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River Ave. Blues ยป Two wins and two losses on the final day of the season

Two wins and two losses on the final day of the season

September 3, 2012 by Mike 38 Comments

Yankees release Kosuke Fukudome from Triple-A
Down to one: Lead shrinks further as Yanks fall to Rays

LHP Vidal Nuno was promoted to Triple-A while RHP Ryan Flannery was bumped down to High-A, clearing two Double-A roster spots for all the recent promotions. Click here and here for all the recent movement.

Triple-A Scranton (6-4 loss to Pawtucket in 12 innings, walk-off style) this was their final game of the season, they finished at 84-60 and won the North Division … their first round best-of-five series with Pawtucket starts Wednesday
3B Kevin Russo: 0-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K
LF Darnell McDonald: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
2B Corban Joseph: 1-5, 1 R
DH Austin Romine: 0-2, 1 BB, 1 K — left the game for an unknown reason in the eighth, though I’m almost certain it was just a “rest on the last day of the season” thing
PH-DH R.J. Baker: 1-2, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K
RF Cole Garner & C Gus Molina: both 0-5 — Garner struck out
CF Melky Mesa: 2-5, 1 R, 1 CS
1B Jose Gil: 1-5
SS Doug Bernier: 0-3, 1 BB
LHP Mike O’Connor: 3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 3/5 GB/FB — 26 of 37 pitches were strikes (70%) … wonder if he’ll be back in the bullpen for the postseason, this certainly seems like “just get work in” appearance
RHP Jon Meloan: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB — 19 of 29 pitches were strikes (66%)
LHP Francisco Rondon: 2.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 0/3 GB/FB — 28 of 43 pitches were strikes (65%) … it all came apart once he went back out for the third inning of work
RHP Preston Claiborne: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1/0 GB/FB — 20 of 26 pitches were strikes (77%)
LHP Juan Cedeno: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 11 of 17 pitches were strikes
RHP R.J. Baker: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HB, 0/2 GB/FB — 11 of 21 pitches were the strikes (52%) … and the final pitch of the season was delivered by the third catcher who spend most of the year on the phantom DL

Double-A Trenton (8-5 win over Binghamton) this was their final game of the season, they finished at 78-64 and won the Eastern Division … their first round best-of-five series with Reading begins Wednesday
CF Adonis Garcia: 1-5, 1 R
LF Ramon Flores: 2-5, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI — homered in his second Double-A plate appearance
RF Tyler Austin: 1-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
1B Luke Murton: 1-3, 2 R — his 25 homers led the organization this season … Melky Mesa (23) and Zoilo Almonte (21) were the only other non-Jack Cust players over 20 dingers
SS Addison Maruszak: 1-3, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 E (fielding)
3B Kevin Mahoney: 1-4, 1 2B, 2 RBI
DH Rob Segedin: 0-3, 1 RBI, 1 K
C Jeff Farnham: 0-4, 1 K
2B Walt Ibarra: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 K
LHP Nik Turley: 5 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HB, 4/6 GB/FB — 54 of 95 pitches were strikes (57%) … welcome to Double-A, kid
RHP Mikey O’Brien: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 2/5 GB/FB — 32 of 44 pitches were strikes (73%)
RHP Branden Pinder: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 4/0 GB/FB — ten pitches, seven strikes

Low-A Charleston (7-1 win over Augusta) this was their final game of the season, they finished at 73-63 overall and did not qualify for the postseason
SS Cito Culver: 0-4, 1 BB, 1 K — finished the year at .215/.318/.283, though at least he led the organization with 71 walks
DH Casey McGehee: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI — he’ll rejoin the big league team tomorrow, there’s already a locker set up for him at Tropicana Field
3B Dante Bichette Jr.: 3-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 CS, 1 HBP — finishes the season at .248/.322/.331 with just three homers, easily one of the most disappointing players of the season
1B Saxon Butler: 1-5, 1 R, 1 RBI
RF Rob Refsnyder: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
2B Casey Stevenson: 2-3, 1 R, 1 K — left the game in the seventh for what I assume was “last game of the season” reasons … Ali Castillo replaced him and doubled and struck out in his two at-bats
C Francisco Arcia: 1-5, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 PB
CF Eduardo Sosa: 0-4, 1 K
LF Cody Grice: 2-4, 1 R, 2 K, 1 SB
RHP Bryan Mitchell: 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 1 WP. 2 HB, 5/3 GB/FB — finishes the year with 115/72 K/BB in 114 IP
RHP Phil Wetherell: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 5/0 GB/FB

Short Season Staten Island (11-5 loss to Connecticut) they’ve already been eliminated from the postseason and their season ends on Wednesday
SS Claudio Custodio: 1-6, 1 K, 1 E (throwing)
RF Exicardo Cayones: 1-3, 1 RBI, 2 BB
DH Peter O’Brien: 0-4, 1 RBI, 4 K, 1 HBP — eek
CF Ravel Santana: 1-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 BB
1B Greg Bird: 4-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K — very interested to see what he does next year now that he doesn’t have to worry about the whole catching thing now
3B Matt Duran: 0-5, 1 K, 1 E (throwing)
LF Danny Lopez: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP
2B Jose Rosario: 2-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
C Isaias Tejeda: 3-5, 1 RBI, 1 E (missed catch) — seven hits in his last 16 at-bats (.438)
RHP David Aardsma: 0.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB — had a little bit more him earlier
RHP Stefan Lopez: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2 WP, 0/1 GB/FB
RHP Angel Rincon: 3.2 IP, 5 H, 5 r, 5 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 4/4 GB/FB — he was sitting 90-91 with a few 93s
LHP Tim Flight: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 3/4 GB/FB

Both High-A Tampa‘s and Rookie GCL Yanks‘ seasons are over. Neither qualified for the postseason.

Yankees release Kosuke Fukudome from Triple-A
Down to one: Lead shrinks further as Yanks fall to Rays

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