Tampa Tarpons celebrate a grand slam by Cooper Bowman (Photo by John Brophy / Pinstriped Prospects)

Pinstriped Performances

Pinstriped Performances: Football scores in the Yankees farm system

Published

August 22, 2021

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

In this article:Anthony Garcia., Anthony Volpe, Antonio Gomez, Austin Wells, Barrett Loseke, Ben Rice, Blas Castano, Carson Coleman, Christian Sumoza, Cooper Bowman, deivi garcia, Denny Larrondo, Derek Craft, Donny Sands, Freicer Perez, Grant Richardson, Hudson Valley Renegades, Jake Sanford, James Nelson, Jasson Dominguez, Josh Breaux, Kevin Gadea, Madison Santos, Matt Pita, Michael Beltre, Mickey Gasper, Mitch Spence, Nick Nelson, Oswald Peraza, Oswaldo Cabrera, Pat DeMarco, Reggie McClain, Ron Marinaccio, Ryan Anderson, Sal Romano, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, Shawn Semple, Socrates Brito, Somerset Patriots, Starling Perez, Tampa Tarpons, Trevor Holloway, Trey Sweeney, tyler hardman, Wellington Diaz, Yon Castro

Written By John Brophy

Originally a native of Southern Connecticut, John has lived in the Tampa area since 2010 and has been a Tarpons fan since 2012. John is excited to bring you along as the Baby Bombers work their way up to The Bronx.