The River Bandits won game two of the Western Division Championship series on a three run, walk off home run by Nick Longmire. That makes for a sweep of the series and the team will move on to play either Lansing or Fort Wayne in a best of five championship series.
Author ArchiveGame one of the Midwest League Western Division Championship went to the Quad Cities River Bandits. Trevor Rosenthal pitched a nine inning shutout and there were offensive contributions from all over the lineup. The final score was 7-0. The Johnson City Cardinals are your Appalachian League Champions for the second year in a row. The farm went 4-2 overall. As we move towards wrapping up the minor league season, Matt Adams and Starlin Rodriguez push to end excellent seasons on a high note. The farm went 3-3 on a night when Palm Beach played a double header, Quad Cities was cancelled and Johnson City won game one of the three game Appalachian League championship series. There farm system was a near perfect 6-1 on a night when Batavia played a double header. There are a lot of good details coming your way. All five teams that played tonight won. Shelby Miller was at least one member of the Holy Triumvirate of Cardinal Pitching Prospects to grace us with a stellar performance on a night when all three took the mound. Details anyone? All six teams played, only two went home winners. Let’s get to it. The DFR debut of a high 2011 draft pick and some tough luck losers are coming your way. The farm went 2-4 on the night. Offense was the theme of the night as the farm system put up a record of 3-2. Batavia was postponed. With no aces on the mound, the starting pitching really struggled. Three teams gutted it out and the farm went 3-3 on the night. |

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