The Batavia Muckdogs close out the regular season at Dwyer Stadium tonight with a chance to repeat as Western Division champions on the line.
Trailing the Elmira Pioneers by mere percentage points, the Muckdogs need a win against Niagara Power after a doubleheader split on Friday against Newark.
Batavia won the first game 2-0 behind the pitching of Rijnaldo Euson and Garrett Beaver.
Euson tossed six innings of shutout ball, scattering five hits and fanning eight. Euson finishes the regular season with a record of 3-1 and an ERA of 2.48. He amassed 35 strikeouts.
Beaver picked up his second save in 12 relief appearances. He's 3-0 with a 1.22 ERA.
Lucas Lopez reached base three times, twice on a walk and once with a hit in three plate appearances.
Newark took the second game 4-2.
For Batavia, Lopez was 2 for 3 and Kyle Hetherington went 2-3 with an RBI and a run scored.
The Muckdogs are 26-16 and Elmira is 27-16.
