Pitching matchup: RHP Adam Miller (0-0, 3.00) vs. LHP Kelvin De La Cruz (2-5, 3.97)

In the Standings: Third-place Trenton is 2 games back of first-place New Britain and 1.5 games behind Reading in the East. Third-place Erie is 4.5 games out of first in the West.

ERIE
Jamie Johnson CF
Niuman Romero SS
Rob Brantly C
Jordan Lennerton 1B
Rawley Bishop DH
Wade Gaynor LF
Tony Plagman RF
Brandon Douglas 2B
Bryan Pounds 3B
Kelvin De La Cruz LHP

TRENTON
Abe Almonte CF
Corban Joseph 2B
David Adams DH
Cody Johnson LF
Zoilo Almonte RF
Luke Murton 1B
Kevin Mahoney 3B
Jose Gil C
Addison Maruszak SS
Adam Miller RHP

NOTES: The Yankees announced yesterday that all five of their minor league affiliates will participate in HOPE week, a charitable tradition with the major league club. The acronym stands for Helping Others Persevere and Excel. Trenton's turn comes on June 19-22 and 25. 

Today's starters, De La Cruz and Miller were teammates last year with Akron. De La Cruz made 16 starts and seven relief appearances. His first relief appearance came against Trenton in a game that was delayed two hours by rain. He made 11 more starts after that before moving to the bullpen  full time. 

Miller made 23 relief appearances with the Aeros, including a pair against Trenton. 

The Yankees today claimed Ryota Igarashi off of waivers from the Blue Jays. He'll report to Triple-A Scranton, which has a hole on its 25-man roster, so a move is not necessary to accommodate Igarashi.