Trenton ties series thanks to Segedin’s big hit

Triple-A Empire State (3-2 loss to Pawtucket) Pawtucket leads the best-of-five first round series 2-0, so tomorrow is do or die time for the Yanks
3B Kevin Russo, 2B Corban Joseph & C Austin Romine: all 0-4 — Russo struck out three times and committed a fielding error … CoJo whiffed once … Romine drove in a run and struck out
LF Ronnie Mustelier: 0-3, 1 BB
1B Luke Murton: 2-3, 1 R, 1 HBP
CF Melky Mesa: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K
RF Cole Garner & SS Ramiro Pena: both 2-4, 1 K — Garner plated a run and committed a throwing error
DH Darnell McDonald: 0-2, 1 BB
RHP Ramon Ortiz: 6.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 6/4 GB/FB — 63 of 93 pitches were strikes (68%)
LHP Juan Cedeno: 0.1 IP, zeroes, 1 K — five pitches, three strikes
RHP Preston Claiborne: 1.1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 0/1 GB/FB — eight of 11 pitches were strikes

Double-A Trenton (4-1 win over Reading) the best-of-five first round series is knotted up at one
CF Adonis Garcia & LF Ramon Flores: both 1-4, 1 K — Flores doubled, threw a runner out at third, and committed a fielding error
3B David Adams & RF Zoilo Almonte: both 0-3, 1 BB — Adams struck out … Almonte scored a run and struck out twice
SS Addison Maruszak: 2-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI
C J.R. Murphy: 0-4, 2 K
1B Kevin Mahoney: 0-2, 1 R, 2 BB, 2 K
DH Rob Segedin: 1-4, 1 3B, 3 RBI — he’s playing over Tyler Austin, and he rewarded the manager’s faith with a bases-clearing triple in the top of the ninth to break the tie
2B Walt Ibarra: 0-4, 2 K
RHP David Aardsma: 1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 0/2 GB/FB — had a little more on him earlier
LHP Shaeffer Hall: 5.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 9/1 GB/FB — 37 of 63 pitches were strikes (51%)
RHP Graham Stoneburner: 0.2 IP, zeroes, 1/1 GB/FB — seven pitches, four strikes
LHP Lee Hyde: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K — five pitches, one strike
RHP Branden Pinder: 0.1 IP, zeroes, 0/1 GB/FB — six pitches, four strikes … second career Double-A appearance and he retired the league MVP (38 HR guy Darin Ruf) to end the eighth with a man on-base in a tie game
RHP Ryan Pope: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1/1 GB/FB — seven of eleven pitches were strikes

The season is over for High-A Tampa, Low-A Charleston, Short Season Staten Island, and the Rookie GCL Yanks. None of the four qualified for the postseason.