9/14 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.

(Triple-A) Scranton/Wilkes-Barre will play the Durham Bulls in the Governor's Cup finals. The rematch of last year's final will begin Tomorrow. The pitching matchups are posted below.

Game 1: SWB RHP Romulo Sanchez (6-5, 4.09) vs. Bulls RHP Jeremy Hellickson (6-1, 2.51)

Game 2: SWB RHP Ian Kennedy (1-0, 1.59) vs. Bulls RHP Mitch Talbot (4-4, 4.47)

Game 3: SWB RHP Ivan Nova (1-4, 5.10) vs. Bulls LHP Jason Cromer (7-3, 2.25)

Game 4: SWB RHP Zach McAllister (7-5, 2.23 in Double-A) vs. Bulls RHP Rayner Oliveros (1-0, 3.48)

Game 5: SWB RHP Jason Hirsh (4-0, 1.35) vs. Bulls RHP Paul Phillips (0-0, 0.00)

For more info on this series check out Chad Jennings' SWB Yanks blog.

(Double-A) Trenton (69-72): Trenton's season is over, they finished third in their division, but did not make the playoffs.

(High-A) Tampa beat Charlotte 3-1 in game 3 of the Florida State League Championship Series (Tampa leads 2-1): Box Score - Recap

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Tampa	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2		3	7	0
Charlotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	8	2

W: Mitchell, D. (1-0, 0.00); L: Cobb (1-1, 1.64); SV: Hovis (2)
HR: None.

Offense:
Daniel Brewer: 1-for-4
David Adams: 1-for-4
Damon Sublett: 1-for-3, BB, 2 R, SB (1)
Austin Romine: 2-for-3, 2 2B, 2 RBI, BB, R
Brandon Laird: 1-for-4
Jack Rye: 1-for-4

Pitching:
D.J. Mitchell: 5.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K (0.00 ERA)
Noel Castillo: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K (1.50 ERA)
Pat Venditte: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K (1.80 ERA)
Jonathan Hovis (S, 2): 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K (0.00 ERA)

(Low-A) Charleston (Overall: 74-65; Second half: 35-34): The RiverDogs season in over, they finished in second place in their division, but did not make the playoffs.

(Single-A Short-Season) Staten Island beat Mahoning Valley 3-0 in game 1 of the NY-Penn League Championship Series (SI leads 1-0): Box Score - Recap

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

W: Warren (1-0, 1.69); L: Brach, B (0-1, 4.50); SV: Flannery (2)
HR: SI: Almonte, Z (2).

Offense:
Jimmy Paredes: 1-for-3, BB, R
Deangelo Mack: 2-for-4
Luke Murton: 1-for-3, RBI
Zolio Almonte: 2-for-4, 2B, HR, RBI, R
Kyle Higashioka: 1-for-3, BB, R
Mike Lyon: 2-for-3, 2B
Kelvin Castro: 0-for-2, BB

Pitching:
Adam Warren (W, 1-0): 6 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 7 K (1.69 ERA)
Griffin Bailey: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K (2.08 ERA)
Gavin Brooks: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K (1.80 ERA)
Ryan Flannery (S, 2): 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K (0.00 ERA)

(Rookie) GCL Yanks (33-28): Their season is over after losing to the GCL Marlins in the first round of the playoffs.