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Updated: Sat Sep 06 03:19:29 EDT 2003
NEW YORK YANKEES ORGANIZATION NOTEBOOK
COLUMBUS... 3B DREW HENSON hit a game-winning, RBI double in the bottom of the ninth inning to help the Clippers edge Indianapolis, 4-3 August 21. After C MICHEL HERNANDEZ received a free pass with one out, Henson delivered the game-winner to the gap in right center. SS BOBBY SMITH plated Henson with a base hit to center field to even the score at 1-1 in the eighth and 1B FERNANDO SEGUIGNOL, who was named the league's Most Valuable Player this season, followed with a two-run double to left field for a 3-1 lead. Seguignol is the eighth Clippers player to receive the award and first since J.T. Snow in 1992...
RHP ADRIAN HERNANDEZ and RHP SCOTT PROCTOR combined on a three-hitter in a 4-0 blanking of Toledo August 23. Hernandez scattered three hits and fanned six batters in seven innings to capture the win. Proctor retired six of the seven batters he faced to preserve the seventh shutout of the year for Columbus...
OF JOHN RODRIGUEZ hit a pair of home runs (3-5, 3 RBI, 1 SB) on August 25 in a 10-6 win against Toledo....
TRENTON... OF KEVIN THOMPSON stole his 40th and 41th bases on August 21, setting a new franchise record...
1B AARON RIFKIN tied a franchise record with seven RBI and the Thunder established a new franchise mark for most runs in a single game in a 20-4 triumph over Binghamton August 23. Rifkin started his night with an RBI single in the first inning. The 24-year-old then hit a three-run homer in the fourth and smacked a two-run double in the fifth to give Trenton a commanding 12-1 lead. Rifkin walked and scored in the seventh and delivered a run-scoring single in his final trip to the plate to become the third player in franchise history with seven RBI in one game. 3B BRIAN MYROW also tied a record for the Thunder by scoring five runs, three on hits by Rifkin. He finished with a single, a double, a triple and three walks, reaching safely in seven consecutive trips to the plate and nine of his last 10. OF MITCH JONES highlighted a five-RBI performance for Trenton with a three-run homer in the seventh, helping the Thunder break the old standard of 19 runs in a game, accomplished three times...
C DIONER NAVARRO hit .386 (17-44, 4 2B, 1 HR, 9 RBI, 1 SB) in 12 games August 9-27....
TAMPA... RHP JON LIEBER made his first rehab start with the club against Lakeland August 27, working two innings and striking out four. Lieber, who is making his way back from Tommy John surgery, allowed three runs and five hits to the 12 batters he faced...
1B JEFF SEGAR clubbed a three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning to beat Clearwater, 3-0, in the second game of a doubleheader August 26. RHP JOSE GARCIA (6 IP, 2 H, 1 BB, 2 SO) and RHP JEFF KENNARD (2 IP, 3 BB, 2 SO) combined on the two-hitter...
OF TOMMY WINROW hit home runs in three consecutive games against Lakeland and Clearwater August 19-22 (6-12, 5 RBI). He hit four home runs over a five-game span August 15-22 after managing only three in his first 98 games of the season....
BATTLE CREEK... C JON-MARK SPROWL homered and drove in five runs to lead the Yankees to a 15-9 victory over Quad City August 21. Sprowl, playing in his 19th game with Battle Creek since being acquired from the Arizona Diamondbacks in the Raul Mondesi trade on July 30, gave the Yankees a 2-0 lead with a run-scoring single in the second inning. After forcing in another run with a groundout in the fourth, the 23-year-old clubbed a two-run homer, his first with Battle Creek, to give the Yankees an 8-4 edge after five...
1B JAYSON DROBIAK finished with five hits, including a pair over the final three frames, as the Yankees outlasted the River Bandits in 11 innings, 10-5, August 22. With the Yankees trailing by one with two outs in the top of the ninth, Drobiak delivered a run-scoring double to force extra innings. In the 11th, he recorded the second of back-to-back RBI singles and scored during a five-run rally. He also hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning and finished with three runs and a stolen base...
LHP BEN JULIANEL, acquired by the Yankees in the deal that sent Sterling Hitchcock to St. Louis, struck out five batters over his first three scoreless innings with the club....
STATEN ISLAND... RHP JEFFREY KARSTENS struck out 11 batters over six innings of three-hit, scoreless ball in a 4-2 win against Hudson Valley August 21. It was the fourth straight winning start for Karstens...
3B NICK COVARRUBIAS singled in the game-winning run to cap a three-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning and give the Yankees an 8-7 victory over Aberdeen August 25...
Staten Island committed seven errors that led to 12 unearned runs in a 16-13 victory over Hudson Valley August 23...
RHP BRANDON WEEDEN allowed just one hit over seven scoreless innings against Williamsport August 27. Weeden walked three and fanned seven but was not involved in the decision, an eventual 1-0 setback....
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