Reinforcements arrive for Trenton’s playoff drive

Hey that rhymes! 

Triple-A Scranton (4-0 win over Pawtucket)
Brett Gardner: 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 K, 1 SB – boosts his BA up to .244
Eric Duncan, Bronson Sardinha & Raul Chavez: all 0 for 4 – Duncan K’ed twice…Sardinha drove a run in & swiped a bag
Mike Kinkade: 1 for 2, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 SB, 1 HBP
Jose Cruz Jr.: 3 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 K
Angel Chavez, Andy Cannizaro & Juan Francia: all 1 for 4 – Chavez swiped a bag & allowed a passed ball…Cannizaro doubled & K’ed…Francia scored a run & stole a base
Jeff Karstens: 7 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 10 K, 1 WP – 61 of 88 pitches were strikes (69.3%)…this can’t be the same Jeff Karstens that we saw 2 weeks ago, can it?
Ross Ohlendorf: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
TJ Beam: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K – since coming off the DL on June 23rd, he’s got a 27-3 K/BB ratio in 31.2 IP

Double-A Trenton (5-4 win over New Hampshire) 
Jamal Strong: 1 for 4, 2 R, 1 K, 1 HBP
Reegie Corona, Colin Curtis & Juan Miranda: all 1 for 4 – Corona got plunked…Curtis drove a run in & was hit by a pitch…Miranda scored a run, doubled, drove in a run & K’ed
Matt Carson & Noah Hall: both 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB – Carson K’ed…Hall drove a run in
Marcos Vechionacci: 0 for 4 – it’s Vech! In Trenton!
PJ Pilittere: 1 for 4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K
Jeff Marquez: 6 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 9 K – niiiiice
David Robertson: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
Eric Wordekemper: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K – it’s Wordekemper! In Trenton!

High-A Tampa (5-4 win over Sarasota)
Chris Kunda: 2 for 4, 1 BB, 1 CS
Kevin Russo: 1 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB, 1 E (throwing) – a quiet 19 SB
Chris Malec: 1 for 4, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K – .316-.419-.445-.864
Edwar Gonzalez: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B
Jared Greenwood: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI – I wonder what’s up with Cervelli
Tim Battle: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 SB – 149 K in 130 games
Ben Blumenthal: 0 for 2, 2 BB, 2 K
Elvys Quezada: 6 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 7-7 GB/FB
Garrett Patterson: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 5-0 GB/FB
John Axford: 1 IP, zeroes, 3 K – nice job filling in for Wordekemper I’d say

Low-A Charleston (7-5 loss to Rome)
Hit Streak Hilligoss: 1 for 4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K
James Cooper & Chase Odenreider: both 1 for 4 – Cooper K’ed once, got picked off first & was plunked…Odenreider K’ed once & committed a fielding error
Kevin Smith: 1 for 5, 2 K
Seth Fortenberry & Kyle Anson: both 0 for 4, 1 R, 1 BB – Fortenberry K’ed twice & committed his first error of the year (fielding)…Anson committed a throwing error
Josue Calzado: 3 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Chris Carrara: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 3B, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Guillermo Villalona-Bryan: 3.1 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K – 9.39 ERA
Brady Martinez: 3.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 6-2 GB/FB
Steven Artz: 2 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HB, 1-4 GB/FB – the honeymoon effect is beginning to wear off

Short Season Staten Island
Game 1 (3-0 loss to Brooklyn in 7 innings)
Taylor Holiday: 2 for 3, 1 K
Austin Krum: 1 for 3, 1 K, 1 SB – 13 hit (5 XBH) in his last 5 games
rest of lineup: combined 0 for 15, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 E (Braedyn Pruitt throwing), 1 PB (by Jose Gil)
Jason Stephens: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 7 K – 41-11 K/BB ratio in 46.2 IP
Josue Selenes & Kyle Hollander: both 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER – Selenes K’ed one…Hollander walked one & K’ed two
Game 2 (6-0 win over Brooklyn in 7 innings) 
Justin Snyder: 4 for 4, 3 R, 2 2B – 84 hits & 53 walks in 68 games
Taylor Holiday: 2 for 2, 1 R, 2 RBI – 8 hits in his last 5 games
Braedyn Pruitt: 0 for 2, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 HBP
Austin Krum: 1 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Jose Gil & Chris Raber: both 0 for 2, 1 BB, 1 K – Gil drove in a run…Raber scored a run & swiped a bag
David Williams: 3 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI
Craig Heyer: 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, 8-4 GB/FB
Nick Peterson: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K – he was closing games for SI last year until this guy showed up