The Edmonton Trappers visited Newcastle tonight to kick off the 2017 BLB season:

Game 1 – Newcastle 4, Edmonton 0

Newcastle jumps on Rick Porcello early getting 3 runs in the first (including HRs by Posey and Davis), and Arrieta shuts the door for the 4-hit CGSO.

Game 2 – Edmonton 9, Newcastle 7

Wild game 2 as Newcastle jumped out to an early lead again only for Edmonton to come back to take a 7-4 lead.  Newcastle didn’t quit though as they came back to tie it on the strength of a 2 run HR by Kendrys Morales off of Jam RP Tyler Thornburg.  It stayed tied until the 11th when Edmonton got 2 runs off of Newcastle closer Dellin Betances. Chapman shut the door for his first save of the year.

Game 3 – Edmonton 2, Newcastle 1

Edmonton’s Ian Kennedy was caught scuffing the ball in the 3rd, earning an early shower and a 9 game suspension so the bullpen was strained in this one.  Newcastle got a run off of Bowman and the game stayed 1-0 until the top of the 9th when Edmonton scored 2 thanks to a HR by Jackie Bradley (jam turned it into a deep drive, but 92 was rolled) and an RBI double by Schimpf.  Andrew Miller closed out the narrow series win in the bottom of the 9th.

Great series to kick off the year, 3 close games. Look forward to hearing more reports about opening week games!

Mike