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Down on the Farm Day 66 Minor Leagues 6/09/2008

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Triple A Game 1

The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees won a close game over Syracuse Chiefs by a score of 3-2. Starting for Scranton was Alan Horne and he pitched 4 innings giving up 1 earned run on 3 hits along with 7 strikeouts for the no decision. Replacing Horne to start the 5th inning was David Robertson and he pitched 3 scoreless innings giving up 1 hit. Following Robertson to start the 8th inning was Scott Patterson and he gave up 1 earned run on 2 hits in 1 inning. Billy Traber got the win by pitching the 9th inning and he gave up only 1 hit and struck out the rest. The hitting stars of the game for Scranton worth mentioning were shortstop Alberto Gonzalez and second baseman Bernie Castro. Gonzalez singled home Castro for the winning run. Gonzalez went 1 for 3 with 2 rbi’s and Castro went 2 for 4 with 2 runs scored.

Triple A Game 2

The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees lost to the Syracuse Chiefs by a score of 5-0. Starting for Scranton was Daniel McCutchen and he gave up 4 earned runs on 6 hits in 6.1 innings of work for the loss. Replacing McCutchen was Heath Phillips and he pitched 2.2 innings giving up 1 earned run on 4 hits. The hitting star of the game for Scranton worth mentioning was shortstop Alberto Gonzalez who went 2 for 3.

Double A

The Trenton Thunder were not scheduled to play

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The Tampa Yankees lost a close scoring game to the St. Lucie Mets in 15 innings by a score of 4-3. Starting for Tampa was Grant Duff and he gave up 2 runs on 4 hits in 5 innings of work for the no decision. Replacing Dunn to start the 6th inning was Philip Bartleski and he gave up 1 earned run on on 4 hits in 3 innings of work and had 6 strikeouts. Jonathan Hovis pitched a perfect 9th and 10th inning. Rob Semerano pitched a scoreless 11th and 12th inning giving up 2 hits. Wilkins Arias followed Semerano and he pitched a perfect 2 innings striking out 2 batters. Josh Schmidt lost the game for Tampa in the bottom of the 15th inning by giving up 1 earned run on 1 hit in .2 of an inning. The hitting stars of the game for Tampa worth mentioning were short stop Eduardo Nunez and first baseman Kevin Smith. Nunez went 2 for 8 with 1 run scored and 2 rbi’s along with a home run and Smith went 4 for 7 with 1 run scored and 1 rbi along with a home run.

Class A

The Charleston RiverDogs lost a close game to the Rome Braves by a score of 8-7. Starting for the RiverDogs was Jason Stephens and he did not pitch well giving up 4 earned runs on 11 hits in 5.2 innings of work for the no decision. Replacing Stephens was Wilkins De La Rosa and he gave up 3 earned runs on 4 hits in 2.1 innings for the blown save. Jesse Hoover lost the game in the 9th inning giving up 1 run on 1 hit in .1 of an inning but the run he gave up was because of a throwing error by right fielder Austin Krum. The hitting stars of the game for the RiverDogs worth mentioning were first baseman Brandon Laird, shortstop Carmen Angelini and right-fielder Austin Krum. Laird went 2 for 4 with 2 runs scored and 2 rbi’s. Angelini went 2 for 3 with 2 runs scored and 1 rbi and Krum went 1 for 3 with 4 rbi’s.

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