Amaya punches Emeralds' ticket to Finals
The youngest player on roster provided the biggest hit of Class A Short Season Eugene's season.Cubs catching prospect Miguel Amaya plated the go-ahead run with a double off the left-field wall to key a six-run ninth inning and power the Emeralds to a 10-4 win over the Hops in Game
The youngest player on roster provided the biggest hit of Class A Short Season Eugene's season.
Cubs catching prospect
"He came through tonight," Emeralds manager Jesus Feliciano said of the native of Panama. "He's getting better every day. He's a guy that listens and the tools are there. For a kid that's 18 and playing in the Northwest League, you don't see that too often. He showed that he can be a great player."
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Amaya put Eugene on the board with a RBI single to left field in the second inning. He scored on a homer by
The clubs traded zeros until the seventh when Hughes singled in
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The Hops answered again as
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With runners on the corners and one out in the ninth, Amaya drilled a 1-2 curveball from reliever
"He made a great adjustment, especially with two strikes," Feliciano said. "He had a couple of good swings, but Williams left a slider up and I was glad when I saw that ball in the air."
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Feliciano said his team is in a good place right now.
"They're feeling it," the skipper said. "I'm very proud of the way they played. We could not be in a better spot, the way that we're playing right now."
In other NWL playoff action:
Canadians 2, Indians 1
Michael Leboff is a contributor to MiLB.com.