(KMJ) The Fresno Grizzlies capped off a record-setting season Tuesday night with a dominant victory over Columbus, 7-0, to win the AAA National Championship.
Starting pitcher Chris Devenski, who was making his first career start for the Grizzlies, didn’t allow a hit until the sixth. He finished with seven shutout innings and earned MVP honors.
Devenski, the California native, had only two Triple-A relief appearances in the PCL Championship prior to the victory over the International League champs.
Alex Presley singled and scored in the first to kick-start an offense that put up seven runs and 13 hits on seven Columbus pitchers. They drew blood in the first with three runs and jumped out to a 5-0 lead by the top of the second when Presley drove in Kemp on an RBI single and scored on a double from Tyler White.
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The Triple-A National Championship is the second for manager Tony DeFrancesco and his first since 2007 when he led the Oakland Athletics Triple-A affiliate to the title in Oklahoma City. In 12 season managing in the Pacific Coast League, he’s won eight division titles and four league championships.
