Heartbreak for Potomac in 2-1 Mills Cup Championship Game Loss
Buies Creek, NC-In heartbreaking fashion, the Potomac Nationals (0-1) fell 2-1 to the Buies Creek Astros (1-0) in a hurricane-shortened one-game Mills Cup Championship matchup on Tuesday night. Potomac took a 1-0 lead into the bottom of the eighth inning and came within four outs of a championship, but a
Buies Creek, NC-In heartbreaking fashion, the Potomac Nationals (0-1) fell 2-1 to the Buies Creek Astros (1-0) in a hurricane-shortened one-game Mills Cup Championship matchup on Tuesday night. Potomac took a 1-0 lead into the bottom of the eighth inning and came within four outs of a championship, but a two-out solo home run from 1B
With what was scheduled to be a best-of-five series between Buies Creek and Potomac shortened to one game due to the incoming hurricane, the two teams squared off in a one-game playoff at Jim Perry Stadium. Both sides got great starting pitching, as RHP
Potomac struck first, as RHP Jose Hernandez, the original Astros' game two starter, walked 2B
Baez departed for RHP
Fuentes pitched two scoreless innings, but departed with a runner on and two outs in the seventh frame. LHP
With two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning, McKinney surrendered a towering home run to Adams, which went over the left field foul pole. Adams' solo blast tied the game and proved pivotal, as the Astros went down in order against LHP
RHP
In the 11th inning against RHP
With the game deadlocked at 1-1 after 10.5 innings, the P-Nats turned to RHP
While short of a sixth Mills Cup Championship, Potomac finished the season with the club's 10th Carolina League Northern Division Championship in franchise history. Potomac finished the year at 77-65 overall, 39-30 at Northwest Federal Field, and 38-35 on the road. The P-Nats won the first half in the Northern Division, finished second behind the Lynchburg Hillcats in the second half, and defeated the Hillcats in five games in the Northern Division Championship Series.
The Potomac Nationals of the Carolina League, play at Northwest Federal Field at Pfitzner Stadium in Woodbridge, Virginia, and are the Carolina League affiliate of the Washington Nationals. The Potomac Nationals have claimed five Carolina League Championship titles (1982, 1989, 2008, 2010, and 2014) and 10 CL Northern Division Championships. Sponsorship opportunities for the P-Nats' 2018 season and beyond are available, as well as all-inclusive corporate picnic outings to watch the future stars of the Washington Nationals at The Pfitz. 2018 Potomac Nationals season tickets and mini plans are now on sale. For more information on Potomac Nationals 2018 season tickets, mini plans, group outings, picnic packages, fundraisers, and all things Red, White, and Blue, visit the P-Nats online at www.potomacnationals.com, follow the P-Nats on Facebook (@PotomacNationals), Twitter (@PNats42), and Instagram (@pnats42), or call the Potomac Nationals' Extreme Custom Collision Ticket Office at 703-590-2311.
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