SI tops Brooklyn to advance to NYPL Finals

Short Season Staten Island (1-0 win over Brooklyn) SI wins the best-of-three series two games to one, advancing to the Championship Series against Auburn … that series starts tomorrow
Mason Williams, CF: 1 for 4, 1 K, 1 SB
Cito Culver, SS: 0 for 3, 1 BB
Ben Gamel, RF: 0 for 4, 2 K
Tyler Austin, 3B: 2 for 3, 1 R, 2 2B, 1 K, 2 E (throwing, fielding) – had a huge series at the plate, but three errors in the field
Reymond Nunez, 1B: 1 for 3, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 K – tripled in Austin for the game’s only run
Casey Stevenson, DH: 0 for 3, 2 K
Zach Wilson, LF: 0 for 3 – Cody Grice took over for defense late in the game
Angelo Gumbs, 2B: 0 for 2, 1 BB, 1 CS – got picked off first … first start of the series
Nick McCoy, C: 0 for 2, 1 K
Will Oliver, RHP: 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 10 K, 1 WP, 6-3 GB/FB – huge outing in the deciding game … career high in strikeouts had been eight, set in his first start of this season
Phil Wetherell, RHP: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HB, 3-2 GB/FB
Branden Pinder, RHP: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1-0 GB/FB – closes it out yet again … SI always seems to have a dominant closer

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.