Pinstriped Performances: Thursday, July 19, 2018

While the New York Yankees were off and the Charleston Riverdogs were postponed, the organization had ten games played when you consider that the Gulf Coast League teams played a  doubleheader against each other. In those games, the combined record was 5-5. One Scranton Wilkes-Barre player hit a home run off of a former Yankee reliever, a Pulaski player had four hits, and a Staten Island first baseman homered for the second straight game. Find out who those players were and much more in our Pinstriped Performances from Thursday:

Scranton Wilkes-Barre Railriders (Triple-A): The Railriders (51-44) began their series against the Columbus Clippers with a 7-3 win.

Mike Ford went 3-for-5 with a double and he hit a solo home run (10) in the top of the fourth inning against Andrew Miller. (Matt Bufano)

• Rey Navarro went 2-for-4 and hit a two-run home run in the eighth (6).
• Francisco Diaz (1-for-4) had a two-run single in the second (4,5).
• Brandon Drury was 2-for-5 with an RBI single in the fifth (30).
• Shane Robinson was 2-for-4 as he came off the bench for Clint Frazier. Here is why Frazier left the game courtesy of Conor Foley of The Times-Tribune:

Clint Frazier was removed from tonight's RailRiders game for precautionary reasons related to possible concussion symptoms. He'll see a doctor soon. RailRiders not yet sure whether a DL stint coming.

— Conor Foley (@RailRidersTT) July 20, 2018

• Erik Swanson got a no-decision in his start. He went 4.1 innings, gave up three runs on four hits and struck out three on 61 pitches (43 strikes).
• Giovanny Gallegos (2-2) got the win in relief. He struck out four batters in 2.2 hitless innings.
• Tommy Kahnle walked a batter and had a strikeout in a hitless eighth.
• Cody Carroll struck out the side in the ninth.

Trenton Thunder (Double-A): The Thunder (52-44) lost the series opener, 3-2, to the Binghamton Rumble Ponies.

Kyle Holder went 1-for-4 and drove in the lone two runs for Trenton with a double in the top of the first (2,3) (Zachary Lucy/Four Seam Images via AP)

• Zack Zehner (1-for-3) and Jeff Hendrix (1-for-2) drew the only two walks.
• Ryan Bollinger (4-4) went five innings, gave up three runs (two earned) on six hits, and struck out three batters on 87 pitches (61 strikes) in a loss.
• Brody Koerner gave a hit, walked two batters, and struck out one in two scoreless innings of relief.
• David Sosebee gave up a hit and struck out a batter in a scoreless eighth.

Tampa Tarpons (Single-A Advanced): The Tarpons (49-48) defeated the Dunedin Blue Jays, 4-2.

Angel Aguilar went 2-for-5 with a triple and two RBIs (28,29) for Tampa (Mark LoMoglio)

• Rashad Crawford was 1-for-3 with a double and he drove in a pair of runs (7,8).
• Hoy Jun Park went 2-for-4 with a walk.
• Dom Thompson-Williams was 3-for-5 with a double.
• Isiah Gilliam went 1-for-3 with a double and two walks.
• Estevan Florial was 1-for-5 in his return to the Tarpons lineup.
• Luis Rijo (1-0) delivered in his first start for Tampa. He went six innings, gave up two runs on six hits, and struck out three on 84 pitches (63 strikes) in a win.
• Greg Weissert allowed one hit, walked two batters, and struck out two in 1.2 scoreless innings.
• Matt Wivinis allowed a hit and struck out two in the final 1.1 innings as he got his seventh save.

Charleston Riverdogs (Single-A): The Riverdogs (46-46) had their series opener against the Rome Braves postponed due to rain. The two teams will play a doubleheader tomorrow with Game 1 beginning at 5 p.m ET.

Staten Island Yankees (Short-Season): The Yankees (18-15) lost in walk-off fashion to the Vermont Lake Monsters, 2-1.

Eric Wagaman went 1-for-3 with a walk and he hit a solo home run (4) in the top of the second. He has homered in back-to-back games. (Robert M. Pimpsner/Pinstriped Prospects)

• Junior Soto had the lone multi-hit game as he went 2-for-4.
• David Metzgar was the other Yankee with a hit (1-for-3).
• Matt Sauer went five innings, allowed one run on one hit, struck out three, and walked three on 85 pitches (53 strikes) in a no-decision.
• Christian Morris struck out two batters over three perfect innings.
• Brooks Kriske (0-2) gave up a run on three hits in the bottom of the ninth (0.2 innings) as he took the loss.

Pulaski Yankees (Rookie): The Yankees (13-16) rallied in the ninth to defeat the Danville Braves, 7-6.

• Everson Pereira went 4-for-5 with a double and drove in two runs (15,16).
• Juan De Leon (2-for-3, walk) hit a solo home run in the top of the second (3).
• Max Burt went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs (13,14). One of them came around to score on the game-winning single in the ninth.
• Oswald Peraza was 2-for-4 with an RBI (5) out of the leadoff spot.
• Ezequiel Duran (2-for-4, walk) had a multi-hit game for Pulaski.
• Justin Wilson got the start. He went three innings, allowed three runs on five hits, and walked three batters in a no-decision.
• Daniel Bies allowed two hits, struck out four, and walked a batter over three scoreless innings.
• Carlos Espinal (3-0) allowed a hit and struck out four over the final 2.2 innings (no hits allowed) as he got the win.

Gulf Coast League (Rookie): The GCL Yankees East squad (10-15) swept both games against GCL Yankees West (13-12). They won Game 1, 1-0,  and Game 2, 2-1.

GCL East

Game 1

• Isaiah Pasteur went 1-for-3 and hit a solo home run in the bottom of the fourth (2).
• Asdrubal Alvarez had the lone multi-hit game (2-for-2).
• Alex Guerrero was the other player with a hit as he went 1-for-2.
• Yoendrys Gomez (1-1) threw five shutout innings in a win. He allowed three hits, struck out eight, and walked two.
• Alex Mejias struck out three batters and did not give up a hit in the final two innings.

Game 2

• Jesus Severino (1-for-2) hit a solo home run in the bottom of the fifth (2).
• Matt McGarry went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI (2).
• Borinquen Mendez had a multi-hit game (2-for-3, stolen base).
• Tanner Myatt went two innings, allowed two hits, struck out  two, and walked one before leaving the game with an injury according to Josh Norris of Baseball America:

Tanner Myatt is out of the game after two innings. He shook his right arm in the middle of the second, was visited by a trainer and stayed in. Now he's done. #Yankees

— Josh Norris (@jnorris427) July 19, 2018

• Abismael Villaman (2-0) got the win in relief. In five innings of work, he allowed a run on four hits and struck out three.

GCL West

Game 1

• Anthony Garcia had the lone multi-hit game (2-for-3).
• Antonio Arias was the other player who had a hit (1-for-1, walk, stolen base).
• Chaz Hebert got the start and struck out three batters over two hitless innings.
• Carlos D. Rodriguez (3-1) went four innings, gave up a run on four hits, and struck out seven in a loss.

Game 2

• Anthony Garcia (2-for-3) hit a solo home run in the top of the sixth (1).
• Roberto Chirinos and Matt Pita both went 1-for-3 and Antonio Cabello was 1-for-2 with a walk.
• Connor Jones (0-3) went four innings, gave up a run on four hits, and struck out six in a loss.
• Deivi Diaz allowed a run on two hits and struck out three over the final two innings.

Dominican Summer League (Rookie): The DSL Yankees (16-24) lost 8-2 in seven innings to DSL Cardinals Blue.

• Enyerberth Ascanio went 1-for-3 with an RBI (12).
• Anthony Valenzuela was 1-for-2 with a walk and an RBI (7).
• Ronny Rojas (1-for-3) had the only extra-base hit (triple).
• Bias Castano (0-3) went 2.2 innings in his start. He gave up five runs on seven hits, struck out two batters, and walked four.
• Marcos Arguello threw 1.1 perfect innings in relief of Castano.