NYPL Tri-City ValleyCats

Wernes Wins Batting Title in 6-1 Victory over Tigers

Published on September 7, 2015 under New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Tri-City ValleyCats News Release


TROY, NY - Bobby Wernes went 2-for-5 with a double, finishing his season with a league-best .351 batting average, as the Tri-City ValleyCats topped the Connecticut Tigers 6-1, to wrap up the 2015 New York-Penn League regular season, at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium, on Monday night.

Wernes helped get the 'Cats in the scoring column in the bottom of the first frame, when he beat out an infield single that drew a throwing error by the Tigers shortstop, which scored Aaron Mizell from second base.

Two frames later, Wernes led off the bottom of the third with a double to right field, before advancing to third on a single by Kolbey Carpenter, and coming home on an RBI base hit by Cesar Carrasco.

The ValleyCats would go on to score three more runs in the bottom of the third, as Hector Roa drove home Carpenter and Carrasco with a two-run single to center field, before scoring himself on a ground-rule double by Brooks Marlow.

Carrasco would go on to score the 'Cats final run in the bottom of the seventh, when he came home on a RBI single by Anthony Hermelyn, after leading off the inning with a double. He led Tri-City in the hit column, finishing 3-for-4, with a double, one run batted in, and two runs scored.

Also posting multi-hit nights were Carpenter (2-for-4 with a run scored), Hermelyn (2-for-3 with a run batted in), Keach Ballard (2-for-4), and Wernes, whose 2-for-5 night helped him become the fifth Tri-City ValleyCat in team history to win the NYPL Batting Title. He also led the league in on base percentage, with a .438 clip.

Also finishing at the top of the NYPL leaderboard in offensive categories included Johnny Sewald, who topped the league in stolen bases (31), runs scored (57), and tied for first in walks (46). Also, left fielder Aaron Mizell's 7 triples tied for the most in the NYPL. Sewald's stolen bases, runs, and walks, as well as Mizell's triples, set ValleyCats' single season records. As a team, the ValleyCats led the league with 365 runs scored, 319 runs batted in, 297 walks, a .345 on base percentage, and finished second with 38 home runs. The Tri-City pitchers also led the league in strikeouts, with 635.

Monday's win over Connecticut gave the 'Cats a record of 42-33 and they will now face the 41-34 Staten Island Yankees in the Semi-Final round, to begin the 2015 New York-Penn League playoffs.

Game 1 of the series will begin at 7 p.m., on Wednesday, September 9, at Richmond County Ballpark, in Staten Island, N.Y., before the two squads head to Joseph L. Bruno Stadium on Thursday, September 10, also with a 7pm start time. If necessary, Game 3 will also take place at "The Joe," on Friday.

To purchase 2015 playoff tickets, or for more information, visit the Tri-City ValleyCats Box Office, log on to www.tcvalleycats.com, or call 518-629-CATS.

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