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The Winston-Salem Warthogs earned their Carolina League record 11th title on Monday in a 3-2 win over Lynchburg in game 3 of the Mills Cup series. The Warthogs swept the three game series from the Hillcats, the defending champion. Kris Honel earned his second post-season win. Honel gave up two runs on six hits in seven innings. Josh Fields earned MVP honors, saving all five games in the Warthogs perfect 5-0 post-season run. Hillcats' reliever Henry Owens suffered the loss for the Hillcats.

 

Lynchburg took an early 1-0 lead after the top of the first. Jeff Keppinger doubled and scored on Ryan Doumit's double. The Warthogs tied the game in the bottom of the 2nd. Brian Becker singled and went to second on Normand Martel's single. Eric Storey followed on and RBI single tying the game at 1.

 

The Hillcats took a 2-1 lead in the top of the seventh. Vic Buttler reached on a bunt single and stole second base. Brandon Chaves knocked Buttler in with an RBI single to right center. The Warthogs took the tied the game and took the lead in the bottom of the seventh. With one out, Storey walked and went to second on a Mike Morse single up the middle. Chris Stewart singled to left center, scoring Storey, but Morse was thrown out at the plate for out two. Stewart took second on the throw home. Melqui Torres then came into pitch and gave up an RBI single to Ruddy Yan, scoring Stewart.

 

Dennis Ulacia came into pitch and registered a perfect top of the eighth. Fields pitched the ninth, giving up a two out single to Nate McLouth. Field followed with a strike out of Brandon Chaves.

 

Fields finished the post-season with five saves in five chances, 5 2/3 innings pitched, three hits, 11 strikeouts and no walks. The title was the first for a Winston-Salem franchise since 1993.

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LYNCHBURG AB R H BI AVG WINSTON-SALEM AB R H BI AVG

B.Chaves SS 5 0 1 1 .136 R.Yan 2B 4 0 1 1 .190

J.Keppinger 2B 4 1 1 0 .227 M.Spidale CF 4 0 0 0 .381

R.Doumit CAT 4 0 1 1 .333 E.Welsh 1B 4 0 0 0 .263

W.Young DH 3 0 0 0 .211 C.Rogowski 1B 0 0 0 0 .000

J.Bautista 3B 4 0 1 0 .375 B.Becker DH 4 1 1 0 .143

J.Cortes LF 3 0 0 0 .200 D.Holt LF 4 0 1 0 .263

Y.De Caster 1B 4 0 0 0 .294 N.Martel RF 2 0 1 0 .368

V.Buttler RF 4 1 1 0 .263 E.Storey 3B 2 1 1 1 .200

N.McLouth CF 3 0 2 0 .286 M.Morse SS 3 0 1 0 .368

J.Lopez PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Stewart CAT 3 1 1 1 .273

H.Owens PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 K.Honel PIT 0 0 0 0 .000

M.Torres PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Ulacia PIT 0 0 0 0 .000

J.Fields PIT 0 0 0 0 .000

TOTALS 34 2 7 2 TOTALS 30 3 7 3 LYNCHBURG 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0- 2 7 0

WINSTON-SALEM 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 X- 3 7 1

E--R.Yan. DP--LYNCHBURG 0, WINSTON-SALEM 1. LOB--LYNCHBURG 8, WINSTON-SALEM 5.

2B--J.Keppinger (1), R.Doumit (2), J.Bautista (3), D.Holt (2).

SB--V.Buttler (1). SH--J.Cortes.

YTD

IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA

LYNCHBURG

J.Lopez 6.0 4 1 1 1 4 0 1.50

H.Owens (L,0-1) 0.2 2 2 2 1 1 0 10.80

M.Torres 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.25

WINSTON-SALEM

K.Honel (W,2-0) 7.0 6 2 2 2 7 0 1.29

D.Ulacia 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00

J.Fields (S,5) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.00

WP--K.Honel. SO--B.Chaves, R.Doumit 2, W.Young 2, J.Cortes 3, Y.De Caster 2,

R.Yan, E.Welsh, B.Becker 2, N.Martel, E.Storey. BB--W.Young, N.McLouth,

N.Martel, E.Storey.

T--2:36. A--1261

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Fields got the save in every playoff game... that's impressive!

 

Ulacia pitched in almost every game as well and was excellent. We'll see what we get out of him in the future.

 

Honel pitched very well in both of his games as well. I will look forward to seeing more of him next year in Birmingham.

 

Winston-Salem has really sucked the last few years and the Sox kept that team together as best they could for the playoffs. Personally, I think that is a good thing. Congrats to all of them. :cheers

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