Raspas even series, Chanclas clinch playoffs
The Corpus Christi Raspas defeated the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio 2-0 Sunday evening in front of a sellout crowd of 7,762 at Wolff Stadium.Sunday began quite well for the Chanclas. The club clinched its second straight postseason berth when Frisco lost 2-0 at Midland earlier in the day. Corpus
The Corpus Christi Raspas defeated the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio 2-0 Sunday evening in front of a sellout crowd of 7,762 at Wolff Stadium.
Sunday began quite well for the Chanclas. The club clinched its second straight postseason berth when Frisco lost 2-0 at Midland earlier in the day. Corpus Christi locked up the second half title in the process, making Sunday night's Copa Showdown an early playoff preview.
And what a preview it was as Chanclas righty
Scholtens allowed just two hits and two walks, while striking out five over six and a third scoreless frames. The Fairfield, CA native retired the Raspas in order four different times and threw 49 of his 80 pitches for strikes.
Bukauskas was extremely impressive in his Double-A debut, tossing six shutout innings of his own and allowing just
The game remained scoreless until the eighth when the Raspas broke through against right-hander
San Antonio (29-38, 71-66) and Corpus Christi (38-30, 81-56) conclude the 2018 regular season Monday with a Labor Day matinee at The Wolff. First pitch on H-E-B Family Day is slated for 2:05 PM. Right-hander
Notes: The teams will begin the Texas League South Division Playoffs Wednesday at Whataburger Field in Corpus Christi. First pitch, both Wednesday and Thursday in Corpus, will be 6:35 PM.