Scranton’s season ends with a blowout

Triple-A Scranton (11-5 loss to Columbus) Columbus wins the best-of-five series three games to one … Scranton’s season is over, so expect a whole bunch of call-ups relative soon
Reid Gorecki, CF: 3 for 5, 2 R, 1 3B – he was pretty much their best player in the series, which says something about how awful they played
Kevin Russo, 2B: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 E (fielding) – he should be on his way up
Juan Miranda, 1B: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 E (throwing) – him too
Jorge Vazquez, DH: 0 for 3, 2 K – he had a brutal series, 1-for-14, 9 K, though the one was a game-tying homer in the ninth inning of Game One
Edwar Gonzalez, PH-DH: 1 for 1, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI – could very well be his last game with the organization since he’s a minor league free agent for the umpteenth time, so it’s good to see him go out with a blast
Chad Huffman, RF: 1 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 BB – he’ll be up too
Eric Bruntlett, SS: 1 for 4, 1 K
Brandon Laird, 3B, Justin Christian, LF & P.J. Pilittere, C: all 0 for 4 – Laird & Christian each struck out one … Laird had a big fat 0-for-series
Hector Noesi: 3.1 IP, 11 H, 9 R, 9 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 3-3 GB/FB – 54 of 79 pitches were strikes (68.4%) … so that didn’t go so well … he had a 7.77 ERA in four starts in SWB
Amaury Sanit: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HB, 3-1 GB/FB – 13 of 19 pitches were strikes (68.4%) … he’s a release candidate after a brutal year and a PED suspension
George Kontos: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 0-1 GB/FB – 20 of 32 pitches were strikes (62.5%) … did he do enough this year to earn a 40-man and avoid the perils of the Rule 5 Draft? I say yes
John Van Benschoten: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 0-2 GB/FB – 20 of 27 pitches were strikes (74.1%)
Kevin Whelan: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 0-1 GB/FB – nine of 14 pitches were strikes (64.3%) … is he out of chances?

Double-A Trenton swept New Hampshire in their best-of-five series to advance to the Eastern League Championship Series. They’ll take on Altoona when the series starts on Tuesday, and they’re going to have a rehabbing Andy Pettitte on the mound in that game.

High-A Tampa (7-2 win over Charlotte) Tampa now leads the best-of-five series two games to none … they’ll go for the title tomorrow
Ray Kruml, CF: 3 for 5, 1 R, 1 3B, 2 K, 1 SB
Jose Pirela, 2B: 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B
Bradley Suttle, 3B: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K – he’s got to be their best player, and so far he has been … bravo
Myron Leslie, 1B & Addison Maruszak, SS: both 0 for 5, 1 K
Zoilo Almonte, RF: 0 for 5, 2 K
Trent Lockwood, DH: 1 for 3, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 BB
Mitch Abeita, C: 3 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB – he lost his job this summer when Jose Gil was sent down, but he’s been huge in the playoffs
Jack Rye, LF: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 K – always fun when the nine-hole hitter goes deep
Brett Marshall: 6 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 6-5 GB/FB – very nice for a 20-year-kid making just his second start in the Florida State League
Trenton Lare: 2 IP, zeroes, 4 K, 2-0 GB/FB – beast mode
Chase Whitley: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1-1 GB/FB

Low-A Charleston, Short Season Staten Island, and the Rookie GCL Yanks are done. None of the three qualified for the postseason.