FINALS Roughriders 7, Conlin Baseball 5 August 8, 2006 Game 1 - Finals BELLMAWR - The Roughriders used a quick start and timely relief work to post a 7-5 opening game victory over Conlin Baseball in the 2006 TriCounty Championship Series. A four-run first was highlighted by Steve Wyland's bases loaded, two-run single. Wyland would end up at third when the ball was misplayed in left field, allowing all three runs to score. In the third, the Roughs used a Dave Vadurro single and pair of walks to load the bases for Brian Reagle, who singled in two to make it 6-1. Dan Severino singled home another that same inning to make it 7-1. Starter Brian Spicer scattered 10 hits over 6 2/3 innings, striking out three and walking six. Reliever Ryan Smith came on with the bases loaded and the score 7-5 to record the last out and earn his second save of the playoffs. Game Two is scheduled for 7pm tomorrow night in Bellmawr. Courier-Post Coverage of Game 1 Roughriders 3, Conlin Baseball 1 August 9, 2006 Game 2 - Finals BELLMAWR - The Roughriders, riding the arm of starting pitcher Mike Cummings, defeated Conlin Baseball 3-1 on Wednesday night and swept the 2006 TriCounty Championship Series. Cummings went the distance, allowing an unearned run on six hits and six strikeouts. The Roughs got on the board in their first at-bat when Dave Vadurro delivered a two-out single, scoring Ian Wallace who had doubled. That score stood until the fifth when Mike Carlino and Jim Nastasi both singled. A walk to Steve Wyland setup a sacrifice fly by Brian Reagle, scoring Carlino to make it 2-0. In the sixth, Dan Severino sliced a triple down the left field line and promptly scored on Wallace's sacrifice fly for a 3-0 lead as the game moved to the seventh. Conlin scratched out a run to make it 3-1, but Cummings induced a series-ending double play with the go-ahead run at the plate to seal the win. Wallace finished the game with a double, RBI, and run scored while Nastasi went 3-4. The Roughs went a perfect 6-0 through the playoffs and finish the season with an overall record of 22-6-1. Courier-Post Coverage of Game 2 Series Notes: -Both Roughrider championships have come versus Conlin Baseball (1993,2006) -The Roughriders are 2-1 all-time in championship series -The Roughriders are now 2-4 all-time in playoff series versus Conlin Baseball