Minors Report for 6/18/10 (Jesus Montero; Jonathan Albaladejo; Eduardo Nunez; Hector Noesi; George Kontos Returns)

Minor Leagues Report — By Tom K on June 18, 2010 10:18 pm

Scranton:

Does Jesus Montero think he is Brett Gardner all of a sudden? Montero went 3-for-4 tonight with a single, double, and a triple (his second in two games!) to help Scranton take a 4-1 victory.

All of a sudden, Montero is hitting .405 over his last ten games, and has eight extra base hits in those games (6 doubles, 2 triples). He has three three-hit games in his last seven games played. He is up to .248 overall and his slugging percentage is starting to creep up – it’s still only .390, but that is a big climb from where he was.

Eduardo Nunez went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI and is now hitting .320 on the season.

Dustin Moseley struck out 10 hitters for the second consecutive start to get the victory.

Jonathan Albaladejo earned yet another save, his 23rd. With the current state of the Yankees bullpen, they seriously need to consider giving him another try. He is 1-1 with a 1.10 ERA for Scranton this season. In 32.2 innings, he has allowed 16 hits, two home runs, and has walked 11 while striking out 44.

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Trenton:

Hector Noesi threw yet another good game…but it turned out to be nothing more than a Vazquez type of night, as the Thunder fell 1-0.

Noesi, like Vazquez, went 7 innings. He allowed six hits, walked nobody, and struck out five. His only mistake ended up in the stands for a home run. Noesi is now 3-1 with a 2.31 ERA for Trenton (35 IP, 31 H, 5 BB, 30 K). In two stops, he is 8-3 on the season (78 IP, 66 H, 11 BB, 82 K).

Daniel Brewer hit his 17th double in the losing effort.

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Tampa:

George Kontos is back from his surgery. His first performance didn’t go very well in terms of the scoreboard, but that wasn’t the important thing. Kontos gave up three runs on four hits in 2.2 innings as Tampa lost, 9-4. He walked one and struck out four. He pitched a scoreless first, gave up three in the second, then got two outs in the third. Obviously, he was given X number of pitches tonight to do whatever he could do with them. Overall, the most important thing is that he is back throwing. Kontos is a 25-year old hard throwing right-hander who could have a future in the bullpen. Before going down to injury last year, he was 4-5 with a 3.15 ERA (71.1 IP, 63 H, 30 BB, 63 K).

JB Cox was brilliant in his second game back from no man’s land – he didn’t allow an earned run in two thirds of an inning! The only problem? He allowed four unearned ones.

Neil Medchill went 2-for-4 with a double and three RBI, but that was only enough to get him up to .192 on the season.

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Charleston:

Not much to report here for the second night in a row, as they only mustered five hits in a 4-1 loss. What, the entire organization can’t hit now?

JR Murphy contributed a hit, as did Zolio Almonte. Almonte hit a double and scored the team’s only run. His average is at .288 and his slugging percentage is at .502.

Tags: Brett Gardner, Daniel Brewer, Dustin Moseley, Eduardo Nunez, George Kontos, Hector Noesi, Ho-Chunk, Jesus Montero, Joba Chamberlain, Jonathan Albaladejo, Neil Medchill