Baby Bomber Recap 9/2/15: Mark Payton crushes a grand slam and 5 RBI

Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders: L 1-8 vs. Rochester Red Wings

CF Ben Gamel 0-4
1B Rob Segedin 2-4
RF Aaron Judge 2-3, BB - .231/.318/.389 in 57 AAA games
CF Jake Cave 0-3, BB, 3 K - not the greatest 1st AAA start
DH Slade Heathcott 1-3, 2 K
3B Cito Culver 1-3, triple - naturally

Kyle Haynes 5 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K - Two homers, a wild pitch, and a balk! Woo!
Cesar Vargas 1 1/3 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Conor Mullee 1 2/3 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Double-A Trenton Thunder: L 5-6 (12) vs. New Britain Rock Cats

RF Danny Oh 3-6, double - outfield assist
SS Tyler Wade 2-6, K
2B Tony Renda 4-6, double - fielding error
CF Mark Payton 2-5, grand slam, 5 RBI, 2 K - Have a day. Also a .666 AA OPS.
DH Dante Bichette Jr. 1-5

Jaron Long 7 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
Evan Rutckyj 2/3 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, HBP, 2 K
Giovanny Gallegos 3 1/3 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, HBP, 4 K - quality relief
Angel Rincon 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K - 15 strikeouts for Thunder pitching

Check out Payton's grand slam at 1:06 of the video below:

High-A Tampa Yankees: Off

Low-A Charleston RiverDogs: W 4-3* and L 0-3 vs. Asheville Tourists

SS Angel Aguilar 1-4, K
DH Bo Thompson 1-4, 2 K
CF Austin Aune 2-4, double, K
3B Donny Sands 1-4, K
C Alvaro Noriega 2-4
LF Griff Gordon 2-4

Anyelo Gomez 3 IP, 5 H, 3 R/1 ER, 3 BB, 0 K - error on pickoff
Matt Marsh 4 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K - fielding error, back to PFP for y'all
Jose Mesa Jr. 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K

*The stats above only reflect the 3-0 loss on September 2nd. The original September 1st Charleston victory recapped by Tanya yesterday was protested by Asheville because the walk-off fielder's choice saw the winning run score while time was called. Somewhat amusingly, the Sally League actually upheld the protest, forcing the teams to resume the game in the ninth inning prior to the start of the regularly scheduled Tuesday game. Yesterday's stats have been updated. Brody Koerner tossed two scoreless innings, and the RiverDogs won it anyway in the 11th inning on DH Isaias Tejeda's walk-off homer.

Short Season-A Staten Island Yankees: W 3-0 vs. Tri-City Valley Cats

CF Jeff Hendrix 1-4, 2 K
RF Trey Amburgey 0-4, SB, K - still batting .413 in 17 NYPL games
1B Ryan Krill 3-4, double, K
DH Junior Valera 3-4, 2 RBI
SS Kyle Holder 1-3, K - batting ..321/.345/.429 over past 10 days

Domingo Acevedo 6 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 K - 1.69 ERA in 11 NYPL starts
Jonny Drozd 3 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

Rookie Advanced Pulaski Yankees: Off