Pinstriped Performances: Monday, June 25, 2018

Monday night in the New York Yankees organization saw the Tampa Tarpons have the night off and the Charleston Riverdogs had their game postponed. In the seven games played, the teams combined for a 3-5 record because the two Gulf Coast League teams played against each other. The big league club saw a young pitcher have his best professional start. Check out who were some of the other top performers from the day in our Pinstriped Performances:

New York Yankees (MLB): The Yankees (51-25) snapped their three-game losing streak with a 4-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies.

• Aaron Judge (2-for-4, walk) hit a solo home run in the top of the fifth (20).
• Giancarlo Stanton (2-for-3, walk) drove in two runs on a base hit in the eighth (45,46).
• Gleyber Torres (1-for-4) started the scoring with an RBI double in the third (36).
• Jonathan Loaisiga (2-0) was dominant on the mound. He went 5.1 innings, gave up one hit, struck out eight, and walked two on 86 pitches (57 strikes) in the win.
• David Robertson came in after Loaisiga. He went 1.1 innings, gave up a run and a hit, struck out three, and walked one.
• Aroldis Chapman gave up a home run in the ninth. However, he struck out the other three batters he faced and picked up his 23rd save of the year.

Scranton Wilkes-Barre Railriders (Triple-A): The Railriders (36-38) lost their series opener to the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, 3-2.

Bruce Caldwell went 2-for-4 and hit a solo home run in the top of the second (3) (Photo by Martin Griff)

• Rey Navarro (1-for-3) hit a solo home run in the fifth (2).
• Tyler Wade went 2-for-4 with a stolen base out of the leadoff spot.
• Josh Rogers had a quality start in a no-decision. In six innings of work, he gave up two runs on five hits, struck out two, and walked three on 88 pitches (53 strikes).
• J.P. Feyereisen (3-2) took the ball for the final two innings. He gave up a run on a hit and struck out two in the loss.

Trenton Thunder (Double-A): The Thunder (42-33) got routed in their series opener against the Binghamton Rumble Ponies, 10-1.

Billy Fleming went 1-for-2 with two walks and drove in the lone run of the night with a solo home run in the top of the ninth (5) (Martin Griff)

• The two multi-hit games came from Abiatal Avelino (2-for-4) and Jorge Saez (2-for-3).
• Trevor Stephan (2-3) had a rough outing on the mound. He went three innings, gave up six runs on eight hits, struck out four, and walked one on 68 pitches (46 strikes) in the loss.
• Brody Koerner came in after Stephan. He allowed two runs on three hits, struck out four, and walked one over three innings.
• Kaleb Ort pitched the final two innings. He gave up two runs on three hits, struck out four, and walked two.

Charleston Riverdogs (Single-A): The Riverdogs (36-36) had their game against the Asheville Tourists postponed due to rain. They will play a doubleheader tomorrow with Game 1 beginning at 5:05 p.m ET.

Staten Island Yankees (Short-Season): The Yankees (3-8) lost 5-1 to the Tri-City Valleycats.

Juan De Paula shut out the Valleycats over the course of five innings. He allowed three hits, walked four batters, and struck out five on 81 pitches (44 strikes) in a no-decision.  (Robert M. Pimpsner)

• Andres Chaparro had the most hits on the team (2-for-3).
• Canaan Smith (0-for-4) drove in the lone run for Staten Island on an RBI groundout in the bottom of the eighth (5).
• Kyle Gray (1-for-4) and Jesus Bastidas (1-for-3) each had a double in the loss.
• Drew Finley (0-2) picked up the loss in relief. He gave up a run without allowing a hit, struck out a batter, and walked two.
• Paul Young did give up three runs on four hits and walked a batter in the final two innings. However, he did strike out five hitters.

Pulaski Yankees (Rookie): The Yankees (2-5) lost their series opener to the Bristol Pirates, 9-6.

• Mickey Gasper (2-for-3, walk) had an RBI double in the top of the fourth (1).
• Max Burt (1-for-4) drove in two runs in this game (4,5).
• David Metzgar (1-for-3) drove in two runs on a double in the sixth (1,2).
• Luis Medina only got two outs in the first inning. He gave up three runs (two earned) on three hits and walked three on 34 pitches (15 strikes).
• Luis Rijo (1-1) went 5.1 innings, gave up five runs (four earned) on seven hits and struck out eight in the loss.

Gulf Coast League (Rookie): In a battle between the two GCL Yankees squad, the East (2-4) defeated the West (2-3), 5-3.

GCL East

• Borinquen Mendez (2-for-4) had a walk, a stolen base, and an RBI (2).
• Jose Villa went 2-for-5 with an RBI (5).
• Christian Andrade (2-for-4, double) hit a solo home run (1) in the top of the fourth.
• Juan Then got a no-decision in his outing. In 4.2 innings of work, he gave up two unearned runs on four hits, struck out six batters, and walked two.
• Alex Mejias (1-0) got the win out of the bullpen. He gave up two hits and struck out two in 2.1 shutout innings.
• Josh Maciejewski gave up an unearned run on one hit and struck out two over two scoreless innings as he picked up his first save.

GCL West

• Griffin Garabito (2-for-3, double) had the lone multi-hit game.
• Antonio Cabello was 1-for-1 with a stolen base, a walk and an RBI (4).
• Antonio Arias came in for Cabello and had an RBI of his own as he went 1-for-2 (1).
• Kenily Montas (0-2) took the loss in his outing. He went 4.2 innings, gave up five runs (four earned) on eight hits, struck out four, and walked five.
• Havid Burgos allowed three hits and struck out four in 2.1 shutout innings.
• Marcus Evey did not allow a hit and struck out four of the six batters he faced in the final two innings. He has eight K’s in the first two games of his career.

Dominican Summer League (Rookie): The DSL Yankees (10-10) hung on to defeat the DSL Phillies, 11-9.

• Angel Rojas went 4-for-5 with a stolen base and he hit a solo home run in the bottom of the fourth (1).
• Madison Santos stole two bases and was 4-for-4 with a triple and an RBI (6).
• Nelson Medina (3-for-5) drove in his fifth run of the season.
• Juan Crisp was 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI (11).
• Cristian Sumoza got the no-decision in his outing. He went four innings, gave up three runs (two earned) on two hits, struck out four batters, and walked one.
• Alfred Vega (1-3) went four innings, allowed five runs on eight hits, and struck out three in a victory out of the bullpen.
• Juan Carderon picked up his first save of the year. He allowed a run on a hit, struck out two batters, and walked one in the ninth.