Boulders Season Ends in Heartbreak

Shut Out and Swept by Defending Champs

By Marc Ernay

The New York Boulders saw their season end at the hands of the three time defending Frontier League champions, as the Québec Capitales finished off a Wild Card Round  sweep, winning Game Two, 4-0, Friday night at Stade Canac.

The game was scoreless until the bottom of the seventh inning, when Caps 3B Kendall Simmons cracked  a leadoff home run against rookie RHP Aidan Risse (L / 0.2 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 0 BB, 2 K), who was making his  professional postseason debut. 

Québec added another run with two outs in the frame on a passed ball, then put the game out of reach  with two runs in the eighth off RHP Tyler Vail – the first earned runs allowed since July 5th by the Frontier  League’s Relief Pitcher of the Year.

New York was held to just three singles by RHP Greg Duncan, who struck out ten and walked none over  7.2 IP, with LHP Ryo Kohigashi and RHP Cole Roland retiring the final four batters to secure the series  sweep.

RF Enzo Apodaca was called out on a pitch clock violation strike three to end the season after the  Boulders reached the playoffs for the first time since 2022 and were shut out for the first time in exactly a  month (August 5 at Evansville).

Also of note  during this end of season game was   LHP Mitchell Senger (ND / 5 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 0 BB, 3 K) who pitched his second straight game without allowing a  walk. This also occurred on August 31 while playing at Sussex County.

All-Star SS Austin Dennis ended the season on a six-game hitting streak (11-for-29 {.379})

The Capitales advanced to the best-of-five Atlantic Conference Finals and will face Tri-City after the  ValleyCats swept away the Sussex County Miners, 4-3. Game One is set for Tuesday night in Troy, NY

The Boulders’ next game will be Opening Night of 2026. Information on 2026 season tickets is available at NYBoulders.com or by calling (845) 364-0009. The RCT will keep readers updated with any off-season updates.