{"id":247587,"date":"2026-07-20T11:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T11:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/247587\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T11:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T11:15:08","slug":"yankees-prospects-j-c-escarra-hit-walk-off-homer-for-scranton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/247587\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees prospects: J.C. Escarra hit walk-off homer for Scranton"},"content":{"rendered":"

Triple-A Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders: W, 5-4<\/a> vs. Worcester Red Sox<\/p>\n

SS George Lombard Jr. 2-5, 2B, K, CS \u2014 first full game at Triple-A since coming back from injury (here\u2019s the double<\/a>)
C J.C. Escarra 3-4, 2 2B, HR, BB, 2 RBI \u2014 walk-off homer, now up to a 1.057 OPS in 13 games at Triple-A
CF Spencer Jones 1-3, 2B, BB, K \u2014 in comparison, .952 OPS in 51 games (for those curious)
2B Marco Luciano 1-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 K \u2014 two-run bomb put Scranton up in the sixth
RF Yanquiel Fern\u00e1ndez 0-4, 2 K
3B Oswaldo Cabrera 2-4, HR, RBI, SB \u2014 10th dinger<\/a> of the season, tied game in the second
1B Tyler Hardman 0-4, K, GIDP
DH Ernesto Mart\u00ednez Jr. 0-2, 2 BB, 2 K, SB \u2014 no-contact day
LF Duke Ellis 1-4, 2 K, SB<\/p>\n

Alexander Cornielle 3.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 3 K, HBP \u2014 get ready to see a whole bunch of different names!
Eric Reyzelman 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
Chris Kean 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
Bradley Hanner 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K \u2014 there\u2019s a reason they didn\u2019t want to lose him<\/a> when he exercised his opt-out
Danny Watson 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
Will Brian 0.1 IP, 1 H, 3 R (3 ER), 2 BB, 0 K \u2014 blew lead, but maybe he was just setting the stage for Escarra! Good teammate if you ask me
Zach Messinger 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
Yovanny Cruz 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K (win) \u2014 gassed \u2019em on 19 pitches with four of at least 99.5, and seven swings and misses<\/p>\n

Double-A Somerset Patriots: L, 1-2<\/a> at Portland Sea Dogs \u2014 both sides got five hits, Portland just had the extra run<\/p>\n

LF Jackson Castillo 1-4, K
CF Jace Avina 0-4
3B Coby Morales 2-4, HR, RBI, K \u2014 solo shot in the ninth<\/a> to chip away, 16th homer of 2026
RF DJ Gladney 1-4, 2 K, SB
2B Connor McGinnis 0-2, 2 BB, K
C Miguel Palma 1-4, 2B \u2014 grounded out with tying run on first to end it
1B Josh Moylan 0-2, BB, 2 K
DH Tomas Frick 0-3, 2 K
SS Owen Cobb 0-3, K<\/p>\n

Ben Hess 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 7 K, WP (loss) \u2014 nice work on 77 pitches<\/a>, hard-luck loss after giving up an RBI triple in his last frame
Ben Grable 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K \u2014 showing why he got the Futures Game nod
Geoffrey Gilbert 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
Harrison Cohen 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 0 K<\/p>\n

High-A Hudson Valley Renegades: W, 14-2 (7)<\/a> and W, 5-2 (7)<\/a> at Brooklyn Cyclones \u2014 doubleheader sweep!<\/p>\n

3B Roderick Arias 3-3, 2B, 3B, 2 BB, 5 RBI, throwing error \u2014 put Renegades ahead with double in the third and later cleared the bases with his fourth-inning triple, finished a dinger shy of the cycle in maybe best day as a pro
SS Core Jackson 0-5, RBI, K, GIDP
DH Eric Genther 1-4, BB, RBI, K
1B Kyle West 1-5, 2B, 2 K
CF Wilson Rodriguez 2-4
2B Enmanuel Tejeda 0-3, 2 BB, K, GIDP
C Josue Gonz\u00e1lez 0-1, 3 BB, K
RF Luis Durango 1-1, 2 BB, sacrifice
LF Robbie Burnett 2-2, 2B, 2 BB, 5 RBI \u2014 getting five ribbies from both the leadoff and No. 9 hitter is very funny<\/p>\n

Luis Serna 4 IP, 5 H, 2 R (2 ER), 0 BB, 6 K
Aaron Nixon 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K (win)
Andrew Landry 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
Brandon Decker 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K<\/p>\n

3B Roderick Arias 1-3, BB, K, SB
SS Core Jackson 3-4, 2B, HR, 3 RBI \u2014 two-run shot put \u2019Gades up, 3-1
C Eric Genther 1-4, RBI, K, throwing error
1B Kyle West 0-4, K
LF Wilson Rodriguez 0-2, K
LF Robbie Burnett 1-1
2B Enmanuel Tejeda 1-3, K
DH Josue Gonz\u00e1lez 1-3, 3B, K
RF Luis Durango 1-3, RBI
CF Camden Troyer 0-3<\/p>\n

Allen Facundo 4 IP, 1 H, 2 R (2 ER), 6 BB, 2 K, throwing error
Bryce Warrecker 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
Thomas Balboni Jr. 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K
Wilmy Sanchez 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K<\/p>\n

Low-A Tampa Tarpons: W, 7-2<\/a> vs. Bradenton Marauders<\/p>\n

3B Jackson Lovich 1-5, HR, 3 RBI, 3 K \u2014 18th homer in 72 games, 434 feet off the batter\u2019s eye in center
1B Hans Montero 2-4, 2B, HBP, 3 SB, CS \u2014 up to 30-for-35 on steals in 82 games
LF Luis Puello 1-4, 2B, RBI, K
SS Bryce Martin-Grudzielanek 1-4, K, 2 SB
RF Willy Montero 2-4, RBI, K, SB
2B Luis Escudero 1-2, BB, CS
2B Christofer Reyes 0-1, RBI
CF Brando Mayea 1-4, 2 K
DH Gregory Bozzo 1-2, 2 BB
C Ediel Rivera 1-3, HR, RBI, HBP, passed ball<\/p>\n

Sabier Marte 4.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 4 K, HR
Josh Tiedemann 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K (win) \u2014 one batter faced, one win, hell yeah
Jordarlin Mendoza 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R (1 ER), 3 BB, 0 K, pickoff error
Jose Ledesma 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, fielding error
Matthew Tippie 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
Parker Seay 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K<\/p>\n

Florida Complex League Yankees: Offday<\/p>\n

Dominican Summer League Yankees: Offday<\/p>\n

Dominican Summer League Bombers: Offday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Triple-A Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders: W, 5-4 vs. Worcester Red Sox SS George Lombard Jr. 2-5, 2B, K, CS \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179,68986,65905],"class_list":["post-247587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-yankees-minor-league-recaps","tag-yankees-prospects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}