Pinstriped Performances: Heartbreakers

Yankees affiliates went 1-3 on Draft Day, with Somerset and Scranton suffering extra-inning defeats and Hudson Valley being blown out by Brooklyn. Tampa managed a solid win as a consolation prize.

Brandon Wagner. Photo by Matt Kardos.

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (37-20): A dramatic ninth-inning comeback briefly buoyed the PNC Field faithful, but the RailRiders fell to Syracuse 9-8 in 10 innings.

• Star of the Game: Brandon Wagner – 2-for-4, 1 home run (2), 1 double, 5 RBI, 1 run scored, 1 strikeout. Wagner had by far his best game of the season, going deep in the seventh for the first time since May 18 to tie the score at six
• Estevan Florial: 0-for-6, 2 strikeouts
• Ryan LaMarre: 2-for-4, 1 double, 1 run scored, 1 walk, 1 strikeout
• Sócrates Brito: 3-for-5, 2 runs scored
• Greg Allen: 2-for-5, 1 double, 2 runs scored
• Armando Alvarez: 1-for-3, 2 RBI, 1 run scored, 2 walks. Alvarez came through with the game-tying two-run single with the RailRiders down to their last out
• Luis Gil: 3 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 69 pitches (41 strikes)
• Brian Keller: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 34 pitches (19 strikes)
• Sal Romano: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 22 pitches (16 strikes)
• Braden Bristo: 2 IP, 1 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 35 pitches (18 strikes)
• Reggie McClain: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R (0 ER), 1 BB, 2 K, 29 pitches (16 strikes). McClain surrendered the go-ahead single in the 10th
• Adam Warren: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 12 pitches (7 strikes)

Yankees pitching prospect Nick Green on the mound for the Staten Island Yankees in a minor leage rehab apperance on June 15, 2019. (Robert M. Pimpsner/Pinstriped Prospects)

Somerset Patriots (38-21): The pitching dominated, but the offense couldn’t get anything going and the Patriots lost to Erie by a 1-0 scoreline in 10 innings.

• Star of the Game: The Somerset pitching staff – a combined 10 innings, 3 hits, 1 run (none earned), 9 strikeouts. Nick Green, Michael Gomez, Zach Greene, and Addison Russ carved up the Erie lineup for 10 innings, but a measly single off Greene with the ghost runner on third base was enough to sink the evening
• Oswald Peraza: 2-for-4, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts
• Dermis Garcia: 1-for-4, 1 strikeout
• Thomas Milone: 2-for-4, 1 strikeout

Right-handed pitcher Shawn Semple (Robert M. Pimpsner)

Hudson Valley Renegades (39-20): A six-run eighth inning from Brooklyn doomed the Renegades to a week-souring 10-3 loss to the Cyclones.

• Star of the Game: Shawn Semple – 5.1 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 97 pitches (63 strikes). Semple continued his run of excellent performances with Hudson Valley. He’s accumulated a 2.45 ERA since his demotion
• Josh Breaux: 1-for-3, 1 double, 1 run scored, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts. Breaux’s resurgence has been something to behold. His average is all the way up to .265
• Brandon Lockridge: 1-for-4, 1 double, 1 RBI, 1 strikeout
• Elijah Dunham: 0-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 run scored, 1 walk
• Matt Minnick: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 40 pitches (24 strikes)
• Charlie Ruegger: 1 IP, 3 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 26 pitches (10 strikes). The struggling Ruegger gave up most of the damage in the back-breaking eighth inning
• Barrett Loseke: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 16 pitches (10 strikes)

Edgar Barclay (Photo by John Brophy/Pinstriped Prospects)

Tampa Tarpons (40-18): Productive days from Andres Chaparro and the surprising Everson Pereira and another solid relief appearance from Edgar Barclay lifted Tampa to a 6-1 win over Dunedin.

• Star of the Game: Andres Chaparro – 2-for-2, 1 double, 3 RBI, 2 runs scored, 3 walks. Chaparro’s fifth-inning double scored two runs and broke a 1-1 tie, and he tacked on an RBI single in the ninth
• Pitching Star of the Game: Edgar Barclay – 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 K, 50 pitches (29 strikes). Barclay came away with a win on Sunday and carries a sparkling 2.84 ERA on the year. He has truly found a groove since being roughed up a few times in May and June
• Anthony Volpe: 0-for-5
• Everson Pereira: 3-for-5, 1 run scored, 1 strikeout. Full-season ball at the ripe old age of 20? Not a problem for the barnstorming Pereira, who followed up a two-homer day on Saturday with three more hits and is batting .500 through four games with Tampa
• Carlos Narvaez: 2-for-5, 1 RBI
• Jhonatan Munoz: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 50 pitches (25 strikes)
• Nick Paciorek: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 K, 39 pitches (24 strikes)
• Carson Coleman: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 21 pitches (13 strikes)