Tampa drops Game Two

Robert Pimpsner has some updates on a few injured players:

• Arodys Vizcaino is playing long toss and preparing for instructional league
• Caleb Cotham reaggravated a knee injury from this summer and was shut down
• Neil Medchill will have wrist surgery after the NY-Penn League Championship Series

Triple-A Scranton will take on Durham, who beat Louisville today, in the International League Championship Series (best-of-five) starting Tuesday. They’re looking to win their second straight Governor’s Cup in a rematch.

Double-A Trenton’s season is over. Connecticut defeated New Britain today, so they’ll face Akron in the Eastern League Championship Series (best-of-five) starting on Tuesday.

High-A Tampa (9-2 loss to Charlotte) the best-of-five championship series is tied at one … DJ Mitchell gets the ball tomorrow
Dan Brewer: 2 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 HBP
David Adams, Austin Romine, Damon Sublett & Walt Ibarra: all 1 for 4 – Adams drove in a run & K’ed … Romine K’ed … Ibarra scored a run, K’ed & committed a fielding error
Brandon Laird & Luis Nunez: both 0 for 4
Kevin Smith: 0 for 2, 2 BB, 1 E (fielding)
Jack Rye: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB
David Phelps: 2.1 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2-3 GB/FB – yikes … he picked a bad day for his worst outing for the year
Jairo Heredia: 3.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 5-3 GB/FB
Adam Olbrychowski: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 2-2 GB/FB
Phil Bartlewski: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 0-3 GB/FB – back down from Trenton following their failed playoff push

Low-A Charleston’s season is over. Lakewood and Greenville each swept their respective Round One matchup, and will face each other when the South Atlantic League Championship Series (best-of-five) starts on Monday.

Short Season Staten Island will take on Mahoning Valley in the NYPL Championship Series (best-of-three) starting tomorrow. Here’s a series preview. SI is gunning for their fifth title in the last ten years.

The Rookie GCL Yanks season is over after they lost to the GCL Marlins in Round One of the playoffs. The GCL Nats won the league championship.