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THUNDER BAY -- The Chemung Crawdads will battle the Mad City Paddlers in the first round of the playoffs.

Stone Mountain (95-67)
Lineup Pos AVG HR RBI
Podsednik LF .311 10 41
Jones 3B .253 10 41
Hamilton CF .368 31 108
McCann C .284 14 56
Kendrick 2B .268 4 74
Byrd RF .279 7 57
Sanchez 1B .295 17 83
Escobar SS .224 2 40
Pitcher P --- -- --
Reserves
Soriano LF .320 6 40
Young SS .322 16 56
Varitek C .389 6 21
Gload 1B .183 0 6
Starters W-L ERA K BB
Liriano 15-9 3.70 196 74
Matusz 15-11 3.86 155 60
Dempster 14-11 4.54 166 72
Wainright 13-10 3.24 215 50
Bullpen W-L Sv ERA K
Lyon 3-6 41 3.04 43
Ogando 2-1 2 3.29 36
Sanches 3-1 1 3.05 50
Santos 1-3 1 3.78 49
Happ 12-2 0 2.72 68
Burnett 3-1 0 1.83 66
Beachy 2-1 0 2.84 21
Rauch 2-1 0 4.05 50

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Beartooth defeats Stone Mountain in 5.

Andrew McCutchen hit .500 with an OBP of .565, scored 7 runs, hit 2 homers, 3 doubles and drove in 6 from the leadoff spot. Rickie Weeks and Jay Bruce contributed offensively, both hitting .278 with a homerun a piece. ARod hit .200, but drove in 5 runs and hit one homer. After being "called out" by Mike Bush for his lack of performance in big games, ARod hit his lone homer in his next plate appearance. McCutchen was too much to handle for the Confederates pitching staff and he carried Beartooth offensively to the 4-1 series victory. Josh Hamilton tried to keep the Confederates moving forward as he hit .474 with 2 homers and 5 RBIs, but timely hits from other players with runners in scoring position just did not come to pass.

Cliff Lee outdueled Adam Wainwright two times, gaining the vicotry in both games. Johnny Cueto and Tommy Hanson won the other two games for Beartooth. Mike Adams was lights out, recording 2 saves. Outside of Game 4, the Beartooth pitching staff rolled through the Confederates lineup with hardly a hiccup. They finished with a team ERA of 2.80 and a WHIP of 1.27. Contrasted by a Stone Mountain pitching staff that posted a 5.02 ERA and a WHIP of 1.51, one has to gaze no further to determine why this series ended quickly.

Recipe for Beartooth victory: Quality pitching and an en fuego Andrew McCutchen.

Game 1 Beartooth 4, Stone Mountain 1

Game 2 Beartooth 6, Stone Mountain 1

Game 3 Stone Mountain 9, Beartooth 6

Game 4 Beartooth 6, Stone Mountain 2

Game 5 Beartooth 4, Stone Mountain 3

 

 

Beartooth (89-73)
Lineup Pos AVG HR RBI
McCutchen CF .268 18 69
Heyward RF .284 15 49
Fielder 1B .236 20 69
Rodriguez 3B .266 22 94
Bruce RF .260 19 68
Weeks 2B .294 30 106
Martinez C .295 16 82
Andrus SS .244 3 51
Pitcher P --- -- --
Reserves
Jones OF .231 21 52
Gordon UT .202 5 26
Rodriguez 2B .321 6 24
Lopez IF .148 0 2
Starters W-L ERA K BB
Hanson 15-10 3.76 184 46
Lee 14-7 3.40 186 22
Cueto 11-11 4.14 152 54
Baker 9-9 3.89 148 40
Bullpen W-L Sv ERA K
Adams 3-5 36 3.84 66
League 4-5 5 3.86 42
Leake 8-6 0 5.74 71
Volquez 5-4 0 3.16 80
Marshall 5-5 0 1.88 77
Ziegler 4-7 0 3.88 17
Runzler 3-1 0 2.66 19
Janssen 1-2 0 3.90 49