Third day for minor league Spring Training Camp. Tenth Grapefruit League games of the season.
Grapefruit League Game Ten - Yankees 12 Phillies 3 (Clearwater)
Summary :
The Yankees scored three runs in the second inning on four singles and a double.
Max Kepler homered in the bottom of the second inning.
New York blew the game open with seven runs in the third inning on three singles, a fielding error, hit batter and two home runs. They added two in the sixth on a home run, two singles and a wild pitch.
Rafael Lantigua and Kody Clemens singled in the ninth inning - Garrett Stubbs singled to score Lantigua. Two walks (Rodolfo Castro & Gabriel Rincones Jr) scored another run.
At the Plate : 3 R, 6 H, 5 BB, 10 K’s
Bryce Harper doubled. Max Kepler homered.
Pitching Notes : 12 R, 15 H, 0 BB, 11 K’s
RH Zack Wheeler 2+ IP, 6 R - 5 earned, 8 H, 0 BB, 2 K’s - 50 pitches - 34 strikes
RH Cody Stashak - 1 IP, 4 unearned R, 2 H, 0 BB, 1 K - 21 pitches - 15 strikes
LH Ranger Suarez - 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 BB, 2 K’s - 30 pitches - 19 strikes
RH Nicholas Padilla - 1 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 0 BB, 1 K - 21 pitches - 16 strikes
LH Nick Vespi - 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 BB, 1 K - 13 pitches - 9 strikes
RH Michael Mercado - 1 perfect IP - 2 K’s - 14 pitches - 10 strikes
RH Koyo Aoyagi - 1 perfect IP - 2 K’s - 19 pitches - 10 strikes
Minor League Camp Call-Ups for the game :
Pitchers : Jack Dallas, Cody Stashak, Gunner Mayer, Paxton Thompson
Catchers : Luis Caicuto
Infielders : Erick Brito
Outfielders : Marcus Lee Sang
Other Notes :
Roger Clemens is serving as a guest instructor in spring training for the Yankees - he brought out the lineup card and his son Kody Clemens brought out the Phillies lineup card - neat father/son moment.
Infielders Aidan Miller & Carson Taylor, C Caleb Ricketts, OF Justin Crawford and LHP Tristan Garnett were reassigned to minor league camp.
Grapefruit League record is now 4-5-1
Minor League Spring Trainjng Camp at Carpenter Complex :
Side Bullpens : 12 pitchers
Danny Wilkinson, Josh Bortka, Naoel Mejia, Brad Pacheco, Saul Teran, Chase Hopewell, Alexander De Los Santos, Jose Pena Jr, Eligio Arias, Fernando Ramos, Drew Garrett and Cam Brown
Live BP : 3 pitchers
Luke Russo, Gabriel Barbosa and Alexis De La Cruz
Intrasquad Scrimmage : Five Innings - Roberts Field - Noon
Pitchers : 6
Alan Rangel (2 IP), Ryan Dromboski (2 IP), Seth Johnson (2 IP), Ethan Chenault, Chuck King, Guillo Zuniga
Position Players in scrimmage : 20
Keaton Anthony, Brady Day, Jordan Dissin, Carter Mathison, Leandro Pineda, John Spikerman, Dylan Campbell, Carson DeMartini, Joel Dragoo, Hendry Mendez, Guillermo Rosario, Eduardo Tait, TJayy Walton, Griffin Burkholder, Aroon Escobar, Trent Farquhar, Alirio Ferrebus, Dante Nori, Bryan Rincon and Juan Villavicencio
Happy Day, Happy Baseball ⚾️
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