The Capitales de Québec pleased their fans gathered at Stade Canac by erasing a four-point deficit to finally win 8 to 7 against the New York Boulders on Saturday.
Patrick Scalabrini’s men won this series at home after winning Friday’s game by a score of 8-4.
However, they struggled more than the day before, trailing 5-1 at the start of the game. A single from Austin Dennis doubled the visitors’ lead in the third, then Giovanni Garbella and Chris Kwitzer both sent a teammate home after hitting a ground ball.
Codie Paiva had better starts on the hill of the Old Capital. He allowed six runs – three of which were earned – and eight hits in just four innings of work. He can thus say thank you to the strike force of the “Caps”.
Jeffry Parra and Tristan Pompey hit long balls, while Kyle Crawl scored two productive singles. However, it was Cubans Yordan Manduley and Yoelkis Guibert who played the heroes in the seventh inning after the second run produced by Crawl. Manduley allowed Parra to score with an optional, then his compatriot made it 8-6 with a single that sent TJ White home.
Max Smith dispatched a Frank Moscatiello offering into the stands in the eighth inning to cut the deficit to one point, but the Boulders failed to tie, held back by the save of Samuel Adames.
The Capitals (34-15) extended their lead over the Ottawa Titans (32-18) atop the Frontier League Eastern Conference with the victory.
The Boulders will be back at Stade Canac on Sunday for the final game of the series.
