Yankees Minor League Report 8/8/14: Latest from Michael Pineda; Tyler Austin and Mason Williams Each Drive Home Four; Chris Breen Doubles Four Times

Scranton (Lost to Columbus, 2-1)

1B Kyle Roller:  1-for-4, HR (13), RBI, RS

22nd HR of the season between Trenton/Scranton

C John Ryan Murphy:  2-for-4

Although he has been far from "great" at this level, he showed earlier in the season that he is a major league catcher.  I am just intrigued to see what they do with the catching situation this winter.  They have a not-so-ideal logjam of five catchers (McCann, Cervelli, Murphy, Romine, Sanchez) on their 40-man.

2B Robert Refsnyder:  0-for-3, BB

UTIL Jose Pirela:  0-for-4, K

0-for-12 in last three games

OF Zoilo Almonte:  0-for-4

UTIL Zelous Wheeler:  0-for-4, K
The two Z's will likely be back in September

OF Taylor Dugas:  0-for-3, K

OF Antoan Richardon:  1-for-3, K, SB (23)

RHP Michael Pineda (L, 0-1):  4.1 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 7 K

72 pitches, 52 of which were strikes.  See you on Wednesday?

LHP Jeremy Bleich:  1.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K

RHP Nick Rumbelow:  1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, HR

First HR allowed this season (45.2 IP).  Now has a 67/14 K/BB ratio.

RHP Branden Pinder:  1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K

Back-to-back appearances for Pinder.  Could they potentially call him up to the big club?   It would be a nice comeback story if so - he compiled a 6.29 ERA in 24.1 IP for Trenton last year.
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Trenton (Defeated Bowie, 9-0)

RF Tyler Austin:  3-for-4, 2B (17), HR (8), 4 RBI, RS

29-for-79 (.367) with 12 XBH and 16 RBI since ASB

CF Mason Williams:  2-for-4, HR (4), 4 RBI, RS

C Gary Sanchez:  2-for-4, 2 RS

1B Greg Bird:  1-for-3, 2B (2), HBP, 2 RS

6-for-21 with five of those hits going for extra bases since promotion. 

3B Dante Bichette:  2-for-4, 2B (2), RBI, RS

Off to a 3-for-7 start.  Now has 29 doubles overall.

CF Jake Cave:  0-for-4, BB

1-for-13 in last three games

OF Ben Gamel:  1-for-4, RS, K

RHP Jairo Heredia (W, 4-1):  6 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K

3.48 ERA: 67.1 IP, 67 H, 28 R, 26 ER, 2 HR, 16 BB, 71 K

RHP Nick Goody:  1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K

23.1 IP, 22 H, 9 R, 9 ER, 2 HR, 10 BB, 40 K

Great to see this from Goody, who should be another prime bullpen candidate in 2015.
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Charleston (Defeated Rome, 6-3)

OF Dustin Fowler:  2-for-4, 3B (6), 2 RBI, 2 RS, K

As stated a few times, the 19-year old has to work a bit on his plate discipline - but he has flashed his power potential.

SS Tyler Wade:  2-for-4, RS, BB, K

As stated many times, the 6'1", 180 pounder (listed) is still looking for his first professional home run.   Hitting .280, and has simply been solid all season.

SS Abiatal Avelino:  0-for-5, K

2B Gosuke Katoh:  1-for-4, RBI

OF Michael O'Neill:  1-for-4, RS, BB, K

1B Mike Ford:  1-for-4

C/3B Kale Sumner:  2-for-3, 2B (3), 2 RBI, RS, BB, K

27 walks in 34 games.

RHP Rookie Davis:  5 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 K

4.54 ERA; 107 IP, 112 H, 58 R, 54 ER, 4 HR, 38 BB, 85 K

Has pitched well in July and August after a horrendous May and June.

RHP Giovanny Gallegos (W, 5-4):  3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K
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Staten Island (Defeated Batavia, 4-2)

1B/LF Chris Breen:  4-for-4, 4 2B (11), RBI, RS

Nice.   Breen (20) was quite bad as a 19-year old in the GCL last year (.214/.292/.368), but has played very well in Staten Island this year.

C Luis Torrens:  1-for-5, RBI, 2 K

.304/.362/.448 in 125 AB

2B/3B Ty McFarland:  1-for-4, 3B (2), RBI, BB, 2 K, CS (4)

SS Vincent Conde:  2-for-5, 2B (2), RS

1B Connor Spencer:  1-for-4, K

OF Austin Aune:  0-for-4, 4 K

68 strikeouts in 42 games.  Wow.   .213/.275/.360

OF Nathan Mikolas:  0-for-3, BB, K
Down to .198/.340/.284 in 38 games.

RHP Jonathan Holder:  3 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

3.27 ERA; 22 IP, 28 H, 12 R, 8 ER, 0 HR, 6 BB, 17 K

LHP Ethan Carnes (W, 3-0):  3 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

1.96 ERA; 23 IP, 22 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 6 BB, 23 K

RHP Matt Wotherspoon (S, 2);  1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

1.96 ERA; 23 IP, 16 H, 9 R, 5 ER, 1 HR, 3 BB, 22 K