Just a heads up, there will be no DotF tomorrow. None of the affiliates have games scheduled for Easter Sunday. Not sure if that’s intentional or a coincidence. I feel like I would remember it if they do that each year. Whatever. Anyway, no DotF tomorrow for that reason. Don’t wait around.
Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Game One was suspended due to rain in the top of the third inning. Here’s the box score. It wasn’t loading properly when I wrote this, but maybe it’ll work by time you click it. The game will be completed when they play Buffalo in June.
Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Game Two was rained out. It’ll be made up as part of a doubleheader during that June series.
The Double-A Trenton Thunder were rained out. The game will be made up as part of a July 2nd doubleheader.
High-A Tampa Tarpons (2-1 loss to Clearwater)
- CF Pablo Olivares: 0-4
- 2B Diego Castillo: 1-4 — 9-for-25 (.360) during his seven-game hitting streak after starting the season 1-for-34 (.029)
- DH Oswaldo Cabrera: 0-4
- 1B Dermis Garcia: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K — fifth homer of the season was an inside-the-parker … 8-for-21 (.381) with two doubles and four homers in his last five games
- RF Isiah Gilliam: 1-2, 1 HBP — got picked off first
- C Donny Sands: 0-3, 2 K
- RHP Rony Garcia: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 2/4 GB/FB — 50 of 80 pitches were strikes (63%) … 22/6 K/BB in 18.1 innings thus far
Low-A Charleston RiverDogs (3-1 win over Augusta)
- LF Brandon Lockridge: 1-4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K
- 2B Kyle Gray: 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K
- CF Josh Stowers: 1-4, 1 K — 9-for-21 (.429) during his five-game hitting streak
- 3B Nelson Gomez: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (missed catch) — 5-for-17 (.294) with a double and three homers in his last five games
- DH Canaan Smith: 1-4, 1 R
- RHP Luis Medina: 5 IP, 8 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 4/1 GB/FB — 48 of 77 pitches were strikes (62%) … getting progressively better each time out
- RHP Shawn Semple: 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 2/3 GB/FB — 37 of 52 pitches were strikes (71%) … 30/2 K/BB in 17 innings now … I can’t imagine he’ll be down here much longer, he’s not being challenged
The Short Season Staten Island Yankees, Rookie Pulaski Yankees, and two Rookie Gulf Coast League Yankees teams begin play in June.