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ROUND 2 DAY 1
This will be the 3rd straight season Lexington and Austin meet in the LCS. In 2011 the Rebels won the series 4-2, in 2012 they won 4-1.
A hyped pitching matchup that lived up to expectations, unfortunately.
Tomohiro Masuda fanned 13 in 7.2 IP allowing just 2 hits and Charles Smith k'd 3 over the final 1.1 innings to best Matt Behrens who went 7-5-1-1-0-9 in the loss.
The game's only run came on a Bob Giombetti solo HR in the 5th.
LEX 1 AUS 0
HR: LEX-Giombetti (1)
POTG: Tomohiro Masuda 13 K 7.2 IP 2 H 2 BB
Lexington leads 1-0
ROUND 2 DAY 2
In desperate need of an Aaron Chisholm sighting. Coming into game 2 he's just 1-24 in the postseason with 1 single and 1 RBI.
Well, he showed up! A 1st inning 2B and a 3rd inning HR gave Chris Lach a 3-1 lead entering the 8th. After a K and a 2B Jason Lipskey came on to face RJ Beckworth and Lexington shocked everyone by sending veteran utility man Josh Lesser to the plate to PH. More shock was in store as Lesser slammed a full-count pitch to deep left for a game-tying 2 run home run.
The game was locked 3-3 into the 11th before 1B Myles Green slammed a walk-off 2 run home run off RP Ronan Laskey to send the Rebels to a 2-0 series lead.
Chris Lach went 7.1 IP allowing 2 runs on 5 hits with 6 K's
LEX 5 AUS 3 (11)
HR-Chisholm (1) LEX-Blue (2) Lesser PH (1) Green walk-off (2)
POTG-Steve Griggs 8-9-3-3-2-8
Lexington leads the series 2-0
Philadelphia scored 7 times on 13 hits to back 7+ strong innings from Justin Wilson in a 7-2 series-opening win.
Philadelphia up 1-0
ROUND 2 DAY 3
Down 2-0 in the 8th Chicago scored 4 times with Nick Overy drilling a tie-breaking 2 run single to give the Hitmen a 4-2 win and a 1-1 series tie.
Chris Negrito went 7-3-2-2-3-5 for the win.
ROUND 2 DAY 4
Our season rides on Rich Whittaker. Walt Davis (15-8 2.99) gets the ball for Lexington. With their staff being down 3-0 would be akin to going home.
And it looks like early tee times for the Rustlers, again. Walt Davis moved to 3-0 1.23 this post-season with 2 hit ball over 8 innings and Adam Hoppers 1st HR of the post-season gave the Rebels a lead they never lost. Decker Blue went 3-5. Rich Whittaker took the loss going 6-7-3-3-2-8.
LEX 3 AUS 0
HR-Hopper (1)
POTG-Walt Davis 8-2-0-0-2-6
ROUND 2 DAY 5
Sam Rhoads comes up huge. He duels Xi-li Au-Yong with 6.1 stellar innings and Lipsky, Lytle and Haske hold the Rebels scoreless over the final 2.2 innings to get us on the board. Chisholm and Kucher drive in the only runs for Austin.
Au-Yong goes 6-6-2-2-1-6 in the loss.
LEX 2 AUS 1
HR-NONE
POTG-Sam Rhoads (W) 6.1-5-1-1-2-5 (2-0 2.70)
Philadelphia gets 2 in the 2nd and that holds up as they also win 2-1 behind 10 K's from starter Ernesto Aguilar in just 5 innings.
Philadelphia leads the series 2-1
ROUND 2 DAY 6
Dylan Rucker led off the game with a solo HR and after a Giombetti solo shot in the 2nd Rucker homered again in the 3rd. Masuda would work around 9 hits allowing just a single run and fanning 9 to give Lexington a 4-1 series win and send Lexington to their 5th straight World Series and sending us home for the 3rd straight year in the LCS.
LEX 4 AUS 2
HR: LEX-Rucker 2 (2) Giombetti (2)
SERIES MVP Bob Giombetti 7-14 2 HR 3 RBI .588 OBP
SP Justin Wilson took home series MVP honors going 2-0 15 IP 12 H 15 K 1.80 ERA as they took out Chicago in 5 games.
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