DotF: Scranton finishes sweep, advances to International League Championship Series

Some notes before we get to the day’s postseason action:

• The Yankees and the Charleston River Dogs have extended their player development contract through 2020, they announced earlier today. Here’s the press release. Charleston, which has been a Yankees’ affiliate since 2005, set a new franchise attendance record this year.
• C Gary Sanchez was named to MLB.com’s Prospect Team of the Year, so congrats to him. He did that despite playing only 71 Triple-A games due to a broken thumb and an early-August call-up.
• Three Yankees appeared in today’s Prospect Report: 1B Tyler Austin, OF Rashad Crawford, and OF Dustin Fowler. Crawford was the fourth piece in the Aroldis Chapman trade and he’s been red hot for a month now.
• High-A Tampa announced a series of roster moves prior to the start of the Florida State League Championship Series tonight. LHP Justin Kamplain, RHP Alex Bisacca, and RHP Luis Cedeno were added to the roster. RHP Gabe Encinas, RHP Chase Hodson, and OF Devyn Bolasky were dropped.

Triple-A Scranton (11-3 win over Lehigh Valley) they swept the best-of-five series and outscored Lehigh Valley 21-3 in the three games … they’ll play either Gwinnett or Columbus in the best-of-five International League Championship Series starting next week … Gwinnett is up two games to one in their series against Columbus

• CF Mason Williams: 2-3, 1 R, 1 K, 1 HBP — left the game in the seventh, two innings after the hit-by-pitch … hopefully it was precautionary with the huge lead and not an actual injury
• LF Clint Frazier: 0-3, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 K
• 3B Donovan Solano: 2-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI — he went 6-for-14 (.429) in the three games
• 1B Chris Parmelee: 2-5, 1 R, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 SB
• DH Cesar Puello: 0-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 K
• RF Jake Cave: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K — 4-for-10 in the three games
• C Kyle Higashioka: 3-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 1 BB
• 2B Cito Culver: 2-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI — look at Cito with the playoff homer
• RHP Brady Lail: 4 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 HB, 6/1 GB/FB — 43 of 67 pitches were strikes (64%) … he’s had a rough go of it in Triple-A, so they took four good innings and ran with it
• LHP Tyler Webb: 1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 3/1 GB/FB — 47 of 80 pitches were strikes (59%)
• RHP Gio Gallegos: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 3/1 GB/FB — 25 of 35 pitches were strikes (71%)

Double-A Trenton (13-5 loss to Reading) they still lead the best-of-five series two games to one

• SS Tyler Wade: 0-5, 1 K — 2-for-11 (.182) in the series
• CF Dustin Fowler: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HBP — got picked off first
• 3B Miguel Andujar & DH Mike Ford: both 0-4 — Ford struck out
• LF Mark Payton: 1-3, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 K
• 1B Dante Bichette Jr.: 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 K — 4-for-9 (.444) in the series, and he’s driven in four runs
• RF Billy McKinney: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 K — he’s hit five home runs total this year, one with the Cubs and four with the Yankees
• LHP Justus Sheffield: 4.1 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 5/4 GB/FB — 50 of 86 pitches were strikes (58%) … oof, bad time for his first bad start since the trade
• RHP Cale Coshow: 2 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 2/1 GB/FB — 28 of 49 pitches were strikes (57%)

High-A Tampa (8-1 loss to Bradenton) they trail the best-of-five Championship Series one game to none

• 2B Jorge Mateo: 1-3, 1 CS, 1 HBP — back in the leadoff spot after yesterday’s demotion to eighth
• 3B Thairo Estrada, SS Gleyber Torres & CF Rashad Crawford: all 0-4 — Estrada struck out twice, Torres and Crawford once each
• DH Kevin Cornelius: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI
• LF Trey Amburgey: 1-4, 1 K
• RF Tito Polo: 1-2, 1 HBP — got picked off first … he played 55 games with Bradenton before the trade, so he’s getting a championship ring either way
• RHP Domingo German: 5 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K1 WP, 5/2 GB/FB — 49 of 77 pitches were strikes (64%)

Low-A Charleston (4-3 win over Rome) the best-of-three series is tied at one game apiece

• SS Kyle Holder: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB — scored the winning run on an error by the third baseman in the seventh
• DH Vince Conde: 1-3, 2 RBI, 1 BB — had a big two-run single as part of their four-run seventh inning
• 3B Mandy Alvarez: 1-4, 1 K
• RF Jhalan Jackson: 0-4 — reached on the error that scored Holder
• C Luis Torrens: 0-3, 1 BB
• CF Estevan Florial: 1-3, 2 K
• 2B Hoy Jun Park: 1-3, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 BB
• RHP Daris Vargas: 3.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 1 HB, 6/0 GB/FB — 34 of 64 pitches were strikes (53%)
• RHP Taylor Widener: 4.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 2/2 GB/FB — 37 of 53 pitches were strikes (70%) … the unsung hero … he held Rome down and allowed the offense to get back into it … this year’s 12th rounder has a 65/7 K/BB in 42.2 total innings

Short Season Staten Island (6-5 loss to State College) they lost the best-of-three series two games to one … their season is over, as is their 18-year run as the Staten Island Yankees … they’re rebranding for next season and have picked five potential team names, all of which are terrible

• CF Dom Thompson-Williams: 1-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K
• 2B Nick Solak: 4-5, 1 R, 3 2B, 2 RBI — heck of a game and a heck of a pro debut for this year’s second rounder
• 3B Drew Bridges: 0-5, 2 K
• RF Timmy Robinson: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
• SS Angel Aguilar: 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
• RHP Simon De La Rosa: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 2/4 GB/FB — 53 of 90 pitches were strikes (59%)
• RHP Chad Martin: 2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 2 WP, 1/1 GB/FB — 27 of 45 pitches were strikes (60%) … let the game get away in the middle innings

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.