Melancon makes his AAA debut

Triple-A Scranton (6-0 win over Syracuse)
Brett Gardner: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 2 SB
Bernie Castro & Cody Ransom: both 0 for 4, 1 BB, 1 K
Matt Carson: 3 for 5, 1 R, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 1 K
Juan Miranda: 1 for 3, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 SB – second steal of his career, the first came early last year with Tampa
Ben Broussard & Eric Duncan: both 1 for 4, 1 BB, 1 K – E-Dunc scored a run & committed a fielding error
Alberto Gonzalez: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K
Chris Stewart: 1 for 2 – he and manager Dave Miley were ejected in the bottom of the 4th for arguing balls and strikes
JD Closser: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 K – nice job after taking over for Stewart
Chase Wright: 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 11-3 GB/FB – 42 of 70 pitches were strikes (60%)
Mark Melancon: 2 IP, zeroes, 3-3 GB/FB – 15 of 19 pitches were strikes (78.9%) … so I guess all that talk about him pitching multiple innings per outing because he was throwing so few pitches per inning had some truth to it
Scott Strickland: 1 IP, zeroes, 2-1 GB/FB – took him a grand total of 6 pitches to end this one

Double-A Trenton (6-3 win over Altoona)
Colin Curtis: 1 for 4, 1 RBI
Edwar Gonzalez: 2 for 3, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 SB, 1 HBP – had been 6 for his last 37 (.162)
Walt Ibarra: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI
rest of lineup: combined 1 for 17, 3 R, 1 RBI, 2 K, 1 HBP – James Cooper drove in a run with a singe, drew a walk & was caught stealing … Ajax took an 0 for 4
Steven White: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 2 WP, 4-2 GB/FB – sucks down here too
Zack Kroenke: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 2-4 GB/FB
Phil Coke: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K – last allowed a run on July 9th
Jose Valdez: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 4-1 GB/FB

High-A Tampa (6-5 loss to Lakeland in 10 innings, walk-off style)
Eduardo Nunez & Mitch Hilligoss: both 1 for 5, 1 2B – Hilligoss swiped a bag
Kevin Smith: 2 for 5, 1 R, 2 K
Josh Kreuzer: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K
Seth Fortenberry & Jose Gil: both 0 for 4, 1 BB – Fortenberry scored a run & K’ed twice … Gil stole a bag & was caught trying to steal another
Tom Baldridge (33): 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
Chris Kunda: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K
Tim Battle: 1 for 5, 2 K – the Tim Battle K Counter is up to 96 in 81 games
Ivan Nova: 4.1 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 5-5 GB/FB
Phil Bartlewski: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 1 HB
Josh Schmidt: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HB, 3-1 GB/FB – coughed up the lead in the bottom of the 9th
Rob Semerano: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2 WP, 1 HB

Low-A Charleston (6-5 win over Asheville, walk-off style)
Justin Snyder & Austin Romine: both 1 for 3, 1 BB – Snyder doubled, scored 2 runs & K’ed … Romine drove in a run
Bradley Suttle: 2 for 4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K
Jesus Montero: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI – had been 1 for 11 since hitting his last homer
Brandon Laird: 0 for 3, 1 BB, 1 K
David Williams: 0 for 4, 2 K
Carmen Angelini & Abe Almonte: both 0 for 2, 2 BB, 1 K
Austin Krum: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 CS, 1 E (throwing) – walk-off homer
Dellin Betances: 4.2 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 HB, 1 Balk, 5-5 GB/FB – only 6 BB in his last 21.2 IP after like, a whole lotta walks in his previous little amount of innings
Craig Heyer: 3.1 IP, zeroes, 1 HB, 8-2 GB/FB
Jon Ortiz: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K – blew the save, but ended up with the win

Short Season Staten Island (5-2 loss to Lowell)
Addison Maruszack (17) & David Adams (3): both 0 for 4 – Maruszack drove in a run with a ground out
Brian Baisley, Mike Lyon (24), Ray Kruml (11) & Jahdiel Santamaria: all 1 for 4 – Baisley scored a run … Lyon doubled, drove in a run, K’ed & committed a fielding error … Kruml K’ed twice … Santamaria doubled, scored a run & K’ed
Dan Brewer (8): 2 for 3, 1 2B, 1 BB – threw a runner out at home from LF
Taylor Grote: 0 for 2, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 E (throwing) – 45 K in 109 AB … yikes
Ben Blumenthal: 0 for 3, 1 K
Luke Greinke (12): 5 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 5-5 GB/FB – W-L records are meaningless, but 0-6 is just ugly
Andy Shetrone: 2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 3-2 GB/FB
Jacinto Gonell: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K

Rookie GCL Yanks (10-1 loss to GCL Phillies in 6 innings, the game was completed early due to rain) Kyle Drabek, the Phil’s ’06 first rounder, made his first appearance back from Tommy John surgery in this game
Corban Joseph (4): 1 for 2, 1 2B – another day, another XBH
rest of lineup: combined 0 for 15, 2 K – Frankie Cervelli & Wady Rufino both returned from their mystery injuries to go 0 for 2 in this game … Spencer Lucian committed a throwing error … Chris Smith committed a fielding error
Chris Garcia: 3 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 4 HB, 3-2 GB/FB – 4 hit batters? yikes
Israel Batista: 1 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 2-1 GB/FB
Manny Banuelos: 1 IP, zeroes, 3 K