Around the Minors: The week of Aug. 29-Sept. 4
Sept. 4
Sept. 4
Young at heart
Cole Young showed the pop in his bat for the first time since being drafted.
The No. 4 Mariners prospect went 3-for-5 with a home run in Single-A Modesto’s 12-0 win over Fresno.
It took 38 at-bats but the 19-year-old crushed a solo shot to right field in the fifth inning. Young topped it off with two singles to cap a three-hit night.
The shortstop improved his slash line to .325/.417/.475 on the season.
Saying no-no to déjà vu
The last time the High-A Lansing Lugnuts, then a Single-A affiliate, threw a no-hitter, they ultimately lost the game. It nearly happened again.
Despite combining for seven walks and allowing a run, four Lansing pitchers teamed up for the third no-hitter in franchise history, with the Athletics affiliate hanging on for a 2-1 win over South Bend.
Starter
The team's third no-no followed Jordan Romano and Josh DeGraaf's six-inning feat in a 2-1 loss to Peoria on July 14, 2016 and a three-pitcher, nine-inning effort on April 21, 2003.
Yet, with the score 1-0 from the moment Lansing’s
Off to a perfect start
Justin Meis generated the best performance of his young career, in fact, he was downright perfect over seven frames innings in High-A Greensboro’s 6-0 win over Winston-Salem.
The 22-year-old generated seven scoreless innings for the second straight start. The performance was not just dominant, but efficient as well as he finished the night with 75 pitches -- 50 for strikes. Meis lowered his ERA to 3.95 and brought his K tally to 109 1/3 innings this season.
Santiago Flores took over in the eighth and kept the perfect-game bid intact heading into the ninth. With one out, Caberea Weaver -- who came into the at-bat with a .154 average for the Dash -- smacked a single.
The Grasshoppers haven't thrown a no-hitter since Taylor Braley, Jeremy Ovalle and Michael Mertz combined on a seven-inning feat in the opening of a doubleheader against Kannapolis on Aug. 5, 2018.
Justin Meis was sheer perfection in his Sunday start for Greensboro.
— Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) September 5, 2022
Pittsburgh's righty prospect struck out seven over seven unblemished frames: https://t.co/yi1QFUKuVM pic.twitter.com/0PxCv5dynn
Finding the fence
New level and team, same Robert Hassell III power.
The No. 1 Nationals prospect has had no shortage of power through this career as he hit 21 homers in his time with the Padres organization. Hassell has carried it over since being traded, even through a promotion, as he hit his first Double-A long ball as he went 2-for-5 in Double-A Harrisburg’s 7-3 win over Richmond.
The 21-year-old’s power surge did not carry over right away as he didn't go yard at the High-A level. But after he was promoted, Hassell III showed off the power as he hit a solo homer to left field in the fifth inning.
The outfielder brought his homer tally to 11 and improved his slash line to .274/.355/.416 on the season.
Going Gonzales
A lengthy stay on the injured list now behind him, Nick Gonzales looks to be back on track.
The No. 5 Pirates prospect doubled, singled twice and reached safely in all five plate appearaces to lead Double-A Altoona past visiting Akron, 5-2. Gonzales was hit by a pitch, walked and also scored twice.
The 23-year-old was batting .242 with a .733 OPS on May 31, his final game before missing more than two months with plantar fasciitis. He began a rehab assignment on Aug. 6 and returned to Altoona on Aug. 12, going hitless in three at-bats. However, Gonzales has been on a tear since, slashing .328/.452/.582, including an 8-for-15 (.533) start to September.
The seventh overall pick in the 2020 Draft is up to .271 with an .823 OPS, 23 extra-base hits, 27 RBIs and 39 runs in 61 games in his first Eastern League campaign.
Ready, willing and Abel
Mick Abel started the month like he did in August, blanking opponents.
The Phillies’ No. 2 prospect was on his “A” game on the mound, as he struck out eight while allowing one hit in five scoreless innings in Double-A Reading's 4-2 loss to Hartford.
The 21-year-old started the game dealing as he fanned five of the first eight batters he faced. Abel’s lone blemish came third inning through a double but zoned in rest of the way as he finished the night with 76 pitches -- 50 of them strikes.
He lowered his ERA to 3.91 and brought his K tally to 121 in the 99 innings he has pitched this season.
Sept. 3
To the moon
You never forget your first, and for
"It's always awesome to be a part of something like that, but kudos to Luke and Eric for finishing it off," Silseth said. "But really it was never in doubt. Just with our whole team, there was never a doubt. It's special to be a part of this night and this whole team in general." Full story »
Three Aces
Less than a week after being optioned to Triple-A Reno to make room in the Majors for the Arizona Diamondbacks’ top prospect,
The veteran outfielder clobbered three home runs in his fourth game since joining the Aces, going deep in each of his first three plate appearances in an 8-7 win over Las Vegas on Saturday.
“It felt good,” Luplow said. “I came down here to work on my swing and for the work to pay off tonight, it’s nice. It’s nice to see the results you work for off the field show up on the field.” Full story »
Timberrrrrr
Carlos Rodriguez started the month off in a perfect way. The Brewers' No. 19 prospect blanked the opposition and tied a career-high of nine strikeouts, as he threw six perfect innings in High-A Wisconsin's 4-1 win over Peoria. The 20-year-old was stingy the whole night, retiring all 18 batters he faced. Rodriguez finished the night with 76 pitches -- 50 of them strikes.
Power dial set to max
The long ball extended his homer streak to four straight games and was his fifth dinger over this stretch. The knock also extended the 25-year-old’s hitting streak to seven straight games. Crim entered action 15-for-27 with seven extra-base hits, 10 RBIs and 10 runs scored over his past six games. He is also coming off of a season-high five-hit performance on Friday.
Crim played his final 35 games of 2021 with the RoughRiders and posted a .288/.331/.525 slash line with nine homers, six doubles, 19 RBIs and 24 runs scored.
Oh, my, my, oh, Beck yes
Sept. 2
The first of many
After an 0-for-3 start,
Batting leadoff for the RailRiders, MLB’s No. 5 overall prospect grounded out to short in the first and struck out in the second and fifth. The shortstop did not miss a fastball low in the zone in the seventh. Volpe was promoted to Triple-A earlier in the day after spending the entirety of the season with Double-A Somerset. In 110 games with the Patriots, Volpe batted .251/.348/.472 with 18 home runs, four triples, 31 doubles, 60 RBIs and 71 runs scored.
Skies of Gray
He may not have hit the bull, but how many steaks is 30 home runs worth?
The Rays prospect became the first player to reach the 30-homer plateau for Triple-A Durham since
Power has typically not been hard to come by in Gray's career, but after consecutive seasons of 13 and 17 long balls in 2018 and '19, his output dipped to just eight in his first taste of the International League in '21. Back with Durham this season, Gray hit eight in May alone and has remained consistent to lead the circuit as one of just 11 players in the Minors with 30 overall.
Three-homer day the hard way
Both
For Durham in Charlotte, Mastrobuoni got the Bulls on the board early in the first game with a two-run homer as the second batter in the first inning. As if the second game was a clone of the first, he again went yard in the top of the first inning, following it up quickly with his third of the day in the second inning to help Durham jump out to a 6-1 lead. Mastrobuoni’s 16 home runs on the year are three more than his career total in five seasons entering 2022.
Down in Tulsa, Lewis put on a show of his own. He began the evening with his 20th long ball of the year in the fourth inning of the first game, bringing the Drillers to within two, though they wouldn’t be able to close the gap. It was a different story in the nightcap as Lewis’ homers in the first and third innings helped Tulsa jump out to a 10-0 lead. The 23-year-old’s 22 homers trail teammates
Record-setting offensive outburst
Double-A Frisco posted a record-setting 11-run inning en route to a lopsided 21-2 romp of Amarillo at HODGETOWN park. In the fifth, the RoughRiders sent 14 batters to the plate as they tallied four home runs, four doubles and two walks en route to the historic frame.
After a flyout to open the inning,
Sept. 1
Teen takes over Fresno record
Not many 19-year-olds playing in their first year of full-season ball make club history, but that’s exactly what Yanquiel Fernandez has done for Single-A Fresno in 2022.
Fernandez, Colorado’s No. 12 prospect per MLB Pipeline, tied the Grizzlies’ single-season RBI record in the first inning with a two-run double, giving him 108 RBIs this year. His early knock gave Fresno a lead it wouldn't relinquish, cruising to an 11-0 victory over Modesto.
After tying a knot around August with a pair of three-hit outings, Fernandez picked up where he left off to begin September. In his last 10 games, the Rockies’ youngster has amassed 17 hits and 16 RBIs.
A native of Havana, Cuba, Fernandez is getting his first taste of stateside action this season. The slugging left-handed batter crushed in the Dominican Summer League last year, amassing a .333/.406/.531 slash line. Across his first 161 professional games between the DSL and Single-A, the outfielder has racked up 50 doubles, 26 home runs and 142 RBIs.
Minnesota native makes Saints history
How locked in was Matt Wallner? He didn’t even realize he was a triple shy of the cycle … until he hit second base.
The No. 5 Twins prospect stumbled his way to third and just barely beat the tag, but when he stood up he could finally crack a smile. Wallner had completed the first cycle in St. Paul Saints history, which dates back to its run in the independent American Association from 1993-2020.
He didn’t stop there, though. With the game out of hand as his team batted around in the eighth inning, Wallner ripped his second double and drove in the last of his six RBIs on the night. With all but one of its runs scoring in the fourth or eighth, St. Paul cruised to an 18-6 win over Omaha.
“It felt pretty good,” Wallner said. “It was the first time I’ve ever been able to do something like that in my life so it was pretty fun.” Full story »
Wheeling and dealing
Bobby Miller makes a point of telling himself to "stay where his feet are" while not looking into the future.
His feet were firmly planted on the mound at Dell Diamond, where baseball's No. 27 overall prospect put together one of the best pitching performances of the season.
Making just his third Triple-A start, Miller struck out a career-high 14 over six innings, including the final eight batters he faced, in Triple-A Oklahoma City's 2-0 rain-shortened loss to Round Rock. It was the most strikeouts by an Oklahoma City hurler since Wilmer Font established a club record with 15 in 2017.
The 23-year-old eclipsed his previous high of 11 strikeouts, done twice this season with Double-A Tulsa. Full story »
Bringing slugging back (for pitchers)
The phrase “pitchers who rake” has become something of a relic in modern baseball with the advent of the universal designated hitter. But for one night, Mariners farmhand
Double-A Arkansas sat firmly in the driver’s seat of an eventual 22-5 win over Midland when Shipley was summoned off the pine. In a scenario befitting a commanding lead, the pitcher stood in the batter’s box facing off against an outfielder on the mound.
After evening the count at 1-1, the right-handed Shipley connected against Shane Selman and sent the ball hurtling toward his fellow pitchers out in the bullpen.
A first-round selection in the 2013 Draft, the 30-year-old has appeared in 222 Minor League games as a pitcher, but those haven’t been his only contributions. Excluding the canceled ‘20 campaign due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Shipley has collected at least one knock each year dating back to ‘14. But the last time he took a trot around the bases came in ‘17 with Reno.
With the Travelers’ offense clicking on all cylinders, Shipley got another chance to take cuts off Selman. He ripped a two-RBI double to left field, giving him the first game of his career with multiple extra-base hits.
Flipping the power switch
After a red-hot August, Endy Rodriguez is not slowing down anytime soon in September. The Pirates’ No. 6 prospect smacked two homers -- one from the left side of the plate, one from the right side -- and added two walks in a three-RBI effort in Double-A Altoona’s 13-7 win over Akron.
After flying out in his first at-bat, the 22-year-old reached base in his next four trips to the plate, including a dinger to right as a left-handed hitter in the third inning and a long ball to left from the right side of the plate in the fourth.
Rodriguez notched a multihomer game for the third time this season and the fourth time in his career. The switch-hitting slugger added two six-pitch walks to cap off his big day.
In his 18 games since joining Double-A, Rodriguez has hit .362 with a 1.240 OPS, seven homers, 20 RBIs and as many walks (11) as strikeouts.
Casey at the bat
Mighty Casey did strike out, but he added plenty of thump to go along with it.
Casey Schmitt reached the 20-homer mark for the first time by slugging a pair of two-run homers to lead Double-A Richmond past visiting Harrisburg, 8-4. The No. 6 Giants prospect notched his second multihomer game of the season while equaling a season high with four RBIs.
Schmitt, who put together a strong campaign with High-A Eugene before earning a promotion to Richmond on Aug. 9, has taken his game to another level with the Flying Squirrels. The 23-year-old is hitting .352 with a .995 OPS in 18 games since he made his Eastern League debut on Aug. 10.
Through 111 games, Schmitt is slashing .287/.370/.495 with 42 extra-base hits and 69 RBIs.
Grayson skies are gonna clear up
Three months ago, the calendar flipped to June with an entire fan base optimistic that its top pitching prospect would dominate his way to the Majors before July. That June 1 start was ultimately Grayson Rodriguez’s last before he was shut down with a Grade 2 right lat strain.
As September begins, the Orioles and their fans have renewed hope for a Baltimore debut in 2022. Rodriguez, the organization's second-ranked prospect, faced six batters and threw 31 pitches for High-A Aberdeen in his first rehab start.
The results -- two walks against one strikeout and one hit allowed in 1 1/3 innings -- are of little importance so long as he comes out of the start feeling healthy and ready to continue his progression back to Triple-A Norfolk and perhaps the Majors before season’s end.
Rodriguez, who made five starts for the IronBirds at the beginning of last season before a swift promotion to Double-A Bowie, unofficially extended his pitch count with a bullpen session after he left the game. The 22-year-old's highest total in an outing with the Tides this year was 88. Full story »
Greene's rehab diet: Goose eggs and special K's
Fireballing phenom
Greene broke camp with Cincinnati this season and ranks second in the Majors among all rookies with 127 strikeouts. With a fastball that regularly registers in triple digits, the second overall pick from the 2017 Draft long was a prized prospect in the Reds’ system.
The 23-year-old is working his way back from a right shoulder strain that served as a speed bump during his rookie campaign. Louisville capped Greene at 28 pitches against Indianapolis, 18 for strikes. While he yielded a double and a stolen base, Greene ultimately finished with four punchouts, whiffing more than half of the batters he faced.
Aug. 31
The world Traveler
Zach DeLoach was a solo run-producing machine.
The No. 10 Mariners prospect produced a career-high seven RBIs as he went 4-for-5 with one homer in Double-A Arkansas’ 16-11 win over Midland.
The 24-year-old displayed his power as he hit a three-run homer to right field in the seventh inning, while also contributing three singles and a sacrifice fly.
The outfielder brought his homer tally to 13 and has now recorded 64 RBIs on the season.
Riding out the perfect Storm
An injury-interrupted season has done nothing to diminish the talent and performance of Jackson Merrill. He added a pair of personal milestones Wednesday in what is shaping up to be a breakout year.
Baseball's No. 88 overall prospect posted the first multihomer game of his professional career and drove in a personal-best five runs as Single-A Lake Elsinore held off visiting Visalia, 12-11. Merrill has hit safely in 16 of 17 games with four home runs and 21 RBIs in that stretch.
The 19-year-old doesn't believe there is any secret ingredient to his success.
He kicked off his evening with a two-run jack to right-center field, highlighting the Storm's five-run opening frame. He added a single in his next at-bat and appeared to break the game open with a three-run clout in the fifth, his sixth of the season. Full story »
Three cheers for Chourio
Jackson Chourio ended August on quite a solid note.
The top-ranked Brewers prospect homered once again for Double-A Wisconsin, extending his streak to three games with a blast. It helped lift the Timber Rattlers to a 7-4 win over the Peoria Chiefs.
Wisconsin had been held scoreless through five innings when Chourio stepped to the plate in the sixth. His home run to deep right-center kickstarted the Timber Rattlers' offense, which outscored the Chiefs 7-2 from that point on.
Prior to his streak, Chourio had been hitting .241 with a .766 OPS in 14 August games, a pedestrian month in relation to his scorching July (.338/1.017). He missed a week and a half with elbow soreness but has returned with a bang, cranking his 17th, 18th and 19th homers of the season in consecutive games.
Dynamite Dionys
Dionys Rodriguez is on a roll.
The No. 19 Cardinals prospect tossed five hitless innings and struck out seven in High-A Peoria's 7-4 loss to visiting Wisconsin. Rodriguez walked a pair and was efficient, throwing 56 pitches, 40 for strikes.
It was the second consecutive outing in which the 21-year-old did not allow an earned run. In fact, Rodriguez has surrendered just two earned runs in his last three starts spanning 14 2/3 innings. The stretch has dropped his ERA from 4.59 to 4.16, the lowest its been since he carried a 3.55 mark into his June 8 start.
Overall, the right-hander is 3-11 with a 4.16 ERA, a 1.30 WHIP and 116 strikeouts in 114 2/3 innings across 25 appearances (23 starts).
Wells isn't running dry
When Austin Wells hits the ball, it travels far.
The No. 4 Yankees prospect made it three straight games with a homer in Double-A Somerset’s 6-2 loss to Binghamton.
The 23-year-old showcased his power with a solo homer to right field in the fourth inning. Wells then displayed his ability to be patient as he walked in three of his four other at-bats.
The No. 87 overall prospect brought his homer tally to 18 and improved his slash line to .279/.390/.519 between Single-A Tampa, High-A Hudson Valley and Double-A this season.
Laying out the red carpet
Triple-A Rochester will welcome back Daniel Brito to Frontier Field for the first time since the 23-year old was rushed into emergency surgery upon suffering a brain hemorrhage on July 31, 2021 during a Red Wings vs. Lehigh Valley game at Frontier Field.
The Venezuela native suffered a ruptured arteriovenous malformation, the abnormal tangle of blood vessel connecting arteries and veins, disrupting normal blood flow and oxygen circulation.
Brito was taken off the field by ambulance and rushed to the University of Rochester’s Strong Memorial Hospital where doctors performed multiple life-saving surgeries. The IronPigs’ third baseman spent 59 days in the Intensive Care Unit.
Since then, Brito has resumed baseball activities, including weightlifting, hitting, and fielding. He does so as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies organization after they extended his contact while he was in a medically induced coma.
Brito, alongside the University of Rochester Medical Center team, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch pre-game. Upon completion of media interviews, he will sign autographs near the Red Wings Hall of Fame.
Our friends are welcoming @DanielB87990257 back with a warm welcome when we take the field up in Rochester on September 15th!
— Lehigh Valley IronPigs (@IronPigs) August 31, 2022
Thank you @RocRedWings ❤️💙 https://t.co/ZcB6Wt8HmN pic.twitter.com/uNV9npY3Kg
Aug. 30
First time's the charm
There were an array of impressive grand slams in the Minors on Tuesday. Gavin Cross won't soon forget his.
The top-ranked Royals prospect connected on the first grand slam of his professional career, blasting a laser to center field in the fourth inning as Single-A Columbia blanked Carolina, 9-0, at Five County Stadium.
Cross finished with two hits, a walk and scored twice.
MLB's No. 75 overall prospect is sporting a .270/.389/.595 slash line with six homers, one triple, four doubles, 14 walks, 19 RBIs and 16 runs over 20 games this season.
Ready for the Tour de France?
Triple-A Oklahoma City won't go another 11 years between cycles. In fact, it didn't even go one week.
James Outman saw to that ... again.
In a season that is shaping up to be magical, the No. 13 Dodgers prospect hit for the cycle for the second time in four games and drove in five runs to power Oklahoma City past Round Rock, 17-8, on Tuesday at Dell Diamond. Outman completed his first cycle Friday with a walk-off homer against El Paso.
Outman's latest milestone may not have been quite as thrilling as his initial foray in the world of cycles, but it was no less historic. With the hardest parts of his endeavor out of the way, it appeared the 25-year-old might fall short after he walked in consecutive plate appearances in the seventh and eighth innings, however a rally in the ninth provided him the opportunity. Full story »
He had his Hooks in them
Shay Whitcomb had a grand ol’ time with Double-A Corpus Christi. The Astros prospect tallied three hits -- a two-run homer, a two-run double and a grand slam -- while driving in a career-best eight runs in the Hooks’ 11-4 win over San Antonio.
Never before in his two-year career has Whitcomb tallied more than four RBIs in a game. He was well on his way to surpassing that mark when he connected on a no-doubter to center field to get the scoring started in the second inning. The 23-year-old followed it up in the next frame with his 18th double of the year to extend his team’s lead to 4-0.
But the biggest blow was yet to come. In the fourth, the shortstop stepped up to the plate with two outs and the bases loaded. On a 1-1 pitch, he swatted his 18th dinger of the year in grand fashion, clearing the bases and firmly blowing the game open.
It’s the second time this month that Whitcomb has clubbed two homers in a game, and he’s batting .268/.326/.549 with 12 extra-base hits in August. Full story »
In grand form
The Giants’ top-ranked prospect fouled off the first pitch of his second at-bat against AquaSox starter Juan Mercedes -- who tossed a seven-inning no-hitter earlier this season -- before digging back into the box. He did not miss the next pitch, clobbering the ball to left-center field, holding his follow through for good measure.
After a low back strain during the summer sidetracked Luciano’s 2022 campaign, he has returned to the Emeralds with renewed vigor. Both of his roundtrippers have been of the grand-slam variety, and he has hits in seven of his last eight games.
The heralded 2018 international signee boasts a premier upside, making him MLB Pipeline's No. 17 overall prospect. The shortstop has collected 10 home runs in 49 games with Eugene. Full story »
Doing some Yard work
It's finally time to don the goat head, Zac Veen.
After a season of pure dominance for High-A Spokane, Veen has been slowed upon his promotion to Double-A Hartford. But that may be starting to turn after he socked a go-ahead home run for the Yard Goats in the seventh inning, keying a 7-3 victory.
The roundtripper was Veen’s first since his promotion on Aug. 9. In addition to the homer -- which comes complete with parading through the dugout while showing off a goat mask -- Colorado’s top-ranked prospect drew a pair of walks, as he has reached base in 14 of his 19 games with Hartford.
While Veen’s power potential can be seen as tantalizing after combining to hit 26 home runs across 198 games at Single-A and High-A, it’s actually his lowest-rated tool, per MLB Pipeline. Selected with the ninth overall pick in the 2020 Draft, the 20-year-old has been a speed demon on the basepaths, swiping 54 bags across two levels this year.
Getting back into the game
ABERDEEN, Md. -- In Grayson Rodriguez’s mind, he was on the cusp of promotion when injury struck in early June, given the dominant first half at Triple-A Norfolk the righty remembers as “hands down the best I’ve ever thrown the baseball in my life.” Instead, he was rewarded for that success with adversity. Then slog.
Now a summer removed from his last competitive pitch, baseball’s top pitching prospect per MLB Pipeline is relishing his return to the mound. And his sights are still set squarely on the Warehouse.
“To me, it was any minute,” Rodriguez said at Ripken Stadium, where he’ll make his highly anticipated return from injury in a rehab start Thursday against High-A Hickory. “Where we are now, the goal hasn’t changed. Camden is pretty close.”
When Rodriguez toes the rubber for the IronBirds, it’ll be three months since he removed himself from his June 1 start for Norfolk, alarmed by what he initially thought was a cramp behind his right shoulder. Subsequent imaging revealed something more sinister: a Grade 2 lat strain that wouldn’t require surgery, but could've end Rodriguez’s season all the same. Full story »
Grayson Rodriguez said he felt he was on the cusp of being promoted when injury struck in early June, given his success at Triple-A Norfolk.
— Joe Trezza (@JoeTrezz) August 30, 2022
"To me, it was any minute," he said.
Now that he's healthy and given the O's success, "the fire burns a little hotter now," he said.
Aug. 29
'Tis the season
HOUSTON -- Top Astros prospect Hunter Brown, ranked No. 71 overall by MLB Pipeline, will be called up when rosters expand on Thursday, a source told MLB.com.
The team has not confirmed the report.
The Astros are off that day, but Brown will be with the club when it opens a three-game series at the Angels on Friday. From Sept. 1 through the end of the regular season, all clubs must carry 28 players -- two more than on the current roster -- on their active roster, with a limit of 14 pitchers.
Houston also plans to purchase the contract of third-ranked Yainer Díaz, a catcher/first baseman who played in the Futures Game, a source said. Full story »
Top #Astros prospect Hunter Brown and third-ranked Yainer Diaz are expected to join the big league club in a couple of days: https://t.co/Ycvspx2Kpr pic.twitter.com/fy73R9mJDv
— Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) August 30, 2022
The week that was
If a Minor Leaguer had a bat in his hands last week, he stood an excellent chance of doing something newsworthy. Three homers in one game? No problem ... there were five last week, including one by No. 7 Astros prospect Korey Lee that was part of a 21-hit, nine-homer eruption by Triple-Sugar Land. Triple-A Louisville got in on the fun, turning its first triple play in 17 years while a familar name picked up his first professional win as part of a no-hitter in the Rookie-level Florida Complex League. The Yankees'