Despite a 9-1 loss suffered Thursday night in Illinois, the Capitals will return home with home field advantage in the Frontier League baseball final between the Quebec club and the Schaumburg Boomers.
With the series tied at 1-1, Patrick Scalabrini’s squad will be at Stade Canac on Saturday and Sunday, and maybe also on Monday, if a fifth and final game becomes necessary.
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Wednesday evening, the Capitals had won the first match of the final, abroad, by the score of 6 to 3.
In game two, the Boomers were the first to score on Thursday, when Capitals starter Codie Paiva allowed a solo home run to William Salas late in the third inning.
Paiva deserved better support, allowing just one point in his first six innings of work. However, his teammates were unable to support him offensively. At the end of his day, Paiva gave up three runs, two of which were earned, in six and a third innings. The Capitals hitters, limited to five hits, went 0-for-17 with runners on the trails.
A Japanese man on the mound
It took until the seventh inning to see the Capitals register in the score. Jonathan Lacroix reached the pay plate when Marc-Antoine Lebreux was saved at first base on an error. The Boomers, however, replied with two points at the end of the seventh while Paiva himself made a defensive error.
In the Boomers camp, the Schaumburg team relied on the Japanese Shumpei Yoshikawa on the mound to start this meeting. The former Arizona Diamondbacks prospect shut out the Capitals for five and a third innings before giving way to Thomas Nicoll, who allowed the run to the visitors.
The stampede…
Reliever Samuel Adames did well for the Capitals at first, snuffing out the threat in the bottom of the seventh with two strikeouts. However, he allowed two runs in the bottom of the eighth on a double from dangerous Mike Hart, the Boomers’ fourth hitter. Ian Codina could not stop the bleeding, awarding a sacrifice ball. This other point was also noted on Adames’ file.
A Brett Milazzo triple then sounded the death knell for the Capitals, who sent Quebecer David Gauthier to the mound to end the game. The Boomers scored six times in the bottom of the eighth inning.
