Chico Outlaws Win Golden Baseball League Title
September 19, 2010 - Golden Baseball League (GBL)
Victoria Seals News Release
Victoria, BC - The Victoria Seals are proud to announce that the Chico Outlaws have won the 2010 Golden Baseball League Championship Series, completing a three-game sweep of expansion Na Koa Ikaika Maui with a 7-1 win in Wailuku last night. The Outlaws became the first team in league history to go 6-0 in postseason play en route to the second championship banner in franchise history.
With 13 hits in the game and another night of outstanding pitching, the Outlaws got big innings in the third and eighth frames to put Na Koa Ikaika away and make a winner of Mark McLemore (2-0). The Chico starter went six and a third innings and allowed just one run on six hits and struck out three.
Wes Etheridge (1-2) got the ball for Maui and looked shaky early, surrendering a run to the Outlaws in the first inning on JJ Sherrill's RBI single. Etheridge finished the night after allowing 12 hits and five earned runs over seven innings, striking out five.
Chico plated three more runs in the third inning on four hits, including RBI base hits from Mikael Jova and Mark Samuelson, putting the Outlaws ahead 4-0. Na Koa Ikaika got their lone run of the game in the bottom of the third inning. Left fielder Travon Jackson led off with a single and advanced to third on Paul Nishimura's double. Etheridge then grounded out to second base, scoring Jackson to cut the lead to 4-1.
Blake Gailen's double off the left field wall in the fifth added another tally when Anthony Manuel scored after leading off the inning with a single, reestablishing the Outlaws lead of four runs at 5-1. A two-run blast off Gailen's bat in the eighth inning put the nail in the coffin in the 7-1 final score.
Outlaws centrefielder Blake Gailen was named the series Most Valuable Player, hitting .700 (7-10) with one homerun and three RBIs in the Championship Final, helping the Outlaws outscore Maui 17-4 in the three-game set. The 2010 title is the Outlaws second in the last four seasons, after Chico also claimed the 2007 Golden Baseball League Championship.
Keep your eye on the Seals website for the 2010 wrap up and much more off-season news this winter. Season tickets for the 2011 campaign are now on sale, available through the Victoria Seals office. Call (250) 220-7777 for more information, or to book your seat today!
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