DotF: Dermis Garcia goes deep twice in Pulaski’s win

Here’s a must read piece from Grace Raynor on IF Angel Aguilar. Aguilar is trying to make it with the Yankees while his mother deals with the extreme poverty and crime back home in Venezuela. Make sure you check it out.

Triple-A Scranton (3-2 win over Buffalo)

• CF Ben Gamel: 1-5, 1 R
• 2B Donovan Solano: 4-5, 1 2B, 1 RBI — hitting .302/.333/.403 on the season
• C Gary Sanchez: 0-5, 1 RBI, 2 PB
• DH Tyler Austin: 0-4, 1 BB, 1 K
• RHP Kyle Haynes: 7 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 11/1 GB/FB — 64 of 95 pitches were strikes (67%)
• RHP Kirby Yates: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1/3 GB/FB — 27 of 40 pitches were strikes (68%) … Yates has been one of the most dominant relievers in the International League over the years, so he should be a nice boost for the RailRiders as they look to remain in first place and get to the postseason

Double-A Trenton (6-3 loss to Richmond)

• SS Tyler Wade & CF Dustin Fowler: both 0-4, 1 K — Wade committed a throwing error
• LF Mark Payton: 0-2, 1 R, 2 BB
• DH Kyle Higashioka: 0-4, 2 K
• RHP Vicente Campos: 7 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 11/4 GB/FB — 65 of 89 pitches were strikes (73%) … 92/32 K/BB in 97.1 innings … leads the system in innings and strikeouts … LHP Dietrich Enns is second in innings (88.2) and RHP Chance Adams is second in strikeouts (91)

High-A Tampa (1-0 loss to Dunedin)

• SS Jorge Mateo & 3B Thairo Estrada: both 0-4 — Mateo struck out once, Thairo twice
• RF Austin Aune: 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K
• 2B Abi Avelino: 1-4
• LHP Josh Rogers: 7 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 7/2 GB/FB — 58 of 81 pitches were strikes (72%) … 67/13 K/BB in 87 innings for last year’s 11th rounder
• RHP Gabe Encinas: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/0 GB/FB — eight of 14 pitches were strikes (57%) … 12/11 K/BB in his last 11.2 innings after a 9/23 K/BB in his first 15.1 innings

Low-A Charleston (9-4 win over Augusta)

• CF Jeff Hendrix: 1-4, 1 RBI
• SS Kyle Holder: 0-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 HBP
• RF Jhalan Jackson: 1-4, 1 2B, 2 RBI — 16-for-48 (.333) with seven doubles and one homer in his last 13 games
• 3B Angel Aguilar: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI
• LF Alex Palma: 2-3, 3 R, 2 2B, 1 BB — had been in a 3-for-22 (.136) slump
• 2B Gosuke Katoh: 1-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 HBP, 1 E (fielding)
• RHP Christian Morris: 6 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 7/2 GB/FB — 50 of 86 pitches were strikes (58%)

Short Season Staten Island (2-1 win over Vermont)

• DH Ricardo Ferreira: 3-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 SB, 1 CS
• 2B Nick Solak: 0-3, 1 BB — first hitless game as a pro, though he has reached base in all ten games so far
• 3B Drew Bridges: 1-4, 1 R
• RHP Freicer Perez: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 3/5 GB/FB — 50 of 86 pitches were strikes (58%)
• RHP Jonathan Padilla: 4IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 5/3 GB/FB — 29 of 42 pitches were strikes (69%)

Rookie Pulaski (11-0 win over Bristol)

• CF Estevan Florial: 4-5, 3 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI — started a little slow, but he’s now 12-for-35 (.343) in his last eight games
• SS Welfrin Mateo: 2-4, 1 R, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
• RF Isiah Gilliam: 0-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 K
• 1B Kevin Cornelius: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 2 K — fourth homer in his last five games
• LF Leonardo Molina: 0-5, 1 K
• 3B Dermis Garcia: 2-4, 2 R, 2 H, 2 RBI, 2 K — four homers in eight games … his $3.2M bonus was the largest the Yankees gave out as part of their 2014 international spending spree
• LHP Zak Wasserman: 5 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 HB, 8/3 GB/FB — the Yankees signed him out of an independent league a few weeks back

Rookie GCL Yanks East & West had their regular Sunday off-day.