Igawa Leads Scranton to 2-1 Lead

The Scranton Yankees are one game away from winning their first round International League series with the Pawtucket Red Sox after a 6-4 win tonight. Kei Igawa allowed one earned run over seven innings to pick up the win. The PawSox scored a pair of runs off Steven Jackson before Scott Strickland slammed the door on them, striking out three of the four batters he faced.

Leading 3-2 in the fourth inning, Eric Duncan belted a 3-run home run off of Jon Switzer to break the game open. Ben Broussard was 3-3 in the game, and he and Matt Carson, who played center field since Melky Cabrera was back with the Yankees, scored two runs each.

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The Daily Yankeeland - 8/10

We're still disgusted from yesterday's game so we'll probably not be tuning in today. If you want to read more about yesterday's game, click here.

George King has a story on the tough return for Dan Giese to So Cal. Giese did everything he could to give the Yankees a win yesterday, but the team let him down big time.

The Yankees are hoping to develop some of their own left-handed relievers, so Phil Coke, who was in the original Nady-Marte deal, was promoted to Scranton to work out of the bullpen.

Mike Lupica agrees with us (we usually don't agree with him) that Joe Girardi has done a good job.

Chad Jennings has a look at prospect wannabe Matt Carson.

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Minor League Recap - 6/26

Games of 6/25

Dan McCutchen had a decent outing for the Scranton Yankees last night, but saw his record fall to 1-6 as the Columbus Clippers took a 5-1 decision. McCutchen allowed 3 earned runs in 6.2 innings pitched. He allowed 7 hits, walked 3, and struck out 4. Shelley Duncan's sacrifice fly brought home the only run and gave the Yankees a temporary 1-0 lead. Matt Carson had 3 hits, falling a home run shy of a cycle.

	June 25, 2008
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Columbus 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 5 11 0 Scranton/WB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 2 Recap | Box | W: M. Bacsik (6-3, 4.40); L: D. McCutchen (1-6, 4.30) HR: None.

Eric Hacker and the Trenton Thunder bullpen were dynamite last night, shutting out the Erie SeaWolves 7-0. Hacker (2-1, 1.97) allowed 4 hits in 6.2 IP, walked 2, and struck out 5. Between Tampa and Trenton, he's 4-3, 1.91 in 15 starts, with just 64 hits allowed in 85 innings.

Colin Curtis (4 hits) and Jose Tabata (3 hits) enjoyed big nights at the plate, driving in 2 runs apiece. Austin Jackson has hit a bit of a skid, going 2 for his last 16.

	June 25, 2008
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Erie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 Trenton 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 X 7 12 0 Recap | Box | W: E. Hacker (2-1, 1.97); L: B. Fritz (2-3, 5.63) HR: None.

The Tampa Yankees game with the Daytona Cubs was postponed due to rain.

It was a tough night for starter Wil Heredia and reliever Gabe Medina as the two allowed 6 runs in 8 innings pitched, in the Charleston RiverDogs 6-1 loss to the Columbus Catfish. Brad Suttle stopped the RiverDogs from being shutout in the 9th with his 5th home run of the year.

	June 25, 2008
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Columbus 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 6 8 0 Charleston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 Recap | Box | W: J. Hall (2-1, 3.40); L: J. Heredia (2-2, 3.40) HR: COL: R. Fronk (8). CHA: B. Suttle (5).

The Staten Island Yankees dropped a 7-6 scoring fest to the Aberdeen IronBirds, who scored the game winner in the bottom of the 9th. The Baby Bombers had rallied back from a 6-0 deficit. Shortsop Addison Maruszak lead the offense with 3 hits and an RBI.

	June 25, 2008
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Staten Island 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 6 13 3 Aberdeen 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 11 3 Recap | Box W: F. Deza (1-0, 0.00); L: J. Gonell (1-1, 3.00) HR: ABE: J. Julius (2).

The Gulf Coast Yankees improved to 5-2 on the season with a 4-2 win over the GCL Phillies. Ryan Pope got the start as part of a rehab session, throwing 3 scoreless innings. Manny Banuelos threw 3 shutout innings of his own to earn his 2nd win.

	June 25, 2008
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E GCL Phillies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 6 0 GCL Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 X 4 8 2 Recap | Box W: M. Banuelos (2-0, 0.00); L: R. Simon (1-1, 4.22); SV: D. Kapala (1) HR: None.

News and Notes

Chad Jennings reports that Al Aceves should be getting his first start for Scranton on Saturday against the Buffalo Bison. Scott Patterson has been placed on the DL due to some kind of bug he's been fighting.

The Binghamton Mets and Altoona Curve of the Eastern League had a huge brawl Tuesday night, with the two opposing managers going at it first. You can read about it here.

Charleston always has some interesting promotions. Last night was "Go Back to Ohio Night at The Joe". There's been a large influx of Ohioans moving to Charleston. We suppose it was done tongue in cheek, although... And in case you don't know, the RiverDogs park is "Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park" or "The Joe".

The Journal Gazette in Illinois has a story on Tampa outfielder Mitch Hilligoss, the former Big Ten Conference batting champion.

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Minor League Weekend Recap - 6/23

The Scranton Yankees won both games with the Toledo Mud Hens over the weekend to split their 4-game series. Sidney Ponson, who is slated to face the Mets on Friday at Shea Stadium, threw 4 decent innings in a tune up. He allowed 1 earned run on 3 hits, walked 3, and struck out 2. Dave Robertson (3-0, 1.82) tossed 1.1 scoreless innings of relief to earn the win. Juan Miranda, Eric Duncan, and Matt Carson drove in 2 runs each. Justin Christian also added a solo home run.

Jeff Karstens threw a gem on Sunday to complete the weekend sweep. Karstens struck out 11 in 6.2 innings pitched, while allowing just 1 unearned run in the Yankees 10-1 win. Shelley Duncan drove in 4 runs and Juan Miranda continued his hotting hitting with a 3-5 game. He was 12-19 (.632) in the 4-game series, including a 5-5 night on Friday.

	June 21, 2008
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Toledo 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 6 0 Scranton/WB 3 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 X 9 15 3 Recap | Box | W: D. Robertson (3-0, 1.82); L: Y. Bazardo (1-4, 5.86) HR: SWB: J. Christian (4).

	June 22, 2008
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Toledo 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 Scranton/WB 1 0 0 6 3 0 0 0 X 10 11 1 Recap | Box | W: J. Karstens (2-3, 4.55); L: C. Lambert (6-4, 3.51) HR: None.

George Kontos' excellent performance on Saturday lead the Trenton Thunder to a 3-2 win over the Binghamton Mets. Kontos allowed 2 runs over 6 innings for his third win and Anthony Claggett finished it off with 3 scoreless innings for his 5th save. The Thunder trailed 2-1 in the 6th when Jose Tabata stroked a 1-out single, stole 2nd base, and scored on a P.J. Pillitere single. Chris Malec then drove in the go-ahead run with an RBI double.

Binghamton won the rubber game of the series, 7-3, on Sunday, banging out 4 home runs in the process. Al Aceves turned in another solid performance, allowing 2 runs over 6 innings, and left the game with a 3-2 lead. But the bullpen didn't do its job. Recently acquired Oneli Perez was tagged with the loss after allowing 3 runs in the 8th inning. Ramiro Pena drove in 2 of the 3 Thunder runs.

It was a pretty good weekend overall though for Aceves. He proposed to his girlfriend in front of Saturday's crowd and she said, "yes". Peter Abraham has the story.

	June 21, 2008
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Binghamton 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 8 3 Trenton 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 3 7 2 Recap | Box | W: G. Kontos (3-6, 3.36); L: E. Brown (4-6, 6.31); SV: A. Claggett (5) HR: BIN: C. Stewart (6).

	June 22, 2008
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Binghamton 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 7 12 0 Trenton 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 2 Recap | Box | W: E. Brito (4-1, 2.68); L: O. Perez (0-1, 9.00); SV: T. Lavigne (6) HR: BIN: N. Evans (11), A. Concepcion (8), J. Petersen (2), M. Nickeas (1).

Tampa's weekend games against the Lakeland Flying Tigers and Daytona Cubs were both rained out.

Wet weather had an impact on the Charleston RiverDogs as well. The Dogs lead 5-0 over the Columbus Catfish on Saturday when the game was halted. The rains came down again on Sunday preventing the completion of Saturday's game as well as Sunday's regularly scheduled game.

Staten Island improved to 3-2 with a pair of wins over the Hudson Valley Renegades. David Adams drove in 3 runs and Melky Mesa (another Melky!) added a solo home run in the Baby Bombers 9-1 win on Saturday. Jacinto Gonella picked up the winner after starter Cory Arbiso tossed 3 shutout frames.

Casey Erickson pitched 5-hit ball over 6 innings in Sunday's 3-0 win. Pat Venditte notched his first save for the Yankees. Dan Brewer delivered the big hit with a 2-out, 2-run single in the 3rd inning.

June 21, 2008
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Staten Island 4 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 9 12 0 Hudson Valley 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 2 Recap | Box | W: J. Gonell (1-0, 2.08); L: S. Dyer (0-1, 9.00) HR: STA: M. Mesa (1).

	June 22, 2008
	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Hudson Valley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 Staten Island 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 3 4 0 Recap | Box | W: C. Erickson (1-0, 0.00); L: T. Hayes (0-2, 8.44); SV: P. Venditte (1) HR: None.

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