Tampa ends their season with a shutout loss

RHP Jon Meloan, LHP Francisco Rondon, and C/1B Jose Gil were all promoted from Double-A Trenton to Triple-A Empire State today. RHP Mark Montgomery is likely to remain with the Thunder for their playoff drive, however. Make sure you check out last night’s update for the rest of the late-season promotions, including moves for OF Tyler Austin, OF Ramon Flores, LHP Nik Turley, and LHP Matt Tracy.

Triple-A Empire State (6-2 win over Pawtucket) their season ends tomorrow but they’ve already clinched their division … their first round best-of-five series with Pawtucket begins Wednesday, and they’ll play their home games in Rochester for at least that series
3B Kevin Russo: 1-4, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 K
2B Corban Joseph: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K — had been in a little 3-for-18 rut (.167)
DH Ronnie Mustelier: 3-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 HBP — 18 hits in his last 38 at-bats (.474)
1B Kosuke Fukudome: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 HBP — apparently he was robbed of another homer on a great play as well
RF Cole Garner & CF Melky Mesa: both 1-5, 2 K — Mesa doubled
C Austin Romine: 0-2, 1 RBI, 2 BB
LF Darnell McDonald: 2-4, 1 R, 1 BB
SS Doug Bernier: 1-4, 2 K
LHP Matt Tracy: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 2 WP, 3/4 GB/FB — 57 of 95 pitches were strikes (60%) .. very nice spot start for the sleeper prospect
RHP Manny Delcarmen: 2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2/1 GB/FB — 32 of 48 pitches were strikes (67%)
RHP Ryota Igarashi: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 3/0 GB/FB — 19 of 33 pitches were strikes (58%)

Double-A Trenton (5-4 loss to Binghamton, walk-off style) their season ends tomorrow but they’ve also already clinched the division title … their first round best-of-five series starts Wednesday, opponent TBD
3B David Adams, 1B Luke Murton & LF Shane Brown: all 0-4 — Murton struck out once, Adams twice … Brown drove in a run and struck out twice
C J.R. Murphy: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 E (throwing)
CF Zoilo Almonte: 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI — 21 homers is six more than the career-high he set last season in 36 more plate appearances
SS Addison Maruszak: 2-4, 1 R, 2 2B, 2 E (both throwing) — ended the game on a walk-off error
RF Tyler Austin: 1-4, 1 K — hard to believe he’s in Double-A already (even if it is just a late-season call-up)
1B Kevin Mahoney: 1-4, 1 R, 1 K
DH Rob Segedin: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K
LHP Vidal Nuno: 5 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 4/2 GB/FB — 60 of 86 pitches were strikes (70%)
RHP Tommy Kahnle: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 4/0 GB/FB — 21 of 30 pitches were strikes (70%) … he was up to 96 with the fastball
RHP Graham Stoneburner: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 0/1 GB/FB — seven of 11 pitches were strikes (64%) … he was up to 94, which is good because he’s been missing some velocity since last year
RHP Ryan Pope: 0 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 1/1 GB/FB — 13 of 15 pitches were strikes

High-A Tampa (6-0 loss to Lakeland) this was their final game of the season, they finished at 65-70 overall and did not qualify for the postseason
SS Francisco Rosario: 0-4, 1 K
CF Slade Heathcott: 1-4, 2 K — finishes the season at .302/.377/.461 with five homers and 19 steals (in 23 chances) in 265 plate appearances … now it’s off the Arizona Fall League in a few weeks
3B Zach Wilson: 1-3, 1 BB, 1 E (fielding)
1B Kyle Roller: 2-4, 1 K — finishes at .266/.357/.471 with 18 homers, fourth most in the farm system not counting the departed Jack Cust
DH Gary Sanchez: 0-4, 1 K — finishes the year at .290/.344/.485 with 18 homers
C Kyle Higashioka, RF Kelvin DeLeon & 2B Jose Mojica: all 0-3 — Higgy committed a throwing error and struck out … Mojica struck out
LF Hector Rabago: 0-2 — threw a runner out at the plate
RHP Shane Greene: 5 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 2 HB, 1 WP, 8/3 GB/FB, 2 E (pickoff, throwing) — I wonder if they’ll just stick him in the bullpen next year and let him go
LHP Kramer Sneed: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1/1 GB/FB
RHP Kenedy Agramonte: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 0/2 GB/FB
RHP Nick Goody: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K — finishes his pro debut with 52/9 K/BB in 32 IP

Low-A Charleston (5-1 win over Augusta) their season ends tomorrow and they’ve already been eliminated from postseason contention
SS Cito Culver: 0-5, 1 R
CF Ben Gamel & RF Rob Refsnyder: both 1-4, 1 R, 1 BB — Gamel struck out … Refsnyder doubled
DH Casey McGehee: 1-5, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K
3B Dante Bichette Jr.: 3-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K — still sporting a sub-.100 ISO
2B Ali Castillo: 0-3, 1 R, 1 HBP
LF Eduardo Sosa & 1B Rey Nunez: both 1-4 — Sosa drove in a run, got caught stealing and struck out twice
C Nick McCoy: 2-4, 2 RBI
RHP Brett Gerritse: 4 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 3/4 GB/FB
RHP Zach Arneson: 2 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1 HB, 3/1 GB/FB
RHP Will Oliver: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 2/0 GB/FB
RHP Adam Smith: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

Short Season Staten Island (1-0 win over Brooklyn) their season ends on Wednesday, but they’ve already been eliminated from postseason contention despite their recent strong play
LF Taylor Dugas, SS Jose Rosario & 2B Jamiel Orozco: all 0-3 — Dugas walked and whiffed … Orozco struck out once, Rosario twice
RF Danny Lopez: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 K
C Peter O’Brien: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K — that’s 11 homers in 51 pro games
CF Ravel Santana & 3B Matt Duran: both 0-4 — Duran struck out once, Santana twice
DH Greg Bird & 1B Fu-Lin Kuo: both 1-3, 1 BB
RHP Andrew Benak: 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 4/2 GB/FB
LHP Pedro Feliciano: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/1 GB/FB — had a little more on him earlier
LHP James Pazos: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 4/1 GB/FB
RHP Taylor Garrison: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB

The Rookie GCL Yanks‘ season is over. They did not qualify for the postseason.