TROY, NY (NEWS10) -- The Tri-City ValleyCats (0-1) fell 4-2 to the Québec Capitales (1-0) on Tuesday at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium in Game 1 of the best-of-five Atlantic Conference Finals.

The Capitales wasted no time as Ruben Castro opened the scoring with a solo homer in the first off Stephen Still, which provided the visitors with a 1-0 advantage. The ValleyCats responded quickly in the bottom of the second when Ian Walters went deep for the third consecutive postseason game, this time against Braeden Allemann, to even the score, 1-1.

Québec would then retake the lead in the third, when Jesmuel Valentin went yard down the left field line to pull the Capitales ahead, 2-1.

Québec added in the sixth with help from some costly mistakes by Tri-City. After Jarrod Belbin singled to lead off th

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