Friday night, the Newark Raptors and Ithaca Lakers battled to a 6-6 tie after 9 innings, when darkness descended on Hoy Field. Since there are no stadium lights, the game was suspended and resumed on Saturday.

The Newark Raptors won their first NCBL championship, in their second season, defeating the Ithaca Lakers 11-6 (in 11 innings) and 7-1 Saturday at Colburn Park, Newark. Pitcher Ryan McMains earned MVP honors for the series, giving up three hits in eight innings in Game Two.

Game 2: McMains Pitches Raptors to Championship

Ryan McMains took a no-hitter into the sixth inning, and up only three singles in eight innings, as the Newark Raptors downed the Ithaca Lakers 7-1, sweeping the NCBL Finals 2-0, and winning the league championship.

The game was scoreless after five and a half innings. Then the rains came and produced a nearly two-hour delay. When play resumed, the Raptors promptly scored three runs in the sixth. Phil Warren doubled home a run and one out later Casey Saucke hit a two-run homerun just inside the leftfield foul pole.

The Lakers scored once in the seventh inning, but Newark added three more runs of their own in their half of the inning. Warren got his second RBI of the game on a single. Derin McMains also had an RBI single. Johnny Keelans sacrifice fly in the eighth inning supplied the games final run.

Keelan went 4 for 4, with two runs scored for Newark.

Saxon Berry pitched the ninth inning for Newark and got Raul Gomez to pop out to first baseman Warren for the final out. Berry is the only Raptor who was a member of last year's inaugural team.

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