Minor League Weekend Recap - 6/23

The Scranton Yankees won both games with the Toledo Mud Hens over the weekend to split their 4-game series. Sidney Ponson, who is slated to face the Mets on Friday at Shea Stadium, threw 4 decent innings in a tune up. He allowed 1 earned run on 3 hits, walked 3, and struck out 2. Dave Robertson (3-0, 1.82) tossed 1.1 scoreless innings of relief to earn the win. Juan Miranda, Eric Duncan, and Matt Carson drove in 2 runs each. Justin Christian also added a solo home run.

Jeff Karstens threw a gem on Sunday to complete the weekend sweep. Karstens struck out 11 in 6.2 innings pitched, while allowing just 1 unearned run in the Yankees 10-1 win. Shelley Duncan drove in 4 runs and Juan Miranda continued his hotting hitting with a 3-5 game. He was 12-19 (.632) in the 4-game series, including a 5-5 night on Friday.

	June 21, 2008
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Toledo 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 6 0 Scranton/WB 3 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 X 9 15 3 Recap | Box | W: D. Robertson (3-0, 1.82); L: Y. Bazardo (1-4, 5.86) HR: SWB: J. Christian (4).

	June 22, 2008
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Toledo 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 Scranton/WB 1 0 0 6 3 0 0 0 X 10 11 1 Recap | Box | W: J. Karstens (2-3, 4.55); L: C. Lambert (6-4, 3.51) HR: None.

George Kontos' excellent performance on Saturday lead the Trenton Thunder to a 3-2 win over the Binghamton Mets. Kontos allowed 2 runs over 6 innings for his third win and Anthony Claggett finished it off with 3 scoreless innings for his 5th save. The Thunder trailed 2-1 in the 6th when Jose Tabata stroked a 1-out single, stole 2nd base, and scored on a P.J. Pillitere single. Chris Malec then drove in the go-ahead run with an RBI double.

Binghamton won the rubber game of the series, 7-3, on Sunday, banging out 4 home runs in the process. Al Aceves turned in another solid performance, allowing 2 runs over 6 innings, and left the game with a 3-2 lead. But the bullpen didn't do its job. Recently acquired Oneli Perez was tagged with the loss after allowing 3 runs in the 8th inning. Ramiro Pena drove in 2 of the 3 Thunder runs.

It was a pretty good weekend overall though for Aceves. He proposed to his girlfriend in front of Saturday's crowd and she said, "yes". Peter Abraham has the story.

	June 21, 2008
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Binghamton 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 8 3 Trenton 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 3 7 2 Recap | Box | W: G. Kontos (3-6, 3.36); L: E. Brown (4-6, 6.31); SV: A. Claggett (5) HR: BIN: C. Stewart (6).

	June 22, 2008
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Binghamton 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 7 12 0 Trenton 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 2 Recap | Box | W: E. Brito (4-1, 2.68); L: O. Perez (0-1, 9.00); SV: T. Lavigne (6) HR: BIN: N. Evans (11), A. Concepcion (8), J. Petersen (2), M. Nickeas (1).

Tampa's weekend games against the Lakeland Flying Tigers and Daytona Cubs were both rained out.

Wet weather had an impact on the Charleston RiverDogs as well. The Dogs lead 5-0 over the Columbus Catfish on Saturday when the game was halted. The rains came down again on Sunday preventing the completion of Saturday's game as well as Sunday's regularly scheduled game.

Staten Island improved to 3-2 with a pair of wins over the Hudson Valley Renegades. David Adams drove in 3 runs and Melky Mesa (another Melky!) added a solo home run in the Baby Bombers 9-1 win on Saturday. Jacinto Gonella picked up the winner after starter Cory Arbiso tossed 3 shutout frames.

Casey Erickson pitched 5-hit ball over 6 innings in Sunday's 3-0 win. Pat Venditte notched his first save for the Yankees. Dan Brewer delivered the big hit with a 2-out, 2-run single in the 3rd inning.

June 21, 2008
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Staten Island 4 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 9 12 0 Hudson Valley 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 2 Recap | Box | W: J. Gonell (1-0, 2.08); L: S. Dyer (0-1, 9.00) HR: STA: M. Mesa (1).

	June 22, 2008
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Hudson Valley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 Staten Island 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 3 4 0 Recap | Box | W: C. Erickson (1-0, 0.00); L: T. Hayes (0-2, 8.44); SV: P. Venditte (1) HR: None.