Moosic, PA - This came down to a Judge's decision, as Aaron Judge played jury and executioner against Scott Diamond (2-1, 3.24) with a three-run home run in the third inning to put the Yankees affiliate ahead for good. Diamond could not get out of the fifth as he was drilled for six runs (four earned) over 4-2/3 innings on five hits and two walks. He was chased from the game after a two-run triple by Gary Sanchez. Errors by Dalton Pompey in center field and Matt Dominguez at third also contributed to the carnage. Pat McCoy yielded an unearned run as the result of a David Adams error at second. but struck out three in 2-1/3 innings. Bobby Korecky worked a one-hit ninth.
The Herd managed just five hits in this one, just one better than their error total. Dominguez had two with Andy Burns, Jesus Montero and Jio Mier getting the others. Domonic Brown drew the lone walk. Pompey was 0-for-4.
New Hampshire 7 Hartford 2
Manchester, NH - The Fisher Cats busted out of the gates with a two-run second inning before blowing it open with a five-run fourth. Ian Parmley singled home the first run and Jorge Saez extended the two-out rally with an RBI double. Saez would double home three more runs along with a Matt Dean run-scoring single in the fifth. Saez managed to score the final run when Shane Opitz stayed in a run down long enough on the heels of a Jorge Flores strikeout. Saez had three hits and Parmley had two. Jon Berti singled, walked and stole his eighth base of the year. Roemon Fields was hitless in five at-bats.Luis Santos (1-0, 3.86) limited the Rockies affiliate to a pair of runs (one earned) on seven hits and two walks while striking out five over six innings. John Stilson struck out two and walked only one over two shutout frames. Chris Smith finished up with a two-hit ninth.
Tampa 12 Dunedin 7
Tampa, FL - This was a see-saw affair in which Dunedin held leads of 3-0, 5-4 and 7-6 but the Yankees scored the final six runs of the game to win it. Christian Lopes led off the game with a home run and would get another RBI on a sacrifice fly in the second inning. Danny Jansen had RBI singles in the second and third innings and Ryan McBroom would go deep in the third. Emilio Guerrero knocked home a run with a single in the fourth before J.D. Davis went deep with a solo shot in the fifth. Guerrero had three hits and Lopes had two hits and two walks. J.D. Davis and Jansen each had two hits and a walk. D.J. Davis was 1-for-4 with two stolen bases.
Ryan Borucki was rocked for six runs, including a two-run homer, over three frames. He gave up eight hits and two walks and did not strike out a batter. Alonzo Gonzalez allowed three more runs over 2-1/3 innings. Chris Rowley (1-1) could not strand his two inherited runners and was roughed up for three runs of his own over 2-2/3 innings.
Lansing 3 Fort Wayne 2
Lansing, MI - The Lugnuts walked off the Padres affiliate thanks to a Carl Wise single with the bases loaded to score Juan Kelly, who started the four-hit rally with a base hit. Kelly also singled and scored on a Josh Almonte base rap in the fourth inning after being moved along by a wild pitch and a passed ball. The Lugnuts got on the board in the first when Andrew Guillotte doubled and advanced the other 180 feet on ground balls by Gunnar Heidt and Lane Thomas. Kelly had three hits while Almonte and Ryan Hissey had a pair apiece. Almonte had the lone stolen base.Tayler Saucedo lasted 6-1/3 innings and permitted just two runs (one earned) on three hits while striking out three and walking nobody. He kept the infield busy as they handled 10 of his 16 outs in play. The lefty did get a helping hand from Almonte who threw out a runner at home from right field to end the sixth after a three-base throwing error by Saucedo himself. Guillotte also nailed a runner at home from left field in the seventh but a throwing error by Heidt at second resulted in another runner at third and Saucedo's removal from the game. Dusty Isaacs (1-0) was promptly dinged with the game-tying single but allowed just one other hit the rest of the way, tossing 2-2/3 shutout innings with one strikeout.
3. Tayler Saucedo, Lansing
2. Juan Kelly, Lansing
1. Jorge Saez, New Hampshire
Tuesday's Linescores
Today's Schedule / Probable Starters
Hartford @ New Hampshire, 10:35 am ET - John Anderson (1-0, 0.93)
Buffalo @ Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 6:35 pm ET - Wade LeBlanc (1-1, 2.38)
Dunedin @ Tampa, 7:00 pm ET - Juliandry Higuera (0-0, 1.80)
Fort Wayne @ Lansing, 7:05 pm ET - Francisco Rios (0-0, 3.52)