Pinstriped Performances – Sunday, July 30, 2017

Check out the top performances across the New York Yankees organization in the latest edition of Pinstriped Performances:

New York Yankees (MLB): The New York Yankees six-game winning was snapped on Sunday as they lost the series finale to the Tampa Bay Rays 5-3

• Brett Gardner went 1-for-4, extending his hitting steak to 11-straight games
• Ronald Torreyes went 2-for-4 with a double, home run and all 3 RBIs on the day for the Yankees
• Luis Cessa pitched 3.1 scoreless innings of relief, striking out four and averaging his fastball at 97 mph before being optioned back to AAA Scranton immediately following the game

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (Triple-A): Scranton completes the series sweep over the Charlotte Knights with a 3-2 victory.

• Nestor Cortes out-dueled the highly touted Lucas Giolito, tossing 4.2 perfect innings while fanning seven Charlotte batters
• Giovanny Gallegos recorded his third save of the season with a perfect ninth inning
• Jake Cave went 2-for-4 with a triple and a run scored
• Cito Culver went 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBIs and one run scored

Trenton Thunder (Double-A): The Thunder took the rubber-game against Altoona 3-2 in 11 innings, improving their overall record to 72-34.

• Abiatal Avelino went 2-for-5 with a double and a run scored
• Jorge Saez went 3-for-5 with a run scored
• Cale Coshow tossed 3.0 scoreless innings, scattering one hit and two walks while striking out three

Tampa Yankees (Single-A Advanced): Tampa dropped their middle-game against Daytona 5-1

• Nick Solak went 2-for-3 with a double and the lone RBI on the night for the T-Yanks
• Chris Gittens went 1-for-3 with a double

Charleston RiverDogs (Single-A): The RiverDogs were shutout 2-0 by the Greenville Drive in their series finale

• Estevan Florial went 1-for-4
• Oswaldo Cabrera went 1-for-4 with a stolen base
• Despite getting stuck with the loss, Alexander Vargas earned a quality start by hurling 7.0 innings of two-run ball, scattering just three hits while striking out four

Staten Island Yankees (Single-A Short Season): The Staten Island ‘Baby Bombers’ lost to the Hudson Valley Renegades 1-0 in 10 innings.

• Leonardo Molina and Dalton Blaser recorded one hit a piece – the only two hits of the night for Staten Island
• Trevor Stephan tossed 4.o innings of shutout baseball, scattering two hits while striking out five

Pulaski Yankees (Rookie): The P-Yanks were crushed 9-3 in their series opener with Johnson City

• Dermis Garcia went 2-for-3 with a home run, an RBI, a stolen base and a run scored
• Chad Martin was the only Yankees pitcher to not allow an earned run, pitching a hitless ninth inning out of the ‘pen.

Gulf Coast League Yankees East & West (Rookie): Scheduled Day Off

Dominican Summer League Yankees (Rookie): Scheduled Day Off