Steve Fowler, the former Bobcats manager, has taken his Owensboro Oillers to the Ohio Valley League championship series in his first year with the club. The Oilers dispatched the Tradewater Pirates Thursday 4-3 at Chautauqua Park, taking the best-of-three series 2-1.
The Oilers broke a 3-3 tie in the bottom of the eighth with a run on a two-out single. Jim Mulvaney then shut down the Pirates in the ninth for a save and a shot at the postseason title to go along with their regular season crown.
Former Bobcat Drew Barrett was 2-for-4 with a double and RBI for the Oilers.
With the Pirates' exit from the playoffs, 2011 marks the first since 2008 that the Pirates have not won either the regular or postseason or even both titles.
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