Pinstriped Performances: Scranton Walks Off For Seventh Straight Win

Yankees affiliates went 3-1 on Fathers’ Day: Hoy Jun Park carried the RailRiders to a walk-off win, while solid starts from Glenn Otto and Jhony Brito led the Patriots and Renegades.

Deivi Garcia (Photo by Matt Bufano)

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (28-11): Scranton swept the Mets, dropping their rivals to 11-30 on the season, as they came from behind to win 4-3.

• Star of the Game: Hoy Jun Park – 2-for-5, 1 home run (6), 1 RBI, 1 run scored. Park took Trey Cobb deep with a full count and one out in the bottom of the ninth. He’s slugging .573 on the season
• Socrates Brito: 1-for-4, 1 home run (6), 2 RBI, 1 run scored, 1 strikeout. Brito’s two-run shot got the RailRiders on the board and fueled their rally in the sixth inning
• Armando Alvarez: 2-for-4, 1 strikeout
• Deivi Garcia: 4.1 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 80 pitches (49 strikes). Garcia wasn’t good by any stretch, but after being lit up the last few weeks, the relative lack of damage counts as progress
• Brooks Kriske: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 7 pitches (5 strikes)
• Matt Krook: 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 4 K, 38 pitches (20 strikes). Krook’s Triple-A debut went very well
• Nick Goody: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 9 pitches (6 strikes)
• Luis Garcia: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 4 pitches (3 strikes). Summoned in a non-save situation, Garcia barely broke a sweat and then came away with the win when Park homered

Glenn Otto. Photo by Matt Kardos

Somerset Patriots (27-14): Glenn Otto continued his rise up the charts with another solid start, and Somerset blanked Richmond 4-0 to take five of six in the series.

• Star of the Game: Glenn Otto – 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 K, 86 pitches (57 strikes). Otto’s streak of three straight starts with 10 or more strikeouts is over, but I’ll bet nobody is worried. He submitted another great effort on Sunday and is now up to 74 strikeouts in 47 innings
• Luke Voit: 2-for-4, 2 RBI, 2 strikeouts. Voit looks set to rejoin the Yankees this week
• Oswald Peraza: 1-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 strikeout
• Donny Sands: 1-for-4, 1 double, 1 strikeout
• Matt Pita: 1-for-2, 1 double, 2 runs scored, 1 walk
• Keegan Curtis: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K, 20 pitches (11 strikes)
• Ron Marinaccio: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 26 pitches (17 strikes)
• Stephen Ridings: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 10 pitches (7 strikes). The Somerset bullpen’s secret weapon has a 0.61 ERA

Jhony Brito (Photo Courtesy of the Brooklyn Cyclones)

Hudson Valley Renegades (25-16): The Renegades scored their first three runs via a throwing error during a double steal, a wild pitch, and a ground-ball double play, and those three runs would prove enough to win the ballgame thanks to some great pitching. Hudson Valley emerged victorious over Jersey Shore 5-2.

• Star of the Game: Jhony Brito – 5.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R (0 ER), 0 BB, 6 K, 79 pitches (57 strikes). The 23-year-old has a 2.70 ERA and has quietly been solid almost every single time out
• Josh Smith: 2-for-3, 1 triple, 2 runs scored, 2 walks, 1 strikeout, 2 stolen bases. The promotion hasn’t fazed Smith, whose High-A OPS stands at 1.058
• Ezequiel Duran: 2-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 walk, 3 stolen bases
• Brandon Lockridge: 2-for-5, 2 strikeouts
• Elijah Dunham: 1-for-4, 1 double, 1 run scored, 1 walk
• Kyle MacDonald: 1-for-2, 1 double, 1 run scored, 2 walks, 1 strikeout
• Nelson L. Alvarez: 2.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K, 37 pitches (19 strikes)
• Charlie Ruegger: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 15 pitches (12 strikes). Ruegger picked up his first save of the season

Pat DeMarco (Photo by John Brophy/Pinstriped Prospects)

Tampa Tarpons (28-14): The Tarpons were the only affiliate to lose on Sunday. They went down big early, then threatened to make a game of it before succumbing 11-6 to Bradenton.

• Star of the Game: Pat DeMarco – 3-for-4, 1 home run (6), 1 double, 1 RBI, 1 run scored, 1 strikeout. DeMarco was just a triple shy of the cycle and recorded his 14th and 15th extra-base hits of 2021
• Anthony Volpe: 0-for-3, 1 run scored, 2 walks, 1 strikeout
• Austin Wells: 2-for-3, 1 run scored, 2 walks
• Trevor Hauver: 1-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 run scored, 1 walk, 1 strikeout
• Jake Sanford: 1-for-5, 2 RBI, 2 strikeouts
• Evan Alexander: 1-for-4, 1 home run (1), 1 RBI, 1 run scored, 1 strikeout. Alexander’s solo home run, his first of the year, came as part of a five-run Tampa rally in the seventh that briefly gave the game the appearance of competitiveness
• Clay Aguilar: 2 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 38 pitches (25 strikes). Aguilar made his first start of the season
• Sean Boyle: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 5 R (1 ER), 3 BB, 1 K, 42 pitches (22 strikes)
• Tanner Myatt: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 32 pitches (21 strikes)
• Nelvin Correa: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 27 pitches (17 strikes)
• Michael Giacone: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 25 pitches (15 strikes)