Double-A Trenton (5-4 win over Reading) Trenton won the first round best-of-five series 3-1 … Akron and Bowie play Game Five of their series tonight, so that game will determine who the Thunder will play in the Eastern League Championship Series, which starts Tuesday … Brett Marshall will be on the bump for that game
CF Adonis Garcia & LF Ramon Flores: both 0-4 — Garcia struck out
3B David Adams: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B
RF Zoilo Almonte, DH Rob Segedin & 2B Walt Ibarra: all 0-3 — Ibarra struck out twice
SS Addison Maruszak: 2-3, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI — he had a big series
C J.R. Murphy: 1-2, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
1B Tyler Austin: 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI
LHP Nik Turley: 5 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 7/4 GB/FB — 49 of 85 pitches were strikes (58%) … picked a runner of first … not bad for his second career Double-A start
RHP Graham Stoneburner: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 0/1 GB/FB — five of nine pitches were strikes
RHP Branden Pinder: 0.2 IP, zeroes, 0/2 GB/FB — six of eight pitches were strikes
RHP David Aardsma: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1/1 GB/FB — had a tiny bit more on him earlier today
RHP Mark Montgomery: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 0/1 GB/FB — ten pitches, nine strikes
RHP Ryan Pope: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1/0 GB/FB — five pitches all strikes … got the minor league homer king (Darin Ruf with 38) to ground into a double play to end the game and the series
The season is over for Triple-A Empire State, High-A Tampa, Low-A Charleston, Short Season Staten Island, and the Rookie GCL Yanks. Empire State lost their first round playoff series to Pawtucket while the other four failed to make the postseason.
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