Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (3-2 win over Lehigh Valley, walk-off style) they lead the best-of-five series one game to none
1. CF Shane Robinson: 0-5, 2 K
2. LF Mark Payton: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB — walk-off solo homer
3. SS Gio Urshela: 3-4, 1 2B, 1 E (throwing) — good game at the plate, but the error contributed to the game-tying two-run rally in the sixth
4. DH Mike Ford: 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K
PR-DH Quintin Berry: 0-0 — seems like the Andrew McCutchen trade took him out of the running for a September call-up
5. 1B Ryan McBroom: 1-4, 2 K
6. 3B Bruce Caldwell: 0-3
7. RF Zack Zehner: 1-2, 2 BB
8. 2B L.J. Mazzilli: 1-4, 1 R
9. C Francisco Diaz: 2-4, 1 R, 1 K — 5-for-10 in his last three games
RHP Erik Swanson: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 35 of 56 pitches were strikes (63%) … his velocity was reportedly down 2-3 mph, though I don’t know if that contributed to the early exit … he’s already set a new career high in innings and might’ve been capped at 50-ish pitches … UPDATE: Conor Foley says Swanson left the game with a sore groin, so there you go … he missed time with a groin injury earlier this year
RHP Brady Lail: 2 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2/2 GB/FB — 20 of 34 pitches were strikes (59%)
LHP Justus Sheffield: 1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 14 of 22 pitches were strikes (64%) … using him for one inning tonight probably means they can bring him back as soon as Game Three on Friday
RHP Raynel Espinal: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 23 of 35 pitches were strikes (66%) … had a 3.09 ERA with 95/26 K/BB in 67 innings during the regular season
RHP Joe Harvey: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB — ten pitches, eight strikes … he’s their closer and their best late-inning guy, plus he’s not really a prospect, so I imagine he’ll be available again tomorrow after throwing only ten pitches tonight
Double-A Trenton Thunder (8-0 loss to New Hampshire) they trail the best-of-five series one game to none
1. 2B Gosuke Katoh: 1-5, 2 K
2. DH Dom Thompson-Williams: 0-4, 1 K– promoted from Tampa for the postseason after hitting .299/.363/.546 (157 wRC+) with a farm system leading 22 homers in 100 regular season games … I thought OF Estevan Florial would get bumped home for the postseason, but it’s DTW instead … Florial is presumably heading to Instructional League before the Arizona Fall League season begins next month
3. 1B Brandon Wagner: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K
4. LF Trey Amburgey: 0-4, 1 K
5. SS Kyle Holder: 3-3, 1 BB, 1 CS — 6-for-11 (.545) in his last three games
6. RF Jhalan Jackson: 0-3, 1 BB, 3 K
7. CF Rashad Crawford: 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K
8. C Jorge Saez: 2-4, 2 K
9. 3B Angel Aguilar: 3-4, 1 K — 28-for-82 (.341) with six homers in his last 21 games
RHP Brian Keller: 7 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 1 HB, 13/1 GB/FB — 59 of 80 pitches were strikes (74%) … big ground ball night for a guy who had a 39.3% ground ball rate during the regular season
LHP James Reeves: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 1/0 GB/FB — 15 of 31 pitches were strikes (48%) … he’d been out since August 21st with a mystery injury
RHP Hobie Harris: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1/0 GB/FB — only six of 15 pitches were strikes (40%)
The season is over for the High-A Tampa Tarpons, the Low-A Charleston RiverDogs, the Short Season Staten Island Yankees, the Rookie Pulaski Yankees, and the two Rookie GCL Yankees affiliates. None of those teams qualified for the postseason.