We’ve got more notes than usual tonight, so let’s bullet point these suckers…
- Austin Romine was named Florida State League Player of the Year. That’s friggin’ awesome, big congrats to him.
- He’s joined by Brandon Laird, Lance Pendleton, and Jon Hovis on the FSL postseason All Star Team.
- Reliever Luke Prihoda was named South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Week.
- David Phelps, Melky Mesa, and Corban Joseph were named to the Sally League postseason All Star Team, so congrats to them.
- Make sure you check out Robert Pimpsner’s feature on the amazing Neil Medchill, whose 14 homers leads the NY-Penn League by six.
- Minor leaguers will be required to wear new batting helmets next year.
Triple-A Scranton (6-4 win over Syracuse)
Kevin Russo, Austin Jackson & Shelley Duncan: all 1 for 5 – Russo K’ed … Jackson stole a base, scored a run, K’ed & threw a runner out at the plate from CF … Shelley K’ed three times
Ramiro Pena: 2 for 5, 1 RBI, 1 K
Juan Miranda: 3 for 5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 K – 15 for his last 34 (.441) … he’s quietly had a fantastic year
Cody Ransom: 0 for 5, 1 R, 1 K
Yurendell DeCaster & Colin Curtis: both 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 K – DeCaster was hit by a pitch … Curtis drove in a run
Frankie Cervelli: 3 for 4, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 E (throwing)
The Ghost of Kei Igawa: 6.1 IP, 11 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 7-6 GB/FB – 68 of 101 pitches were strikes (67.3%)
Mike Dunn: 0.2 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1-0 GB/FB – 11 of 13 pitches were strikes (84.6%)
Zach Kroenke: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 4-1 GB/FB – just 10 of 23 pitches were strikes (43.5%) … he’s allowed at least one run in six of his last eight appearances
Double-A Trenton (4-2 win over New Britain) there’s just one game back of a Wildcard spot with seven games left
Austin Krum, Chris Malec & Edwar Gonzalez: all 1 for 4 – Krum doubled & K’ed twice … Malec tripled & drove in two … Edwar got picked off first
Matt Cusick, PJ Pilittere & James Cooper: all 1 for 3 – Cusick K’ed twice & got picked off first … Coop scored a run
Eduardo Nunez: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI
Richie Robnett: 1 for 2, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 BB
MArcos Vechionacci: 0 for 3, 1 K
Jason Stephens: 7 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 12-6 GB/FB
Grant Duff: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K,1-2 GB/FB – he’s a candidate for the AzFL
High-A Tampa had a scheduled off day. They’ve already clinched a postseason berth and will take on Brevard County in Round One (best-of-three series) of the playoffs when they start on Sept. 8th. They’re 4-10 against the Manatees this year, and still have to face them three more times before the regular season ends in a week.
Low-A Charleston (2-0 loss to Rome)
Jose Pirela, Mitch Abeita & Ray Kruml: all 0 for 4 – Pirela K’ed thrice, Abeita once, Kruml twice
Abe Almonte & Melky Mesa: both 1 for 4 – Almonte got caught stealing … Mesa stole a base & K’ed twice
Corban Joseph: 0 for 2, 2 BB
Neall French: 0 for 3, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 CS, 1 E (throwing)
Garrison Lassiter: 1 for 2, 1 BB, 1 K
Dan Kapala: 6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 8-6 GB/FB
Manny Banuelos: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1-1 GB/FB – his numbers are crazy good … 1.07 WHIP, ~.220 AVG against, 0.33 HR/9
Short Season Staten Island (5-3 win over Vermont)
Jimmy Paredes: 3 for 5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 SB
Justin Milo, Kelvin Castro & Carmen Angelini: all 0 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB – Milo K’ed thrice, Castro & Angelini each K’ed once … Castro also committed a throwing error
DeAngelo Mack: 3 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 K – 15 for his last 32 (.469)
Luke Murton: 2 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 SB
Zoilo Almonte, Mike Lyon & Hector Rabago: all 0 for 4 – Almonte & Lyon each K’ed twice, Rabago once
Ben Watkins: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 2 WP, 5-3 GB/FB – 5 baserunners & 0 ER allowed in 10 IP between his two spot starts
Mike Solbach: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 2-1 GB/FB
Griffin Bailey: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 3-1 GB/FB
Gavin Brooks: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K – holding opponents to a ~.170 AVG against
Rookie GCL Yanks (5-3 loss to GCL Braves)
Judd Golson: 0 for 2, 2 BB, 1 K
Jose Toussen & Jhorge Liccien: both 1 for 4 – Toussen drove in a run … Liccien scored a run, K’ed twice & committed a throwing error
Kevin Mahoney: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 K – 70 K in 190 at-bats (one every 2.71 AB)
Mitch Delaney & Isaiah Brown: both 0 for 3, 2 K – Delaney drew a walk & missed a catch for an error … Brown got hit by a pitch
Issac Harrow: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 BB, 1 K
Ramon Flores & Chris Smith: both 0 for 4 – Flores drove in a run & K’ed … Smith K’ed three times
Brett Gerritse: 3 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 7 K, 1 WP, 3-0 GB/FB
Mariel Checo: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1-3 GB/FB – he’d allowed 14 ER in his last 10 IP
Paul Heidler: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 1-2 GB/FB
Wilton Rodriguez: 1 IP, zeroes, 3 K – 18-2 K/BB ratio in 19 IP
Julian Arballo: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1-0 GB/FB
The GCL Yanks’ regular season is over; they finished 33-27 and won the GCL North Division. They’ll take on the GCL Marlins in Round One of the playoffs tomorrow. Here’s the preview.The winner of that game will face the winner of the GCL Twins-GCL Nats game for the league championship on Wednesday. There’s no messing around in the Gulf Coast League playoffs, one loss and you’re done.
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