Friday Night's Bright Spots in the New York-Penn League

Staten Island won their seventh straight with a 4-3 win over the Brooklyn Cyclones. The Yankees are 5 games up in the McNamara Division with a 14-2 record.

Raiwinson Lameda, Lowell Spinners: 2 hits (1 double), 2 runs scored, 2 RBIs in the Spinners 11-7 win over the Connecticut Tigers before before 3,086 fans at LeLacheur Park. Lameda signed with the Red Sox as an international free agent in May, 2012 out of Venezuela. Played in the Dominican Summer League in 2013-14 and the Gulf Coast League during the 2015-16 seasons.

Daniel Castano, State College Spikes: 8 innings pitched (90 pitches, 60 strikes), 0 earned runs, 4 hits, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts. On the season, Castano is 4-0, 1.24 ERA, 28 strikeouts, 3 walks, 0.90 WHIP in 29 innings pitched. Castano was selected by the Cardinals in the 19th round of 2016 draft out of Baylor and played at Johnson City (Appalachian League) in 2016.

Raiwinson Lameda

Daniel Castano

Jhonny Santos, Batavia Muckdogs: 2 doubles, 2 RBIs, 2 runs scored in the Muckdogs 7-4 victory over the West Virginia Black Bears. He is .338/.386/.477 in 16 games this season. A native of Panama, Santos was signed by the Miami Marlins in 2013. In his second season in Batavia, Santos began the 2016 season with the Greensboro Grasshoppers (South Atlantic League) and was assigned to the Muckdogs on April 2, 2016.

Jhonny Santos

Jack Meggs

Jack Meggs, Vermont Lake Monsters: 3 hits, 1 RBI in Vermont’s 1-0, 15 inning (4 hours 6 minutes) win over the Hudson Valley Renegades. Meggs slash line this season is .389/.421/.611 in nine games. The Chico, California native was selected in the 10th round of the 2017 draft by the Oakland A’s out of the University of Washington.

Aaron Nieckula, Vermont LakeMonsters: picked up his 700th career victory as a minor league manager.

Adam Haseley, Williamsport Crosscutters: 3 hits (1 home run), 2 RBIs, 2 runs scored in the Crosscutters 7-3 win over Mahoning Valley before 1,685 fans at BB&T Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field. Haseley was the Phillies 1st round pick in the 2017 draft out of the University of Virginia ($5.1 million bonus). He was initially assigned to the Gulf Coast Phillies and was promoted to Williamsport after three games. He has a slash line of .467/.556/.633 (1.189 OPS) in 8 games for the Crosscutters.

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