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Green with Envy: Emeralds win first outright title in 41 years
- Updated: September 14, 2016
In a winner-take-all game, with the Northwest League Championship on the line, the Eugene Emeralds turned to their ace and Manuel Rondon delivered.
Rondon, the Northwest League Pitcher of the Year, threw five innings of one-run ball as Class A Short Season Eugene topped Everett, 2-1, winning the club’s fifth league title in three games.
The championship marks the Emeralds’ first outright title since 1975, although they did share a championship with Bellingham in 1980 after the final game of the series was rained out.
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Rondon has had a stellar year for the Emeralds as he went 6-1 with a 1.10 ERA and allowed two earned runs or fewer in all 12 of his starts. Manager Jesus Feliciano set up his playoff rotation so that Rondon would get the ball in the final game and the decision paid …
