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Down on the Farm Day 40 Minor Leagues 5/14/2008

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The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees got bombed by the Louisville Bats by a score of 11-6. Starting for Scranton was Heath Phillips and he got absolutely rocked giving up 8 runs on 6 hits in only 1 inning of work for the loss. Three runs were unearned because of a throwing error by himself, pitcher Heath Phillips. Replacing Phillips in the second inning was Bo Hall and he gave up 2 earned runs on 6 hits in 3.1 innings of work. Following Hall was Steven Jackson and he gave up 1 earned run on 3 hits in 2.2 innings. Scott Patterson started the 8th inning and was perfect. The hitting stars for Scranton were center fielder Justin Christian , left-fielder Jason Lane, third baseman Cody Ransom and catcher JD Closser. Christian went 2 for 4 with 1 run scored and 2 rbi’s along with a home run. Lane went 3 for 4 with 1 run scored. Ransom went 2 for 5 with 1 run scored and 2 rbi’s along with a home run and Closser went 1 for 2 with 1 run scored and 2 rbi’s.

Double A

The Trenton Thunder lost a high scoring game to the Portland Sea Dogs by a score of 10-6. Starting for Trenton was Phil Coke and he gave up 3 runs on 5 hits in 5 innings. Three runs he gave up were unearned because of a a fielding error by shortstop Reegie Corona and a throwing error by himself, pitcher Phil Coke. Michael Gardner pitched the 6th and 7th inning and gave up 4 runs on 2 hits for the loss but 3 runs were unearned because of a fielding error by shortstop Reegie Corona. Eric Wordekemper pitched the 8th and 9th inning and gave up 3 runs on 3 hits in 2 innings but 1 run was unearned because of ANOTHER fielding error by shortstop Reegie Corona. The hitting stars of the game worth mentioning for Trenton were right-fielder Edwar Gonzalez and short stop Reegie Corona. Gonzalez went 3 for 4 with 2 runs scored and Corona went 2 for 3 with 1 run scored and 2 rbi’s.

A Adv.

The Tampa Yankees lost to the Lakeland Flying Tigers by a score of 1-0. Starting for Tampa was Alfredo Aceves and he pitched 7 scoreless innings on 2 hits along with 7 strikouts for the no decision. Replacing Aceves to start the 8th inning was Josue Selenes and he gave up 1 earned run on 2 hits in 2 innings for the loss. The hitting star of the game for Tampa was right-fielder James Cooper who went 1 for 3 with a walk and is batting .340 for the year.

Class A

The Charleston RiverDogs lost to the Greenville Drive by a score of 1-0. Starting for the RiverDogs was Jason Stephens and he pitched 6 scoreless innings on 3 hits for the no decision. His era for the year now stands at 1.08. Replacing Stephens to start the 7th inning was Jesse Hoover and he gave up 1 earned run on 2 hits in 3 innings for the loss. The hitting star of the game for the RiverDogs was Justin Snyder who had the only hit in the game and went 1-3.


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