DotF: Estrada leads Staten Island to Championship Series

Triple-A Scranton (6-1 loss to Indianapolis) they trail the best-of-five series two games to none … Game Three is tomorrow night

• DH Slade Heathcott: 1-3, 1 BB — guessing he’ll get called up should they not come back to win the series
• 2B Ali Castillo: 2-4, 1 R, 1 CS
• CF Ben Gamel: 2-4, 1 2B
• C Gary Sanchez: 0-4, 1 RBI, 1 E (throwing) — hamstring is healthy enough to catch today
• 1B Kyle Roller: 0-4, 2 K — followed up his big 2014 season by hitting .232/.339/.390 (112 wRC+) this year
• RF Aaron Judge: 1-3
• 3B Cole Figueroa: 0-3
• SS Gregorio Petit: 0-3
• LF Jake Cave: 0-3, 2 K — they didn’t get any help from the bottom of the lineup
• LHP Eric Wooten: 4.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 5 B, 2 K, 1 WP, 7/1 GB/FB — 47 of 84 pitches were strikes (56%), plus he picked a runner off first
• RHP Cesar Vargas: 3.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 7/0 GB/FB — 35 of 55 pitches were strikes (64%) … spared the bullpen for Game Three tomorrow night

Short Season Staten Island (10-5 win over Tri-City) they won the best-of-three series two games to none and have advanced to the NY-Penn League Championship Series … they’ll play the winner of the West Virginia vs. Williamsport series … West Virginia leads the series one game to none, Game Two is tomorrow and Game Three the next day, if necessary

• 2B Thairo Estrada: 3-6, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI — Autumn of Thairo continues … he went 6-for-10 with a walk in the two games
• CF Jeff Hendrix: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI — 4-for-10 with a walk in the series
• LF Trey Amburgey: 1-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K
• 1B Ryan Krill: 1-5, 1 R, 2 K
• RF Junior Valera: 2-5, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 K
• DH Brandon Wagner: 1-2, 3 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 3 BB — two-run homer in the first gave them a nice and early 4-0 lead
• 3B Drew Bridges: 1-5, 2 RBI, 1 K
• C Eduardo de Oleo: 3-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI
• SS Kyle Holder: 1-5, 1 RBI
• RHP Domingo Acevedo: 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 9/3 GB/FB — 57 of 82 pitches were strikes (70%) … boy, RHP James Kaprielian in Game One and Acevedo in Game Two are as good a 1-2 punch as you’ll find in short season ball
• LHP James Reeves: 0.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 WP — 20 of 28 pitches were strikes (71%)
• RHP Matt Borens: 1.1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 3/0 GB/FB — eight of 15 pitches were strikes (53%) … put out the fire before Reeves made the game interesting
• RHP Yoel Espinal: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 0/1 GB/FB — 14 of 20 pitches were strikes (20%)

The season is over for Double-A Trenton, High-A Tampa, Low-A Charleston, and both Rookie GCL Yanks affiliates. None of them qualified for the postseason. Rookie Pulaski qualified for the playoffs but was eliminated in the first round.