The Final Minor Lines -- Sox Farm Teams Come Up Short

Well, that'll do it folks. For the last 150-or-so days, I've been doing my best to keep to a semi-punctual schedule, but I figured having gotten behind about a week or so I'd let the series play themselves out. Too bad they had to play out this way--Lowell lost in the semis and Salem and Greenville put up little opposition in their respective championship matches. But still, it's been an interesting year in the minor with plenty of good (Kelly, Westmoreland, Tazawa, and of course Clay Buchholz) and plenty of bad (Oh Lars, why? Why?), but definitely interesting.

So, without further ado, I present you the rather disappointing and anti-climactic final minor lines of the 2009 season.

9/12

Lowell vs. Staten Island Game 3 L 1-5
Lowell loses series 2-1

Box Score
Derrik Gibson: 1-4, 2 K, CS
Chris McGuiness: 0-3, BB, K
Michael Almanzar: 2-4

9/14

Salem vs. Lynchburg Game 1 L 2-9
Lynchburg leads series 1-0

Box Score
Che-Hsuan Lin: 0-3, BB, A
David Mailman: 0-1
Anthony Rizzo: 1-4, 2B, BB, 2 K
Tim Federowicz: 1-4

Greenville vs Lakewood Game 1 L 3-6
Lakewood leads series 1-0

Box Score
Pete Hissey: 1-5, K
Ryan Lavarnway: 0-3, 2 BB, K, E
Will Middlebrooks: 1-3, 2B, 2 BB, K
Shannon Wilkerson: 2-4, K, SB, CS
Casey Kelly: 2-4, 2B, K
Oscar Tejeda: 0-3, BB, 2 K
Brock Huntzinger: 6 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 1 HR

9/15

Salem vs. Lynchburg Game 2 L 4-5
Lynchburg leads series 2-0

Box Score
Che-Hsuan Lin: 0-4, K
Anthony Rizzo: 1-4, K
Tim Federowicz: 1-4, 2 K
Stephen Fife: 5 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, E

Greenville vs. Lakewood Game 2 L 0-3
Lakewood leads series 2-0

Box Score
Pete Hissey: 0-4
Ryan Lavarnway: 2-4, 2 K
Will Middlebrooks: 0-4, 2 K, E
Shannon Wilkerson: 1-4
Casey Kelly: 2-4, K
Oscar Tejeda: 0-4, K
Caleb Clay: 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K

9/17

Salem vs. Lynchburg Game 3 L 7-8
Lynchburg sweeps series 3-0

Box Score
Anthony Rizzo: 2-5, K, E
Tim Federowicz: 1-4, K
Kyle Weiland: 1.1 IP, 4 H, 7 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, K, E

Greenville vs. Lakewood Game 3 W 3-2
Pete Hissey: 3-4, 2B, SB

Box Score
Shannon Wilkerson: 1-4, K, SB
Ryan Lavarnway: 0-4, K
Will Middlebrooks: 0-2, 2 BB, K
Casey Kelly: 1-4, 2 K
Oscar Tejeda: 0-3, K
Stolmy Pimentel: 5 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

9/18

Greenville vs. Lakewood Game 4 L 1-5
Lakewood wins the series 3-1

Box Score
Pete Hissey: 1-4, 2 K
Shannon Wilkerson: 0-4, K
Ryan Lavarnway: 2-4
Casey Kelly: 0-3
Derrik Gibson: 0-3, K
Oscar Tejeda: 0-2, K