The Staten Island Yankees have announced the five finalists for their new team nickname, and they’re all pretty bad. The five: Bridge Trolls, Heroes, Killer Bees, Pizza Rats, and Rock Pigeons. Apparently over 2,000 names were submitted by fans. You can vote right here. The only correct answer is the Staten Island Killer Bees (NSFW language!).
Triple-A Scranton (7-0 win over Lehigh Valley) they lead the best-of-five series two games to none
- CF Mason Williams: 2-5, 1 R, 1 RBI — Shane Hennigan says Williams made two great catches too, so he’s had a big impact on both sides of the ball this series … remember, he hit the game-winning home run in Game One yesterday
- LF Clint Frazier: 1-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K
- 3B Donovan Solano: 3-5, 1 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K — what a great season he’s having
- 1B Chris Parmelee: 1-4, 1 RBI, 2 K
- DH Cesar Puello: 0-4, 1 R, 2 K
- C Kyle Higashioka: 1-4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K
- RF Jake Cave: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K
- LHP Phil Coke: 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, 10/1 GB/FB — 65 of 94 pitches were strikes (58%) … veteran lefty with a gem in Game Two of a postseason series?