Minor League Recap - 6/21

Jason Stephens made his Tampa debut a successful one, picking up the victory in the 'A' ball Yankees 3-2 win over the Lakeland Flying Tigers. Stephens allowed 2 unearned runs over 5 innings, striking out 4 in his first start since his promotion from Charleston. Luis Nunez played a part in two of Tampa's runs with an RBI and a run scored.

June 20, 2008
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Lakeland 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 Tampa 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 3 6 1 Recap | Box W: J. Stephens (1-0, 0.00); L: M. O'Brien (5-3, 3.04); SV: J. Schmidt (6) HR: None.

The Toledo Mud hens doubled up Scranton 8-4 as Dan McCutchen had another rough outing at the Triple-A level. He allowed 6 runs, 5 of them earned, in 5 innings pitched as his record dropped to 1-5. The loss over shadowed a big game from Juan Miranda, who went 5-5 with a pair of RBI.

June 20, 2008
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Toledo 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 8 13 1 Scranton/WB 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 13 1 Recap | Box | W: L. Gagnier (2-1, 4.05); L: D. McCutchen (1-5, 4.34) HR: TOL: B. Clevlen (14), F. Guzman (3), F. Seguignol (2).

Eric Hacker was outdueled by Robert Parnell in the Trenton Thunder's 3-1 loss to the Binghamton Mets. The Thunder committed 3 errors in the game, which accounted for 2 unearned runs of the 3 charged to Hacker in 5 innings. Kevin Whelan made his first appearance since his promotion from Tampa, striking out 2 and walking 1 in 1 inning of work. Recently signed Oneli Perez also made his first appearance, striking out 1 in a 1-2-3 inning. Edwar Gonzalez drove in Austin Jackson, who had 2 hits, for the Thunder's lone run.

June 20, 2008
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Binghamton 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 6 1 Trenton 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 3 Recap | Box | W: R. Parnell (6-4, 4.39); L: E. Hacker (1-1, 2.49); SV: E. Kunz (17) HR: None.

The Charleston RiverDogs were out scored by the Columbus Catfish 11-8, despite home runs by Brad Suttle, Austin Romine, and Brandon Laird. The RiverDogs lead 7-5 when the Catfish scored 6 times in the 8th inning. The only bright spot for Charleston pitching was Craig Heyer, who threw 3 shuout innings, lowing his ERA to 1.05 in 21 appearances.

June 20, 2008
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Charleston 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 8 9 0 Columbus 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 X 11 16 2 Recap | Box | | Game Story: COL W: J. Mejias (1-1, 2.96); L: C. Vacek (3-2, 3.03) HR: CHA: B. Laird (6), B. Suttle (4), A. Romine (1).

The Staten Island Yankees lost in 11 innings, 3-1, to the Hudson Valley Renegades. David Phelps threw 4 scoreless innings to start, but the bullpen couldn't hold a 1-0 lead. Taylor Grote drove in the lone run for the Baby Bombers.

June 20, 2008
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E Hudson Valley 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 11 1 Staten Island 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2 Recap | Box | W: R. Della Grotta (1-0, 0.00); L: D. Shetrone (0-1, 12.00); SV: M. Fleming (1) HR: None.

The Gulf Coast Yankees have also gotten under way and won a doubleheader yesterday to start the season. The rookie Yankees over came a 2-0 deficit, tying it in the 6th and then winning it in the 7th on Andres Dionici's RBI single. Dellin Betances, rehabbing a shoulder injury, threw 2 scoreless innings to start the game. Manuel Banuelos picked up the victory, while Mike Obradovich notched the save.

June 20, 2008
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E GCL Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 7 1 GCL Indians 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 7 1 Recap | Box W: M. Banuelos (1-0, 0.00); L: S. Mendez (0-1, 10.80); SV: M. Obradovich (1) HR: YAN: Z. Almonte (1).

The Yankees took the nightcap in another one run ball game, 2-1. Arodys Vizcaino threw 5 innings of 3-hit ball and New Jersey's own (Carlstadt, FDU-Madison) Ryan Flannery went the final 2 innings for the save. The Yankees managed only 2 hits, but one of them was an RBI single by Spencer Lucian.

June 20, 2008 Game 2
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E GCL Indians 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 GCL Yankees 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 2 2 0 Recap | Box W: A. Vizcaino (1-0, 1.80); L: A. Perez (0-1, 3.60); SV: R. Flannery (1) HR: None.