The No. 2 seeded Bristol Blues (36-25) capped their inaugural season with a run throughout the 2015 FCBL Playoffs that reached all the way to the final game of the championship series. The Blues took the No.6-seed Worcester Bravehearts (30-31) to a third game on Sunday, Aug. 16 at Muzzy Field in Bristol but were defeated, 6-4, in an extra inning contest that decided the league title. In the first inning, Davis Strong doubled and advanced to third base on a wild pitch. Willy Yahn gave the Blues a 1-0 lead after hitting into a fielder’s choice that scored Strong, but the Bravehearts responded with two run rallies in the fourth and seventh to take a 4-1 lead into the eighth inning. That’s when the rally started. With no outs and Strong (walked) on first, Yahn drove him in with a double to the centerfield wall for his second RBI of the game. Two outs later, Tyler Packanik scored Yahn with a first-pitch double that scooted by the right fielder. Dylan Morris substituted Griffin Garabedian and came in to score Packanik on base hit, tying the score at 4-4 and eventually sending the game into extra innings. All the Bravehearts […]
The No. 2 seeded Bristol Blues (36-25) capped their inaugural season with a run throughout the 2015 FCBL Playoffs that reached all the way to the final game of the championship series. The Blues took the No.6-seed Worcester Bravehearts (30-31) to a third game on Sunday, Aug. 16 at Muzzy Field in Bristol but were defeated, 6-4, in an extra inning contest that decided the league title. In the first inning, Davis Strong doubled and advanced to third base on a wild pitch. Willy Yahn gave the Blues a 1-0 lead after hitting into a fielder’s choice that scored Strong, but the Bravehearts responded with two run rallies in the fourth and seventh to take a 4-1 lead into the eighth inning. That’s when the rally started. With no outs and Strong (walked) on first, Yahn drove him in with a double to the centerfield wall for his second RBI of the game. Two outs later, Tyler Packanik scored Yahn with a first-pitch double that scooted by the right fielder. Dylan Morris substituted Griffin Garabedian and came in to score Packanik on base hit, tying the score at 4-4 and eventually sending the game into extra innings. All the Bravehearts […]