Planetary Extreme Championship 2011: Florida vs. Aurora

Saturday, October 24, 2011

This is it.  After 162 regular season games and a gut-wrenching playoffs filled with twists and turns, only two teams remain standing.  The Florida Featherheads and the Aurora Borealis will begin the final leg of their journey to claim the Rodriguez Cup tonight at 8:00 PM ET.  Pictureesque Northern Lights Park in Aurora, Colorado will be the site of the first two games of the Planetary Extreme Championship.  The action will then move to Farmer Field in Jacksonville, Florida for Games 3, 4 and 5 before returning to Aurora for the conclusion of the series (if needed).  ABC is proud to be the new broadcast home of the Planetary Extreme Championship.  Check your cable or satellite service provider for station numbers in your area.  Planetary Extreme Championship pre-game shows begin at 7:00 PM ET.  First pitch of Game 1 will be at 8:17 PM ET; all subsequent games will begin at 8:08 PM ET.


FLA Wins 4-3

Congratulations to the Florida Featherheads, the 2011 Planetary Extreme Champions!


FLA – SP António Rivera (18-5 2.37 ERA 204 K); 1B Tsumemasa Morimoto (.272 AVG 50 HR 138 RBI)

AUR – SS Mark Richardson (.346 AVG 36 HR 111 RBI), 3B Jim White (.304 AVG 23 HR 116 RBI)

Game 1: Aurora Wins 10-5
Game 2: Florida Wins 5-4
Game 3: Aurora Wins 6-2
Game 4: Aurora Wins 10-2
Game 5: Florida Wins 7-2
Game 6: Florida Wins 6-5 (11 innings)
Game 7: Florida Wins 4-3

peba playoffs

Releated

West Virginia Nailed it!!!

Today the West Virginia Alleghenies decided to revamp some of their coaches in the minor leagues.  That included firing pitching Jorge Aguilar from Maine (AA) and then promoting both David Sánchez and Akio Sai.  Doing that left an opening for a new pitching coach in Aruba (R).  While some thought that the team would go […]