Oneonta State product Chris Salamida ended his first professional season the same way he started it.

With a loss.

Salamida took the loss Friday in Game 3 of the New York-Penn League championship as his Tri-City ValleyCats fell, 2-0, to the Staten Island Yankees.

Staten Island won its second straight league title by taking the series, 2-1.

Salamida, whose only other loss came in a 4-3 decision against the Oneonta Tigers in his professional debut June 22, allowed two runs on five hits in six innings against the Yankees. He struck out three and walked none.

[an error occurred while processing this directive]Kyle Larsen had an RBI single in the first and a sacrifice fly in the third for Staten Island.

Salamida finished with a league-best 10-1 record during the regular season and got a no-decision in a first-round game against Auburn.

During the season, he pitched in 14 games, striking out 53 and walking 23 in 68 innings. Opponents batted .189 against Salamida, who finished with a 1.06 ERA.

Salamida went 8-2 with a 1.70 ERA to help Oneonta State to a 31-11 record this past spring. He was selected in the 13th round of the First-Year Player Draft in June.