(1) Keyboardist Rusty Scott left the band at the end of 2012 to continue his music career in a different direction and Travis Colby is now on keyboards .
(2) Keyboarder Rusty Scott left the band at the end of 2012 to continue his musical career in a different direction , and Travis Colby is now on keyboards .

Do these two sentences mean the same thing?

Options:
1). no.
2). yes.
2).