09/17: Tampa and Staten Island Yankees Win League Titles
Posted by: Patrick
Danny Wild and John Torenli of MLB.com report that the Class A Tampa Yankees and the Short-Season Class A Staten Island Yankees won their respective league titles on Wednesday.
Tampa took the Florida State League championship in the fifth, final game of the series, beating the Charlotte Stone Crabs, 5-2. Meanwhile, Staten Island topped the Mahoning Valley Scrappers, 5-2, to finish at the top of the New York-Penn League.
Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre is facing elimination after dropping the first two games in the Governors' Cup Finals. They'll need to sweep the next three games to win the International League Championship.
Tampa took the Florida State League championship in the fifth, final game of the series, beating the Charlotte Stone Crabs, 5-2. Meanwhile, Staten Island topped the Mahoning Valley Scrappers, 5-2, to finish at the top of the New York-Penn League.
Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre is facing elimination after dropping the first two games in the Governors' Cup Finals. They'll need to sweep the next three games to win the International League Championship.