SEMI-FINALS
| Roughriders 10, Wash. Twp. Senators 2 | July 30, 2018 Game 1 - Semi-Finals |
| WASHINGTON TWP - The Roughrider offense continued to roll, this time scoring 10 runs, and defeated the Senators 10-2 to take the first game of their best-of-three Semi-Final playoff series. Tom Daly’s bases clearing double in the third inning proved to be the game breaker, as the Roughs erased a 1-0 deficit by scoring six times. Ronny Silvestro, John Tedeschi, and Mike Byrnes also delivered RBI hits in the inning. Zach Welsher took things over from there, hurling a complete game, five-hitter. He struck out nine and walked three to earn his fourth win in 2018. Daly finished the game with three hits and four RBI. Game Two is scheduled for tomorrow night at Alcyon Park beginning at 7pm. | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | |
| WTS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| ROU | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | x | 10 | 14 |
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W-Welsher (4-2) 2B: Daly (5), Gosse' (4), Silvestro (1), Tedeschi (4), Byrnes (8) | |||||||||
| Roughriders 14, Wash. Twp. Senators 0 | July 31, 2018 Game 2 - Semi-Finals |
| PITMAN - Drew Dark extended his consecutive scoreless streak to 20 innings, and the Roughriders used a season-high 19 hits to defeat the Senators 14-0 and sweep their Semi-Final playoff series. Dark won his team-leading sixth game, allowing only three hits and striking out three in his fifth complete game of the season. Ronny Silvestro went 4-4 (HR, 3 RBI, 3 RS) and Mike Byrnes 3-5 (2B, HR, 3 RBI, 2 RS) to lead an offense which has scored double digit runs in four straight playoff games. The win advances the Roughs into the Finals for a second consecutive year. | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | |
| ROU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 19 |
| WTS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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W-Dark (6-1) 2B: Parkinson (5), Cornelius (8), Byrnes (9), Pierznik (3) HR: Byrnes (2), Silvestro (3) | |||||||||
Series Notes:
-This was the third playoff meeting between the two franchises. The Roughriders swept a Quarter Final
series in 2013, and the Senators took a Quarter Final series 2-1 in 2016
-The Roughriders advance to the Finals for the fifth time in their history (1992, '93, 2006, '17)
-This is the Roughriders' first back-to-back visits to the Finals since the 1992/'93 seasons.
-The Roughriders advance to the Finals for the fifth time in their history (1992, '93, 2006, '17)
-This is the Roughriders' first back-to-back visits to the Finals since the 1992/'93 seasons.