Betances & Brackman finish up their seasons

Just one more day of regular season minor league baseball left…

Triple-A Scranton Game One (5-1 loss to Buffalo in seven innings)
Kevin Russo, 3B, Ramiro Pena, 2B, Jorge Vazquez, 3B & Jordan Parraz, RF: all 0 for 3 – Russo and Pena each struck out
Mike Lamb, DH, Ray Kruml, LF & Gus Molina, C: all 1 for 3 – Kruml got caught stealing and struck out … Gus doubled
Greg Golson, CF: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI
Luis Nunez, SS: 1 for 2, 1 2B
Dellin Betances, RHP: 5 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 2 WP, 1 HB, 5-3 GB/FB – 61 of 101 pitches were strikes (60.4%) … finishes the year with 142 strikeouts and 70 walks in 126.1 IP, career highs across the board but just barely (previous highs: 141 K, 62 BB, 121.2 IP)
Andrew Brackman, RHP: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 3-2 GB/FB – 23 of 33 pitches were strikes (69.7%) … assuming he doesn’t pitch tomorrow, he’ll finish the year with a 75-75 K/BB in 95 IP, but 17-6 in his last 18.1 IP … at least he can go into the offseason feeling a little better about how things went

Triple-A Scranton Game Two (2-0 win over Buffalo in six innings) makeup of a July 8th rain out, and it was completed early
Kevin Russo, 3B: 2 for 2, 1 BB, 1 SB
Ray Kruml, LF, Jorge Vazquez, 1B & Greg Golson, CF: all 1 for 2 – Kruml walked and whiffed … JoVa walked and scored … Golson tripled, drove in a run, scored another, and struck out
Austin Romine, C & Jordan Parraz, RF: both 0 for 3 – Romine struck out
Luis Nunez, 2B: 0 for 1, 1 RBI, 1 K
P.J. Pilittere, DH & Doug Bernier, SS: both 0 for 2
David Phelps, RHP: 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 5-6 GB/FB –57 of 86 pitches were strikes (66.3%) … now it’s off to the Arizona Fall League for him

Double-A Trenton (12-9 loss to New Britain)
Austin Krum, CF: 2 for 5, 2 R, 1 2B – eight for his last 24 (.333)
Corban Joseph, 2B: 3 for 5, 3 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI – multiple hits in five of his last eight games … 13-for-28 (.464) during that stretch
Rob Lyerly, 1B: 3 for 4, 2 R, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 E (fielding) – had three hits in his previous 24 at-bats combined (.125)
Zoilo Almonte, DH: 0 for 5, 3 K
Melky Mesa, RF: 2 for 4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K – he’s been killing the ball in the second half, very nice to see
Damon Sublett, LF: 2 for 5, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 1  K
Jose Pirela, SS: 0 for 3, 2 K, 1 HBP, 1 E (throwing)
Jose Gil, C & Addison Maruszak, 3B: both 1 for 4 – Gil allowed a passed ball … Maruszak doubled, drove in a run, and struck out
Graham Stoneburner, RHP: 5 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 7-2 GB/FB
Pat Venditte, SwP: 3 IP, 10 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1-5 GB/FB – and just like that, his ERA goes from 2.79 to 3.40 … gotta be the worst outing of his career

High-A Tampa (3-2 loss to Lakeland) their season is over, they finished 74-64 and in fourth place of the FSL North division
Emerson Landoni, SS, DeAngelo Mack, RF, Neil Medchill, CF & Rob Segedin, 3B: all 1 for 4 – Landoni drove in a run … Mack got caught stealing … Medchill struck out … Segedin drove in a run and struck out twice
Ronnie Mustelier, 2B: 2 for 4, 1 R, 2 2B, 1 RBI – finished at .352/.295/.514 in 36 games after signing, and now he’s headed to the Arizona Fall League
Cody Johnson, DH: 2 for 4, 1 K
Luke Murton, LF: 1 for 3
Mitch Abeita, C-1B: 0 for 2, 1 BB, 2 K
Tyson Blaser, 1B-C: 0 for 3, 1 K – looks like he and Abeita split the final day of the season behind the plate
Kramer Sneed, LHP: 4 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 2-2 GB/FB – finishes with a 110-28 K/BB in 103.2 IP
Joel De La Cruz, RHP: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 4- GB/FB – up from the GCL for the end of the season
Dan Burawa, RHP: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GB/FB – finishes the year with a 66-25 K/BB and a 2.22 GB/FB in 84 IP

Low-A Charleston (8-1 win over Asheville)
Jose Rosario, SS: 1 for 6, 1 RBI, 1 SB
Ramon Flores, LF: 2 for 5, 1 2B, 1 RBI
Shane Brown, DH: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HBP – 13 for his last 35 (.371) with three doubles, four walks, and just two strikeouts
Kevin Mahoney, 1B: 1 for 2, 2 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 3 BB
Kelvin DeLeon, RF: 1 for 3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 HBP – threw a runner out at the plate
Jose Mojica, 3B: 2 for 3, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 BB
Jeff Farnham, C: 2 for 3, 1 RBI, 2 BB
Jose Toussen, 2B: 0 for 5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K
Danny Lopez, CF: 1 for 2, 1 RBI, 1 HBP, 1 E (fielding)
Shane Greene, RHP: 6 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 1 HBP, 3-4 GB/FB
Francisco Rondon, LHP: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 1-2 GB/FB
Yobanny Reyes, LHP: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2-0 GB/FB

Short Season Staten Island (7-4 loss to Brooklyn) the regular season is over, and they finished with the best record in the NY-Penn League at 45-28 … their first round playoff series against Brooklyn begins on Tuesday (best-of-three)
Mason Williams, CF: 3 for 5, 1 R, 1 K, 1 SB – got picked off first … finishes the regular season at .349/.389/.483 with 28 steals in 40 chances (70%) and a just a 13.8% strikeout rate
Cito Culver, SS: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (throwing) – the error came on a Jeterian jump throw … five for his last 11 (.455) with two doubles, so at least he’s heating up going into the postseason
Ben Gamel, RF, Reymond Nunez, 1B & Casey Stevenson, DH: all 0 for 4 – Stevenson and Gamel each struck out twice, Nunez thrice
Tyler Austin, 3B: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K – ten for his last 28 (.357) with two doubles, a triple, and two homers
Angelo Gumbs, 2B: 1 for 4, 1 RBI
Zach Wilson, LF: 3 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI – 14 for his last 32 (.438) with two doubles and three homers
Nick McCoy, C: 1 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 K
Will Oliver, RHP: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 6-0 GB/FB- I thought he’d get the start in Game One of the playoffs, but it looks like it’ll be Bryan Mitchell … Taylor Morton figures to get Game Two, then I guess it’ll be either Matt Tracy or Oliver on three days’ rest in a potential Game Three
Dustin Hobbs, RHP: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 2 WP, 1-3 GB/FB
Zach Arneson, RHP: 2 IP, zeroes, 3 K, 1-1 GB/FB
Phil Wetherell, RHP: 1 IP, zeroes, 3 K – 41 K in 30 IP
Branden Pinder, RHP: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0-2 GB/FB

The Rookie GCL Yanks won their league championship.