GCL Yankees take home league championship

Triple-A Scranton (6-2 win over Lehigh Valley) stave off elimination for another day, they’re still mathematically alive in the wildcard race
Chris Dickerson, CF, Jorge Vazquez, DH & Greg Golson, LF: all 0 for 4 – Dickerson walked and struck out … JoVa and Golson whiffed twice
Kevin Russo, 2B: 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 K, 1 SB
Mike Lamb, 1B: 1 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
Brandon Laird, 3B: 2 for 3, 1 R, 2 RBI
Jordan Parraz, RF: 2 for 3, 1 R, 2 RBI – just his ninth homer of the season … feels like it should be more
Gus Molina, C: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI , 1 K, 1 E (throwing) – nice first day on the job in the post-Jesus Montero era
Doug Bernier, SS: 0 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SB
Hector Noesi, RHP: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 2-3 GB/FB – 28 of 39 pitches were strikes (71.8%) … he was limited to three innings or 45 pitches tonight
D.J. Mitchell, RHP: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 7-3 GB/FB, 1 E (pickoff) – 51 of 83 pitches were strikes (61.4%)
Pants Lendleton, RHP: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R<  ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-2 GB/FB – 12 of 16 pitches were strikes … kinda surprised he pitched tonight, I figured he’d be the long man behind A.J. Burnett tomorrow

Double-A Trenton (7-2 win over New Hampshire)
Ramiro Pena, SS: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 RBI – played seven innings in the field
Austin Krum, CF: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 3 RBI, 1 K – had been in a 1-for-32 slump (.031)
Corban Joseph, DH: 2 for 4, 1 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI – 13 for his last 38 (.342)
Austin Romine, C, Zoilo Almonte, LF & Melky Mesa, RF: all 0 for 4 – Mesa struck out once, Almonte twice
Rob Lyerly, 1B: 1 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 K
Jose Pirela, 2B: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 3 RBI, 1 K
Addison Maruszak, 3B: 0 for 2, 2 R, 2 BB
Steve Garrison, LHP: 5.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 5-7 GB/FB
Josh Schmidt, RHP: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2-0 GB/FB
Kanekoa Texeira, RHP: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 1-0 GB/FB
Wilkins Arias, LHP: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 0-2 GB/FB

High-A Tampa Game One (6-3 loss to Daytona in seven innings)
Abe Almonte, CF: 2 for 4, 1 RBI, 2 K – hitting streak is up to 31 games
Kelvin Castro, SS: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI – that’s his eighth homer of the year … he went deep eleven timestotal from 2006-2010
DeAngelo Mack, RF: 1 for 4, 1 SB
Ronnie Mustelier, LF: 0 for 3, 2 K
Kyle Roller, 1B, Cody Johnson, DH & Mitch Abeita, C: all 0 for 2 – Roller walked, scored a run, struck out, and committed a fielding error … Johnson walked and whiffed twice … Abeita walked and came around to score
Rob Segedin, 3B: 1 for 3
Emerson Landoni, 2B: 1 for 3
Sean Black, RHP: 4.2 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2 WP, 1 Balk, 3-2 GB/FB – he’s probably happy the season is about to end
Ronny Marte, RHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1-1 GB/FB

High-A Tampa Game Two (4-1 win over Daytona) makeup of yesterday’s rain out … they turned a triple play in the second inning
Abe Almonte, CF: 1 for 4, 1 2B, 1 RBI – and now it’s 32 games … he’s giving Mitch Hilligoss a run for his money
Kelvin Castro, SS: 0 for 4, 3 K
DeAngelo Mack, RF: 0 for 2, 1 R, 1 BB
Ronnie Mustelier, LF: 2 for 4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 SB – threw a runner out at third … I don’t know what happened exactly, but he started the triple play … the play-by-play makes it sounds like he made an unexpected catch in the outfield, then caught the runners too far off first and second
Neil Medchill, DH: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB – 37 career homers in 920 PA (24 HR per 600 PA)
Luke Murton, 1B & Tyson Blaser, C: both 0 for 3 – Blaser struck out
Rob Segedin, 3B: 0 for 1, 2 R, 2 BB, 1 SB – three walks and no whiffs in his last four games
Emerson Landoni, 2B: 1 for 2, 1 BB
Jose Quintana, LHP: 6 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 5-7 GB/FB – another nice outing in a season full of them
Ryan Flannery, RHP: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1-1 GB/FB

Low-A Charleston had a scheduled off day. They’ve got a five-game series with Asheville coming up, and that’s it for their season. They’ve already been eliminated from postseason play.

Short Season Staten Island (3-2 win over Vermont)
Mason Williams, CF: 2 for 5, 1 R, 2 K, 1 SB, 1 CS
Cito Culver, SS: 0 for 4, 1 BB, 4 K – no contact day
Ben Gamel, RF: 1 for 3, 1 BB, 1 K
Tyler Austin, 3B & Reymond Nunez, 1B: both 2 for 3, 1 BB, 1 K – Austin got hit by a pitch, tripled and scored a run … Nunez walked
Casey Stevenson, 2B: 0 for 2, 1 K – got ejected after arguing balls and strikes
Ali Castillo, 2B: 1 for 2, 1 R, 1 2B
Zach Wilson, DH: 1 for 2, 2 BB
Bobby Rinard, LF: 0 for 3, 1 K
Nick McCoy, C: 0 for 4, 2 K
Bryan Mitchell, RHP: 5 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 6 K, 5-3 GB/FB – picked a runner off first … first time he’s allowed more than one run in three starts
Zach Arneson, RHP: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 4-0 GB/FB
Branden Pinder, RHP: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HB, 1-3 GB/FB – 37-5 K/BB in 30 IP

Rookie GCL Yanks (3-1 win over GCL Marlins) they won the best-of-three title series 2-1, so congrats to them … here’s the game recap, if you’re interested … they last won the championship in 2007, when Montero hit a game-tying homer in the deciding game … they also won it all in 2004 and 2005 after joining the league in 1999
Jose Rosario, SS: 0 for 4, 1 R, 1 K – scored the go-ahead run in the eighth in classic GCL fashion: he hit a ground ball to the shortstop, who threw the ball away and allowed Rosario to go to second, then he tagged up on a fly ball, only to score after the right fielder overthrew the third baseman
Danny Lopez, CF: 0 for 4, 3 K
Dante Bichette Jr., 3B: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 SB – hit a game-tying solo homer in fourth
Damian Taveras, DH, Jackson Valera, C & Jorge Alcantara, LF: all 1 for 4 – Taveras and Alcantara each struck out twice … Valera doubled and struck out
Matt Duran, 1B: 3 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB – first and fourth rounder getting it done in a game
Fu-Lin Kuo, 2B: 0 for 2
Henry Pena, RF: 0 for 2, 1 BB, 1 K – Isaias Tejeda pinch-hit for him in the ninth and singled in an insurance run … Yeicok Calderon played right in the bottom of the inning
Reynaldo Polanco, RHP: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 4-1 GB/FB
Joel De La Cruz, RHP: 3.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 3-3 GB/FB – unsung hero, held it down and gave them a chance to tie and eventually take the lead
Mariel Checo, RHP: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 1-1 GB/FB – another great job out of the bullpen