Mid East Falcons win inaugural United Series Championship in Dubai

Shotaro Kasahara allowed only two hits in six scoreless innings with six strikeouts to lead the Mid East Falcons to the first United Series championship in League history.

Munenori Kawasaki - named United Series MVP - went 2-for-5 with one run scored and two RBIs as the Falcons won 8-1 over the Mumbai Cobras. Kawasaki batted .417 for the Series. 

Kasahara had a total of 72 pitches, 57 of which were strikes; Shingo Hirata (2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3 SO after a Fire Ball scored) and Severino González  (1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1BB) completed the pitching line for the Falcons.  

Shuhei Fukuda went 2-for-3 with one RBI, Hiroyuki Makajima batted 2-for-3 with one RBI, and Gregori Cano had a 1-for-3 night, with two runs scored and one RBI, to highlight the Mid East offense. 

After losing Game 1, the Falcons turned the United Series around with two straight victories. They scored a total of 16 runs on 26 hits, and allowed only five runs. 

Other highlights:

•  Nyan Hernández took the loss after 1.0 inning, in which he allowed three hits, four earned runs, three walks and struck out two.
• Lou Helmig went 1-for-3 with one RBI, as the standout man in the Cobras offense. 
• After winning Game 1 of the United Series, Mumbai only had eight hits and two runs scored.