DotF: Garcia fans 12, Tampa loses despite throwing no-hitter

We’re now into the final month of the minor league regular season and the postseason races are beginning to heat up. With that in mind, let’s update the standings today.

The Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders had a scheduled off-day. They are 58-53 and eleven games back in the division. They’re only one game back of the Wild Card spot though. Scranton’s regular season ends Monday, September 3rd.

They Double-A Trenton Thunder had a scheduled off-day. At 63-49, they are two games back in the division and 10.5 games up on a Wild Card spot. Their regular season ends Monday, September 3rd, and they’re going to play New Hampshire (Blue Jays) in the first round of the postseason barring something crazy these last four weeks.

High-A Tampa Tarpons Game One (4-3 loss to Clearwater in eight innings)

• CF Estevan Florial: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K
• 2B Hoy Jun Park: 1-4, 1 R
• DH Isiah Gilliam: 0-3, 2 K
• SS Diego Castillo: 0-3
• 1B Steven Sensley: 0-3, 1 K — Tampa has not been kind to him … he’s hitting .188/.291/.391 in 22 games since the promotion
• RHP Garrett Whitlock: 5 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 5/3 GB/FB — 51 of 77 pitches were strikes (66%) … laboring a bit late in the season, which isn’t unusual

High-A Tampa Tarpons Game Two (1-0 loss to Clearwater in eight innings) makeup of their July 5th rainout … they are 57-54 overall and 20-24 in the second half, and 8.5 games back of a postseason spot … their regular season ends Sunday, September 2nd

• CF Estevan Florial: 0-3
• SS Diego Castillo: 0-3, 1 K, 1 E (missed catch) — in a 2-for-31 (.065) skid
• RF Isiah Gilliam: 0-2, 1 HBP
• 1B Steven Sensley: 0-2, 1 K, 1 HBP
• RHP Deivi Garcia: 7 IP, zeroes, 12 K, 2/4 GB/FB — 56 of 82 pitches were strikes (68%) … 21 up, 21 down … 82/13 K/BB in 52.1 innings for the 19-year-old
• RHP Christian Morris: 1 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 3/0 GB/FB — 12 of 18 pitches were strikes … allowed the run because of the extra inning tiebreaker rule … the runner started at second, moved up to third on Castillo’s error, and scored on a fielder’s choice … so Tampa lost without allowing a hit or a walk … it’s their first no-hitter since 2012

The Low-A Charleston RiverDogs had a scheduled off-day. They are 52-28 overall and 19-23 in the second half, and four games back of a postseason spot. Their regular season ends Monday, September 3rd.

Short Season Staten Island Yankees (5-3 loss to Aberdeen) at 25-22, they are three games back in the division and one game back of the Wild Card spot … their regular season ends Monday, September 3rd

• SS Jesus Bastidas: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB
• LF Canaan Smith: 0-5, 2 K — 5-for-25 (.200) in seven games back from his mystery injury
• DH Kyle Gray: 0-3, 1 K
• RF Junior Soto: 0-4, 2 K
• RHP Matt Sauer: 5.1 IP, 11 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 HB, 2 WP, 6/4 GB/FB — 57 of 84 pitches were strikes (68%) … three straight starts with at least five runs allowed

Rookie Pulaski Yankees (10-5 win over Princeton) at 20-25, they are 8.5 games back in the division and six games back of a Wild Card spot … their regular season ends Wednesday, August 29th

• C Anthony Seigler: 1-4, 3 RBI, 1 K, 1 HBP, 1 E (pickoff) — 4-for-18 (.222) in five games with Pulaski
• 2B Ezequiel Duran: 2-6, 2 R, 3 K, 1 SB
• DH Mickey Gasper: 2-3, 3 RBI, 2 BB — 7-for-19 (.368) in his last five games … this year’s 27th rounder has 21 walks and eleven strikeouts in 26 games
• 3B Nelson Gomez: 3-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 HBP — had been in a 3-for-30 (.100) slump with 17 strikeouts
• RHP Alex Vizcaino: 5 IP, 10 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 2 WP, 8/1 GB/FB, 1 E (throwing)
• RHP Gilmael Troya: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 0/3 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yankees East (7-3 win over GCL Phillies West) they are 14-24 and nine games back in the division … their regular season ends Saturday, August 25th

• CF Ryder Green: 2-2, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI — 4-for-10 in his last three games, so he’s got some positive momentum going
• C Saul Torres: 1-5, 1 K, 1 E (throwing)
• LF Alexander Santana: 0-5
• RHP Yoendrys Gomez: 4.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 9/2 GB/FB — 29/12 K/BB in 29.2 innings for the 18-year-old

Rookie GCL Yankees West (2-1 loss to GCL Tigers East) they are 17-21 and nine games back in the division … their regular season ends Friday, August 24th

• CF Antonio Cabello: 0-5, 4 K — ouch, his worst game this year
• SS Roberto Chirinos: 2-5, 1 R
• RF Anthony Garcia: 0-4, 1 R, 2 K — in a 6-for-42 (.143) slump with 25 strikeouts
• LF Stanley Rosario: 2-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI — snaps an 0-for-12 skid
• C Hemmanuel Rosario: 0-3, 1 K, 1 HBP
• RHP Albert Abreu: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 3 WP, 3/2 GB/FB — 14 runs and 18 baserunners in five innings in his three rehab outings following the elbow inflammation