Minor League Recap - 6/20

What happens when a switch-pitcher faces a switch-hitter. It occurred last night when the Staten Island Yankees faced the Brooklyn Cyclones. Recent Yankees draftee Pat Venditte was on the hill for Staten Island. Ralph Henriquez stepped in for Brooklyn and here's what ensued.

As for the game itself, the Baby Bombers won it 7-2 behind 2 RBI each from Mike Lyon, Taylor Grote, and Addison Maruszak.

	June 19, 2008
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Staten Island 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 7 11 1 Brooklyn 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 1 Recap | Box W: J. Selenes (1-0, 0.00); L: M. Olivares (0-1, 1.80) HR: None.

The Scranton Yankees dropped the first game of their 4-game series with the Toledo Mudhens, 4-3, despite home runs by Shelley Duncan and Nick Green. Alan Horne had a decent outing (6 IP 4 H 4 ER 3 R 3BB 4 K), throwing 96 pitches. Dave Robertson had another good appearance in relief with 2 scorless inning. It lowered his season ERA to 1.91.

June 19, 2008
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Toledo 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 Scranton/WB 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 8 2 Recap | Box | W: V. Vasquez (5-6, 5.10); L: A. Horne (2-1, 3.70); SV: B. Neal (21) HR: SWB: S. Duncan (7), N. Green (6).

The Trenton Thunder lost the decisive game of their 3-game series with the Harrisburg Senators, 7-3. Phil Coke gave up 5 runs in 6 innings and the Senators reached Mark Melancon for 2 more. P.J. Pillitere had 3 hits, an RBI, and a run scored.

	June 19, 2008
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Trenton 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 5 0 Harrisburg 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 X 7 8 1 Recap | Box | W: J. Zimmermann (2-1, 3.24); L: P. Coke (4-3, 3.39) HR: HAR: M. Daniel (8), G. Guzman 2 (5).

The Tampa Yankees lost the opener of their series with the Lakeland Flying Tigers 6-3. NJ product Rick Porcello didn't figure in the decision for the Tigers, but he gave up 2 runs over 5.2 innings. Grant Duff took the loss after Lakeland scored 3 runs in the 7th.

	June 19, 2008
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Tampa 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 9 0 Lakeland 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 X 6 10 1 Recap | Box W: N. Martin (2-1, 4.28); L: G. Duff (1-4, 3.12); SV: J. Sborz (3) HR: None.

Charleston returned from the all-star break on the wrong end of a 5-3 score with the Columbus Catfish. Wil Heredia was tagged for 5 runs in 5 innings. David Williams hit his 3rd home run of the year for the RiverDogs.

	June 19, 2008
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Charleston 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 9 0 Columbus 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 9 1 Recap | Box | | Game Story: COL W: J. Hall (1-1, 4.19); L: J. Heredia (2-1, 2.98) HR: CHA: D. Williams (3). COL: R. Fronk (7).