Indians Drop NWL Championship Opener, 3-2
EUGENE, Ore. - It was a back and forth battle on Sunday night, but when the dust settled the Eugene Emeralds had taken a 1-0 lead in the NWL Championship Series. The Indians struck early but fell 3-2 in game one at PK Park. The Emeralds have won all three
EUGENE, Ore. - It was a back and forth battle on Sunday night, but when the dust settled the Eugene Emeralds had taken a 1-0 lead in the NWL Championship Series. The Indians struck early but fell 3-2 in game one at PK Park. The Emeralds have won all three playoff games this season by the score of 3-2.
It looked like a pitchers' duel early on, as both Eugene's Riley Thompson and Spokane's
The Indians got to the opposing starter first. In the fourth inning,
The Indians' lead was short-lived. Eugene got on the board in the fifth as
Things stayed deadlocked through seven innings. Spokane's
Spokane tried to get a Redband Rally going in the ninth inning to force extra innings. After reaching base on a single,
While it's just one win in this five-game series, history is not on Spokane's side for a league championship. The team that has won game one has gone on to win the NWL Championship in each of the last seven seasons. The last team to drop the opener and win the league was the Everett AquaSox in 2010, who defeated the Indians two games to one. This is the third-straight season the NWL Championship has been a five-game series, rather than a three-game series.
Game two of the NWL Championship Series is Monday at PK Park with first pitch at 7:05 PM.