CARDS PUNCH TICKET TO APPALACHIAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
JOHNSON CITY - The Johnson City Cardinals punched a ticket to the Appalachian League championship series with a a 7-5 win over the Bristol Pirates Sunday at TVA Credit Union Ballpark. The rubber match win clinched the divisional series. The Cards will meet either Burlington or Pulaski in the championship series. Due
JOHNSON CITY - The Johnson City Cardinals punched a ticket to the Appalachian League championship series with a a 7-5 win over the Bristol Pirates Sunday at TVA Credit Union Ballpark. The rubber match win clinched the divisional series.
The Cards will meet either Burlington or Pulaski in the championship series. Due to inclement weather concerns, the series will now begin Monday at 6:30 p.m. ET at TVA Credit Union Ballpark. Game 2 in the set will now be Tuesday and Game 3 will now be Wednesday at the home park of the Appalachian East champion. The championship series was originally slated to run Tuesday through Thursday.
The Cardinals hopped out to a 3-0 lead in the fourth on a two-RBI single by
The Pirates rallied to tie the game again in the top of the seventh on a pair of Cardinal errors. The tie did not last long though as
The Bucs threatened in the ninth, boarding a pair on a walk and a hit-by-pitch vs.
Johnson City (2-1) will meet either Burlington or Pulaski for the championship beginning Monday. The Cards are expected to start RHP
ABOUT THE JOHNSON CITY CARDINALS
The Johnson City Cardinals are the Rookie affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals. Members of the ten-team Appalachian League, Cardinals baseball has been entertaining families and fans of America's national pastime in the East Tennessee region for over 50 years. To learn more about the Johnson City Cardinals, visit www.jccardinals.com.
[STORY PHOTO BY ROBERT KELL]