Yankees Minor League Report 8/5/13: Pete O'Brien Hits Walk-Off HR in 9th to Lead Tampa to Victory

Tampa (Defeated Fort Myers, 6-5, on a Pete O'Brien walk-off 2-run HR with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th)

Pete O'Brien:  1-for-3, HR (8), 2 RBI, 2 BB - Now has 19 HR and 76 RBI overall.  Seeing the two walks (none intentional) is nice.    Simply put, he is a masher.

Mason Williams:  0-for-4, RS, BB, SB (13) - 6 hits in last 42 AB.

Robert Refsnyder:  1-for-1, RBI, RS, 3 BB, 2 SB (14) -  Now has 60 walks in 91 games (55 strikeouts).  11 hits in last 32 AB.  Overall, this is going to be a solid season for him.

Matt Snyder:  2-for-4, HR (1), RBI, RS - Hitting .163 in only 43 AB.  Injuries have derailed his season.    Hit .299/.397/.428 in 187 AB for Staten Island last year after being drafted in the 10th round out of Mississippi.

Taylor Dugas:  1-for-3, RS, SAC

Ali Castillo:  2-for-4, RS, SB (2)

Jairo Heredia:  5 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 6 K (14.1 IP, 14 H, 8 R, 4 ER, 2 HR, 4 BB, 17 K since joining Tampa after his rehab stint)

Charley Short:  2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K - 2.06 ERA with 53/10 K/BB ratio over 39.1 innings for Tampa.

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Charleston (Lost to Savannah, 6-0)

Greg Bird:  0-for-3, BB - Typical of Bird to draw a walk or two when he has an 0-fer.  Now his 82 in 104 games.

Jake Cave:  1-for-4

Cito Culver:  1-for-4

Angelo Gumbs:  1-for-4, 2B (10)

Ericson Leonora:  2-for-4

Eric Wooten:  5 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K - Independent league signing has a 0.64 ERA in 14 innings since joining Charleston.  11/1 K/BB ratio.  23-year old LHP

Jose Campos:  2 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, HR - Campos hasn't had many outings like this.    ERA jumps to 3.76 over 79 innings with a 70/16 K/BB ratio.