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Plattsburgh Cardinals shortstop Tory Bouyea eludes Lyon Mountain Miners runner Jerry Kowalowski on the way to completing a doubleplay in Sunday's Champlain Valley Baseball League action. The Cardinals took both ends, 5-4 and 7-4, to win the regular season championship. P-R Photo / Gabe Dickens

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July 18, 2011

Plattsburgh captures CVBL pennant with sweep in Lyon Mountain

Anonymous Press-Republican The Press Republican Mon Jul 18, 2011, 03:23 AM EDT

LYON MOUNTAIN — Maybe the Plattsburgh Cardinals should change all their home games to the Big Ball Diamond.

The Cardinals swept a doubleheader from the Lyon Mountain Miners — 5-4 and 7-4 — on Sunday to capture the Champlain Valley Baseball League regular season championship.

Both the Cardinals and Miners finished the regular season with 14-4 records, but the Cardinals own four wins over the Miners — with all four coming in Lyon Mountain.

What it means is the top-seeded Cardinals will be playing at the Meron's Expos and the Miners at the Fourth Ward Timberjaxx in the best-of-three CVBL playoff semifinals this coming Sunday.

The Expos and Timberjaxx won quarterfinal games Sunday, with Meron's recording an 8-4 win over the Airborne Speedway Padres and the Timberjaxx a 9-5 decision over the Fourth Ward A's.

In the first game, the Cardinals broke a 4-all tie in the bottom of the sixth when Alex LaFountain singled and later scored on Andrew Cody's RBI base hit.

LaFountain and Tory Bouyea had two hits each in support of winning pitcher Dustin Currier. Kyle Kowalowski's double was one of four hits off Currier and David Waldron took the pitching loss.

In the second game, David Latulipe's 2-run double in the bottom of the second inning broke a 1-all tie and put the Cardinals in front to stay.

Winning pitcher Steve Burris, Bouyea and Currier rapped out two hits each for the Cardinals, with Burris driving in two runs.

Kyle Kowalowski finished 4-for-4, including a triple, to account for four of the seven Miners hits off Burris.

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Cardinals 5, Miners 4

Miners 110 200 0 — 4 4 1

Cardinals 013 001 x — 5 8 1

Waldron and J. Kowalowski. Currier and Bujold. WP- Currier. LP- Waldron. 2B- K. Kowalowski (M), Bujold (C).

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Cardinals 7, Miners 4

Miners 101 010 1 — 4 7 1

Cardinals 042 001 x — 7 10 1

VanHouten, N. Chase (5) and K. Kowalowski. Burris and Bujold. WP- Burris. LP- VanHouten. 2B- Latulipe (C). 3B- K. Kowalowski (M).

Playoffs Expos 8, Padres 4

SARANAC — Matt Dahlin struck out seven and allowed five hits in going the distance for the pitching victory as the fifth-seeded Expos began defense of their playoff championship.

Andy Gooch paced Meron's offensively with two hits, including a home run and four RBI.

The Expos took control of the game from the start with two runs in the first inning and three more in the second on Gooch's 3-run homer.

Matt Meunier, Jared Jarvis and Tyler Mesec added two hits each for the Expos, with Cliff Conners getting a double.

The Expos finished with 10 hits in all. Frank Brogna went the distance in taking the loss. He ended up with 10 strikeouts.

Five players rapped a hit each for the fourth-seeded Padres, with Shane Perrotte and Mark Eggleston delivering RBI singles.

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Expos 8, Padres 4

Expos 231 002 000 — 8 10 4

Padres 001 002 001 — 4 5 3

Dahlin and Conners. Brogna and Eggleston. WP- Dahlin. LP- Brogna. 2B- Conners (E). HR- Gooch (E).

Timberjaxx 9, A's 5

PLATTSBURGH — Andrew Price struck out six in pitching into the ninth inning to get the win and helped his cause at the plate with a home run. Price carried a shutout into the seventh.

Justin Mahan led the third-seeded Timberjaxx offensively with three hits, including a double and RBI.

D.J. Barber, Nick LaBonte and Matt Lamora all chipped in with two hits apiece, with Lamora getting a home run and two RBI, Barber a double and LaBonte a RBI.

The Timberjaxx scored at least one one in each of the the first three innings and held a 7-0 advantage at one time.

Jake Tolosky paced the sixth-seeded A's with three hits and a RBI, while Kevin Jessey added two hits and a RBI and Brett Gilman a double and two RBI.

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Timberjaxx 9, A's 5

A's 000 000 212 — 5 9 2

T'jaxx 212 002 20x — 9 13 2

Stanley, Desroches (7) and Hatch. Price, Barber (9) and Mahan. WP- Price. LP- Stanley. 2B- Gilman (A's), Mahan (T), Barber (T). HR- Lamora (T), Price (T).