Announcement
Floral Arts Bolts to 2 Game Lead in Finals
The defending champs have taken a commanding 2 games to none lead in the final round of the playoffs. Floral Arts defeated the Mustangs 16-9 on Friday and then 14-6 on Sunday.
In the first game, Floral Arts scored 7 in the first, including back to back home runs to start the game, and never looked back. The Floral outfield turned in two momentum shifting defensive plays - - Roger Whittlesey threw out a runner attempting to tag on a long fly out to left, and Greg Marchand made a sliding play in short left center field and doubled off the runner caught in no man's land. Mike Alonardo, Jonathan Morgan (2), Jon Haslam (2) and Jim Peloquin all homered for Floral. Don Cusano and Bill Knute(2) hit the long ball for Mustangs.
In game two, Mike Alonardo was 3-3 with 3 HR and 7 RBI, and Larry Mardany did the rest, holding the Mustangs potent offense to just 6 runs. Roger Whittlesey, John Haslam, Greg Marchand, and Tom Semeter had multiple hit games for Floral, while Don Cusano and Bill Knute homered for Mustangs. Defensive standouts included Jim Peloquin, John Haslam, and Greg Marchand for Floral, and Mike Kennedy for Mustangs.
The series continues on Tuesday, when the regular season champs attempt to extend the series. Game time is 7 PM.
