RHP Jared Burton (lat) was activated off the minor league disabled list and sent to High-A Tampa, reports Brendan Kuty. I’m sure the big league vet will only make a few tune-up appearances with Tampa before joining the Triple-A Scranton bullpen.
Triple-A Scranton (3-1 loss to Gwinnett)
- CF Slade Heathcott: 3-4, 1 R — 21-for-51 (.412) in his last 13 games
- LF Ramon Flores & 2B Rob Refsnyder: both 1-4, 1 K — Flores threw a runner out at the plate
- RF Tyler Austin: 0-4, 2 K — threw a runner out at second … he’s really been struggling at the plate for a few weeks now
- C Austin Romine: 0-4, 2 K
- RHP Kyle Davies: 7 IP, 10 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 Balk, 7/7 GB/FB, 1 E (throwing) — 69 of 103 pitches were strikes (70%)
- LHP Jacob Lindgren: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1/0 GB/FB — ten of 15 pitches were strikes (67%) … ho hum
- RHP Nick Rumbelow: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 0/1 GB/FB — seven of ten pitches were strikes
Double-A Trenton (5-2 win over Erie)
- LF Jake Cave: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB
- 1B Greg Bird: 1-4, 1 K
- 3B Eric Jagielo: 0-4, 1 K
- C Gary Sanchez: 1-4, 2 K
- CF Mason Williams: 1-3, 1 2B, 1 K
- SS Cito Culver: 0-3 — he’s hitting .