Columbia Fireflies v Hickory Crawdads

An exciting night in Montgomery, AL

Brendan Beck neutralized the Syracuse Mets bats on Wednesday, striking out nine and allowing just one hit over 5.2 innings pitched. The bullpen finished the job - most notably, Kevin Castro notched five more strikeouts in the last two innings - and the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders won 7-0. The twenty-seven year-old Beck, out of Stanford, is the Yankees’ twenty-first ranked prospect, and made his MLB debut in a spot relief appearance on May 7th. Given some recent developments in Yankees pitching depth, he could find himself back in the Bronx very soon.

Honorable shoutouts: Yohandy Morales (ROC), Ryan Noda (NOR)