Seattle Takes Game 1

The Seattle Monarchs took Game 1 of the Cecil Cup Series with a 7-1 trouncing of the visiting Brick Barracudas.

The main damage came in the fifth inning when the Monarch batters unloaded against Brick starter Miguel Archuleta by pushing five runs across the plate.  The big blow came off the bat of catcher Steve Jones, who hit a 420 foot home run to left.  Meanwhile, Seattle starter Toyoshige Takahashi held Brick to three hits and one run over 7 1/3 innings.

Game 2:  Tuesday night.

Scheduled starters:  
Brick:  Joshua Stoker (17-8, 3.16 ERA)
Seattle: Chris Williams (21-8, 3.00 ERA)