Sunday, May 31, 2026 · City Stadium · Final

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50-47 · L10 4-6

3–2
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42-57 · L10 4-6

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
FAY 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 2
HC 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 2
WP Ryan Mathiesen (8-0) LP Keegan Zinn (4-4)

Stars of the game

Ryan Prager Will McCausland German Ramirez

Season matchup

FAY leads 8 of 8 categories

FAY Metric HC
Offense
5.23 22nd Runs scored per game 5.05 27th
Pitching
5.35 11th Runs allowed per game 6.30 25th
Roster
21.0 23rd Plate-appearance-weighted batting age 20.4 27th
Results
.515 14th Winning percentage .424 26th
-12 19th Run differential -124 28th
.489 19th Pythagorean winning percentage .400 28th
.607 3rd Winning percentage in one-run games .600 4th
.510 17th Home winning percentage .444 27th
.522 9th Road winning percentage .400 24th

2026 regular-season totals, each with the club's league rank. The greener side holds the edge; descriptive metrics (roster age, WAR concentration) have no better direction and are left uncalled.

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Batting ABRHHRRBIBBSO AVGOPS
1 Hector Salas 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .199 .617
2 Xavier Neyens DH 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 .240 .911
3 Kevin Alvarez CF 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 .284 .824
4 Juan Sierra LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .250 .769
5 Nehomar Ochoa 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .270 .792
6 German Ramirez SS 4 1 1 1 2 0 1 .225 .605
7 Camilo Diaz 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .159 .528
8 Carlos Cauro C 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .282 .840
9 DJ Newman RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .259 .810
Team 32 3 6 1 3 2 15 .188 .548
LOB:
9
2B:
Alvarez
HR:
Ramirez
SB:
Diaz
Pitching IPHRERBBSOHRP-S ERAWHIP
Aubrey Smith 7.0 7 2 2 0 0 0 69-43 6.52 1.55
Ryan Mathiesen W 2.0 0 0 0 3 2 0 38-18 2.74 1.35
Team 9.0 7 2 2 3 2 0 107-61 2.00 1.11

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Batting ABRHHRRBIBBSO AVGOPS
1 Luis De La Cruz 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .293 .858
2 Jose Pirela CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .213 .655
3 Anthony Martinez 1B 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .284 .924
4 Tyler Howard C 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 .261 .729
5 Yeiferth Castillo LF 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .240 .611
6 Johan Rodriguez SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .177 .546
7 Victor Izturis DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .186 .590
8 Yerlin Luis RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .112 .422
9 Yaikel Mijares 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .150 .451
Team 30 2 7 0 2 3 2 .233 .570
LOB:
11
2B:
Pirela
GIDP:
De La Cruz, Howard, Mijares
Pitching IPHRERBBSOHRP-S ERAWHIP
Will McCausland 4.2 5 2 2 2 7 1 87-58 4.97 1.34
Angel Perez 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3-2 8.93 2.01
Ryan Prager 3.0 0 0 0 0 8 0 43-31 3.41 1.35
Keegan Zinn L 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17-10 7.11 1.87
Team 9.0 6 3 2 2 15 1 150-101 2.00 0.89