Korb’s Slam, Castillo’s Blast Spark First-Inning Avalanche in Win Over Yankees

 By Vin Castillo – Coca-Cola Palms Park

The Miami Palms wasted no time jumping on the Yankees in the homestand finale, plating six runs in the first inning—four of them on a grand slam from Chris Korb—as they cruised to a 9–3 victory Sunday afternoon at Coca-Cola Palms Park.

Facing Masahiro Tanaka, the Palms put their first five batters on base, culminating in Korb’s no-doubt drive to left-center. It was the third baseman’s fifth homer of the year and the first grand slam for the team this season. Two batters later, Wellington Castillo joined the home run parade with a two run shot, sending Tanaka to the showers after just two-thirds of an inning.

"Knew it off the bat," Korb said of his slam. "Fastball up, middle-in—it’s the one you dream about."

Miami’s offense didn’t stop there. Edwin Encarnacion led off the fifth inning with a solo homer, his third of the season, and later added a sacrifice fly to bring his season RBI total to 13. 

Manny Parra, winless entering the day, took full advantage of the run support. The lefty delivered eight solid innings, allowing three earned runs on six hits while striking out five. Braden Shipley finished things off with a dominant ninth, striking out the side.

“It’s amazing what a little breathing room does,” Parra said. “The guys spotted me six, and I could just focus on pounding the zone.”

With the win, Miami improves to 11–11 and wraps up the homestand 7–3. They’ll now head west for a four-game series with the Los Angeles Angels, finally riding a little momentum.


 Miami Palms 9, New York Yankees 3

 Sunday, April 19, 2020

 

 

 New York Yankees (2-4)                                   Miami Palms (11-11)                                     

 Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      

 ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      

 Hicks cf        4  1  2  1  0  0  2  0  0  0   .500      Gardner cf      5  1  1  0  0  2  1  0  0  4   .287

 LeMahieu 2b     4  0  0  0  0  2  2  0  0  0   .444      Markakis lf     4  2  2  0  1  0  2  0  0  0   .278

 Judge rf        4  0  0  0  0  2  2  0  0  0   .222      Gonzalez 2b     5  1  2  0  0  0  0  1  0  0   .304

 Stanton lf      4  0  0  0  0  2  3  0  0  1   .385      Korb 3b         5  2  3  4  0  2  1  1  0  0   .325

 Torres ss       4  0  0  0  0  2  0  3  0  0   .143      Encarnacion dh  4  2  3  2  0  0  0  0  0  0   .241

 Voit 1b         3  1  2  0  0  0  6  0  0  0   .280      Sohn rf         5  0  2  1  0  0  1  0  0  1   .290

 Urshela 3b      3  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0   .143      Castillo c      5  1  1  2  0  2  8  0  0  5   .207

 Tauchman dh     3  1  1  2  0  0  0  0  0  1   .364      Holt 1b         4  0  2  0  0  1  7  2  0  0   .318

 Kratz c         3  0  1  0  0  0  8  0  0  0   .286      Munoz ss        4  0  2  0  0  1  4  2  0  0   .300

 

                 -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---                            -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---            

 Totals          32 3  6  3  0  8  24 4  0  2             Totals          41 9  18 9  1  8  27 8  0  10 

 

 

                          1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9      R  H  E

                          -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -      -  -  -

 New York Yankees         0  0  1  0  2  0  0  0  0      3  6  0  

 Miami Palms              6  0  0  0  1  1  0  1         9  18 0  

 

 

 

 LOB- New York Yankees 2, Miami Palms 10; 2B- Hicks(4), Voit 2(3), Gonzalez(4), Sohn(10);

 HR- Hicks(1), Tauchman(3), Encarnacion(3), Castillo(1), Korb(5); RBI- Hicks(6),

 Tauchman 2(8), Encarnacion 2(13), Castillo 2(2), Sohn(6), Korb 4(14); SF- Encarnacion(2);

 GIDP- Hicks(2); RLSP- Tauchman, Stanton, Castillo 4, Gardner, Sohn;  

 

 DP- Miami Palms 1; 

  

 

 

 New York Yankees            IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Tanaka(L 0-1)               0.2  7  6  6  0  1   81.00 

 Otero                       2.1  3  0  0  0  3    1.42  

 Heller                      2.0  3  1  1  0  2    4.50  

 Green                       1.0  1  1  1  1  1    2.25  

 Britton                     2.0  4  1  1  0  1    3.60  

 

 Miami Palms                 IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Parra(W 1-4)                8.0  6  3  3  0  5    5.51  

 Shipley                     1.0  0  0  0  0  3   12.91 

 

 Inherited runners-scored- Otero; Pitches-strikes- Tanaka 28-18, Otero 26-22, Heller 36-25,

 Green 13-7, Britton 24-19, Parra 90-62, Shipley 15-9; Batters faced- Tanaka 9,

 Otero 10, Heller 9, Green 5, Britton 10, Parra 29, Shipley 3; 


  

 


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