Pinstriped Performances: The Postseason Begins

Somerset is a win away from the Eastern League Championship Series following an easy night in Portland. Scranton is getting no help from Norfolk, but they continue to keep pace.

Mitch Spence. Photo by Matt Kardos

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (78-63): A seventh-inning grand slam reversed a 3-0 deficit and gave the RailRiders a 4-3 win over Lehigh Valley, matching Durham’s victory against the Tides.

• Star of the Game: Ronald Guzman – 1-for-4, 1 home run (15), 4 RBI, 1 run scored. Guzman has impressed in Triple-A, if not at the big-league level, and he singlehandedly powered Scranton to a win in this one
• Anthony Volpe: 0-for-4, 2 strikeouts
• Ben Rortvedt: 1-for-4, 1 double, 1 run scored, 1 strikeout
• Ryan LaMarre: 1-for-2, 1 run scored, 2 walks, 1 stolen base
• Mitch Spence: 5 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 68 pitches (43 strikes). Spence has struck out 19 and walked just two over his last three starts, spanning 17 innings
• Chasen Shreve: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 12 pitches (9 strikes). Shreve’s last win as a member of the Yankees organization came on April 6, 2018
• Miguel Castro: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 10 pitches (8 strikes)
• Zack Britton: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 4 pitches (4 strikes)
• Jimmy Cordero: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 16 pitches (8 strikes). Three saves on the year now for Cordero

Trey Sweeney. Photo by Matt Kardos

Somerset Patriots: After going down 3-0 in the opening game of the Division Series, the Patriots put up eight runs in the fourth to pull away for a 9-4 win over the Sea Dogs. They’ll head home to try to clinch the series on Thursday.

• Star of the Game: Elijah Dunham – 4-for-5, 2 RBI, 1 strikeout. Dunham singled home the last two runs of the eight-run outburst in the fourth
• Trey Sweeney: 2-for-4, 2 RBI, 1 run scored, 1 walk
• Austin Wells: 1-for-5, 2 RBI, 1 run scored, 3 strikeouts
• Jesus Bastidas: 3-for-4, 1 run scored
• Randy Vasquez: 5.2 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 85 pitches (55 strikes). After allowing back-to-back home runs in the second inning, Vasquez settled down and cruised the rest of the way to secure the win
• Matt Minnick: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 4 pitches (2 strikes)
• Aaron McGarity: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 30 pitches (19 strikes)
• Carlos Espinal: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, 10 pitches (3 strikes). Espinal walked the first batter he faced after relieving McGarity, but wriggled out of the jam thanks to a beautiful over-the-shoulder running catch by Sweeney on a pop-up to shallow left
• Carson Coleman: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 15 pitches (12 strikes)