Game One- Quint Kobes went 3-5 with two RBI and Juan Escobedo broke a 4-4 tie with a sacrifice fly as the Mules took a 1-0 Series lead, beating Exeter, 5-4. Exeter actually took a 2-0 lead after 4 1/2 innings on RBI's from Ivan Aguilar and a solo HR from Josh Price. Newmarket would score four times in the bottom of the fifth, capped by a two run single off the bat of Kobes. Tony Miranda and Terry Jacks would tie the game with RBI singles in the 6th and 8th respectively.
Game Two- Newmarket took a commanding 2-0 Series lead as Roberto Rodriguez drove in Scott Fullerton with a game winning, walkoff RBI single in the bottom of the 9th inning, giving the Mules a 5-4 win over the Blue Hawks. The Mules would take a 3-1 lead after five innings on the back of an RBI single from Rodriguez and sac fly off the bat of Alberto Flores. Exeter would tie the game in the top of the sixth on a two run homerun from Ivan Aguilar. The score would remain tied until the ninth when Fullerton lead off the inning with a single, Patrick Lafontaine would walk and Juan Escobedo would sacrifice both of them into scoring position. Exeter would then intentionall walk Fernando Peralta, and on a 0-1 pitch, Rodriguez would lace a single to center, scoring Fullerton. The news was not all good though as Jesus Flores had to leave the game in the 4th with a strained pectoral muscle and is questionable to make his next start.
Game Three- Trailing 4-1 entering the bottom of the seventh inning, the Exeter Blue Hawk offense finally woke up as they hit five homeruns between the 7th and 8th innings to get back into the Series, beating the Mules 8-4. Newmarket took a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning on a three run homerun by Alberto Flores, and after Sergio Hernandez hit a pinch hit homerun in the 7th, making the score 4-1, things were looking good for the Mules. Kunitaro Asano and Ivan Aguilar went back to back in the 7th, and two batters later, Tony Miranda hit a two run shot, giving the Blue Hawks a 5-4 win. The 8th inning then saw John Ridell hit a solo shot and three batters later, rookie Jesus Flores, who didn't play in the majors until the playoffs started, hit a two run shot, giving Exeter some breathing room.
Game Four- After pitching the first four innings, without allowing a baserunner, Exeter got to Jesus Guardado for three runs, and tying the series at two games each, beating the Mules 4-3. Fernando Peralta and Roberto Rodriguez would give Newmarket a 2-0 lead entering the bottom of the 5th inning before the Blue Hawks would score three times, capped by a two run HR off the bat of Tony Miranda. Newmarket would tie it in the 8th on a throwing error by Miranda, but in the bottom of the inning, pinch hitter Fransisco Martinez would deposit a 2-1 pitch into the right field seats, giving the Blue Hawks the lead for good.
Game Five- RBI doubles from Ivan Aguilar, Tony Miranda and Rafael Delgado helped Exeter beat Newmarket 3-1, sweeping all three games in Exeter and bring the Blue Hawks within one game of their first ever World Championship. Jesus Flores struggled with his injured pectoral muscle, but battled through five innings, allowing 11 hits and three runs, while Andrew Johnson struck out 10 over seven innings of work.
Game Six- A wild sixth game saw Exeter lose a 5-1 lead and then score three times off 3 time All-star closer John Coury in the ninth inning as the Blue Hawks beat the Mules 9-7 and win their first World Championship! Exeter took a 5-1 lead after just two innings, knocking Juan Jose Fernandez out of the game behind an RBI single from Ivan Aguilar and a 2-run homerun from Kunitaro Asano in the 2nd inning. Newmarket would score three times in the fourth on a two run blast from Alberto Flores and solo HR from Mario Saenz, and two more in the 6th behind a 2-run HR from backup C Brad Ford, playing in place of struggling Luis Ortiz, giving the Mules a 6-5 lead. Each team would score in the 8th, making the score 7-6 Newmarket with John Coury coming in to close it out. He struggled from the beginning though, allowing a walk and 3 singles to four of the first five batters, and after Josh Price drove home Tony Miranda, Exeter had a 9-7 lead, and when Roberto Rodriguez grounded out to short in the bottom of the inning, Exeter had won the World Championship.
The Exeter Blue Hawks are 2010 World Champions!!!!
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