CEDAR RAPIDS 9, CLINTON 3 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

The LumberKings led 2-0 and 3-1, but the Kernels scored two in the third to tie it and two in the fourth to take the lead.  Starter Brady Anderson pitched only three innings, allowing three runs on seven hits and two walks with one strikeout.  Andrew Vasquez came in to throw four shutout innings, striking out six and giving one hit and one walk.  Travis Blankenhorn was 3-for-4 with a walk.  Christian Ibarra was 2-for-4 with a home run and a double.  Luis Arraez was 2-for-4 with a double and is now 9-for-13 in the playoffs.  Kevin Garcia was 2-for-4.  Jaylin Davis was 2-for-5 with a triple.  Casey Scoggins was 2-for-5.  The Kernels take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three series.

TODAY'S TILT

6:30  Cedar Rapids (Sam Gibbons, 7-6, 4.71) at Clinton (Kevin Gadea, 3-0, 2.15)

CEDAR RAPIDS 3, WISCONSIN 1 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

All the runs were scored in the third inning.  Corey Ray singled in the lone Timber Rattler run in the top of the inning.  In the bottom, Luis Arraez singled in the tying run, Zander Weil tripled home the go-ahead run, and Travis Blankenhorn's RBI single brought in an insurance run.  Eduardo Del Rosario pitched six innings, giving up one run on five hits and one walk with five strikeouts.  Tom Hackimer struck out four in two shutout innings of relief.  Arraez was 4-for-4 and went 7-for-9 in the series.  Casey Scoggins was 2-for-4 with a double.  The win gives the Kernels a sweep of the best-of-three series.  They will play Clinton in the semi-finals starting Saturday at 4:05 Central.