DotF: Kaprielian’s great start not enough to extend Staten Island’s season

Short Season Staten Island (2-1 loss to West Virginia) West Virginia wins the best-of-three NY-Penn League Championship Series two games to none … this is the first time Staten Island has ever lost the Championship Series … they have six titles since joining the league in 1999

• 2B Thairo Estrada: 1-4 — the Summer of Thairo has come to an end
• LF Zack Zehner: 0-4, 4 K — woof
• CF Trey Amburgey: 0-4, 1 K
• 1B Ryan Krill: 1-4, 3 K
• DH Junior Valera: 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K — the top five hitters in the lineup went a combined 3-for-43 (.070) with 18 strikeouts in the two games
• RF Jhalan Jackson: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K — his homer in the fifth was their only run of the night … got him back from a hamstring injury just time
• 3B Drew Bridges: 0-3, 3 K
• C Eduardo de Oleo: 2-3, 1 2B — singled leading off the eighth, then was lifted for pinch-runner Jeff Hendrix
• SS Kyle Holder: 0-2, 1 K
• RHP James Kaprielian: 6.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 6/3 GB/FB — 51 of 77 pitches were strikes (66%) … walked the first two batters of the game, then cruised the rest of the way … finishes the postseason with one run allowed on seven hits and two walks in 12.1 innings
• LHP James Reeves: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K — eleven of his 19 pitches were strikes (58%) … gave up a homer to the first batter he faced to blow the 1-0 lead
• RHP Ethan Carnes: 0.1 IP, zeroes, 1 K — six pitches, four strikes … wiggled out of Reeves’ mess
• LHP Jeff Degano: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1/1 GB/FB — eleven pitches, ten strikes
• RHP Josh Roeder: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 15 of 22 pitches were strikes (68%) … gave up a two-run homer in the top of the ninth

The season is over for Double-A Trenton, High-A Tampa, Low-A Charleston, and both Rookie GCL Yanks affiliates. None of them qualified for the postseason. Both Triple-A Scranton and Rookie Pulaski qualified for the playoffs but were eliminated in the first round.

Now that Staten Island’s season is over, DotF is done for the 2015 minor league season. The Arizona Fall League begins player on October 13th, though I usually don’t update those games daily. Winter ball updates are once a week. So thanks for reading this season. The winter ball updates are still a few weeks away.