Minor League Recap - 6/13

Tough loss for the Scranton Yankees last night. They blew a 7th inning 3-1 lead and and a 4-3 13th inning lead to the Richmond Braves, losing 5-4. The Yankees took the lead in the 13th when Brett Gardner walked with the bases loaded, but Steven White couldn't hold the advantage in the bottom of the inning as the Braves scored twice. Kei Igawa gave the Yankees a solid start, allowing 3 runs in 6.1 innings and 5 relievers combined for 5.2 scoreless innings prior to the 13th. Former Yankees catcher Sal Fasano homered for the Braves.

June 12, 2008
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 R H E Scranton/WB 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 12 1 Richmond 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 10 0 Recap | Box | W: C. Resop (1-0, 4.50); L: S. White (4-4, 5.68) HR: RIC: S. Fasano (1).

For the second straight game, the Trenton Thunder got a great performance from their starting pitcher, but couldn't muster a single run. Jason Jones (8-2, 2.30) went the distance but was saddled with the loss as the Connecticut Defenders defeated the Thunder 3-0. Ramiro Pena had 2 of the Thunder's 8 hits.

June 12, 2008
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Connecticut 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 1 Trenton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 Recap | Box | W: J. Martinez (3-5, 1.90); L: J. Jones (8-2, 2.30); SV: K. Pichardo (2) HR: CT: T. Ishikawa (8), D. Maroul (6).

Tampa rallied from a 2-run deficit in the 8th inning and went on to beat the St. Lucie Mets, in 12 innings, 5-4. An Andres Perez infield single and a Mets error allowed the go ahead run to score for the Yankees. RBI singles by James Cooper and Seth Fortenberry had tied the game 4-4 in the 8th. Jon Hovis picked up the victory with 2 innings of work.

June 12, 2008
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E Tampa 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 5 13 0 St. Lucie 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 2 Recap | Box W: J. Hovis (2-0, 2.03); L: C. Hoorelbeke (0-2, 3.48) HR: None.

David Williams' 9th inning single snapped a 3-3 tie and the Charleston RiverDogs topped the Rome Braves 4-3. The RiverDogs had built a 3-1 lead with a pair of RBI from Justin Snyder, before the Braves tied things up in the 8th inning. Chace Vacek (3-1) picked up the win while Jon Ortiz was credited with his 20th save.

June 12, 2008
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Charleston 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11 2 Rome 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 7 0 Recap | Box | W: C. Vacek (3-1, 1.47); L: Y. Castro (0-4, 6.92); SV: J. Ortiz (20) HR: ROM: C. Lundahl (1).

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