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Skeeters Rally and Advance to Championship Series

September 28, 2014 - Atlantic League (AtL)
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(York, P.A., September 28, 2014) - The Sugar Land Skeeters came back from a three-run deficit to beat the York Revolution 5-3 on Sunday afternoon and advance to the Atlantic League Championship Series for the first time in franchise history. The Skeeters will take on the Lancaster Barnstormers for the title in the best-of-five series beginning with home games on September 30th and October 1st.

David Pauley took the mound for Sugar Land and pitched 7.0 innings. The righty allowed three runs and collected three strikeouts before earning the win.

Down by three, Travis Denker hit a solo home run in the top of the second to put the Skeeters on the board.

Michael Rockett singled to center field to start off the top of the fifth. Dominic Ramos followed with another hit to center field and made it to second while Rockett advanced to third on an error by York's Tim Battle. Adam Godwin singled to left field and Rockett tacked on a run for the Skeeters. Ryan Langerhans stepped up to bat and hit a triple to right field, scoring Ramos and Godwin and putting Sugar Land in the lead. Langerhans then scored the final run of the game on a wild pitch by Alain Quijano

Andrew Johnston relieved Pauley in the eighth and pitched a scoreless inning. Roy Corocoran collected the save for the second game in a row after tossing the ninth and keeping the Revolution at just three runs.

For a complete box score of tonight's game, please visit www.SugarLandSkeeters.com.

POSTSEASON PLAY:

The Skeeters head home to take on the Lancaster Barnstormers in the first game of the Championship Series at 7:05 p.m. CT. at Constellation Field on September 30th.

Skeeters on ESPN3:

The Sugar Land Skeeters announced this year their ground-breaking, minor league baseball agreement with ESPN, who will gain the exclusive rights to place games on its digital and television networks. The deal will begin with Skeeters home-game coverage throughout the 2014 season.

All games will be produced live and may be accessible online at WatchESPN.com and SugarLandSkeeters.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app and streamed on televisions through ESPN on Xbox LIVE to Gold members, Apple TV, Roku and Amazon Fire TV.

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