9/8 Minor League Playoff Report! CECILIANI, CENTENO!

A South Atlantic League: Savannah 3/10/1, Greenville 8/15/1, Savannah trails 1-0, best of 3

Armando Rodriguez got crushed for 7 runs (3 earned) in 3+ innings to put the Gnats down 1-0 in the best of 3 series. Games 2 and 3 take place at Grayson Stadium in Savannah. The Gnats offense had 10 hits and a 2/12 BB/K, while going just 2 for 13 (.154) with RISP and leaving 10 on base. Luis Nieves, Aderlin Rodriguez and Cody Holliday (4) had multi hit games, while Robbie Shields, Jordan Abruzzo, Travis Ozga and RJ Harris took 0-fers.

2b Luis Nieves 2 for 4, run, 2b (1), K
>>ph Lucas Stewart 0 for 1
>>>2b Jet Butler
cf Matt den Dekker 1 for 4
ss Robbie Shields 0 for 4, BB, K
dh Jordan Abruzzo 0 for 5, RBI, K
1b Travis Ozga 0 for 4, 2 Ks
c Juan Torres 1 for 4, 3 Ks
3b Aderlin Rodriguez 2 for 4, run, 2b (1), 2 Ks, E (1)
lf RJ Harris 0 for 3, BB, 2 Ks
rf Cody Holliday 4 for 4, run, 2 2b, RBI
Armando Rodriguez 3+ IP, 9 H, 7/3 R/ER, 1/3 BB/K, 9 era, L (0-1), 3:2:3
Marcos Tabata 2 IP, 3 H, 5 Ks, 0.00 era, 2:0:5, WP
John Church 2 IP, 3 H, ER, 4.50 era, 1:3:0
Josh Edgin IP, 3 Ks, 0.00 era

A- New York Penn League: Brooklyn 9/16/3, Jamestown 8/12/2, series tied at 1-1, Game 3 tomorrow.

Despite Wally Backman’s best efforts, the Cyclones won tonight, evening their playoff series at a game a piece. Why do I say this? With the game tied in the top of the 9th, and with Brooklyn being the home team, Backman brought in Hamilton Bennett, not Ryan Fraser, his closer, and Bennett promptly gave up a run on 2 hits, THEN Backman brought Fraser into the game. His backup closer, however, was also to blame, as Johan Figuereo got blitzed for 4 runs (3 earned) on 4 hits in 0.1 innings.

The Cyclones offense had 16 hits and a 4/4 BB/K, while going 5 for 14 (.357) with RISP and left 10 on base. Darrell Ceciliani, JB Brown, Joe Bonfe (3), Will Cherry, Juan Centeno (3) and James Schroeder had multi hit games, while Justin Schafer and Wilfredo Tovar took 0-fers. The Cyclones stole 4 bases, Ceciliani stole a pair.

cf Darrell Ceciliani 2 for 3, 2 runs, 3 BBs, .500, 2 SBs (3)
2b, 1b JB Brown 2 for 5, 2 RBI, K, .250
rf cory Vaughn 1 for 6, run, 2b (2), RBI (1), K, .300
1b Jeff Flagg 1 for 3, run, 2b, .500
>>pr, 2b Justin Schafer 0 for 3, .000
dh Joe Bonfe 3 for 5, 2 runs, .700
lf Will Cherry 2 for 6, 2b, 2 RBI, K, .300
c Juan Centeno 3 for 5, 2 2b (2), RBI (1), .333
>>pr ZeErika McQueen run
3b James Schroeder 2 for 5, run, RBI, .222
ss Wilfredo Tovar 0 for 3, BB, K, .143
Angel Cuan 7 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 3/5 BB/K, HR, 3.86 era, 14:1:5
Johan Figuereo 0.1 IP, 4 H, 4/3 R/ER, 81 era, BS (1), 1:
Adam Kolarek 0.2 IP, H, 2 Ks, 0.00 era
Hamilton Bennett 2 H, ER, inf ERA
Ryan Fraser 3 IP, H, 5 Ks, 4:0:5
AJ Pinera IP, 2 Ks, 0.00 era, W (1-0), 0:1:2