R & amp;J Trucking advances to finals
It will meet the winner of the Astro Falcons/Rondinelli's series for the title.
STRUTHERS -- R & amp;J Trucking defeated Livi Steel 8-6 to sweep their best of three Class B second round playoff series on Sunday evening.
Jim Pasquine tossed four innings of one run relief to pick up the win on the mound while Ben Miller had two hits and drove home a pair of runs.
C.J.Morris also had two hits for the winners. Manoli Pahoulis and losing pitcher Bobby Revesz had two hits each for Livi Steel.
R & amp;J will face the winner of the Astro Falcons/Rondinelli Tuxedo series in the Best of Five Championship series.
Astro Falcons 17, Rondinelli 2
Astro pounded out 18 hits and took advantange of six errors by Rondinelli to even their series at 1-1.
Evan Proach had four hits and drove in five runs while Kolten Hoffman had four hits, Drew Turocy three, and Jared Bartholomew, Cameron Konop, and Dave Dejacimo two in support of the complete game six-hitter by Corey Susany.
Matt Katich had two hits for Rondinelli.
The third and deciding game of the series will be played tonight at 8 on Cene 1. The championship round against R & amp;J Trucking will begin Tuesday.
R & amp;J 7, Livi 5
Steve McNeely had three hits, and Ben Miller drove home four runs as R & amp;J Trucking won Game 1 Saturday night.
Ed Rohan, Miller, Tyler Manfull, and Joe Wielbruda had two hits each, while Geoff Marple went the first 52/3 innings for the win.
David Patrick picked up the save.
Manoli Pahoulis and Bobby Revesz had two hits each for Livi while Josh Cooper went the distance on the mound and suffered the loss.
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