Heathcott homers in Tampa win

Double-A Trenton is sending five players to the All-Star Game according to a release: OF Abe Almonte, OF Cody Johnson, IF Kevin Mahoney, RHP Brett Marshall, and RHP Kelvin Perez. Johnson is out for a while with a hamstring injury, so he’ll be replaced on the roster. Not necessarily by one of his teammates, of course.

Triple-A Empire State (11-5 win over Gwinnett) they roughed up RHP Julio Teheran, arguably the best pitching prospect in the minors
CF Chris Dickerson: 2-5, 2 R, 1 K, 1 SB
2B Corban Joseph: 2-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
LF Ronnie Mustelier: 2-5, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 K
DH Jack Cust: 2-3, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB — fourth homer in the last five games and fifth in the last seven games
1B Russell Branyan: 1-3, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
C Frankie Cervelli: 1-3, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 HBP
3B Brandon Laird: 2-5, 1 R, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K
RF Cole Garner: 2-4
SS Ramiro Pena: 0-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K
RHP John Maine: 5 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 3/2 GB/FB — 57 of 82 pitches were strikes (69.5%) … the injuries to CC Sabathia and Andy Pettitte (as well as the Dellin Betances demotion) probably save his job for a few weeks simply because they need some starters
RHP Chase Whitley: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 5/0 GB/FB — 29 of 41 pitches were strikes (70.7%)
RHP Preston Claiborne: 1 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 0/1 GB/FB — 21 of 35 pitches were strikes (60.0%)

Double-A Trenton (5-4 loss to New Britain, walk-off style)
RF Abe Almonte: 3-5, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 1 E (fielding) — 16 hits in his last 45 at-bats (.356)
3B Jose Pirela: 1-4, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (throwing)
2B David Adams & DH Zoilo Almonte: both 0-5, 1 K
CF Melky Mesa: 1-5, 2 K
1B Luke Murton: 1-4, 1 K
SS Addison Maruszak: 2-3, 1 R, 1 BB — 12 hits in his last 31 at-bats (.387)
C Jeff Farnham: 2-4, 2 R, 1 2B
LF Damon Sublett: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
LHP Shaeffer Hall: 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 7 K, 2/7 GB/FB — 50 of 88 pitches were strikes (56.8%) … ties his career high in strikeouts
RHP Ricky Orta: 1 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1/1 GB/FB — only seven of 17 pitches were strikes (41.2%)
LHP Francisco Rondon: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 2 WP, 1/1 GB/FB — 12 of 22 pitches were strikes (54.5%)
RHP Ryan Flannery: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 HB — only 16 of his 34 pitches were strikes (47.1%)

High-A Tampa (7-1 win over Brevard County)
LF Ramon Flores: 1-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 BB — 16 hits in his last 32 at-bats (.500)
C J.R. Murphy: 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB
DH Slade Heathcott: 3-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K — first homer of the year
RF Rob Segedin: 0-3, 1 BB
1B Kyle Roller: 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 K — third homer in his last four games
3B Zach Wilson & CF Eduardo Sosa: both 1-4 — Wilson struck out and committed a pair of fielding errors … Sosa tripled and scored a run
2B Hector Rabago: 0-4, 1 K
SS Jose Mojica: 0-2, 1 RBI, 1 HBP
RHP Caleb Cotham: 6 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 8 K, 8/0 GB/FB — now that’s dominance, you can’t do much better than zero walks and zero fly ball outs
RHP Manny Barreda: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 3/1 GB/FB
RHP Mark Montgomery: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1/0 GB/FB

Low-A Charleston (5-4 win over Savannah)
CF Mason Williams: 1-2, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SB
DH Ben Gamel: 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI
RF Tyler Austin & 1B Rey Nunez: both 1-4 — Austin scored a run when a he stole home (!) … Nunez struck out
C Gary Sanchez: 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB, 3 PB
3B Dante Bichette Jr. & LF Kelvin DeLeon: both 0-3 — DBJ got hit by a pitch … DeLeon stole a base, struck out, and got picked off first
SS Cito Culver & 1B Ali Castillo: both 1-3 — Culver committed a fielding error … Castillo scored a run
RHP Scottie Allen: 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HB, 7/5 GB/FB — 34 of 55 pitches were strikes (61.8%)
RHP Brett Gerritse: 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 3/0 GB/FB — 26 of 43 pitches were strikes (60.5%)
RHP Joel DeLaCruz: 2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 4/0 GB/FB — 19 of 32 pitches were strikes (59.4%)

Short Season Staten Island (9-3 loss to Hudson Valley)
CF Taylor Dugas: 2-5
2B Jose Rosario, DH Ravel Santana & 3B Matt Duran: both 0-3 — Rosario got hit by a pitch and committed a fielding error … Santana walked and scored a run … Duran walked, scored a run, drove one in, struck out, and committed a throwing error
1B Saxon Butler & C Jackson Valera: both 2-4 — Butler scored a run and struck out twice … Valera whiffed once
RF Danny Oh & LF Danny Lopez: both 0-4 — Oh struck out once, Lopez twice
SS Claudio Custodio: 1-4, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
RHP Taylor Morton: 5 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 5 BB, 2 K, 7/3 GB/FB — 6/9 K/BB in 16 IP
RHP Conor Mullee: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB
RHP Taylor Garrison: 0.2 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 HB, 2/0 GB/FB
RHP Charles Basford: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 0/1 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks (6-5 win over GCL Pirates)
2B Jerison Lopez: 2-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 K — hitting .471/.561/.647 with six walks and four strikeouts in his ten games so far
SS Austin Aune: 1-3, 1 R, 2 K — played his five innings in the field again … Fernando Perez replaced him and singled in his only at-bat
3B Miguel Andujar: 1-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB
DH Bubba Jones: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K
RF Ericson Leonora: 1-2, 2 RBI, 2 BB
LF Nathan Mikolas: 0-3, 2 K — pro debut for this year’s third rounder, who played six innings … Kelvin Duran took over and sacrifice bunted in his only trip to the plate
C Chris Breen: 0-2, 2 K, 1 E (missed catch) — guess he many innings he played in the field? yep, five… David Remedios replaced him and made outs in his two at-bats while also allowing two passed balls
CF Mikeson Oliberto: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB — ten hits in his last 16 at-bats (.625) with three walks and one strikeout
1B Jorge Alcantara: 0-4, 1 K
RHP Graham Stoneburner: 2 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 4/0 GB/FB — rehabbing a groin injury
RHP Andury Acevedo: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB
RHP Luis Niebla: 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2/4 GB/FB
RHP Chaz Hebert: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 0/1 GB/FB
RHP Edison Mejia: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1/1 GB/FB — capped off a great deal of bullpen work, allowing the offense to comeback for the win