Arvada, CO - after a two week hiatus from the quarterfinal/semifinal games due to heavy snow, the #3 seeded Cubs faced off against rival and #5 seed Redhawks, who pulled off the upset last week against the #1 seed Nightrain.  While it was expected to be a pretty tight pitchers duel didn't turn out as anticipated, with Northern Colorado alum Dylan Smith on the mound for the Redhawks and Adams State alum JD Heredia, hitting was not scarce, with Heredia allowing 7 in 6 innings and Smith allowing 10 hits in 4 innings before being chased for reliever Josh Weyker.  

The Cubs were led by their pitching, which has been the staple of the Cubs team the entire year, led by JD Heredia.  Heredia pitched 6 innings allowing 3 runs on 7 hits, 3 walks and 4 k's to secure the win and lock up the Cy Young award for 2020.  Israel Munoz finished the last 3 innings allowing no runs on 3 hits and 6 k's.  "Our pitching has been top notch all year, probably even beating our own expectation on how we performed.  With Heredia, Bartos and Newhuis coming up big this year, it put us in a great position combined with our offense to win ball games," said pitching coach Sean Fredrickson.  With the shortened 19 game season this year, the Cubs allowed only 77 runs while tallying 136 on offense.  "I felt great today, and was pumped up for the championship.  We've been working towards this ever since the Redhawks eliminated us in last years playoffs, said Heredia, we came in with a game plan to execute and Will (Bartos) and I did that and my guys behind me played good defense and got me the run support I needed".    

Offensively, the Cubs totaled 18 hits, led by leadoff hitter Andrew (I've got a photo shoot) Clark who scored 3 runs going 4-5, and SS Jorge Lovatos (who recently was activated off the 20 day DL) going 3-5 with 2 doubles and 3 rbi, second baseman Jaron Dorchinez going 3-5 and 1B Paul Rumage (in his rumored last game before retirement) going 2-4 with a sac-fly.  "Any time you can piece up 18 hits in a championship game, you have a pretty good shot of being on top when that 27th out hits," said Bartos, who was still in his uniform at 9pm after eating dinner.  "We've had a great offensive year, hitting 16 homeruns and having four of our guys hit over .400.  Having Rumage and Bradell help lead that way was a big difference from last year with those two combining for 64 hits this year and each hitting a pair of homers and over .400," said Bartos.  

With the Cubs victory in the hardest amateur division in Colorado, the Cubs swept championships this year after also winning the NABA weeknight league.  Overall, the Cubs finished 2020 with a 26-5-2 record to capture both championships.  

2020 Stats Leaders:

Average: Paul Rummage (.433)

Hits: Adam Bradell (35)

Homeruns: Bryer Mueller (6)

Runs: Andrew Clark (35)

RBI: Bryer Mueller (34)

Innings: JD Heredia (71.2)

Wins: JD Heredia (11)

Strikeouts: JD Heredia (73)

E.R.A:  Will Bartos (2.74 min 20 innings)