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MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - (Reading, PA)- The Trenton Thunder, Double-A Affiliate of the New York Yankees,
have announced that RHP Victor Zambrano has been added to the Thunder roster
from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Triple-A). LHP Zach Kroenke was promoted from
Trenton to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Sunday. Zambrano will start on Monday night
for the Thunder against Reading.
Zambrano was signed by the Yankees as a
minor league free-agent on August 1st. He is 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA in two starts
for the Gulf Coast League Yankees. He has tossed eight shutout innings over the
two starts. He has struck out nine and walked two. He also has spent time this
season with the Colorado Springs Sky Sox (Triple-A) in the Pacific Coast
League. The Sky Sox are affiliated with the Colorado Rockies. He was 0-6 with
a 9.45 ERA in 14 G/6 ST for Colorado Springs.
During 2007, Zambrano pitch
in three different Organizations. He was 0-2 with a 10.97 ERA in 8 G/2 ST for
the Toronto Blue Jays. He was 0-0 with a 4.50 ERA in one start for Dunedin
(High-A), and 0-0 with a 5.68 ERA in one start for New Hampshire (Double-A). He
went 3-2 with a 7.40 ERA in eight starts for Syracuse (Triple-A). He was 2-0
with a 2.70 ERA in five starts for Indianapolis (Triple-A), in Pittsburgh's
Organization. He also was 0-1 with a 9.49 ERA in 5 G/2 ST for the Baltimore
Orioles. He has also pitched in the Major Leagues for the New York Mets and
Tampa Bay. He entered 2008 with a 45-44 career record with a 4.64 ERA in 187
G/100 ST. He was originally signed as a non-drafted free agent by the Yankees
on August 19, 1993. He was an infielder in the Yankees Organization before
being released prior the 1996 season.
Kroenke was 6-0 with a 3.09 ERA in
37 games for Trenton, including one save. He is 5-0 with a 2.19 ERA in 19
appearances at Waterfront Park. Since the All-Star break, he has a 2-0 record
with a 1.93 ERA in nine games. Opponents were only hitting .187 against him.
Kroenke appeared in Sunday's game for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. He tossed three
shutout innings to pick up the win against Lehigh Valley. Last season, Kroenke
split the season between Tampa (High-A) and Trenton. He was 0-1 with a 9.42 ERA
in 15 games for the Thunder. He went 2-2 with a 2.27 ERA in 29 games for the
Yankees. Kroenke was originally a fifth round selection by the Yankees in the
2005 draft.
Trenton and Reading finish up a four-game series on Monday
night from First Energy Stadium in Reading, PA. Game time is 7:05 p.m. RHP Tyson
Brummett (2-6, 6.57) will start for Reading against Zambrano. Trenton returns to
Waterfront Park to start a three-game series on Tuesday night against the
Harrisburg Senators, the Double-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals. Game
time on Tuesday is set for 7:05 p.m.
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