SI blows out Auburn in Game One of NYPL Finals

Short Season Staten Island (9-2 win over Auburn) SI leads the best-of-three Championship Series one game to none … game two is tomorrow in Staten Island
Mason Williams, CF: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K – led the game off with a double, then came around to score on a ground ball and a sac fly
Cito Culver, SS: 1 for 6, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K
Ben Gamel, RF: 1 for 3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Tyler Austin, 3B: 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 E (fielding)
Reymond Nunez, 1B: 0 for 3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 K
Casey Stevenson, DH: 3 for 5, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 K – broke it open with an RBI single in the ninth
Zach Wilson, LF: 1 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Angelo Gumbs, 2B: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 4 K – gave them a 2-1 lead with a solo homer in the fifth
Nick McCoy, C: 1 for 3, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K
Taylor Morton, RHP: 4.2 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 1 HB, 3-6 GB/FB, 1 E (pickoff) – not the best Game One start, but it could have been worse
Wilton Rodriguez, RHP: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 3-0 GB/FB – stranded the two runners he inherited from Morton
Zach Arneson, RHP: 0.1 IP, zeroes, 1-0 GB/FB
Phil Wetherell, RHP: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2-0 GB/FB
Branden Pinder, RHP: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1-0 GB/FB – came out after they broke it open in the ninth, save some of those bullets for tomorrow
Ben Paullus, RHP: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K – nice and FIPy

Triple-A Scranton, Double-A Trenton, High-A Tampa, and Low-A Charleston all failed to qualify to the postseason. The Rookie GCL Yankees have already won their league title.