An absolutely ridiculous season finale was cut short due to rain after eight innings with Indianapolis getting the win and heading to its playoff series against Charlotte on Wednesday. How crazy was this one? Jeff Larish aimed to play all nine positions, and he was on track to do so as he actually recorded an out in the bottom of the seventh and only catching remained. But the game was called before Larish accomplished the rare feat. Even weirder, Larish was credited with the save! The wackiness didn't stop there: in order to get Larish on the mound, Jose Diaz, who is listed at 300 pounds but might weight more, played second base for a third of an inning. His spot came up to bat in the eighth inning, and he reached base on an error and moved to second. Diaz then somehow stole third base, which automatically has to qualify as the worst moment in Louisville catcher Brian Peacock's career. Diaz then scored on a single by Chase d'Arnaud, who had a 3-for-4 day. d'Arnaud, who was originally sent to Bradenton after his demotion from Pittsburgh, will likely remain with Indianapolis through its playoff stretch and then move back up to Pittsburgh at the conclusion of the Indians' season. Anderson Hernandez had two hits. Also, Chad Qualls pitched the first inning in a rehab outing and struck out all three batters he faced. Daniel McCutchen grabbed his seventh win of the year by pitching two innings of scoreless relief right after Qualls.
AA Altoona | Altoona 2 Erie 1
Altoona finished its season with a winning 72-70 record by edging Erie in its season finale. Brandon Cumpton pitched six innings and allowed one run on two hits with three walks and three strikeouts. Cumpton finished the season with a 12-11 record and a 3.84 ERA. Victor Black capped an amazing season by earning his 13th save with a scoreless ninth frame. Black had a 1.65 ERA and 85 strikeouts in 60 innings compared to 29 walks. Kelson Brown went 4-for-4 with a double to lead the Curve's offensive charge. The team was without stalwarts Matt Curry and Ramon Cabrera who were promoted to Indianapolis over the weekend to help for the playoff run. New starting catcher Charlie Cutler smacked two triples. Adalberto Santos went 0-for-5 but still finished the year with a .340 average.
A West Virginia | West Virginia 4 Delmarva 1
Zack von Rosenberg finished his season on an extremely high note by hurling a complete game against Delmarva and earning his fifth win of 2012. Von Rosenberg gave up one run in the Power's final contest of the year, and that was on a solo home run. Von Rosenberg allowed three hits and didn't walk a batter while fanning two. He lowered his ERA to 4.36 with the performance. Gregory Polanco sat out the finale, and Alen Hanson went 0-for-4 to drop his average to .309, which seems like a season-low right at the tail end, but it was still a breakout season for both Polanco and Hanson. Eric Avila probably wishes 2012 wasn't coming to a close, as he mashed right up to the end by going 3-for-4 with his 11th home run of the season and eighth since the beginning of August. Alex Fuselier also homered for the Power, which was his first in low-A. Dan Gamache went 2-for-4 and smacked his 40th double of the year and ended with a .285 average and .780 OPS.
A Bradenton | Bradenton
Bradenton's season finished on Sunday.
A State College | Williamsport 7 State College 2
Dilson Herrera has pounded the ball since his promotion from the Gulf Coast League last week, and did so on Monday by going 2-for-4 with a double and is now hitting .368. But the rest of the lifeless Spikes offense combined for just three other hits and Joely Rodriguez furthered his late-season blowup by getting shellacked for seven runs in 4.1 innings in a defeat to Williamsport. Samuel Gonzalez tripled and walked, and Jared Lakind and Chris Diaz had the only other hits for the Spikes. State College did walk nine times but couldn't take advantage enough and scored just two runs. Rodriguez allowed all seven runs on 11 hits while walking and striking out one apiece. Ryan Hafner finally had a good outing as the season winds down, as he pitched three shutout innings and gave up two hits and one walk with one strikeout to lower his Spikes' ERA to 6.08.