1 for 3 with a walk, raising his average to .291.
Cody Ransom was 2 for 4 with his 20th homer of the season. He is displaying some serious pop for a middle infielder.
Ben Broussard was 1 for 4 with his 7th home run.
Eric Duncan was 0 for 4 with 3 strikeouts.
Chris Stewart was 1 for 3 with a double and a walk.

Trenton loses to Altoona, 3-1

Michael Gardner started, giving up 3 runs on 4 hits and a walk in 3 1/3 innings of work.
Kevin Whelan struck out 2 in 1 2/3 scoreless innings, and gave up a hit and a walk.
Phil Coke, pulled from his last start because he was originally in the Nady/Marte trade, struck out 3 in 2 perfect innings from the bullpen.
Oneli Perez also struck out 3 in 2 perfect relief innings.
Reegie Corona and Ramiro Pena were each 0 for 4.
Austin Jackson, Edwar Gonzalez, Frank Muich, and Colin Curtis were each 1 for 4. Jackson's average is now sitting at .295.
Cody Ehlers was 2 for 4.
Seth Cooper was 2 for 2 with a walk.

Tampa tops Lakeland, 6-5

Coming off a horrendous outing in which he gave up 7 runs in 2 innings, Jason Stephens was much better this time around. Stephens pitched 6 innings of 1-run ball, striking out 3 while giving up 7 hits and 2 walks.
Luis Nunez was 1 for 4 with a walk.
Eduardo Nunez was 2 for 5.
Josh Kreuzer was 1 for 3 with 2 walks.
Seth Fortenberry was 2 for 4 witha double and a walk.
Andres Perez was 2 for 4 with his 8th homer of the season.
Tim Battle was 2 for 4 with a triple, but was also picked off.

Charleston shut out by Hickory, 6-0

Lance Pendleton took the loss, but pitched very well, giving up a run on 4 hits and a walk in 7 innings, and striking out 2.
Stephen Artz walked 1 and struck out 1 in 2 scoreless innings
The Riverdogs managed just 1 hit as a team, a single by Austin Krum, who was 1 for 3.
Abe Almonte and Brandon Laird were also hitless, but both drew a walk.
Everyone else was 0 for 3.

Staten Island beaten by Brooklyn, 5-2

Nick Montgomery started, giving up 3 runs (2 earned) on 6 hits in 5 innings of work, and striking out 2.
David Adams and Brian Baisley were each 1 for 4. Baisley's average is .347, and he has raked since being added to the SI roster.
Daniel Brewer was 1 for 3 with his 1st homer and a walk.
Mike Lyon was 2 for 3.

The GCL Yanks were rained out. Because of the GCL rainout, Phil Hughes and Carl Pavano will instead pitch their rehab outings tomorrow in Charleston, and will likely go about 2 innings each. Here's hoping that Pavano doesn't rub off on Hughes. Also, Mike Ashmore reports that Phil Coke did not fail a physical with the Pirates, as had previously been speculated. It is possible that it was Kontos who failed the physical, or else the Pirates got cold feet on the package at the last minute, and wanted the Yanks to give them McCutchen.