The Potomac Nationals built upon the momentum gained from a miraculous game three win as they dominated the Pelicans in game four by a final score of 8-2 to claim the Mills Cup Championship.
Potomac raced to an early advantage against Pelicans starter Cole Rohrbough. After Michael Martinez lined into a double play, Andrew Lefave restarted the rally with a single. Dee Brown followed with a home run to right-center field to give the P-Nats a 2-0 lead.
The Pelicans had an immediate response in the second. Ernesto Mejia led off with a towering home run to straight away center field to cut the deficit to 2-1.
In the bottom of the second, Potomac again received a jolt of power. Michael Burgess started the frame with a single through the right side of the infield. Two batters later, Boomer Whiting drilled an inside fastball over the left field wall to increase the lead to 4-1. Rohrbough struggled early and was replaced with two outs in the third. He surrendered six hits and four earned runs.
The Potomac Nationals continued their offensive onslaught in the third and fourth innings. In the third, Travis Jones misplayed a routine fly ball in shallow right field that put runners at second and third with one out. Then, Michael Burgess grounded out to second, allowing Stephen King to score. In the fourth, the P-Nats plated two unearned runs as Eric Campbell committed an error at third. Andrew Lefave and Stephen King each took advantage with run scoring hits to build the lead to 7-1.
After Potomac tacked on their eighth run in the sixth, Ernesto Mejia trimmed the lead to 8-2 as he connected on his second home run of the night over the left field wall the seventh.
Nationals starter Erik Arnesen earned the win in 6.2 innings of work. He scattered six hits and kept the potent Pelicans offense at bay all evening long.
The Pelicans could never get their offense in high gear. They managed only four hits after the third inning.
In the end, Josh Wilkie induced a ground ball to shortstop Dan Lyons who tossed to Andrew Lefave as the celebration ensued on the diamond at Pfitzner Stadium.
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