9/5 Minor League Report (Playoff Edition)

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We are lucky enough to have a SWB report from BigGuy tonight. He won't be doing these all the time by when he does I will post them. Thanks BG for the great contributions.

(AAA) Scranton (88-56) beat Pawtucket in game 3 of the International League playoffs 6-4 (SWB leads series 2-1): Box Score - Recap

PITCHING: Kei Igawa got the start and the win for the Yankees. Igawa came into the game with a 14-6 record and 3.45 ERA. He was 9-1 at home. Igawa got off to a shaky start the first 2 innings, stranding 2 runners in each inning. He threw a perfect 3rd inning. Pawtucket scored 2 runs in the 4th. They loaded the bases on an infield hit, catcher's interference, and walk. A 2-run single scored the runs to make the score SWB 3-2. Igawa finished with perfect 5th, 6h, and 7th innings.

Igawa's line: 7.0 IP, 2 runs, 5 hits, 4 K's--3 walks. 103 pitches--67 strikes. 10 groundouts--7 flyouts.

Steven Jackson came on to pitch the 8th inning. Jackson gave up a 2-run homer to cut the Yankee lead to 6-4. Scott Strickland got the final out on a strikeout. Strickland pitched a perfect 9th, getting 2 more strikeouts to pick up the save.

OFFENSE: The Yankees broke out to a 1-0 lead in the 1st inning. Justin Christian singled, a wild pitch and groundout moved him to 3rd. He scored on a Juan Miranda RBI groundout. SWB took a 3-0 lead in the 2nd inning. Ben Broussard doubled and Matt Carson was HBP. Broussard moved to 3rd when pitcher Adam Mills had a throwing error on a pickoff throw to 1st base. Nick Green followed with a RBI single. In the 4th, SWB scored 3 more runs when Eric Duncan hit a 3-run homer to make the score 6-2 at that time.

NOTES: Tim Battle was called up from the Tampa roster to replace Melky Cabrera. Matt Carson replaced Melky in center for the game. Juan Miranda was named SWB Player of the Year. Kei Igawa named SWB Pitcher of the Year. Phil Hughes goes for the series clincher Saturday against Bartolo Colon. The other first round game between Durham and Louisville was rained out.

I noted yesterday that the Yankees are sending Andrew Brackman, 2008 draft pick Jeremy Bleich and Austin Romine, to Hawaii for winter ball, today they added Damon Sublett to the list.

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Pawtucket	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		4	6	1
Scranton/WB	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	X		6	10	1

W: K. Igawa (1-0, 1.29); L: A. Mills (0-1, 10.80); SV: S. Strickland (1)
HR: PAW: D. Brown (1). SWB: E. Duncan (1).

SWB Yanks:
Justin Christian: 1-for-4, BB, R
Juan Miranda: 1-for-4, 2B, RBI
Shelley Duncan: 1-for-4
Ben Broussard: 3-for-3, 2B, BB, 2 R
Matt Carson: 0-for-3, 2 R
Eric Duncan: 1-for-3, HR, 3 RBI, BB, R
Nick Green: 2-for-4, RBI
Chris Stewart: 1-for-4
Kei Igawa: 7 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K (1.29 ERA)
Stephen Jackson: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K (9.00 ERA)
Scott Strickland: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K (0.00 ERA)

Here's Scranton's rotation for the rest of the series:

Saturday at Scranton: Phil Hughes

Sunday at Scranton (if needed): Victor Zambrano

(AA) Trenton (86-54) beat Portland in game 3 of the Eastern League playoffs 5-4 (Trenton wins series 3-0): Box Score - Recap - It's on to the finals for the Thunder for the second straight season. They will face the winner of the Akron - Bowie series. Akron currently leads the series 2 games to 1.

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Trenton	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		5	8	0
Portland	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		4	6	0

W: K. Whelan (1-0, 0.00); L: M. Asencio (0-1, 3.86); SV: M. Dunn (1)
HR: POR: L. Anderson (1), M. Hall (1).

Trenton:
Reegie Corona: 0-for-4, BB
Ramiro Pena: 1-for-4, BB, 2 R, SB
Austin Jackson: 0-for-4, BB
Chris Malec: 0-for-2, BB, R
Carlos Mendoza: 0-for-0, BB
Colin Curtis: 4-for-4, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI, BB, 2 R
P.J. Pilittere: 1-for-4, BB
Francisco Cervelli: 0-for-3, RBI
Edwar Gonzalez: 2-for-4
Kevin Russo: 0-for-3, SB
Jason Jones: 6 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 1 K (6.00 ERA)
Kevin Whelan: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K (0.00 ERA)
Michael Dunn: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K (0.00 ERA)

(High A) Tampa (72-65 overall; 35-32 in 2nd half): Tampa finished in second place, and did not make the playoffs.

(Low A) Charleston (80-59 overall; 35-34 in second half) Charleston's season is over, they finished in third place, and did not make the playoffs.

(Low A Short-Season) Staten Island (49-26) beat Hudson Valley 17-0: Box Score - Recap

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Hudson Valley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	8	2
Staten Island	6	1	1	3	3	0	3	0	X		17	15	0

W: C. Erickson (5-1, 2.76); L: M. Fleming (1-2, 3.86)
HR: STA: A. Maruszak (6), E. Lovett 2 (3).

SI Yanks:
Addison Maruszak: 3-for-6, 2B, HR, RBI, 2 R
Taylor Grote: 1-for-4, 2 BB, 4 R
Jack Rye: 2-for-5, RBI, BB, 2 R
Jahdiel Santamaria: 1-for-4, 2 RBI, BB, 3 R
Braedyn Pruitt: 2-for-4, 3B, 3 RBI, 3 R
Erik Lovett: 4-for-5, 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 2 R
Mitchell Abeita: 1-for-2, 2 RBI, BB
Steve Strausbaugh: 0-for-1, BB
Roy Gomez: 1-for-5
Kelvin Castro: 0-for-4, BB, R
Jonathan Albaladejo: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K (0.00 ERA)
Casey Erickson: 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K (2.76 ERA)
Jacinto Gonell: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K (4.05 ERA)
Nick Asselin: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K (4.07 ERA)
Michael Obradovich: 1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K (3.71 ERA)

(Rookie) GCL Yankees (31-27): Their season is finished, they finished with a 31 - 27 record, in 2nd place in the GCL North division.