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Capitals win North American Baseball League Championship

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

The Edmonton Capitals are the 2011  North American Baseball League Champions.

Tuesday night at Edmonton’s Telus Field, the Capitals knocked off the Rio Grande Valley White Wings 7-3 to win the best-out-of-seven series 4-1.

The turning point in the game can in the fifth inning, with the game tied at two runs apiece. Capitals’ first baseman Brent Metheny hit a towering three run home run that put the Capitals up 5-2.

Then after the teams exchanged runs, the Capitals restored their four run lead in the eighth inning, when centerfielder Steve Brown hit a towering home run that restored Edmonton’s four run lead.

On the mound, Lou Pote threw seven innings, and gave up two earned runs, six hits, six strikeouts and five walks.

Offensively, Brown, from the leadoff position led the Capitals with three hits, while Metheny had three runs batted in.

The Capitals are the first Edmonton baseball team to win a league championship since the Edmonton Trappers in 2002.

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Capitals win Game One of the NABL Final

Friday, September 9th, 2011

The Edmonton Capitals are now only three wins away from winning the first ever North American Baseball League Championship.

On Thursday night, the Edmonton Capitals defeated the Rio Grande Valley White Wings 7-1 to take a 1-0 lead in the series.

The Capitals scored three runs in the first four innings. In the first inning, Todd Linden recorded an RBI single that scored Steve Brown from second base. In the third inning, Brown recorded his second hit of the game with a home run. Then in the fourth inning, the White Wings’ defense unraveled as Whitewings’ second baseman Wilmer Pino committed an error that led to an unearned run that scored Carlos Duncan. In the fifth, the Capitals put the game out of reach with a two run home run by Brent Metheny.

Capitals’ starting pitcher Lou Pote was outstanding on the mound as he threw eight innings, giving up zero earned runs, eleven strikeouts and only one walk.

Game two of the series is tonight at Telus Field. It is just too bad they will probably get a bad attendance, as most Edmonton sports fans will be at Commonwealth Stadium for the Labour Day rematch.

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Capitals move on to North American Baseball League Final

Sunday, September 4th, 2011

It hasn’t happened very often lately, but a team from Edmonton has eliminated a team from Calgary in the playoffs.

It happened it independent baseball on Sunday afternoon, as the Edmonton Capitals defeated the Calgary Vipers 9-2 to win the North Division Final four games to two.

The Capitals got off to a great start Sunday, as they scored twice in the second inning, notched two more runs in the third inning, and three more runs in the fourth inning.

The Capitals got excellent offensive performances from catcher J.D. Closser who had four hits, and three hits each from center fielder Steve Brown and first baseman Brent Metheny. One of Closser’s four hits was a home run.

On the mound, starting pitcher Dallas Buck was outstanding, throwing seven innings, six hits, no earned runs, four strikeouts and three walks.

The Capitals will now play the Rio Grande Valley White Wings in the North American Baseball League Championship.

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Capitals tie North Division Championship at 2

Saturday, September 3rd, 2011

The Edmonton Capitals slugged their way to a 14-7 win over the Calgary Vipers on Friday to tie their North Division Championship Series at two.

The Capitals scored seven times in the fourth inning alone to erase a 4-2 deficit and go up 9-4. The inning was highlighted by a grand slam by Capitals’ leadoff hitter, center fielder Steve Brown. Another Capital who performed admirably Friday night at Foothills Stadium was first baseman Brent Metheny, who went four for four with three runs scored and three runs batted in.

The Vipers actually collected 16 hits themselves, four of them from right fielder Lino Garcia.

A major reason for the Edmonton victory was the outstanding control by the Capitals’ pitching staff and the inaccuracy of the Vipers. Edmonton pitchers combined for zero walks compared to ten by the Vipers’ staff. Vipers’ starter Dusty Gober had six walks in three and a third innings alone.

The Edmonton-Calgary winner will now play the Rio Grande Valley White Wings  in the first North American  Baseball League Championship. The White Wings defeated the San Angelo Colts 9-0 Friday to sweep the South Division Championship 4-0.

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Capitals tie series at 1 with Vipers

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

The Edmonton Capitals have tied their series at one with the Calgary Vipers in the North Division Championship Series.

Right fielder Todd Linden went five for five as the Capitals defeated the Vipers 7-5 in game two of the series at Telus Field on Wednesday night.

Ironically it was a former Viper that played an instrumental role in Edmonton’s win. With the game tied at four in the fifth inning, Carlos Duncan recorded an RBI groundout that scored Steve Brown from third base to put the Capitals up for good, 5-4.

Edmonton collected 15 hits on Wednesday, 11 on Vipers’ starter Manny Ayala.

Capitals’ shortstop Rex Rundgren was also strong offensively with three hits.

The best-out-of-seven series now shifts to Calgary’s Foothills Stadium. Game three of the series starts tonight at 6:30pm.

In the South Division Championship Series, the San Angelo Colts will host the Rio Grande Valley White Wings in game three tonight. The White Wings leads the Colts 2-0.

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