Roughriders Baseball
2011 Year In Review


QTR FINALS

Roughriders 4, Golden Nugget 1 August 4, 2011
Game 1 - Qtr Finals
HADDONFIELD - Mike Reagle pitched a complete game, six-hitter in the Roughriders' 4-1 victory over Golden Nugget. The win puts the Roughs up 1-0 in the best-of-three Quarter Final series. Locked in a scoreless tie through three innings, the Roughriders would score all the runs they needed in the fourth. Chris Vonderschmidt reached on an an error and Phil Guinto was hit by pitch, setting up Ryan Easterday's double which scored Vonderschmidt for a 1-0 lead. Eric Juliani's two-run single to left scored Guinto and Easterday to make it 3-0. After a Mike McGee single, Dan Snyder's RBI groundout increased the lead to 4-0. Reagle struck out two and walked four, yielding the one run in the seventh inning. Game Two is Friday at 7:15pm in Berlin.
Roughriders 6, Golden Nugget 2 August 5, 2011
Game 2 - Qtr Finals
BERLIN - Adriano Petrutz drove in four runs with a homerun and a double, leading the Roughriders to a 6-2 victory and a sweep of their Quarter Final series versus Golden Nugget. Dan Snyder pitched a two-hit, complete game to earn the win. Trailing 1-0 in the third, Petrutz launched a homer to left with Chirs Bartell and Andrew Juliani aboard for a 3-1 lead. A sacrifice fly by Ryan Easterday, scoring Rory McTear, made it 4-1 after three innings. Petrutz doubled in Bartell (2-4, RBI, 2 RS) for a 5-1 lead in the fourth. Bartell's RBI single in the seventh closed out the scoring for the visitors. Snyder was in command the entire night, striking out three and allowing just an earned run. Petrutz finished with three hits on the evening. The Roughriders will face Pat's Steaks, the five seed, in the Semi-Finals beginning on Sunday. Game time is 7:30pm.
Series Notes:

-This was the first playoff meeting between the two franchises

-Golden Nugget swept the regular season series from the Roughriders, 2-0

-Reagle and Synder earned their first post season wins with the Roughriders

-The Roughriders advance to the Semi-Finals for the 14th time in their history