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September 8, 2011 Edition – Sports Section – B
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September 8, 2011 Edition – Sports Section – B
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Cyclones-Yankees Renew Rivalry In NYP Semifinals By Chris Winkler Star Sports Editor
As Minor League Baseball teams head into playoff week all across the country, the Brooklyn Cyclones (New York Mets) and Staten Island Yankees (New York Yankees) highlight the New York PennLeague playoffs in 2011. The division rivals in the NYP who have players born into one of baseballs best rivalries will get to take another swing at each other with a spot in the championship on the line. The teams went on opposite
streaks to end the year as Brooklyn swept Staten Island on the final weekend of the season to ensure the wild card spot, en route to grabbing the second best record in the league. In fact the Cyclones won their final six games and 10 out of their last 11 and easily enter the playoffs as the hottest team in the league. Leading the way has been eighth-round pick Daniel Muno. The rookie from Fresno State has been a staple in the leadoff spot, hitting a ridiculous .355 in 59 games for the Cyclones.
Shortstop Brandon Brown, a 22nd-round pick from South Alabama in 2010 is also having a big year for the Mets farmhand, batting .303 with six homeruns. The Cyclones have a loaded offense — a good sign for any disgruntled Mets fans out there — that is also boosted by Travis Taijeron, who is tied for third for the league lead in homeruns with nine. The Yankees have a collection of bats themselves, led by 2010 fourth round pick Mason Williams. Williams, a center fielder who just turned 20 years old is hitting .349
— trailing only Muno in that category — and also has three homeruns on the season. Fellow 2010 high draft pick (10th round) is Benjamin Gamel, the 19-year-old right fielder hits third for the club and is batting .289. Behind him is third baseman Tyler Austin, another 2010 draft pick out of high school who has been crushing the ball at both the Single-A and Rookie League play, combining for a .354 average on the year. Tuesday night’s game was rained out, so the club’s opened the series in Brooklyn late last night.
cut lose to Lowell to have the teams finish tied, which would then have the division title be awarded to Vermont based on head-to-head wins. Vermont did their part, coming five runs down to win, and got some help from the Lowell Spinners, who defeated Connecticut in 16 innings. Amazingly, it is the first playoff appearance for Vermont since 1996. The 15-year wait showed as the Lake Monsters wasted no time jumping in front. They scored four runs in the first inning of Game 1, en route to winning 7-1.
In the other semi-final, the Auburn Doubledays (Washington Nationals) take on the Vermont Lake Monsters (Oakland A’s). After winning six straight Pinckney Division titles from 2002-07, the Doubledays return to the playoffs for the first time since, but do so this year under the Nationals affiliation, which started this season. The Lake Monsters finished tied for the sixth best record in the NYPL, but clinched their playoff spot on a dramatic final day of the season. The club needed to win (already riding a three-game winning streak) and have Connecti-
2011 Final New York-Penn League Standings McNamara Division Club Staten Island - x Brooklyn - y Hudson Valley Aberdeen
W 45 45 37 24
L 28 29 39 51
PCT .616 .608 .487 .320
GB 0.5 9.5 22.0
Home 24-12 24-14 21-15 13-24
Away 21-16 21-15 16-24 11-27
L 10 6-4 9-1 5-5 2-8
Streak L4 W6 W1 L1
Club Vermont - x Connecticut Tri-City Lowell
W 39 39 33 29
L 35 35 42 45
PCT .527 .527 .440 .392
GB 6.5 10.0
Home 23-15 22-16 20-18 15-22
Away 16-20 17-19 13-24 14-23
L 10 6-4 6-4 3-7 3-7
Streak W4 L1 L4 W1
Stedler Division
Division Winner – x Wild Card Winner – y
Player Brent Keys Austin Barnes Terrence Dayleg Jobduan Morales Rand Smith Pedro Mendoza Eddie Rodriguez Brian McConkey Joshua Adams Alfredo Lopez Ryan Goetz Marquise Cooper Nestor Castillo Rony Peralta Viosergy Rosa Kentrell Dewitt Yefri Perez Ryan McIntyre Nathan Woods Jose Behar
Player Josh Hodges Jose Urena Matthew Neil Helpi Reyes Thomas Peale Daniel Oliver Curtis Petersen Charles Wier Alfredo Buret Blake Brewer Brad Mincey Frankie Reed Jheyson Manzueta Gregory Nappo Holden Sprague Kenneth Toves Jake Esch Stephen Richards Tyler Topp Chris Squires Miguel Mejia Albaro Estevez Jose Rodriguez Collin Cargill Jose Fernandez Scott Lyman Charlie Lowell Alfredo Lopez
POS OF C 2B C OF SS C 1B IF 2B 3B CF LF 3B 1B OF SS OF OF C
W 8 4 2 1 3 1 3 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
G 26 57 62 52 30 35 28 34 53 14 61 60 34 23 41 32 24 23 10 1
L 1 7 3 6 2 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Pinckney Division Club Auburn - x Williamsport Mahoning Valley Batavia Jamestown State College
W 45 43 41 37 35 31
L 30 33 34 38 40 44
PCT .600 .566 .547 .493 .467 .413
GB 2.5 4.0 8.0 10.0 14.0
R 13 33 33 31 15 10 11 14 26 8 32 32 19 7 16 13 6 11 3 0
H 36 63 66 49 31 33 22 32 50 11 56 40 25 20 30 23 17 14 7 0
2B 2 13 14 10 4 4 5 3 13 0 9 5 1 1 9 2 5 1 2 0
3B 0 0 3 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 0
HR 1 1 4 4 3 0 0 2 2 0 2 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0
Staten Island vs. Brooklyn (Series tied 0-0) Game 1: (Wednesday) Staten Island at Brooklyn Game 2 (Thursday): Brooklyn at Staten Island Game 3 (Friday): Brooklyn at Staten Island - *
G 15 15 13 15 15 9 23 21 27 21 12 12 10 5 7 9 8 11 7 4 6 7 1 2 1 2 2 2
GS 15 15 13 12 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IP 87.2 72.2 66.1 60.1 48.1 34.2 31.0 30.2 29.0 23.0 22.2 17.2 16.1 14.0 12.1 12.0 11.2 11.0 10.1 9.2 9.0 9.0 4.0 3.0 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.1
L 10 5-5 6-4 6-4 4-6 3-7 6-4
Streak L1 W1 W4 W1 L4 L1
Auburn vs. Vermont (Vermont Leads 1-0) Game 1: Auburn 1, Vermont 7 Game 2 (Wednesday): Vermont at Auburn Game 3 (Thursday): Vermont at Auburn - *
RBI 12 19 30 23 12 9 12 14 29 3 25 22 9 9 18 13 10 5 2 0
TB 41 79 98 81 44 37 29 41 69 11 75 59 30 24 44 35 24 15 12 0
H 90 74 69 64 41 48 28 28 32 15 19 21 15 4 11 8 13 13 9 10 5 18 3 5 4 4 1 1
R 39 38 26 43 21 28 23 10 14 13 8 12 13 0 12 0 10 16 6 5 4 11 4 2 5 1 0 0
BB 2 25 19 32 10 5 7 18 18 2 31 25 7 2 7 9 2 10 0 0
SO 9 22 46 38 19 11 14 24 36 10 51 54 21 19 54 34 16 16 8 1
SB 6 6 3 0 4 1 0 1 1 4 4 14 7 1 0 4 3 3 0 0
Jamestown Jammers 2011 Final Pitching Stats
ERA 3.39 4.33 3.26 5.37 3.17 7.27 5.52 2.64 4.03 4.30 3.18 6.11 6.61 0.00 8.03 0.00 4.63 10.64 5.23 4.66 4.00 11.00 6.75 6.00 19.29 4.50 0.00 0.00
Away 20-17 17-22 19-19 17-20 16-21 13-25
Playoffs
Jamestown Jammers 2011 Final Hitting Stats
AB 106 219 242 180 115 131 89 130 205 45 233 182 114 92 143 115 86 74 38 4
Home 25-13 26-11 22-15 20-18 19-19 18-19
ER 33 35 24 36 17 28 19 9 13 11 8 12 12 0 11 0 6 13 6 5 4 11 3 2 5 1 0 0
HR 7 4 6 0 2 3 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
HB 9 3 3 6 2 3 3 2 2 8 1 1 4 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
BB 18 29 5 28 14 12 24 9 14 30 6 5 7 3 13 4 6 15 5 0 1 7 3 0 3 0 2 0
If necessary - *
CS 2 1 3 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
OBP .352 .369 .344 .385 .339 .285 .323 .342 .298 .306 .330 .335 .270 .240 .258 .260 .213 .303 .179 .000
SO 50 48 61 32 27 37 22 26 28 30 14 16 13 22 15 13 11 13 10 8 10 10 3 1 4 2 4 0
SLG .387 .361 .405 .450 .383 .282 .326 .315 .337 .244 .322 .324 .263 .261 .308 .304 .279 .203 .316 .000
WHIP 1.23 1.42 1.12 1.52 1.14 1.73 1.68 1.21 1.59 1.96 1.10 1.47 1.35 0.50 1.95 1.00 1.63 2.55 1.35 1.03 0.67 2.78 1.50 1.67 3.00 2.00 1.50 0.75
AVG .340 .288 .273 .272 .270 .252 .247 .246 .244 .244 .240 .220 .219 .217 .210 .200 .198 .189 .184 .000
HLD 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 4 3 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GF 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 3 23 12 1 3 4 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 2