Ryan Ostiguy’s SF in the top of the 9^th scored Ichiro Robillard (who had tripled to lead off the inning) and put Coors Light up for good in a 22-20 back and forth brawl (which featured six lead changes) with 2^nd place Hive Tuesday Night.  The Hive left the bases loaded in the 9^th and also stranded the game winning run on base in each of the last three frames.

The dramatic win put a cap on Coors Light’s best regular season (19-9) since 2003 (22-7).  The squad finished the year with an impressive 17-3 record against division opponents.

The Coors Light offense, without its typical 3/4/5 hitters, did not skip a beat; reaching base 34 times (24 hits/11 base on balls) with 9 of the 10 hitters reaching base at least three times.  Coach Voci achieved player of the game (in a tight race); reaching base 5 times and picking up the win on the hill.  Pete “El Caballito” Robillard (15 for his last 15) was also a key contributor (again); knocking in four.  Lastly, John Powers chipped in with another important 2-3 (with 2 BB) performance at the bottom of the order.

Ichiro Robillard 3-5, 3B, BB, 3 RBI

Ryan Ostiguy 1-3, 2 SF, 4 RBI

Joe Nichols 3-4, 2B, 3B, 2 BB, 3 RBI

Scott Umbrianna 4-6, 2 2B, 3 RBI

Smokey Wiener 1-4, 2B, 2 BB, 2 RBI

Bobby McCarthy 3-6

Joe Voci 4-5, 2B, BB, RBI

Aaron Benedetti 2-4, 2 2B, BB, RBI

Pete Robillard 1-1, 2 BB, 2 SF, 4 RBI

John Powers 2-3, 2 BB, RBI

Voci improved to 5-6 on the season, as the defense (led by Ostiguy, with 2 highlight reel grabs in extra innings and the solid play by 1B Powers) played relatively well (8 good innings, 1 disastrous inning).  Pete Robillard also contributed with another airmail throw which cleared the backstop (his 2^nd career backstop airmail; no one else in the league has one (ever)).

Coors Light (#1 seed) now awaits its first round opponent (Bogarts and Moe’s will play two Thursday night to determine the 4 seed), as they begin the post season next week (schedule TBD) and look for their 3^rd BMSL B division title.

Regular season leaders (final):

AVG: Pete .692, Umbie .683, Nichols .667

OBP: Umbie .723, Nichols .710, Pete .706

OPS: Buff 2.092, Umbie 1.845, Nichols 1.818

H : Nichols 62, Umbie 56, Ichiro 50

R: Nichols 53, Voci 44, Ichiro 42

RBI: Nichols 59, Buff 43, Perkins/Umbie 40

HR: Antonetti 9, Buff 6, Perkins/Umbie 5