Pinstriped Performances: Football scores in the Yankees farm system

2021 draftee Cooper Bowman accounts for a third of the runs scored in a 15-7 Tampa win, including a grand slam, while James Nelson gets a slam of his own in Hudson Valley. Scranton gets held to a 1-hit shutout and the Patriots score a touchdown in Altoona.

Deivi Garcia (Matt Bufano)

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (55-37): Deivi Garcia gave up the only runs scored in the game, while the rest of the RailRiders pitching had a 3 1/3 inning 1-hitter.

• Donny Sands: 1-for-3, 1 strikeout
• Socrates Brito: 0-for-3, 1 walk
• Deivi Garcia: 4.2 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 7 K, 94 pitches (57 strikes)
• Nick Nelson: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 10 pitches (7 strikes)
• Ron Marinaccio: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 22 pitches (12 strikes)
• Sal Romano: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 14 pitches (10 strikes)
• Reggie McClain: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 19 pitches (13 strikes)

Matt Pita. Photo by Matt Kardos

Somerset Patriots (55-39): The Patriots had back-to-back jacks by Gasper and Pita in the 4th leading to a 7-1 win over the Altoona Curve

• Star of the Game: Mickey Gasper – 1-for-4, 2 RBI, HR (1). Gasper recorded his first homer of the year after being returned from a rehab assignment and promoted to AA Somerset.
• Star of the Game: Matt Pita – 2-for-4, 2 RBI, HR (1). Pita is batting .429 since being sent down from AAA Scranton
• Oswald Peraza: 2-for-5, 2 RBI (26),
• Oswaldo Cabrera: 2-for-5, 1 strikeout
• Michael Beltre: 2-for-5, 1 double (16), run scored
• Josh Breaux: 1-for-5, 1 RBI (8), 2 strikeouts
• Shawn Semple: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 81 pitches (58 strikes)
• Barrett Loseke: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 30 pitches (20 strikes)
• Kevin Gadea: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 23 pitches (12 strikes)

James Nelson (Robert M Pimpsner)

Hudson Valley Renegades (60-35): The ‘Gades responded quickly after Spence gave up 4 runs in the 1^st by scoring 5 runs of their own with a grand slam by James Nelson, scoring Dunham, Chaparro and Sanford en route to a 6-4 victory.

Star of the Game: James Nelson – 1-for-2, 1 hit, 1 home run (6), 1 run scored, 4 RBI (35), 2 walks, 1 strikeout. Nelson hits his 6^th homer and 1^st slam of the year. 

• Anthony Volpe: 0-for-1, 3 walks, 1 run scored
• Austin Wells: 1-for-3, 1 hit, 1 run scored, 1 RBI (11), 1 home run (3), 1 walk
• Jake Sanford: 0-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 strikeout
• Pat DeMarco: 2-for-3, 1 home run (5), 1 RBI, 1 run scored, 1 strikeout. DeMarco has 12 home runs in total across two levels this season
• Mitch Spence: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 HR, 89 pitches (58 strikes)
• Freicer Perez: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 7 pitches (4 strikes)
• Trevor Holloway: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 22 pitches (19 strikes)
• Derek Craft: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 19 pitches (12 strikes)

Cooper Bowman hits his first pro grand slam (Photo by John Brophy / Pinstriped Prospects)

Tampa Tarpons (63-29): Tampa only had 2 scoreless innings in a 15-7 win over St. Lucie, including a few first pro homers for some 2021 draftees.

• Star of the Game: Cooper Bowman – 5.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 8 K, 70 pitches (45 strikes). The 2021 4th rounder hit his first Low-A homer and second pro homer for a grand slam in a 5-run 6^th inning
• Jasson Dominguez: 1-for-4, 2 runs scored, 1 HBP
• Trey Sweeney: 1-for-4, 1 triple (1), 2 runs scored, 1 walk, 1 strikeout. Sweeney hit his first pro triple, scoring Dominguez from first in the 7^th
• Madison Santos: 1-for-3, 1 double (3), 3 runs scored, 2 walks, 1 strikeout. Santos hit his second double in as many games today
• Ben Rice: 1-for-3, 1 home run (1), 1 run scored, 3 RBI, 2 walks. Rice hit his first pro home run today, a 422-ft. blast into the swamp behind GMS Field
• Tyler Hardman: 2-for-3, 1 double, 2 RBI, 2 runs scored, 2 strikeouts. Hardman hit his first pro home run as well today, a 420-ft homer off the Jumbotron in left
• Blas Castano: 5.0 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 1 HR, 82 pitches (57 strikes)
• Wellington Diaz: 2.2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 45 pitches (30 strikes)
• Carson Coleman: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 21 pitches (18 strikes)

FCL Yankees (22-11): The Yanks managed only three hits and lost to the Blue Jays 4-1.

• Star of the Game: Antonio Gomez – 1-for-4, 1 home run, 1 run scored, 3 RBI, 1 strikeouts. Gomez hit a 2-run home run to right, as well as a sacrifice ground out to score Vargas
• Anthony Garcia: 1-for-4, 1 walk, 1 stolen base
• Grant Richardson: 1-for-4, 1 walk, 2 RBI, 3 stolen bases
• Ryan Anderson: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K Anderson did OK in his first outing since being sent down to the FCL squad
• Christian Sumoza: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
• Denny Larrondo: 3 IP, 1 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 7 K
• Yon Castro: 3 IP, 0 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
• Starling Perez: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

DSL Yankees: Yanks 1 (12-14) and Yanks 2 (13-13) both had their game postponed today after a scheduled intrasquad game