Sorry for the delay everybody, I’ve been gone all day so I haven’t had a chance to post last night’s recap, so here is a quick recap of last night’s 2-6 loss to the Staten Island Yankees. The Aberdeen IronBirds leave Ripken Stadium with a 5-8 record, while the Yankees improve to 6-6. The IronBirds finished the home stand 3-2, while posting a 5-3 record in the last eight games, leaving them in 3rd place in the McNamara Division and just 1.5 Games behind Staten Island while trailing the 1st place Hudson Valley Renegades (10-4) by 4.5 Games. IronBirds LF Sam Kimmel went 2-4 with 1 R and 1 SB while extending his hitting streak to eight games, 3B Hector Veloz hit his 2nd HR of the season in the 4th Inning, and LF Mike Yastrzemski recorded his 1st professional hit in the 6th Inning, but Yankees starter Rookie Davis ( 3 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 5 K’s) and relievers Andrew Benak (4 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 4 K’s), Dillon McNamara and Charles Haslup held Aberdeen in check en route to the 6-2 win.
Yankees 2B Hector Crespo (2-4, 2 R, 1 RBI) led off the scoring by giving Staten Island the 1-0 lead on an RBI single to score LF Daniel Lopez (2-3, 2 R, 1 RBI) in the top of the 3rd before Aberdeen would tie the game right back up at 1-1 with an RBI single from 1B Trey Mancini to score DH Sam Kimmel in the bottom of the 3rd. In the 4th Inning, Hector Veloz crushed his 2nd HR of the year to left field off of RHP Andrew Benak to give the IronBirds the 2-1 lead, but the Yankees quickly took the 1-run lead on a 2-RBI single from DH Michael O’Neill (2-4, 3 RBI) off of IronBirds starter Austin Urban (4.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R (2 earned), 6 BB, 1 K) in the top of the 5th Inning. IronBirds reliever David Richardson was outstanding in 2.1 shutout Innings out of the bullpen last night, and just allowed one hit and one walk while striking out two, and did a great job of holding the game in striking distance for Aberdeen. Staten Island would then extend their lead to 5-2 with two more runs coming from a RBI Double from SS Jose Rosario and an RBI single from O’Neill in the 8th Inning before tacking on another insurance run on reliever Michael Joseph off of an RBI single from Lopez to make it a 6-2 lead before RHP Charles Haslup would clinch the Yankees W with a 1-2-3 Inning in the 9th, and the Yankees 2-1 win of the 3-game set.
Here’s a couple of notes on the game last night:
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- Sam Kimmel now has an 8-game hitting streak and is batting a stellar .342 on the season, good for T-7th in the NYPL. During his hitting streak, Kimmel is 12 for 29, resulting in a ridiculous .413 avg.
- Trey Mancini is now on a 5-game hitting streak, and is 7 for 19 (.368 avg) during that span. On the year, the former Fighting Irish star is hitting .262 with 5 R, 3 2B’s, and 6 RBI’s.
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- Jared Breen is on a 4-game hitting streak, and is 5 for 16 (.312 avg) in his last four games.
- As previously noted, Mike Yastrzemski went 1-3 last night, recording his 1st pro hit in the 6th Inning on a single to CF off of Andrew Benak, congrats Mike!!!!
- After his HR last night, Hector Veloz now leads Aberdeen in Hits (14), HR (2) and RBI (7).
- Anthony Vega and Jared Breen are tied for the team lead in SB’s with four.
- The IronBirds pitching staff is now tied with the Brooklyn Cyclones for the most K’s in the NYPL with 117.
- Last night’s attendance at Ripken Stadium was 5,036
In the first game of a 3-game series at 7:05 PM tonight in New York against the Hudson Valley Renegades, tonight’s Line-up is still TBD, and we will post it with the pre-game notes that will be posted about two hours before game-time! Until then, have great day!
– Logan Quick