Pinstriped Performances: A Dominant Saturday

Hudson Valley’s sudden pop, another slugfest in Tampa, and more brilliance from Somerset pitching highlighted a positive day for the Yanks affiliates on Saturday.

Nick Nelson (Robert M Pimpsner/Pinstriped Prospects)

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (3-1): A rehabbing Yankee’s leadoff home run set the tone as the RailRiders took care of Syracuse 4-2.

• Luke Voit: 1-for-4, 1 home run, 1 RBI, 1 strikeout. Voit’s return to the Bronx inches closer as he looks none the worse for wear after meniscus surgery
• Derek Dietrich: 1-for-3, 1 home run, 1 RBI, 2 walks
• Ryan LaMarre: 2-for-5
• Brian Keller: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 58 pitches (33 strikes)
• Reggie McClain: 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 35 pitches (21 strikes). McClain picked up the win with a solid couple of innings in relief
• Nick Nelson: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K, 36 pitches (24 strikes). Nelson needed some results after a very tough April in New York and he turned in a great performance
• Luis Garcia: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 19 pitches (13 strikes). Garcia notched the save despite surrendering a run

Glenn Otto (Robert M. Pimpsner/Pinstriped Prospects)

Somerset Patriots (4-1): The Patriots shut out Harrisburg for the second time this week on the back of a dazzling start from Glenn Otto.

• Estevan Florial: 1-for-4
• Oswaldo Cabrera: 2-for-3, 1 run scored, 1 walk, 1 strikeout
• Diego Castillo: 2-for-4, 1 run scored
• Hoy Jun Park: 1-for-3, 1 walk, 1 strikeout. Park’s double was Somerset’s only extra-base hit of the game
• Glenn Otto: 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K, 81 pitches (58 strikes). A fifth-round pick four years ago, Otto hadn’t yet appeared in a game above High-A. An outstanding start to the season for the 25-year-old Texan
• Ron Marinaccio: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 24 pitches (18 strikes)
• Michael Gomez: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 8 pitches (7 strikes). Gomez picked up the save with a 1-2-3 ninth

Brandon Lockridge (Robert M. Pimpsner)

Hudson Valley Renegades (2-3): After two quiet nights, the Renegades bats woke up and recovered from an early 3-0 deficit to score nine unanswered.

• Oswald Peraza: 2-for-4, 1 double, 2 runs scored, 1 walk, 1 strikeout. Peraza has come out of the gate slowly. This was his first multi-hit game of the young season
• Brandon Lockridge: 2-for-5, 1 home run, 3 RBI, 1 walk, 1 strikeout. Lockridge’s three-run shot in the seventh inning with two outs broke the game open.  
• Pablo Olivares: 2-for-3, 1 double, 1 run scored, 2 walks. Olivares has been the Renegades’ most consistent offensive threat early, as he’s hitting .400 through five games
• Isaiah Pasteur: 2-for-5, 1 double, 1 RBI, 2 runs scored, 2 strikeouts
• Oliver Dunn: 2-for-3, 2 runs scored, 2 walks
• James Nelson: 2-for-5, 2 doubles, 3 RBI, 2 strikeouts. Nelson’s third-inning double started the scoring for the visitors
• Jio Orozco: 2 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 53 pitches (32 strikes)
• Nick Ernst: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 14 pitches (10 strikes)
• Josh Maciejewski: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 34 pitches (24 strikes). Maciejewski picked up the win
• Elvin Peguero: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 4 K, 43 pitches (24 strikes)
• Zach Greene: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 K, 39 pitches (28 strikes). Greene had 22 strikeouts in 16 innings in the GCL two years ago, and he’s picked up right where he left off

Chad Bell (Brian Westerholt/Four Seam Images via AP)

Tampa Tarpons (5-0): It’s now 77 runs in five games for the Tarpons, who had to fend off an equally potent Dunedin attack in a narrow 12-11 win.

• Trevor Hauver: 1-for-4, 1 home run, 3 RBI, 2 runs scored, 1 walk, 1 strikeout. After a night’s reprieve, Dunedin again couldn’t keep Hauver, who’s hitting .643, in the ballpark
• Chad Bell: 1-for-3, 1 home run, 4 RBI, 2 runs scored, 1 walk. Bell, a 19th-round pick two years ago, keyed Tampa’s rally from an early 6-0 hole with a grand slam in the third inning
• Anthony Volpe: 0-for-5, 1 run scored, 1 strikeout
• Jake Sanford: 1-for-3, 2 runs scored, 2 walks
• Pat DeMarco: 2-for-4, 1 double, 2 RBI, 1 run scored, 2 strikeouts. Not to be outdone, DeMarco put together another multi-hit game to raise his OPS to 1.788
• Juan De Leon: 2-for-3, 1 double, 1 RBI, 1 run scored, 1 walk, 1 strikeout
• Andres Chaparro: 2-for-5, 1 run scored, 1 strikeout
• Jhonatan Munoz: 1.1 IP, 4 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 43 pitches (24 strikes). A 21-year-old making his A-ball debut, Munoz looked the part on Saturday
• Clay Aguilar: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 34 pitches (21 strikes)
• Kevin Milam: 1.1 IP, 2H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 34 pitches (17 strikes)
• Zach Kohn: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 40 pitches (24 strikes). Despite giving up two runs, Kohn did enough to qualify for the win
• Connor Pellerin: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 2 K, 42 pitches (17 strikes)
• Trevor Holloway: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 19 pitches (15 strikes). During a week when not much has gone right for Tampa’s pitching, a two-inning save from Holloway is a considerable highlight.