Marshall struggles with control in SWB loss

Some roster moves:

• C Jeff Farnham was sent down to Double-A Trenton according to John Sadak. The move clears room on the roster for C J.R. Murphy, who was promoted yesterday.
• LHP Cesar Cabral was removed from the Double-A Trenton roster and was assigned to … somewhere. Not sure. Mike Ashmore has the news. Cabral’s 30-day rehab window expires tomorrow, and I’m guessing they’ll try to slide him through waivers.
• RHP Corey Black was promoted to Double-A Trenton, according to Ashmore. It might only be a temporary thing, however.
• 1B Bubba Jones will be with Short Season State Island when the season starts on Monday, according to his Twitter feed.

Triple-A Scranton (4-2 loss to Lehigh Valley) they actually faced Carlos Zambrano, in case you’re wondering where he’s been

• LF Zoilo Almonte: 0-5
• RF Ronnie Mustelier: 1-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K — nine hits in his last 36 at-bats (.250)
• C J.R. Murphy: 0-2, 2 BB, 1 K, 2 PB — solid Triple-A debut despite the lack of hits
• RHP Brett Marshall: 5.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 6 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 9/1 GB/FB — only 39 of 77 pitches were strikes (51%) … 46/39 K/BB in 54.2 innings

Double-A Trenton was rained out. Not sure when they’re going to make this one up, but they don’t return to Binghamton again this season.

High-A Tampa Game One (2-1 win over Charlotte in seven innings) makeup of yesterday’s rainout

• CF Mason Williams: 2-3, 1 R
• DH Rob Refsnyder: 2-2, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 CS — 13 hits in his last 32 at-bats (.406), so he’s starting to come around again
• LF Ben Gamel: 0-3, 1 RBI, 2 K
• C Gary Sanchez & 2B Angelo Gumbs: both 1-3
• RF Yeral Sanchez: 1-2, 1 BB, 1 K
• RHP Sean Black: 5 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 5/2 GB/FB — hasn’t been very good over the years, but he’s got a 1.66 ERA in 43.1 innings this year
• RHP Taylor Garrison: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 2/0 GB/FB
• RHP Branden Pinder: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K

High-A Tampa Game Two (6-4 loss to Charlotte)

• CF Mason Williams: 1-4, 2 R, 1 K
• DH Rob Refsnyder: 1-3, 1 R
• LF Ben Gamel: 1-3, 1 2B, 3 RBI — despite the 0-fer in game one, he’s still 10-for-22 (.455) in his last six games
• 2B Angelo Gumbs: 0-2, 1 BB, 1 K
• RHP Diego Moreno: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1/1 GB/FB

Low-A Charleston Game One (8-7 win over Augusta in 18 innings (!), walk-off style) completion of the April 14th game, which was suspended due to rain after 14 innings

• CF-RF Taylor Dugas: 1-8, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
• 2B Rob Refsnyder: 3-7, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 K, 1 SB — he started the original game, obviously
• DH Greg Bird: 1-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — only played the original game
• 3B Dante Bichette Jr.: 2-8, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K — he was at the plate for the walk-off wild pitch
• C Peter O’Brien: 0-0, 2 BB — “came off the bench” to play the completion today
• LHP Dan Camarena: 3 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 3/2 GB/FB — 42 of 69 pitches were strikes (61%) … started the original game
• RHP Charley Short: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 4/2 GB/FB — 35 of 47 pitches were strikes (74%)

Low-A Charleston Game Two (1-0 loss to Augusta)

• CF Jake Cave: 1-3, 1 BB
• SS Cito Culver & 3B Dante Bichette Jr.: both 0-4, 1 K
• 1B Greg Bird: 0-3, 2 K
• C Peter O’Brien: 1-3, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K — 12 hits in his last 23 at-bats (.522) with four doubles and four homers
• LHP Evan Rutckyj: 6 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 5/5 GB/FB — 58 of 92 pitches were strikes (63%)