Wednesday, June 20, 2007 |
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The Anteaters seem to have a thing for extras, because they beat Arizona State in the 10th yesterday on a walkoff RBI single with the bases loaded, the third game in a row in which UC Irvine won in extras in the last at-bat. "The 2007 UC Irvine Anteaters don't want to take their uniforms off," said coach Dave Serrano. UCI came back from a four-run deficit to get the job done, a rally started — and interrupted — in a most unusual fashion (emphasis mine):It started with back-to-back pinch-hit walks by Dillon Bell and Zach Robinson, followed by another walk to Taylor Holiday. With the bases loaded and no outs, Jarvis hit Ben Orloff to make it 7-4. The next batter, Cipriano, singled up the middle to cut the deficit to two runs. Then Matt Morris tied it up with a double to right-center field. The Anteaters might have taken the lead on that play, but Cipriano was held up at third base, and he grabbed third-base coach Greg Bergeron to stop himself. By rule, Cipriano was called out, and Arizona State got out of the inning with a double play.UCI has to face a rested Oregon State over the next two days. Zot!
Scores
Pavkovich: 2-5
Wood: 2-5, 1 HR, 1 RBI
Morales: 3-5, 1 2B, 1 RBI
Eylward: 2-4, 1 HR, 2 RBI
Mathis: 2-4
Brown: 2-4, 1 K
Olenberger: (W, 7-2), 7.0 IP, 3 R, 3 ER, 10 H, 5 K, 2 BB, 1 HR, 3.92 ERA
Gwyn: (S, 9), 1.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 2 K, 0 BB, 1.80 ERA
Don't look now, but Brandon Wood is in the middle of a 12-game hitting streak, during which he's hitting .340/.415/.660 with six doubles and three homers, including this one, a solo shot. Mike Eylward also homered, a two-run jack in the fourth. Morales is in the middle of a hitting streak of his own, an 11-game streak dating back to June 3, with a .381/.409/.452 mark.
Kasey Olenberger got the win with a quality start plus. Marcus Gwyn danced around two hits for the save, pitching a scoreless ninth.
Rodriguez, S: 2-5, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 3 K
Wilson: 1-5
Peel, A: 2-5, 1 2B
Collins: 2-4, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K
Fuller: 2-4, 1 2B, 3 RBI
Rodriguez, F: (W, 4-1), 6.0 IP, 3 R, 3 ER, 10 H, 3 K, 1 BB, 2 HR, 4.37 ERA
A thumping delivered one and two runs at a time by Arkansas. Cody Fuller went 2-for-4 and drove in a season-high three, while Sean Rodriguez homered, a ninth-inning leadoff solo shot.
Fernando Rodriguez, Jr. got the win with a quality start, surviving ten hits, two homers, and a walk. Chris Hunter, last year an abysmal starter for the Travs, started the season for Rancho and earned a promotion June 8; he got a hold for two scoreless innings of relief.
Pippin: 2-5, 2 RBI
De Los Santos: 2-5, 1 2B, 1 K
Davitt: (L, 0-1), 2.0 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 H, 1 K, 1 BB, 4.50 ERA
West: 2.1 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 4 K, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA
Yesterday marked the beginning of short-season league play, in particular, the Pioneer League; the AZL will start its season on Friday, June 22.
Grodon Gronkowski's 3-for-4 with a double and a walk was the offensive highlight of this loss; the Owlz worked back from a 4-0 deficit and even scored the third run in the ninth on a two-out rally that saw four consecutive singles, the last one an infield hit to shortstop Justin Fuller by Anel De Los Santos, a promotee from last year's AZL crop.
Young: 0-4
Ruan: 0-2, 1 RBI, 2 BB
Huckaby: 2-4
Stults: (L, 5-5), 3.0 IP, 4 R, 4 ER, 7 H, 5 K, 3 BB, 1 HR, 7.38 ERA
Eckert: 3.0 IP, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 H, 3 K, 3 BB, 7.11 ERA
Hoorelbeke: 1.0 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 H, 1 K, 0 BB, 5.48 ERA
Eric Stults took his fifth loss of the season, giving up a big four-run first inning and failing to pitch into the fourth. The 51's offense was largely impotent against Sky Sox' starting pitcher Marc Kaiser.
Brown: 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 K
Mathews: 2-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 K
Coleman: (W, 1-0), 5.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 4 K, 1 BB, 0.00 ERA
Koss: (S, 1), 1.2 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 H, 1 K, 0 BB, 5.40 ERA
Paul Coleman pitched five scoreless innings, and Brian Mathews homered as the featured moments of this victory. Despite the two-out struggles detailed above, Paul Koss recorded his first save.
Poole: 2-4, 2 2B, 3 RBI
Baez: 3-6, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 K
Collado: 2-4, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Silverio: 2-4, 1 HR, 2 RBI
Orr: 2-5, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K
Garcia, Y: 2-5, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 1 K
Garcia, J: 2-4, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K
Alvarez, C: 1.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 3 K, 0 BB, 0.00 ERA
Gracia: (BS, 1), 1.0 IP, 5 R, 4 ER, 5 H, 1 K, 1 BB, 36.00 ERA
Paredes: (W, 1-0) (in relief), 2.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 2 K, 1 BB, 0.00 ERA
The GCL started its season yesterday, and the Dodgers came darned close to losing their very first game in a real thumping, but came back for a nine-run top of the ninth to win it, highlighted by a Yosanddy Garcia grand slam off Nationals reliever Noel De Leon.
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