OF Mark Payton has been moved up to Triple-A Scranton and OF Trey Amburgey has been moved up to Double-A Trenton, reports Matt Kardos. Those moves are essentially a chain reaction to OF Mason Williams being called up to the big league team.
Triple-A Scranton (2-1 win over Gwinnett, walk-off style) the best-of-five International League Championship Series is tied at one game apiece
- LF Mark Payton: 0-4, 2 K
- RF Clint Frazier: 0-4, 1 K, 1 E (throwing)
- 3B Donovan Solano: 0-1, 1 R, 3 BB
- 1B Chris Parmelee: 0-3, 1 BB — he was robbed of a two-run home run, according to Shane Hennigan
- C Kyle Higashioka: 0-2, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP
- CF Jake Cave: 0-2, 1 RBI, 2 BB — drew the bases loaded walk to tie the game in the ninth inning
- SS Pete Kozma: 0-2, 1 RBI, 2 BB — drew the walk-off walk … their ninth inning rally went walk, walk, hit-by-pitch, walk, walk … what a spectacular meltdown by Gwinnett’s bullpen
- PH-2B Cito Culver: 1-1, 1 2B — he pinch-hit for Jonathan Diaz in the eighth inning, and his double was their only hit of the ballgame
- LHP Phil Coke: 7.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 9 K, 8/4 GB/FB — 68 of 93 pitches were strikes (73%) … heck of a job … he did his part in Game Two
- RHP Gio Gallegos: 1.2 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 1/1 GB/FB — ten of 14 pitches were strikes
Double-A Trenton (4-2 loss to Akron) they trail the best-of-five Eastern League Championship Series two games to one
- SS Tyler Wade: 1-5, 3 K
- CF Dustin Fowler: 0-4, 2 K
- DH Miguel Andujar: 0-4
- 1B Mike Ford: 1-4, 1 K
- 3B Dante Bichette Jr.: 0-4, 2 K — top five hitters in the lineup went 2-for-21 with eight strikeouts and they still scored two runs
- RF Billy McKinney: 2-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 3B — that’s five straight two-hit games
- LF Trey Amburgey: 0-4, 2 K– makes his Double-A debut in the Championship Series … no pressure, kid
- C Sebastian Valle: 3-3, 1 RBI
- RHP Will Carter: 4 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HB, 6/3 GB/FB — 60 of 88 pitches were strikes (68%) … tough start to close out his season
- RHP J.P. Feyereisen: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 0/1 GB/FB — 14 of 27 pitches were strikes (52%) … he’s been awesome in the postseason
High-A Tampa lost the Florida State League Championship Series while both Low-A Charleston and Short Season Staten Island lost their first round postseason matchup. Their seasons are over.
The season is over for Rookie Pulaski, Rookie GCL Yanks East, and Rookie GCL Yanks West. None of the three teams qualified for the postseason.
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