Fayetteville Uses Four Run Seventh to Advance to Championship
Kinston, N.C. - The Fayetteville Woodpeckers struck for four runs in the seventh inning, on their way to a 6-3 victory over Down East, Sunday, to take the finale of the best-of-five series.
Kinston, N.C. - The Fayetteville Woodpeckers struck for four runs in the seventh inning, on their way to a 6-3 victory over Down East, Sunday, to take the finale of the best-of-five series.
Down East finishes the season with 89 victories overall, including 50 in the first half, the second most ever by a Carolina League club.
The Woodies got on the board with a run in the fourth inning.
Down East had chances late. They got two men on in the sixth, but bounced into a double play, and then stranded the bases loaded in the seventh. They would convert in the eighth, when
The Woodpeckers tacked on an insurance run in the ninth inning, when Costes worked a walk to lead off the frame, and with two outs, Castro doubled him home to make it 6-3. Castro reached base four times in the ballgame.
The Wood Ducks did load the bases in the ninth inning, on a pair of walks and an error, but
Fayetteville will advance to play Wilmington in the championship series, after the Blue Rocks also won game five, 6-3, over Salem.