Bees keep Buzzing (Corrected)

The Burlington Bees are on to the Midwest League Championship Series. They defeated the Cedar Rapids Kernels 2-1 at Community Field earlier today to sweep the Western Division Finals.

I'll have a post with Susan Denk's story from The Hawkeye tomorrow, but here is Matt Pauley's team story.

Cedar Rapids scored the first run of the ballgame in the top of the second inning. The Bees then answered right back and took the lead in the bottom of the inning scoring two runs. Jason Taylor led the inning off with a single and then stole second base. After one out was recorded, Nick Van Stratten singled to right field, which moved Taylor to third base. An error on the play by the right fielder, Julio Perez, then allowed Taylor to score and Van Stratten to move to third. Jamar Walton then doubled to score Van Stratten to give the Bees the 2-1 lead.

Luis Cota got the start and was outstanding as he allowed three hits and struck out seven over seven innings. Brandon Sisk pitched two scoreless innings for the save.

The Bees now await the winners of the South Bend-Dayton Series. If the Eastern Division Finals are a sweep, the Championship Series starts on Tuesday. If the East goes to three games, the Championship Series starts on Wednesday. Game One and Game Two will be in Burlington. Games Three through Five are set for the Eastern Division stadium.

By the way, Game One of the Eastern Division Finals is tied 2-2 in the bottom of the sixth as of 8:00pm CDT. That boxscore is here.

Bolded text used to read Wednesday and Thursday in that order. The correct days have been plugged in there now.