Rob Refsnyder's errorless streak ends, Jaron Long solid again in Yankees' minors
New York Yankees' Robert Refsnyder claps his hands after hitting a single to score teammates Jonathan Galvez and Jake Cave in the ninth inning of an exhibition spring training game on Saturday, March 7, 2015, in Kissimmee, Fla. Credit: AP / DG
And in the 14th game, he made a bad throw.
Yankees second base prospect Rob Refsnyder's errorless streak ended Thursday with a fielding miscue in the third inning, but the 24-year-old kept up his strong work at the plate, adding a hit and a walk for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in a 10-2 win over Durham.
Refsnyder hadn't committed an error since botching two plays in Game 1 of a doubleheader on April 25. . That spotless 13-game stretch in the field concluded when Refsnyder's errant throw allowed J.P. Arencibia to reach first to lead off the bottom of the third.
Refsnyder (1-for-5, walk, 2 RBIs, run) has now hit in 15 of 16 games. He walked in his only hitless game during that span.
Jaron Long, the son of former Yankees and current Mets hitting coach Kevin Long, had his second solid start in a row, allowing two runs (one earned), five hits and three walks in five innings. The righthander struck out three.
During his first season in Triple-A, Long has allowed three runs or fewer in five of his seven starts for the RailRiders (17-18, 4th place in International League North).
On Thursday, he showed an ability to work out of trouble.
With the bases loaded and two outs in the first, Long got Luke Maile to ground into a force out. Long loaded the bases again with two outs in the second, but struck out Mikie Mahtook swinging to end the inning. After Refsnyder's throw allowed Arencibia to reach in the third, Long walked Allan Dykstra before getting Maile on a sacrifice fly that advanced Arencibia to third. Eugenio Velez grounded into an inning-ending double play, though not before Arencibia crossed home plate.
Elsewhere in the minors
DOUBLE-A TRENTON
(17-17, T-4th place in Eastern League Eastern)
Catcher Gary Sanchez was 2-for-4 with a double and three RBIs, rightfielder Aaron Judge went 1-for-2 with two walks and leftfielder Jake Cave was 3-for-5 as the Thunder beat Harrisburg, 5-2. Sanchez is 10-for-23 with two doubles and two home runs in his last five games and is batting .321 since April 21. He started the season 3-for-28 (.107).
SINGLE-A ADVANCED TAMPA
(19-15, 2nd place in Florida State League North)
Third baseman Miguel Andujar was 2-for-3 with a home run and a walk as the Yankees beat St. Lucie, 4-2.
SINGLE-A CHARLESTON
(19-14, 1st place in South Atlantic League Southern)
Lefthander Justin Kamplain allowed one run, five hits and one walk in six innings, striking out three, and second baseman Gosuke Katoh was 2-for-4 with a double, but the RiverDogs fell to Greenville, 4-2.
