Almost perfect

One of the craziest box scores of the year right here. The GCL Cardinals were getting no-hit into the 15th inning (!) then walk-off with a 1-0 win in the 17th inning. Insane.

Oh, and this comes straight from the horse’s mouth:

Some people have expressed concern over the fact that I have just three home runs this season. I don’t worry too much about it. What matters is that I’m hitting the ball. The power will come as long as I continue to have confidence in myself.

Amen. 

Triple-A Scranton (9-6 win over Louisville)
Brett Gardner: 0 for 3, 2 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 SB – solid showing in his AAA debut
Justin Christian: 3 for 5, 1 3B, 3 RBI, 1 K, 1 SB – 21 hits in his last 11 games
Shelley Duncan: 2 for 5, 2 R, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K – why not call him up to give the Yanks a little thump off the bench?
Angel Chavez: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB
Eric Duncan: 0 for 4, 1 BB – BA down to .223
Andy Cannizaro & Raul Chavez: both 1 for 4, 1 R – Cannizaro walked, Chavez drove in 2 and picked a runner off first
Chase Wright: 6 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 2 K – the good: he outpitched this guy…the bad: he gave up this guy’s first career AAA homer 
Sean Henn: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Chris Britton:  0.2 IP, zeroes across the board
Jim Brower: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K – in other news, Kyle Farnsworth allowed 2 more baserunners

Double-A Trenton (6-4 win over New Hampshire)
Colin Curtis: 1 for 4, 1 BB, 1 K
Alberto Gonzalez: 0 for 4, 3 K
Cody Ehlers: 0 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 K – 11 K in his last 6 games
Juan Miranda: 0 for 2, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP - 7 RBI in his last 3 games
Bronson Sardinha: 3 for 3, 2 R, 1 3B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 BB, 1 E (fielding) – send me to Trenton will ya…
Ian Kennedy: 6.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, 3-8 GB/FB – his line looked a whole lot better before Jeff Kennard allowed 2 inherited runners to score
Kennard: 0.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Justin Pope: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

High-A Tampa (7-6 loss to St. Lucie)
Reegie Corona: 1 for 4, 1 K
Austin Jackson: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI – I’m all out of ways to say “he’s really really hot right now”…sorry
Jose Tabata: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 K – multi-hit games in 3 of his last 5 contests
Edwar Gonzalez: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 SB – third straight 2-fer
Chris Malec: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Marcos Vechionacci: 0 for 4 – picked off first
Jared Greenwood: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 K – replaced Frankie Cervelli with 2 outs in the bottom of the second, before Cervelli got an AB…
Anthony Claggett: 5 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Zach Kroenke: 1 IP, zeroes across the board
David Robertson: 2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 WP – last gave up a run on June 11th, 16 IP ago…he gets a pass on this one

Low-A Charleston (3-0 win over Columbus) perfection was but a first inning single away…
Mitch Hilligoss: 1 for 4 – only nine 0-fers in his last 66 games
Eduardo Nunez: 2 for 4, 1 R, 2 SB, 1 CS
Seth Fortenberry: 0 for 1, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 SB – 8 RBI in his last 7 games
Josue Calzado & Kyle Anson: combined 0 for 7, 2 RBI – RBI each
James Cooper: 1 for 3, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K
Gaby Medina: 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 1 HB, 3-8 GB/FB
Ferdin Tejeda: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K – 22-3 K/BB ratio
Jon Hovis: 1 IP, zeroes across the board

Short Season Staten Island (9-5 win over Auburn)
Justin Snyder: 3 for 5, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 K – .338-.489-.515-1.004 with a 12-18 K/BB ratio
Damon Sublett & Jose Gil: both 2 for 5, 1 2B – Sublett scored a run when Gil drove him in…Gil also K’ed and was caught stealing
Taylor Holiday: 2 for 4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 HBP
Isaiah Howes: 2 for 5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI – that’s only his 3rd XBH in 14 games
Austin Krum: 1 for 4, 2 R, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
David Williams: 2 for 4, 1 RBI – 4 game hit streak after going hitless in his previous 6 contests
Jeff Karstens: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 8 K – I’ll take that from my long reliever any day of the week…
Ryan Zink: 4 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 7 K – 9 ER & 16 baserunners in his last 7 IP

The Rooke GCL Yanks box score hasn’t been updated yet. I’m not waiting around for it, here’s the league scoreboard.