Pinstriped Performances: Eyes On October

The newly-minted Low-A Southeast playoff participants ran into some late trouble. Luis Medina fired the Patriots to a win and punched a ticket to LIDOM. The FCL and DSL Yanks made up for lost games.

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (60-46): Scheduled to take on Rochester, Scranton will instead play a doubleheader against the Red Wings tomorrow, with the game postponed due to rain.

Oswald Peraza. Photo by Chris Jones.

Somerset Patriots (65-44): Just a lonely, run-scoring single was all the offense Somerset could muster, but the pitching made it hold up as the Patriots escaped with a 1-0 win over Hartford, their fourth in a row.

• Star of the Game: Luis Medina – 7 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K, 92 pitches (64 strikes). Aside from his dominant outing, Medina also received some welcome news: he was selected in the eighth round of the LIDOM Draft by Toros del Este, and will be free to join the 2020 Caribbean Series champs this winter if he so chooses
• Oswald Peraza: 1-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 walk, 1 strikeout
• Oswaldo Cabrera: 1-for-3, 1 double, 1 walk, 1 strikeout
• Thomas Milone: 1-for-3, 1 run scored
• Addison Russ: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 12 pitches (11 strikes)
• Nick Ernst: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 21 pitches (13 strikes). Ernst recorded his third save

Jake Sanford (John Brophy/Pinstriped Prospects)

Hudson Valley Renegades (65-45): The Renegades lost the opening game of the twin bill against Brooklyn 4-0 and then clawed back from an 8-1 deficit in the second game, but ended up losing that one as well, 10-8.

Game 1

• Star of the Game: Mitch Spence – 5.2 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 9 K, 93 pitches (62 strikes). Spence has struck out 14 in two starts this month
• Anthony Volpe: 2-for-3, 2 doubles, 1 strikeout
• Austin Wells: 2-for-3, 1 stolen base
• Eduardo Torrealba: 2-for-3, 1 stolen base
• Freicer Perez: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 25 pitches (12 strikes)

Game 2

• Star of the Game: Jake Sanford – 2-for-4, 1 home run (8), 4 RBI, 1 run scored. Sanford hit a three-run shot as part of a five-run third inning that turned the game around, at least temporarily
• Anthony Volpe: 2-for-4, 1 home run (13), 1 double, 1 RBI, 2 runs scored, 1 strikeout. Volpe’s first-inning home run gave the ‘Gades their only lead of the day at 1-0
• Pat DeMarco: 1-for-4, 1 home run (7), 1 RBI, 1 run scored, 2 strikeouts
• Frederick Cuevas: 1-for-3, 1 home run (3), 1 RBI, 2 runs scored, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts
• Saul Torres: 2-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 walk
• Eduardo Torrealba: 2-for-3, 1 run scored
• Edgar Barclay: 2.2 IP, 5 H, 7 R (6 ER), 1 BB, 4 K, 55 pitches (35 strikes)
• Nelvin Correa: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 47 pitches (27 strikes)
• Nelson L. Alvarez: 2 IP, 1 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 47 pitches (25 strikes)

Trey Sweeney (Photo by John Brophy / Pinstriped Prospects)

Tampa Tarpons (71-37): It looked like a coronation for the Tarpons, who clinched a playoff berth last night, but Dunedin spoiled the party with five runs in the ninth inning to pick up an 11-8 win.

• Star of the Game: Trey Sweeney – 4-for-5, 1 triple, 1 double, 2 runs scored, 1 strikeout, 1 stolen base. Sweeney came just a home run shy of the cycle and raised his OPS to .976
• Antonio Gomez: 1-for-4, 1 run scored, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts, 1 stolen base
• Ryder Green: 2-for-4, 1 double, 2 runs scored, 2 strikeouts
• Roberto Chirinos: 2-for-4, 4 RBI, 1 strikeout. Chirinos had two two-run singles, in the fifth and sixth
• Juan Carela: 4.2 IP, 7 H, 4 R (2 ER), 2 BB, 7 K, 77 pitches (48 strikes)
• Carlos Gomez: 3.1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 53 pitches (34 strikes)
• Carson Coleman: 0.2 IP, 4 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 31 pitches (21 strikes). Coleman could not protect a two-run lead in the ninth
• Wellington Diaz: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, 8 pitches (3 strikes)

FCL Yankees (30-15): The Yankees rode a ferocious comeback to a walk-off, 9-8 win over the Phillies in the completion of a suspended game from July 29, then dropped the regularly scheduled game 9-3.

Game 1

• Star of the Game: Jose Martinez – 1-for-2, 1 home run (2), 4 RBI, 1 run scored. With one out in the seventh and the Yanks down 8-6, Martinez ended the game with a three-run shot over the left field wall
• Angel Rojas: 1-for-2, 1 home run (1), 2 RBI, 2 runs scored
• Kevin Alcantara: 1-for-2, 1 strikeout, 1 stolen base. Yes, this game began long enough ago that Alcantara was still a Yankee
• Sincere Smith: 2-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 run scored
• Nolan Martinez: 1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
• Harold Cortijo: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R (0 ER), 0 BB, 2 K
• Edward Paredes: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
• Josue Panacual: 3 IP, 5 H, 4 R (2 ER), 2 BB, 5 K
• Kevin Milam: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R (0 ER), 0 BB, 0 K

Game 2

• Star of the Game: Alex Guerrero – 1-for-3, 1 double, 2 RBI, 1 run scored, 1 strikeout. The 21-year-old from Idaho is hitting .405 with the FCL Yanks
• Miguel Marte: 2-for-3, 1 double, 1 RBI
• Yarison Ruiz: 3.2 IP, 2 H, 4 R (2 ER), 4 BB, 5 K
• Ryan Anderson: 1.1 IP, 4 H, 4 R (3 ER), 0 BB, 1 K
• Ocean Gabonia: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K

DSL Yankees: In a makeup game from August 21, Yanks 2 got the better of Yanks 1 by a 9-1 score.

• Star of the Game: Ronny Rojas – 1-for-3, 1 home run (4), 3 RBI, 2 runs scored, 1 walk, 1 strikeout. Rojas has a healthy .912 OPS
• Pitching Star of the Game: Luis Arejula – 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K. The 19-year-old completed five innings for the first time this season and picked up his first win
• Daury Arias: 2-for-4, 2 RBI, 1 run scored
• Dayro Perez: 1-for-3, 1 home run (3), 1 RBI, 1 run scored, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts
• Nicolas Garcia: 2-for-4, 1 run scored, 2 strikeouts
• Osmany Fleitas: 1-for-3, 2 runs scored, 1 walk, 1 stolen base
• Juan Rosa: 1-for-3, 1 home run (2), 1 RBI, 1 run scored, 2 strikeouts. Rosa’s solo home run in the seventh was the entire offensive output for Yanks 1
• Alejandro Gomez: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
• Donys Garcia: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 4 ER, 4 BB, 3 K
• Pedro Rodriguez: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R (0 ER), 2 BB, 3 K
• Diego Cordero: 2.2 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
• Yordi Pichardo: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K