Pleasanton American Little League
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2007 Highlights PLEASANTON AMERICAN LITTLE LEAGUE WEEK ENDING 6/17/07 Junior 90s
Phillies 17 vs. Phillies 19:
PALL's Junior 90's Gold came up two runs short in the first
game of a Saturday DH against visiting Tassajara Valley. A great battle by both
teams, with a most impressive offense and defense. Matt Beadle, Nick Johnson
and Jay Coles shared the position on the mound. On defense, Stephen Ferrel (CF)
threw two runners out to catcher Joe Herman. Brent Usedom (SS) and Zach Piona
(2B) played aggressively, picking up multiple hit balls and making the put-outs
to Michael Herman at first. Offensively, PALL's 17 runs were a game season
high! Ferrel went 2 for 5 with 4 RBIs. Usedom hammerred a hit over the
left-fielder's head for a stand-up double and an overthrow by Tassajara allowed
him to take third in the second inning. Kevin Phiengsai went 1 for 4, scoring
two runs with an RBI credit. MHerman walked twice, singled and scored twice.
Coles crossed home plate four times. Even with all the red hat runs, Pleasanton
was two runs shy of a win. Final score of this game:
Phillies 0 vs. Phillies 5:
In game two against Tassajara, Matthew Vance had an
outstanding outing as PALL's starting pitcher. In five innings, he allowed only
two runs, struck out four and issued no wallks. Brent Usedom continued as the
defensive terror, stopping five hits including catching three line drives and
two 6-3 put-outs to Matt Beadle at the first base corner. Beadle also was on
the receiving end with 4-3 plays initiated by Zach Piona playing second base.
In the outfield, Kevin Phinegsai (LF), Nick Johnson (CF), and Sean O'Connell (RF)
made great catches for big outs. Johnson was 2 for 3 and Usedom went 1 for 2.
Final score of the game: WEEK ENDING 5/2707 FARM B Angels vs. Twins: It was another fantastic game for the Angels last Wednesday night. The team saw some of the biggest hits of the season. Kyle Walsh hit a hard line drive past the second baseman securing his spot on first base. Devin Pyzer also awed the crowd with three amazing hits to the outfield. The team did an amazing job out in the field. Will Muat dominated the second inning with eight back to back outs at first base with the help of Josh Oliver. Sebastian Gwozdz caught a fly ball in the third inning proving to the Twins that the Angels can really play ball. Player of the Game was Kyle Walsh. FARM A White Sox vs. Athletics: The White Sox were on fire once again and everyone played well. Orien Johnson got three very excellent base hits as did Jared Pletcher. Tanner Strangmeyer made a great play with a spectacular dive to second. Daniel Bushnell also had a great moment early on by catching a gigantic pop fly. MINOR AA Indians 20 vs. Athletics 6: The Indians broke their loosing streak in a spectacular way and trounced the A’s. Andrew Kroll began the Indian lead by stealing home in the first inning and again in the third. Grant Huggins had an excellent handle on pitching and Jake Molz’ last turn at bat tipped the scale to 20 for the Indians. Go Indians! Indians 7 vs. Angels 14: Although our Indians were batting well and fielding a number of good plays, Saturday’s game was plagued by numerous errors that gave the game to our opponents. Memorable moments included a fine inning pitched by James Kozuch who delivered two strike-outs and a quick play to first, and Bryan Collins and Ryan Hanscom each caught pop flys that touched the stratosphere. MINOR AAA
Red Sox 6 vs. Rangers 2:
Another great win for the Red Sox over the Rangers.
Final score was 6 to 2. The Red Sox pitching was outstanding, allowing 2 runs
in the 1st inning, but shutting down the Rangers for the rest of the game.
Offense: The Sox came out firing, scoring 3 runs in the 1st, which turned out
to be all the runs they needed. Will Pickett continued his consistently hot
hitting with 3 singles, 2 runs scored and 2 RBI's; Chase Henley ripped a double
and a single and had 2 RBI's; Blair Pacini reached base 3 times with 2 singles
and a walk, scoring twice. Red Sox 4 vs. Athletics 5: The Red Sox gave the first place A's quite a scare going into the last inning with a 2 run lead, but the A's pulled out a win with a 3 run rally to win 5 to 4. It was a well played, exciting game, with most of the scoring in the last 2 innings (the A's had no hits through the first 4 innings!). Offense: Chase Henley dominated the Red Sox offense with 2 singles, a double, 3 RBI's, scoring once. Blair Pacini contributed a double, a single and scored twice. Kyle Colbacchini singled and knocked in a run. Alex Codik, Joseph Ponco Jack Geasa and Jake Wilson each had singles. Pitching: Will Pickett was lights out! He shut down the A's for the first 3 innings, allowing no runs, no hits walked 2 and struck out 7 batters. Chase Henley- 1 2/3 innings, 2 earned runs, 2 hits, 3 walks and 1 strikeout; Jake Wilson-1 inning, 3 earned runs, 3 hits, 1 hit batter, 0 walks, 1 strikeout. JUNIOR 80s Athletics 11 vs. Athletics 7: The A’s were back on track Saturday morning bringing home a well deserved win for the team against the San Ramon Valley Giants. The team stayed focused throughout a very close game. Cole Hanley started the game off for the A’s earning the first RBI of the game. And while attempting to steal home, Cole slide in under the tag, adding two runs to the board one in inning #1 and one in #3. Billy Donahue was on fire coming around the bases, adding a total of three runs to the scoreboard, including a successful home plate steel to tie the score in inning #2. Hwi Kim went 2 for 3 with a single in inning #1 and a home run hit to start off inning #6. Alec Elgood and Drew Clawges cinched the win for the team in inning #7. Alec hit a double and earned an RBI and Drew hit a single and earned 2 RBI’s giving the team the advantage they needed. Cole Hanley and Drew Clawges lead the team with stolen base each with 6. On defense Josh Rosenblatt lead the team on the mound, pitching the first 5 inning earning 8 strike outs allowing only 5 runs. Hwi Kim provided great back up at 2nd base slowing the Giants down from attempting to steal and on the mound pitched the final two innings striking 5 of the 6 batters out. Travis Duarte did his part for the team at Short Stop with a double play to end inning #5. Athletics 3 vs. San Ramon East 1: The Jr. 80 A’s played flawless ball Saturday afternoon at the new Windermere Baseball Facility. The team stayed alert and took the home field advantage away from the San Ramon Valley Jr. 80. Billy Donahue opened the game on the mound for the A’s allowing 0 runs scored. Drew Clawges controlled the infield contributing 3 outs and 2 assists for the team. Anthony Shiell made the difference at 1st base with 5 defensive plays to slow the San Ramon team down including a pop fly catch and a tag of a runner struggling to reach first. Catcher, Matt London launched a ball to 2nd base in time to pick the runner off attempting to steal. Alec Elgood, Taylor LaPorte and Johnny Scholz monitored the outfield allowing nothing to get by them. On offense, Cole Hanley started the 2nd inning with a walk; Hwi Kim’s line drive advanced him to 2nd from which he successfully stole 3rd and home to put the first run of the game on the board for the A’s. Drew Clawges started inning #4 with a walk, stole 2nd and 3rd where Travis Duarte hit an RBI double allowing Drew to score. Inning #6, Billy Donahue roped a single to the outfield, successfully stole 2nd, where Kevin Anderson’s hot bat shot the ball through the gap allowed Billy to score the 3rd run of the game for the A’s. JUNIOR 90s Phillies 8 vs. Phillies 7: PALL Junior 90's Gold played host to San Ramon Valley for a two-game match-up; each team chalked up a win. In Game 1, SRV got off to an early start to score one run in the first inning and tacked on another run in the fourth (SRV 2 PALL 0). In the home half of the fourth inning, the red hats woke up and eight PALL players crossed home plate. P-town sent 11 batters to the box. RBIs credited to Connor Farrell and Zach Piona - each with a pair. Kevin Phiengsai drove in a run with his RBI double. Jay Coles and the Herman twins (Michael & Joe) each dialed in an RBI. Defensive highlight of the game was a pickle play provided by RJ Anderson and Nick Johnson (5-6), with Johnson applying the tag for the first out in inning two. Farrell delivered four solid innings from the mound, blanking SRV for two. He cornered nine strike-outs, walked one, and gave up two runs. Stephen Ferrel came on in the fifth and held the game for the finish. Final score: SRV 7 PALL 8 Phillies 1 vs. Phillies 7: In Game 2 of the Saturday DH, San Ramon Valley came up with the win. Once again PALL's opponents scored first with two runs each in the first two innings and a run in each of the last three innings of the game. P-town's only score would come in the home half of the fifth, set up with timely one-baggers from the bats of Sean O'Connell (2 for 3), Jay Coles, Zach Piona (2 for 3, SB, run) and Connor Farrell (2 for 3, SB, RBI). Also connecting for game singles were RJ Anderson and Matthew Vance. Vance also provided excitement in a new "position" as centerfielder, contributing to the defense of the team. Final score: SRV 7 PALL 1
Phillies 3 vs. Phillies 5:
PALL Junior 90's Gold met CC/SRA/SRN at the Sports Park for a mid-week match
game. Unfortunately, the visitors kept P-town off-guard and off the bases.
While the boys in red managed 8 singles and a double belted by Stephen Ferrel (1
for 3, double, run, 2 RBIs), PALL's only score (3 runs) came in the third inning
- Kevin Phiengsai accounted for the other RBI. Brent Usedom started at SS and
showed off his fielding agility as he initiated a major league 6-4-3 DP (Usedom-Zach
Piona-Michael Herman) in inning one. He also kept a runner from tagging home
in the sixth with a masterful 6-2 (Usedom-Joe Herman) throw. Jay Coles played
skillfully in CF, snagging a flyball in the sixth. Hits and misses for the team
this game. WEEK ENDING 5/20/07 T-BALL Yankees vs. White Sox: Yankees played an outstanding game against the White Sox with powerful hitting and fantastic fielding. Cameron McMullen was an exceptional player with accurate fielding and throwing. Andre Maciel and Alex Benito had some strong hits. Great job Yankees! Yankees vs. Athletics: Yankees played an outstanding game against the A's. John Garcia fielded a line drive to 3rd base and made a great throw to 1st baseman Brendon Beliso. Brendon Beliso also had an excellent game at fielding and batting. Camden McFarlane exhibited great batting skills with powerful line drives in the 1st and 2nd inning. Good game Yankees! Red Sox vs. Rangers: A great day on the ball field for the Red Sox! Owen Lahr impressed with a tremendous hit in the 2nd inning; just one of his great moments. Cody Vaeth showed real strength at the plate and fielded with awesome skill. Jake Gebb proved the 3rd inning was his best with play after play to 1st base. Great job guys! FARM B Athletics vs. White Sox: Jackson Hager and Blake Theofanopoulos worked great as a team fielding from the pitcher's mound and first base. Sean Bettencourt had 3 strong hits and got on base. Twins vs. Angels: The Twins continue to play great baseball. EricThomas hit hard toward center and also fielded at 1st base to get an Angels batter out. Nikolas Torre made a great shot through second base, fielded at second base and got a batsman out. Matthew Schulz fielded at third base and got 3 Angels batmen at the top of the first innings. Twins vs. Angels: The Twins played a sharp and exciting game. Their over all performance was excellent. Logan hit a drive through second, fielded at 1st base at the top of the 2nd innings, got a couple of batsmen out. Josh Molz was able to strike the ball perfectly and also was sharp at 3rd base. Blake Zimmerman fielded at pitchers mound and got a batsman out. Athletics vs. White Sox: Jaden Orr demonstrated great fielding skills stopping the ball, and throwing to Matthew Chang who caught it at second to close the play. TWICE! Scott Renton had 2 great hits to get on first base. Red Sox vs. Yankees: The Red Sox played against the Yankees on Saturday with a great game of fielding & hitting. The team was at their best with big sluggers, Mike, Coby, Nick, Matthew, Noah, Paul placing the ball out among the outfielders on almost every turn! The fielding was strong, with a great hustle and pick by Mike to get the ball. Coby made a great play to the 1st baseman for one of the outs. Lucas made a huge throw from 3rd to 1st - great arm! Mike made a huge stretch to catch the ball at 1st and keep his foot on the bag! Jack made an awesome catch and a great try for the out at 2nd. Great game for the Red Sox! Angels vs. Twins: The Angels played a great game against the Twins on Saturday. Devin Pyzer, Sean Duncan, and James Kroll had three outstanding plate appearances. Devin ripped two line drives, Sean had three great at bats, and James continued to drive the ball. The Angels defense was stellar making good throws to first and getting outs at each base. FARM A Yankees vs. Red Sox: The Yankees and the Red Sox took the field for the early game, but the kids were ready to play. Luke Hazen blasted a stand-up triple in the first inning to lead off the big slugging Yankee team. Hazen also contributed in the field playing a solid second base. Silas Hillman and Sam Stelle played a great middle infield nailing the runners trying to advance to second. The Yankees are greatly improving but are also showing everyone how to enjoy playing the ball game. Yankees vs. Indians: On the Monday evening game, the Yankees played their best ball of the season. Everyone played great, smacking the ball everywhere and playing solid defense. Continuing with his power stroke, Stefan Goff pounded three doubles. Patrick Herz legged out two doubles and made several great plays in the field. Donovan Mayer hit the ball well, but also played an exceptional first base catching everything that came his way. The Yankees just continue to get better each game. White Sox vs. Athletics: The White Sox were on fire once again and everyone played well. Orien Johnson got three very excellent base hits as well as Jared Pletcher. Tanner Strangmeyer made a great play with a spectacular dive to second. Daniel Bushnell also had a great moment early on by catching a gigantic pop fly. MINOR AA Twins 5 vs. White Sox 16: Shortstop Brendan Mickelburgh started the Twins' first double play of the season by dashing behind the mound to backhand a pop-up behind the pitcher's mound and firing to first baseman Phillip Herrera to pick off the retreating runner -- one of 10 infield outs recorded by the Twins in a 16-5 loss to the White Sox. Second baseman Anthony Minaise sandwiched a pair of grounders into outs around a comebacker to pitcher Gunnar Langenhuizen to end a second inning rally. Langehuizen ended the next inning by inducing a grounder to short, snaring a liner and coaxing a hard drive to shortstop. But the heart-stopper came when centerfielder Brandon Dodak chased down a sinking fly with the bases loaded to end the fifth inning. Angels 10 vs. Twins 5: The Angels came out ready to play ball. Ryan Myers started on the mound and struck out 6 Twins batters. The Angels also had some excellent hits. Colton Stevens, Tyler Muniz and Jack Reynolds all produced hit in the bottom of the 2nd inning to help the Angels obtain the lead. Blaise Fitzgerald came in the 4th inning and held on to the lead for the Angels win. Go Angels! Indians 20 vs Athletics 6: The Indians broke their loosing streak in a spectacular way and trounced the A’s. Andrew Kroll began the Indian lead by stealing home in the first inning and again in the third. Grant Huggins had an excellent handle on pitching and Jake Molz' last turn at bat tipped the scale to 20 for the Indians. Go Indians! Indians 7 vs. Angles 14: Although our Indians were batting well and fielding a number of good plays, Saturday’s game was plagued by numerous errors that gave the game to our opponents. Memorable moments included a fine inning pitched by James Kozuch who delivered two strike-outs and a quick play to first, and Brian Collins and Ryan Hanscom who each caught a pop fly that touched the stratosphere. MINOR AAA Angels
8 vs. Indians 7: Kreg "Hoss" White delivered a dramatic 2-out, 2-strike, bases
loaded game winning RBI in the bottom of the 6th as the Angels completed another
thrilling come-from-behind victory, winning by an 8 to 7 margin over the Indians
squad. Jacob Nelson started and pitched two superb innings, yielding only one
run, and Danny Terry came on to help put out an Indian rally, going a strong 1
1/3. Jake Kinney pitched the final innings to close things out, putting out an
Indian fire in the top of the sixth. Trailing 5 to 1 in the bottom of the
third, Danny Terry drove in two runs and scored on a double by Justin Goodman.
Barrett Fitzgerald walked, and then he and Goody came home on a two RBI single
by Jacob Kinney, as the Halos put up six runs to take a 7-5 lead. The lead
would hold until the top of the sixth, when the Indians rallied to tie the game,
7-7. Hoss then delivered the game winner the bottom of the sixth to ice the
win. Red
Sox 3 vs. Angels 9:
Offense: Chase Henley singled twice and had 2 RBI's; Will
Pickett lined a double and scored twice; Blair Pacini, Kyle Colbacchini and
Parker Moberg each had 1 single (Parker also scored on a passed ball in the 6th
inning). Both teams left 6 runners stranded. Pitching: Parker Moberg-3
innings, 6 earned runs, 7 hits, 2 walks, 5 strikeouts; Angels 9 vs. Red Sox 3: Jacob Nelson, Jake McIntosh, and Jacob Kinney combined to hold the Red Sox to just 6 hits and three runs, as the Angels completed a four game season sweep of a tough Red Sox squad. Justin "Goody" Goodman picked up the game ball with superb infield play and a pair of singles, an RBI and two runs scored. Other big contributors included Kreg "Hoss" White, who nearly cleared the fence with a double in the second, and Danny Terry, who had another big day with two hits, a walk, two stolen bases and three runs scored. Sam Molz contributed 2 big RBI, and Barrett Fitzgerald, Jake Kinney, and Jack Harding each crossed the plate once. Jake McIntosh backed up his pitching with a 3 for 3 day, notching two singles and a double. Another fine effort by the Halos, with everybody contributing. Red Sox
9 vs. Rangers 7: The Red Sox offense erupted for 3 runs in the 4th and 6 runs
in the 5th to outscore the Rangers 9 to 7. Offense: Chase Henley smashed 2
doubles, scored once and drove in 3 runs; Blair Pacini hit 2 singles, scored
twice and drove in 2 runs (he also made 2 fielding assists and had an unassisted
double play); Christian Pricer and Will Pickett both singled twice, scored twice
and drove in 1 run; Parker Moberg singled and drove in a run; Jake Wilson
singled and scored. Pitching: Will Pickett-3 innings, 2 earned runs, 1 hit, 6
walks, 4 strikeouts; MAJORS Red Sox 1 vs. Rangers 2: The Red Sox played their most exciting game of the season but could not hold on for the win. The Red Sox scored the first run of the game in the first inning with an excellent slide in by Nick Goldstein. The Rangers came back in the 3rd with a run to tie the game. The game would remain a tie through the 9th inning when the Rangers pulled ahead by one run. The Red Sox played an excellent defensive game. The pitching trio of Kyle Greenan, Brian Hsu and Jimmy Doyle struck out a total of 12 batters. The Red Sox’s infield: Cameron Myers, Nick Goldstein, Justin Cruz and Ryan Meisenheimer did a fantasic job at fielding grounders and pop fly balls to keep the runners from advancing. The outfielding team of Jason Menger, Matt Westcott, Drew Gray, Jon Gray and Jeff Horne contributed with outstanding fielding. Great game Red Sox! Rangers vs. Indians (score unavailable): Last Saturday the Rangers were faced a very tough Indians team. The Rangers got it going early with big hits from Austin Piscotty and Jonathan Camello. Camello's hit brought in two runs with Ryan Anderson and and Piscoty scoring. A solid pitching performance from Kyle Moreno and great defense behind him kept the Rangers in the lead the rest of the way as the Indians were only able to get one run on the day. Piscotty came in and got the save. The Rangers defense was lead by the strong play of Jacob Wipfli at 3rd. Great game Rangers. Yankees 20 vs. Athletics 6: The Yankees and A's battled back and forth early in the game as they exchanged the lead. The Yankees were able to break it open it the 5th and not look back. At the plate some impressive performances from Ryan Mahoney who went 3 for 4, JP Parisi who went 2 for 3, and Trent Morgan was 2 for 2 with a BB and HBP. Ryan and JP each had a double. Yankees vs. Indians (score unavailable): The Yankees came out today with their bats on fire and a strong desire to put on a defensive stance. On offense the Jordan Cain went 3 for 4, Alexander Zwingle went 2 for 3 with 2 doubles, and JP Parisi went 2 for 3. With a triple from Jordan Cain and Christopher Kinney. On defense an impressive performance from Alexander Zwingle behind the plate throwing out 3 base runners at 2nd. On the mound a great pitching performance from Brendan Jenkins and Christopher Kinney shut the Indians down. Yankees 4 vs. Indians 2: The Yankees riding a 2 game win streak came out with confidence and determination. A balanced attack lead the Yankees to the win over the Indians. On the mound Ryan Mahoney went 6 1/3 innings holding the Indians to only 2 runs. Jordan Cain came in and closed out the victory for the Yankees. Some impressive defenseive plays by John Paul Parisi at 3rd kept the Indians from scoring on many occsssions and stopped a few scoring chances. On offense Christopher Kinney was the scoring machine. Christopher hit a home run and a triple. Alex Zwingle and JP Parisi each went 2 for 3 at the plate. A great all around game for the Yankees and tied up the series with the Indians at 2 wins a piece. JUNIOR 80s Athletics 6 vs. Yankees 9: The A’s and Yankees treated the Pleasanton fans to an action packed game Thursday night. At bat Anthony Shiell went 3 for 3 with 1 stolen base. Matt London roped an RBI double scoring Kevin Anderson. Drew Clawges, Taylor LaPorte and Kevin Anderson all went 1 for 2 with all scoring a run for the A’s. Defensively, Hwi Kim caught 2 pop up flies and started a double play while playing in the infield. Jack Rogers, a skilled 1st Baseman played sound ball throughout the game. The game ended with Cole Hanley stopping a Yankee cold in his tracks at home plate. Athletics 6 vs. Athletics 5: The A’s started out behind but by the 3rd inning took the lead and maintained it for the remainder of the game – final score 6 to 5. Once again Josh Rosenblatt dominated the mound for the first 5 innings followed by Hwi Kim, who closed out the game. Anthony Shiell was a natural at 1st base with solid defense and heads up play with 4 put outs. Catcher Cole Hanley and 3rd Baseman Billy Donahue made the final out for game in a run down to prevent the tying run from scoring. At bat Drew Clawges and Hui Kim swung heavy bats and roped in doubles. Drew led the team in RBIs, followed by Ryan Campbell and Hwi Kim. Cole Hanley led the team with stolen bases. JUNIOR 90s Phillies 7 vs. Phillies 6: The players: PALL Jr. 90's Gold vs Tassajara Jr. 90's Gold. The field: Sycamore 1 in the hills of Danville. Before today's mid-week match-up, Tassajara always the victor; this time, Pleasanton with an 11-player roster walked off with the "W". To date, the best defense displayed by the boys in red. Connor Farrell got the start on the mound and held Tassajara scoreless for three of four innings, getting and letting his teammates "take care of business." Only one Tassajara run crossed the plate. PALL turned two DPs: inning two, 4-3-2 play (Zach Piona-Michael Herman-Joe Herman) and inning three, 7-5-2 play (Kevin Phiengsai-RJ Anderson-JHerman). Both times, Catcher Herman planted himself in front of homeplate and applied the tag to deny Tassajara from scoring. Anderson came to pitch after Farrell walked the first batter in the fifth inning. Then it was all Jay Coles in the final two innings of the game! Although he allowed a Tassajara runner to tie up the game (6-6) in the sixth, inning seven played out like this: Visitor half found PALL with a one-run lead scored by MHerman (PALL 7 - Tassajara 6). Tassajara lead-off batter hit by pitch, second batter walked (potential go-ahead run now on base). Coles strikes out the next batter, then induces P-town's third DP of the game - a classic 6-4-3 (Nick Johnson-Piona-MHerman) to end the game. Offensively, spectators on the hill wowwed Piona's season-high five SBs, along with his double, 2 singles, 2 runs and 3 RBIs. Anderson was powerful at the plate with a triple, 2 singles, 2 RBIs. MHerman powered up an RBI double and scored 2 runs. PALL players crossing homeplate also included Farrell, Coles (PR for Sean O'Connell) and JHerman. Total team effort. Final score of this game: PALL 7 Tassajara 6
WEEK ENDING 5/13/07 T-BALL Yankees vs. Tigers: It was a great game between the Yankees and Tigers. All players exhibited good sportsmanship. Outstanding players: Cameron McMullen, Karna Mendonca Kamath, and Ethan Mancuso Red Sox vs. Indians: The Red Sox continue to exhibit personal growth and team devotion! Teammates cheered as David Azuma, Brady Scanlon and Aaron Zheng each found their perfect swing and powered awesome hits! These boys fielded with enthusiasm and truly stood out for their determination and skill. Go Red Sox! Mariners vs. Rangers: It was a stunning game with the Mariners on Saturday. Salmaan Sayeed, did an outstanding play hustling the ball to the first baseman. "Big Hitter" Mitchell D'India showed his stuff knocking the ball out of the field with a clean up run. Finally, Keaton Smith showed outstanding skill as first baseman nearly catching every ball thrown to him. Great game Mariners! FARM B Athletics vs. Red Sox: Jackson had 2 great outs at first base. Nathan showed super quickness fielding the ball. Nate showed skill at bat, and catching. Angels vs. Yankees: The Farm B Angels have been improving on defense all year and today, the team's hard work was on display. Josh Oliver caught a line drive and then threw to Kenyan Branscomb for the first double play of the year. The Angels made numerous plays to first resulting in outs. Catcher, Owen McKelvey was steller behind the plate. The Angels continued to hit the ball well as seen by hits from Josh Oliver, Kyle Walsh, and Will Muat, who hit a towering drive to left. Red Sox vs. Athletics: The Red Sox played the Athletics on Saturday in a great game of hitting and fielding. Many great plays were made by the Red Sox team! Lucas made a great play from 3rd to 2nd base with a great attempt at the tag. Big bats were Ben, Mike, Noah & Matthew great hits to the outfield, Owen, Paul, Jack & Ethan great hits! The fielding was on with Lucas, Paul, Jack, Ben and Matthew making great scoops and throws to make the outs. Ben hustled to get the ball to 3rd base. Mike made a quick out at 2nd base. Ethan made a great scoop and play to 1st. FARM A Angels vs. Indians: The Angels had a great day for hitting. Alex Crepeau, Koby Carino, Matthew Papageorge and Christopher Myers showed their hitting talent with base hits. Jake Simons caught an awesome line drive hit by the pitchers mound for a third out. Angels vs. White Sox: Daniel Newman was hot tonight with the bat. Hitting pop fly after pop fly. Blake Tucker caught anything thrown his way without error. David Natsch helped to field two outs in a row. Joe Geasa, Cole Scanlon, and Austin Barrella all hit solid for the Angels on Wednesday nights. Good job, Angels. Yankees vs. Angels: The Yankees and Angels once again played on Saturday. Justin Cho played a great game. Scoring a couple of runs on two of his hits, Cho showed his skills at the plate, but also made one of the defensive plays of the game throwing a runner out at second with a bullet of a throw from left field. In the same inning Donovan Mayer threw another runner out trying to advance to second. Hitting one ball deep to right, Mayer also continues to hit well. Silas Hillman also added to the defensive gem showing his skills in center. Yankees vs. Athletics: On Tuesday evening the Yankees played a tough Athletics squad. The Yankees started strong with great defensive play from Patrick Herz at third and Matthew Slifer at the pitching postion. Herz snagged two grounders in one inning tagging out the runners advancing to third. Playing pitcher, Slifer let little by firing his usual accurate throw to first to score the out. Stefan Goff continued his power hitting at the plate blasting a couple to the outfield. Coming together as a team, the Yankees continue to get better each week. White Sox vs. Red Sox: Another strong game for the White Sox who demonstrated consistent batting and fielding. Outstanding moments included Daniel Bushnell’s miraculous pop fly catch with the sun in his eyes, David Kozuch's double, and Andrew Liggett’s scramble to chase a ball down and make the play for an out on second MINOR AA Indians 5 vs. Twins 8: The Indians pulled out their secret weapon, Nathan Casey, to prove that first-time pitchers have the right stuff, and Nathan delivered several strike-outs. Even with this valiant effort, the Indians continue with their late game point catch-up with hits and runs by Ryan Hanscom, Jarrett Indalecio, and James Kozuch but were unable to take on the Twins’ lead. Indians 3 vs. White Sox 17: The Indians came out swinging with a strong first inning to pull off a couple of runs. Bryan Collins pummeled the ball to get a great base hit and Ryan Hanscom also got his moment of glory with a solid base hit and great fielding. Unfortunate for the Indians, the White Sox gained on them to take the game. Angels 7 vs. White Sox 13: Both teams played great baseball. The first two innings were scoreless with the pitching catching duo of Blaise Fitzgerald and Ryan Myers. Blaise struck out 5 batters in the first two innings with a total 6 strikeouts in his 2 ½ innings of play. Great defensive plays were made by Jacob Guzman, Blake Staniford, Ryan Myers and Nathan Zhang in the infield to hold the White Sox scoreless until the bottom of the third. Most Angels were able to get on base. Excellent hitting by Antonio Silva and Tyler Moniz helped earn the Angels several runs. Patience at the bat by Brett Dodak, Colton Stevens, Justin Reedy and Seth Girvan resulted in walks which also helped earn several runs. But even with that the Angels were not able to hang on to the lead. MINOR AAA Red Sox 3 vs. Indians 1: The best way to describe Wednesday night's game is nice and tidy. Good defense, excellent pitching and just enough hits and runs for the Red Sox to beat the Indians 3 to 1. Offense: Chase Henley had a double and a single, scored once and had 1 RBI. Will Pickett contributed 2 singles and knocked in a run. Alex Codick, Parker Moberg and Blair Pacini each had a single to round out the Red Sox's offense for the night. Pitching: Alex Codick-2 innings, 1 earned run, 1 hit, 2 walks, 2 strikeouts; Jake Wilson-2 innings, 0 runs, 1 hit, 2 walks and 2 strikeouts; Chase Henley-2 innings, 0 runs, 0 hits, 2 walks and 3 strikeouts Red Sox 3 vs. White Sox 5: The battle of the Sox was won by the White Sox 5 to 3. Offense: Parker Moberg lined 2 singles into the outfield, collected 1 RBI and scored once. Kyle olbaCcchini, Chase Henley and Joseph Ponco each hit 1 single. Pitching: Parker Moberg-2 innings, 1 earned run, 1 hit, 2 walks, 4 strikeouts; Will Pickett-1 inning, 1 earned run, 0 hits, 3 walks, 1 hit batter and 3 strikeouts; Chase Henley-1 2/3 innings, 1 earned run, 0 hits, 2 walks, 5 strikeouts; Jake Wilson-1 1/3 innings, 2 earned runs, 2 hits, 3 walks, 1 hit batter, 3 strikeouts. MAJORS Red Sox 7 vs. Yankees 6: This was an exciting game as the game came down to the wire in the bottom of the sixth. The Red Sox held the lead throughout the game but in the bottom of the 6th with bases loaded and the score 7 to 6, pitcher Brian Hsu held the Yankees to just one run after loading the bases by striking out the Yankee batters. Brian struck out 7 Yankee batters during his time on the mound. Jimmy Doyle started on the mound and had a total 5 strike outs. At the plate Jimmy’s bat was on fire, with a single, double and triple and a total of 4 RBIs for the game. Cameron Myers made an excellent play off a dribbler to tag the runner as he was approaching first. Matt Westcott caught a deep fly ball in left field and Jason Menger caught a popped up foul ball at the fence. Red Sox 7 vs. Athletics 7 : The Athletics came out hard in the first inning taking the lead 4 to 1. The Red Sox held the A’s to 4 runs until the 6th inning with excellent defensive plays by Justin Cruz, Jason Menger, Kyle Greenan, Cameron Myers, Drew Gray, and Ryan Meisenheimer. Key hits that helped the Red Sox come back in the 5th and 6th innings came from Jeff Horne who singled and then was helped around the bases and was able to steal home. Drew Gray, Ryan Meisenheimer, and Justin Cruz each provided doubles. In the bottom of the 6th with bases loaded Jeff Horne was hit by a pitch which tied the game at 7 – 7. JUNIOR 90s Phillies 3 vs. Phillies 7: PALL Junior 90's Gold treks to Livermore for a mid-week game against the powerful Granada Gold. In their previous meetings, Granada swept the games by the ten-run rule - this time the team in red rallies up offensively against three Granada pitchers and comes away with three runs, ten hits (including doubles by Nick Johnson and Joe Herman), and five walks to get players on base. Michael Herman scores PALL's first run in inning two when he leads off with a walk. Johnson follows with a second walk and both runners advance when Joe Herman is called out on a 6-3 play. Zach Piona delivers an RBI single to score Michael. In the next inning, lead-off batter Connor Farrell lines a single past second base. Pinch runner Jay Coles then steals a base after RJ Anderson follows with a single. Matther Vance draws a walk to load the bases and Johnson hits a single to drive in Coles. Johnson then scores the last of Pleasanton's three runs in the sixth inning as he crushes a double deep to right center. Piona's second RBI single gets Johnson across home plate. Team defense proves key against mighty Livermore in this match. Farrell demonstrates poise and mastery on the mound, striking out ten batters and issuing one walk in the pitcher position. In the first inning, despite hitting Granada's lead-off batter, fly balls to left-fielder Kevin Phiengsai and Anderson at third base provides two outs. Farrell then ends the inning with a strike-out, leaving runners on second and third base. In the second inning, first baseman Michael Herman is the force in the 3up/3down inning: 6-3, 1-3, F3. Brother Joe catches a third strike foul tip and smartly throws to Michael (2-3) to end inning three. In inning six, with Vance as relief pitcher, a perfect Piona to Joe Herman (4-2) throw saves a run at the plate. The inning ends as Brent Usedom (CF) and Phiengsai LF) track down Granada grenades smacked to the outfiels. Final score: PALL 3 Granada 7 Phillies 8 vs. Phillies 10: Saturday before Mother's Day DH found PALL Jr. 90's Gold taking on CC/SRA/SRN at Athan Downs in San Ramon. The team in red delivered hits and runs for Mothers and Grandmothers to wow! Blanked for the first three innings of Game 1, PALL put up three runs in the fourth. Crossing homeplate were Jay Coles (3 for 5, run), Stephen Ferrel (triple, double, 2 runs, RBI) and RJ Anderson (double, run, RBI). P-town added another run in the sixth, after singles by Connor Farrell(single, walk, 2 runs), Joe Herman (2 singles, walk, run, SB, RBI), Zach Piona (2 singles, run, RBI) loaded the bases. Lefty Jake Thornton (single, walk, RBI) drew a walk to bring in the run. In the visitor seventh, the red-capped comeback kids found themselves "behind" (score 4-10) and set-up a rally of runs. Farrell, Herman, Piona and Ferrel all tagged home after reaching base with a hit or walk. Also contributing as hitters in the game were Matt Beadle (single), Matthew Vance (triple, single) and Kevin Phiengsai (2 RBI single). On the mound, Ferrel proved his point as a pitcher as he struck out five and held CC/SRA/SRN scoreless for two of four innings, including a 3up/3down fifth. Final score: PALL 8 CC/SRA/SRN 10. Phillies 9 vs. Phillies 10: Game 2 at Athan Downs witnessed team Pleasanton continuing their hitting spectacle for Moms and Grandmas! The boys in red fared well at the plate, sending 40 batters to face the CC/SRA/SRN pitching staff and tallying 17 hits with four players racking in a multiple-hit game - Zach Piona (4 singles), Connor Farrell (3 singles), RJ Anderson (2 doubles, 2 singles), Stephen Ferrel (2 doubles, single). San Ramon hurlers issued 11 walks to patient Pleasanton players, including two to Matthew Vance (2 plate appearances) and three to Michael Herman (3 trips to the batter's box). High RBI man for the game was Ferrel with four, his personal best this season. Piona continued his wizardly ways on the bases, stealing four bags and scoring twice for his efforts. Defensively, Anderson ruled at home plate, applying the tag on potential scorers in the second (outfield - 2 play) and third (4-2) innings, gunning down base-stealers in the second (2-4) and fifth (2-6). All PALL team members either reached base or put the ball in play this game - the pride of Pleasanton put on a solid performance today. Final score: PALL 9 CC/SRA/SRN 10
WEEK ENDING 5/6/07 T-BALL Red Sox vs. Yankees: The Red Sox performed strongly against the Yankees this week focusing on their outstanding teamwork. David Azuma was a standout all-around player with consistent fielding and bankable hits. John Morse and Brent Werder contributed mightily with 2nd and 3rd inning hits respectively that inspired their teammates. The Red Sox are playing proud! Indians vs. White Sox: Once again, the Indians played another fine game. Garrett Finley showed excellent determination at the plate and in the field. The hustle of speedy Jarod Moyers made it almost impossible to get him out on ground balls. Finally, hard-swinging Jonathon Flynn came through with some base hits and nice catches. Red Sox vs. White Sox: New pitching was no problem for the Red Sox, against the White Sox, as hit after hit marked the steady growth of this team. Cody Vaeth was a standout with a power hit down the 3rd base line and overall strong play. Jake Borges had a great day fielding and Joey Herz nailed the game-ending home run! Indians vs. Angels: The Indians played an exciting game with Nicholas Barnett hitting every ball hard and being active in the field. Shawn Deluz also played a fine game showing great hustle on the base paths and in the field. Felix Rivera continued his rapid improvement at the plate by stroking several base hits. FARM B Twins vs. Red Sox: Ryan hit the ball high to left field in two innings. He fielded at pitcher's mound and ran out a couple of batters at 2nd base. Logan hit hard line drives in all three innings and fielded smartly at 1st base. Kapil hit a long one down center in two innings. Jason Schulz fielded a line drive and ran out at 3rd twice. FARM A Yankees vs. White Sox: The Yankees played another great game on Saturday. Throughout the game, every grounder was seemingly grabbed and each pop fly effortlessly snagged by the Yankee squad. Leading the way were Matthew Briones, Sam Steele and Justin Cho. Matthew Briones did a spectacular job at catcher and, showing his power at the plate, blasted one pitch to deep right field. Sam Steele played a solid third base grabbing several grounders to get the runners. Justin Cho finished the game hitting in a runner with a sharp single to right field. Red Sox vs. Athletics: A pair of hot-hitting teams squared off Saturday afternoon. Dylan Barker ripped three hits, scored two runs, and took a hard smash off the chest for the team at short. Jack Miller lined a double and a single and made some nice defensive plays at third and first. Anish Sangari stroked a single and added an unassisted double play by snaring a line drive and stepping on third to catch the baserunner for the second out. Nice game Red Sox! White Sox vs. Indians: The White Sox came out strong against the Indians this Monday night. Noor Gill had two solid RBIs while Jared Pletcher and David Kozuch each got doubles. Denver Schlag and Dustin Ralph made phenomenal catches and throws to first. The White Sox are showing continuous improvement in the game all around. MINOR AA Indians 7 vs. Angels 8: The Indians continue their streak of exciting comebacks and near victories. A surge of hits and walks enabled the Indian to climb back into the game after lagging behind by 4 runs. Grant Huggins and Josh Narayan got the few nice singles in this game, and Andrew Kroll landed some fast pitches. With all the last minute effort, the Indians still fell behind by one run. MAJORS Yankees 7 vs. Indians 12: The Indians jumped out scoring some early runs and kept the Yankees off the base paths. The Yankees with their never give up attitude staged a come back in the last inning, scoring 6 runs. The highlight of the game was Christopher Kinney’s grand slam to center field. The Yankees ran out of steam and couldn't catch the tribe. Rangers 10 vs. Athletics 4: Jonathan Camello blasted 3 Home Runs and had 7 RBI's to lead the Rangers over the A's 10-4. In the top of the 1st, Camello hit a Grand Slam to start the scoring for the Rangers. In the 4th, he hit a 2-run shot and followed that with a solo shot in the 6th. Also contributing on offense for the Rangers were Mark Slifer ( 3-4, 2-RBI's), Ryan Anderson (3-3, 1-RBI) Jakob Wipfli (2-4, 2-runs) and Sean Walsh (1-2). Parker Bryan, Austin Piscotty and Kyle Moreno pitched well to keep the A's offense in check. Great defensive plays were made by Bryson Sherman and Eric Crispell Rangers 14 vs. Yankees 0: The Rangers improved their record to 11-1 as they beat the Yankees 14-0. The Rangers bat's came alive as they collected a season high 16 hits. Leading the way offensively for the Rangers was Kyle Moreno as he went 4-4 with a solo homerun, double and 2-singles, Jakob Wipfli( 4-4, 2-runs, 2-RBI's) and Mark Slifer(2-3, 1-run 1-RBI). Other offensive stars for the Rangers were Eric Crispell (1-2, 1-run, 2-RBI's) and Jonathan Camello (2-4, 2-runs). The Rangers received excellent pitching from Austin Piscotty ( 3-innings, 0-hits, 0-runs and 3-K's), Ryan Anderson ( 2-innings, 1-hit, 0-runs and 4 K's) and Jack Hoffman (1-inning, 0-runs, 2-K's) to hold the Yankees. Red Sox 10 vs. Indians 3: The Red Sox bats were alive early on in the game and continued throughout with nearly all players achieving hits. Drew Gray hit a hard shot to right field for a triple, Brian Hsu produced 2 doubles and Jimmy Doyle a double that helped lead the Red Sox to their victory over the Indians. Pitchers Brian Hsu, Kyle Greenan and Jimmy Doyle stuck out a total of 11 batters. Drew Gray, Brian Hsu and Justin Cruz made excellent defensive plays in the outfield. Cameron Myers at catcher made an excellent throw to second for an out as an Indian baserunner was attempting to steal. It was a great all around performance by the Red Sox! JUNIOR 80s Athletics 2 vs. Athletics 6: On a hot, Saturday afternoon the A’s and Giants battled for the win. Anthony Shiell dominated at the plate for the A’s going 3 for 3 with one double. Anthony also led the team with stolen bases followed by Jack Rogers and Cole Hanley. Ryan Campbell earned 2 RBI’s for the team scoring the only two runs of the game for the A’s. Although the rest of the team was able to reach base they were unable to score leaving bases loaded on a 3rd out in several innings. On defense Drew Clawges was instrumental to the team at 3rd base contributing two outs and one assist to slow the Giants down, including one play were Catcher, Matt London hurled a ball to Drew picking off a Giant attempting to steal. Travis Duarte held his own making two first-rate plays at 2nd base diving towards the ball preventing it from reaching out field stopping one runner at 1st base and throwing the other runner out. Athletics 0 vs. Cardinals 13: It was an off night for the A’s playing against the Cardinals. The team gave 110% but were unable to make it happen. Even though Josh Rosenblatt and Kevin Anderson stayed focused on the mound and threw strikes throughout the game, the hard hitting Cardinals were able to connect. Cole Hanley and Jack Rogers owned the outfield both credited with exceptional fly ball catches. Short Stop, Drew Clawges provided incredible back up at 2nd base tagging the runner out and Ryan Campbell was unmatched at 3rd base also tagging a runner rounding 3rd heading home. JUNIOR 80s TRAVEL Angels 14 vs. Angels 8: PALL Junior 80's Gold won again against a tough Danville team 14-8 on Wednesday night baseball. The Gold scored early and often as they put up 3 runs in the opening frame. The big blow came from Joey Manzi with a solid single to left that knocked in 2 runs. In the top of the 2nd inning, everyone got into the act for the Gold as the team pounded out 7 hits and scored 7 runs. Justin Taylor was the man of the inning as he had 2 hits and 2 RBIs. Jarrod Graves also had a single and 2 RBIs in the inning. Danville did not quit and came back in the 3rd inning with six runs. However, the Gold scored one run in the 4th and three more runs in the 6th to put it away. For the game, Jordan Ramil was a hitting machine as he went 4 for 4, plus a walk and scored four times. Nick Eslick and Michael Lam were solid on the mound for the Gold. Angels 10 vs. Angels 4: The PALL Junior 80's Gold continued their winning ways on Doubleheader Saturday, winning game 1 against San Ramon. The Pleasanton Gold started the scoring in the 1st inning. After two quick outs, Nate Johansen was hit by a pitch. He then stole second. He was followed by a loud double to left by Joey Manzi, scoring Johansen. After three innings, Pleasanton found themselves down 3-2, but not for long. In the bottom of the 4th, Pleasanton came through with 5 runs. After a single by Michael Lam and a walk to Justin Taylor, Dylan Strangmeyer laid down a beautiful bunt that went for a single and scored a run. Johansen also had an RBI in the inning with a hard ground out to short. Pleasanton added insurance runs in the 5th with three more runs. Pleasanton had 5 consecutive hits to start the inning, the highlight being a long single by Dylan Strangmeyer to right center. Michael Lam pitched 5 strong innings with 8 strikeouts and only 2 walks. Joey Manzi has really stepped up as a dominant closer for the Gold as he came on to pitch 2 shutout innings. With an impressive fastball and an unhittable curve ball, Manzi finished with 4 strikeouts, only 1 walk and 1 hit. Angels 9 vs. Angels 7: The PALL Junior 80's Gold completed the doubleheader sweep as they took the nightcap 9-7 against San Ramon. The Gold were down early, 3-0 after 2 1/2 innings. However, in the bottom of the 3rd inning, Pleasanton came through with 5 runs. Dylan Hecht started it off with a hard single. After stealing second, he advanced to 3rd on a perfect sacrifice bunt by Nick Eslick. Dylan Strangmeyer continued his hot hitting with a solid single to score Hecht. Justin taylor followed with another single. With runners on the corners, Jordan Ramil continued the hit parade with a single to left scoring Strangmeyer. Nate Johansen joined the party with a single, scoring Taylor. After Ramil scored on a throwing error, Joey Manzi Also collected a hit, knocking in Johansen. The Gold added single runs in the 4th and 5th innings, then added a pair of runs in the 6th, highlighted by a Justin Taylor single and a booming double by Jordan Ramil over the leftfielder's head. Dylan Hecht was solid on the mound as he pitched 6 innings with 4 strikeouts and only 2 walks. He was helped by a stylish double play by shortstop Nate Johansen in the 5th. After fielding a sharp grounder, the rangy Johansen moved to his left, stepped on 2nd to force out the lead runner, then threw a bullet to 1st to complete the double play. JUNIOR 90s Phillies 7 vs. Phillies 9: First Saturday in May found PALL Junior 90's Gold across the freeway in a double-header against Dublin. The return of Matt Beadle on the mound and RJ Anderson behind the plate set up the defense for Pleasanton. Beadle was in fine form for 3 1/3 innings, with an impressive first inning as he delivered two strike-outs and assisted in a 1-4 put-out, leaving a Dublin runner stranded on third base. Stephen Ferrel continued his awesome talent as centerfielder, recording six outs for the game. Scoring for PALL begins in the third inning, beginning with a walk to Ferrel, who then steals second and comes in to score on Zach Piona's RBI single - tying the score 1 to 1. In the fourth inning, two more runs come home to tie the game a second time. Nick Johnson draws a walk, advances to second on a deep fly to left field by Beadle, and scores on Jay Coles' RBI single. Coles crosses home after stealing second base (score now 3 to 3). Dublin taps PALL for five runs in the bottom of the fourth. PALL retaliates with two runs of their own in the fifth as Brent Usedom drives a single, steals a base, and scores on Piona's RBI double. With Piona now on second, he steals third and comes home on a sac fly by Kevin Phiengsai. (PALL 5 - Dublin 8). Dublin adds a run in the next inning, but Pleasanton stays hot, and in the visitor seventh, Jake Thornton leads off with a solid single (Piona called in to pinch run). A stolen base and a Phiengsai hit cranks PALL to 6. Phiengsai crosses home on Johnson's RBI single to pull Pleasanton score to 7. Dublin takes game one in a co-hesive team effort by team Pleasanton. Final score: PALL 7 Dublin 9.
Phillies 15 vs. Phillies 5:
Saturday's second game found the winds of Dublin thwarting
the players from the pitching mound. Connor Farrell got the PALL start and held
Dublin scoreless in the first, despite walking three. Dublin left the bases
loaded as Farrell delivered a strike to end the inning. Offensively, the
red-socked team took prime advantage of their multiple bases-loaded situations.
Sending 11 players to the plate in the third inning, PALL crossed the plate for
5 runs with timely combinations of walks and singles: RJ Anderson (double,
single, 2 runs, 2 walks, RBI), Stephen Ferrel (double, single, 2 runs, 2 SBs,
RBI), Matthew Vance (single, 2 runs, 2 walks, RBI), Joe Herman (2 singles, run,
walk, 2 SBs, RBI), Jake Thornton (single, run, 4 RBIs), Likewise, in the
visitor fifth, PALL again would bring in 5 runs starting with a single by Sean
O'Connell (2 singles, run, wallk, SB). Kevin Phiengsai would follow with a
single and eventually score. Zach Piona, Farrell, and Anderson are issued
consecutive walks and cross home plate to crank PALL's score to 13. Team
Pleasanton adds another run in the sixth and Michael Herman seals the win with a
final run in the visitor seventh. Anderson held the team as PALL pitcher in the
seventh with a 3 up/3 down inning. A fine show of teamwork by Pleasanton.
Final score:
WEEK ENDING 4/29/07 T-BALL Yankees vs. Red Sox: All players exhibited great hitting and fielding skills. Good game Yankees and Red Sox! Outstanding players: Cameron McMullen, Brendon Beliso, John Garcia. FARM B Angels vs. Athletics: Josh Oliver dominated the game by making several outs at first base. Gavin Smith also succeeded by clearing second base several times. Kenyan Bransscomb was Player of the Day according to Coach Kroll. Red Sox vs. Twins: The Red Sox had a great game on Tuesday! There were great hits by Noah, Owen, Ben, Coby and the rest of the team. Jack made a great play at 2nd base to get the out; Ethan made a great stop at 2nd base. The handoff from Matthew to Noah for the out at 3rd base was perfect as was the hit Owen had to left field for a base hit! Keep up the great work Red Sox! Red Sox vs. Angels: The Red Sox played the Angels on Saturday and kept on top of their game. Nick threw the ball to Lucas for the 1st base tag. Jack had a great hit and was safe at 1st. Nick's hit got him to 1st base safety as well. Owen crushed the ball to the 3rd base line and Noah had a hard hit to the outfield. Paul made a great scoop and threw to 1st ~ great play! The Red Sox game continued into the 3rd inning with big hits by the team and great fielding. Paul had a great game and kept the Angels pushing hard. Another great game for the Red Sox! FARM A Athletics vs. Indians: The A's were in rare form today with David Koidal catching a pop fly in the 2nd inning and Ethan Williams shining at the top of the 3rd with a line drive. The A's finished strong with Riley Shields and his Grand Slam in the bottom of the fifth. Great job boys! Angels vs. Red Sox: The Angels played an action packed game on Monday. Daniel Newman, batting first for the team, sent the ball flying. Joe Gaesa, batting third, helped to load the bases in the first inning. Jake Simons and Blake Tucker cleaned up at first base with two outs. Blake also caught a pop fly and made a double play with a throw to Austin Barrella at first. Dylan Pottgiesser caught a line-drive for the third out. The Angel's played a well rounded game. White Sox vs. Athletics: Another fantastic game for the White Sox. Tanner Strangmeyer caught a mile-high pop fly that floored the fans (and himself!). While everyone got their base hits, Jared Pletcher, David Kozuch and Dustin Ralph had some very solid batting MINOR AA Twins 12 vs. Athletics 19: A's 19, TWINS 12: Pushed into a seemingly insurmountable 18-2 hole by the aggressive A's hitters, the Twins battled back for 10 runs in the final two innings before time ran out. Twins reliever Bryce Wong, who retired his first batter on one pitch in the second inning, slapped a single to left-center and put on the afterburners to just beat out the tag at second base the next innning. Patrick Loughnane and Joseph Kwon also ripped doubles, while Noah Thomas knocked in an RBI with an infield single. As the Twins offense sparked to life, Andy Bordenave came on in relief to hold the A's scoreless in the fourth inning by retiring the side on 14 pitches. Indians 8 vs. Twins 12: Everyone got some excellent hits, but it was David Ray who scored his first double of the season with a phenomenal outfield hit that began a huge Indian comeback. Grant Huggins and James Kozuch each pitched shutout innings but the last inning effort couldn’t quite close the point gap. Indians 9 vs. White Sox 10: Another very close game for the Indians who are making a habit of exciting comebacks. Some highlights include Andrew Kroll’s sizzling fast ball pitches, Josh Narayan’s daring steal to home, and Jake Molz’ awesome infield stop and quick throw to first to stop a White Sox runner. White Sox vs. Angels: The White Sox came out to play today. You win some and you lose some. The White Sox played well but lost it in the last inning. Daniel had a great game he went 3 for 3 with 3 singles and a walk. Blake had a fantastic run at the plate with a base hit and a double with 2 RBI's. Amrit came through with a huge double and the top of the 5th inning. Justin, Torin, and Nick all came up with basehits. Ali-Haider had a solid double with 2 RBI's in the top of the third inning. White Sox 10 vs. Indians 9: What a nail bitter...the White Sox pulled it out in the last inning...We Win!! Justin had a great time at the plate today he went 3 for 3 with 2 doubles and a basehit. Nick sent a blast out to left field for a double and a base hit. Torin was a rocket on the mound today with 6 strike outs and 3 walks. Ali-Haider once again came up with another solid double. Quentin and Torin both came up with singles. There was great defense today by Ali-Haider, Torin and Blake. Blake came up with a big play in the bottom of the 5th with a great catch. Teagan saved the day with the last out of the game with a huge strike out. Great job guys....Go White Sox!! MINOR AAA Angels 8 vs. Indians 1: Yen Wang picked up the Game Ball with a walk, a single, an RBI, and a run scored and four Halo pitchers combined to hold the opposition Indians to only 2 hits and 1 run as the Angels cruised to an 8-1 victory. No fewer than seven different Angels crossed the plate. Barrett Fitzgerald continued to hit for power, slugging his second triple of the season. In what is becoming their trademark, the Angels continue to use great pitching, tight defense, team hitting, and overall great team effort and sportsmanship to seal another win. Red Sox 19 vs. White Sox 10: Despite a rough first few innings, the Red Sox kicked the offense into overdrive, scoring 12 runs in the last 2 innings to beat the White Sox 19 to 10. Offense: Will Pickett reached base (and scored) 4 times with a walk, 2 singles and a double and had 3 RBI's. (Will also shut down the White Sox offense with 2 shutout innings in the 4th and 5th to help change the momentum of the game!) Chase Henley slammed 2 doubles and a single, collecting 3 RBI's and scored twice. Kyle Colbacchini rapped a double and 2 singles, driving in 2 runs and scored twice. Honorable mention for the bottom 4 in the batting order: Jake Wilson hit 2 singles, drove in 1 run and scored once. Alex Codick walked, singled and scored; Joseph Ponco walked, singled, drove in 1 run and scored twice. Christian Pricer drove his first hit (a single) up the middle of the diamond to drive in two runs and later scored. Pitching: Jake Wilson-1 inning, 3 earned runs, 2 hits, 3 walks, 3 strikeouts. Jack Geasa-1 inning, 3 earned runs, 5 hits, 0 walks, 1 strikeout. Alex Codick-1 inning, 3 earned runs, 0 hits, 4 walks, 1 hit batter, 2 strikeouts. Will Pickett-2 innings, 0 runs and Bowen Smith-1 inning, 1 earned run, 1 hit, 2 walks, 1 strikeout. Angels 4 vs. Athletics 0: Jacob Nelson picked up the game ball with some tight defense and timely hitting and the Angels "Jake" Pitching combo of Jake McIntosh and Jake Kinney combined on a 2 hit shutout against a tough A's squad, yielding a 4-0 win. The game was tied 0-0, until the bottom of the fourth when Justin Levis crossed the plate to give the Angels a 1-0 advantage. The Halos added 3 insurance runs in the bottom of the fifth, with Sam "Biggie" Molz driving in Jake Kinney and Kreg White. Jacob Nelson scored later on a RBI by Yen Wang. MAJORS Indians 7 vs. Athletics 1: Another GREAT team effort by the Tribe! Chad Martin was first up to bat for the tribe and launched a HR to start the game. It was another great performance by Trevor Robb on the mound. Robb went the whole game only allowing 1 run, Robb also had 2 doubles smacked to the fence. Kyle Myers helped the tribe with his defensive catches in the OF. Yankees 4 vs. Athletics 3: The Yankees brought their A game to their match up with the Athletics. Doing the little things that wins games on both offense and defense. On offense the Yankees moved runners along and scored on many opportunities with runners in scoring position. Key hits were from Josh Goodman, Brandan Jenkins and Ryan Mahoney. On defense, gold glove play from JP Parisi at 3rd stopped many scoring plays and kept the runners off the base paths. In left field a key catch from Daniel Gibson stopped another scoring opportunity. A nice well played game in many aspects secured the victory for the Yankees. JUNIOR 80s Athletics 2 vs. Cardinals 4: The Pleasanton American A’s struggled again in their second match against the Pleasanton National Cardinals with the final score 2 to 4 in the Cardinals favor. On offense, only 5 batters for the A’s were even successful at getting on base and only Taylor LaPorte and Anthony Shiell were able to score. But, despite the boys off day at the plate, they were right on the mark on defense. Catcher, Matt London threw a bomb to Josh Rosenblatt at 2nd base in time to pick a runner off attempting to steal 2nd. And while at 1st base, Matt assisted with an additional 4 outs for the game. Hwi Kim pitched the first 5 innings striking out a total of 10 batters. Taylor LaPorte lived up to his reputation in Center Field with an impressive catch for out #1 in inning #4. Ryan Campbell and Anthony Shiell demonstrated their natural ability as basemen each contributing with 2 outs for the game. JUNIOR 80s TRAVEL Angels 6 vs. Angels 5: The PALL Junior 80's Gold made another stirring comeback to beat Danville 6-5 at Osage Park. Pleasanton took an early one run lead in the first inning on a typical Nate Johansen rally. After two quick outs, Johansen hit a solid single up the middle. Without hesitation he proceeded to steal 2nd than 3rd base on consecutive pitches. He then scored on a throwing error when Danville tried to pick him off 3rd base. In the top of the third inning, Pleasanton scored their second run on a Jordan Ramil double, followed by a Travis Eldridge single scoring Ramil. However, Danville came back to score 3 runs in their half of the third to take a 5-2 lead. In the sixth inning, Pleasanton cut the lead to 2 runs with another Johansen special. With one out, Johansen walked. He was then sacrificed to 2nd on a beautiful bunt by Calvin Brown. Johansen then scored on a double by Joey Manzi. In the top of the seventh inning, Pleasanton was still down two runs. Justin Taylor started it off with walk. Dylan Hecht followed and was hit by a pitch putting two runners on. Both runners then advanced on a wild pitch. After a pop out, Ramil came through with a clutch single that scored both runners. Ramil then scored on a double by Johansen, giving Pleasanton the lead. Joey Manzi came in to pitch the last three innings and he was solid once again. In those three innings, Manzi struck out 7 batters, walked only one, and did not give up a single hit. Angels 6 vs. Angels 2: The PALL Junior 80's Gold split a tough double header against Tassajara from Danville on Saturday. After being no-hit and losing the first game 11-0, the gritty Pleasanton Gold showed a lot of heart in taking the nightcap 6-2 behind the pitching of Michael Lam and Joey Manzi and the offensive exploits of Nate Johansen. It was a pitcher's duel for the first three innings as both teams were scoreless. Pleasanton scored first in the bottom of the 4th inning. Johansen started it off with a sharp single to center. Johansen moved to 2nd on a fielder's choice than stole third. He scored on a hard hit ground out by Jarrod Graves. Tassajara tied it in the top of the 5th, but Pleasanton broke the game open in the bottom of the inning. The rally started with a single by Calvin Brown. He was followed by a walk to Travis Eldridge and a beautiful bunt single by Nick Eslick to load the bases. Jordan Ramil then hit into a fielder's choice, scoring one run. He was followed by a Lam single that scored another run. With the bases loaded, the big blow came from Johansen with a triple to right field which scored all three runners. Joey Manzi came on in relief to pitch the final two innings to preserve the win. JUNIOR 90s Phillies 2 vs. Phillies 5: Cross-town rivalry double-header Saturday as PALL faces National/Foothill Junior 90's Gold - each team walks out of the Sports Park with a win! In the early game, National/FH scores two runs - PALL immediately answers back. Lead off batter Zach Piona (2 for 4, run, SB) gets on first with a base hit and advances to second on a solid single by Kevin Phiengsai (1 for 2, run SB). Both runners gain another ninety feet as they steal bases. With two outs, and teammates in scoring position, Connor Farrell (2 RBIs) delivers a double into centerfield, bringing Piona and Phiengsai home to even the score 2 to 2. PALL put on a confident show of defense and teamwork as starter Nick Johnson and reliever Jay Coles share time on the mound. The duo blank their P-town rivals for four of six innings of play. Spectacular outfield catches by centerfielder Stephen Ferrel include a crowd-pleasing double-play in the second inning as Ferrel pulls down a fly, then guns to catcher Joe Herman who applies the tag on a runner attempting to score. In the sixth, Catcher Herman successfully throws out a runner at third with Matt Beadle covering for the out. Defensive action at the corners found Beadle to Michael Herman (5-3) for an out in the seventh inning. A final strikeout by Coles ends the game. Final score: National/ FH 5 PALL 2. Phillies 5 vs. Phillies 2: In Game 2, PALL Junior 90's Gold continued to display their defensive talents and matched their performance with good situational hitting (team game total 12 hits) and skillful base stealing (team game total 7 SBs) to chalk up the win. Connor Farrell was on fire on the mound as he put out his best performance this season. Pitching a complete game, he tallied 10 strike-outs (including fanning the side in the second inning) and issued no walks. With his red-capped teammates, PALL players put together five innings of "3 up/3 down" as the heat of the afternoon ensued. RJ Anderson called a sensational game as catcher. Fine infield plays credited to Matt Beadle and Jake Thornton (5-3) as well as to Zach Piona to Thornton (4-3) for recorded outs. Joe Herman, showing he can cover centerfield as well as "catch", hauls down a bullet fly in the sixth inning. Nick Johnson has range and speed as he throws to Michael Herman for a routine (6-3) play. Offensively, PALL starts the home half of the first with a walk to Piona and a single by Johnson (3 for 4, with 2 singles, double, run). Farrell draws a walk, followed by an Anderson fielder's choice to score Piona (score 1 - 0 PALL) Brent Usedom (1 for 2, run) hits a line drive for a base hit and Thornton's single sets up inning two. Farrell (2 RBIs) then helps himself at the plate and unloads a single to bring in two runners. In the third inning, Kebin Phiengsai walks, steals second and third and comes home on Beadle's RBI sac fly (PALL score now 4). The team in red puts up another run in the fifth as Phiengsai (single, 2 walks, 2 runs, RBI, 4 SBs) leads off with a walk, steals two more bases and scores on Joe Herman's (RBI) bullet smacked deep to centerfield. Piona and Johnson smash back-to-back doubles in the sixth inning giving the dug-out reason to cheer. Heads held high, PALL claims this game for a win. Final score: National/FH 2 PALL 5.
WEEK ENDING 4/8/07 T-BALL Yankees vs. Mariners: Great hitting and fielding skills were shown by all players. Outstanding game Yankees! Outstanding players: Camden McFarlane, Alex Benito, Karna Mendonca Kamath. FARM A Yankees vs. White Sox: The Yankees and White Sox squared off again for the last game of a back to back. Hitting the ball well, the Yankees again showed their great offense. Simon Carballo got two hits and hustled throughout the game. On defense, Matthew Slifer and Patrick Herz showed off with great plays at first and short respectively. Matthew Slifer grabbed several grounders and caught several White Sox trying to reach first. Patrick Herz made two great catches in the field one to end the game. The Yankees continued to show improvement but more importantly displayed great spirit showing how to enjoy playing the game. White Sox vs. Yankees: Each of the White Sox played their best game yet, however it was David Kozuch that pummeled the ball this week with a triple, a double, and consistent massive hits to the outfield. Jackson Holterhoff and Noor Gill also played well with rock solid hits every time they came up to bat. Go Sox! MINOR AA Twins 10 vs. Indians 3: Twins clean-up batter Brandon Dodak blistered an inside-the-park homer past the right fielder to score two runners and break open a tense game against the Indians in the fifth inning. The lead run was scored by Bryce Wong, who led off three innings and scored each time after two walks and an infield single to spark the Twins offense. Phillip Herrera added three singles and an RBI, starting pitcher Patrick Loughnane held the Indians to a single run in the first, and Andy Bordenave allowed just one run over two innings and raced in to snare a liner to center to cool an Indians rally in the fifth inning. Indians 3 vs. Twins 10: The Twins challenged the Indians with a rematch after a loss earlier in the week. Andrew Bonilla pitched an excellent round and hit a massive pop fly over second. In another huge moment, Nathan Casey made a split second throw to Jarrett Indalecio to tag a Twin out on third. The Indians lost, 3-10. MINOR AAA Angels 7 vs Indian 1: Jake Kinney and Justin “Lefty” Levis combined to hold the opposition to just one run, while Barrett Fitzgerald continued his torrid pace scoring 3 runs on 2 hits, Jake McIntosh had a double and scored two runs helping the Angels run their record to a league leading 5-0. Kinney was dominant on the hill, with a heavy fastball that consistently found the strike zone. “Lefty” contributed at the plate as well as the mound, cracking two hits. Sam Molz scored once, and Jack Harding continued to pound the ball, adding a hit and scoring a solo run. Jake McIntosh, Craig White, and Danny Terry each had an RBI apiece. Yen Wang and “Deej” Bradley each had defensive gems at Second Base, Bradley in particular ranging far from the bag to stab a hot grounder and attempting a Derek Jeter-like throw to first. All in all, the Angels continued to show excellent pitching, great defense, and timely hitting, all adding up to a Total Team Efforrt. MAJORS Yankees 3 vs. Athletcs 9: The Yankees were the first team that had 2 players go deep in the same game. In the 2nd inning Brendan Jenkins crushed a ball over the left field fence, and in the 3rd inning Alex Zwingle got a hold of one and sent it over the left field fence. An all around impressive hitting performance by Brendan going 3 for 3, while Ryan Mahoney went 2 for 3. On the mound the trio of Ryan Mahoney, Christopher Kinney and Brendan Jenkins held the A's to 2 earned runs and 5 ks. Red Sox 2 vs. Rangers 6: The Red Sox played an excellent game against the Rangers. Defense on both sides was outstanding. The Red Sox started out the game on the defense and held the Rangers scoreless for two innings. Ryan Meisenheimer single handedly made the three outs in the top of the second by striking out two Rangers batters and catching a pop fly back to the pitcher. The other Red Sox infielders, Jimmy Doyle, Brian Hsu, Justin Cruz, Cameron Myers and Jason Menger at catcher all contributed with great defensive plays keeping the Rangers from scoring times. Great catches were made in the outfield by Kyle Greenan, Jon Gray and Drew Gray. Matt Westcott, Justin Cruz and Drew Gray, Jimmy Doyle, Ryan Meisenheimer, Brian Hsu all had hits for the team. JUNIOR 80s Athletics 7 vs. Cardinals 8: The Pleasanton American Jr. 80 A’s had a touch morning in Livermore against the National Cardinals. The Cardinals maintained a 7-1 lead into the 4th inning when the A’s finally woke up and drove in some runs when Josh Rosenblatt knocked out a double and drove in 2 runs narrowing the score to 7-3 and in inning #5 Hwi Kim earned an RBI and Cole Hanley 2 RBIs both with solid hits to tie the score. But even with the team on a roll they were unable to take the lead. On defense Alec Elgood contributed on the mound throwing strikes. Anthony Shiells defended 1st base like a natural and Taylor LaPorte delivered in Center Field. Athletics 9 vs/ Athletics 6: The Pleasanton American Jr. 80A’s played an exciting game against the Pleasanton National Marlins. The game began with the A’s taking the field and giving up only 3 runs during the first inning. At bat, lead off hitter, Taylor LaPorte started the team off with a single. Cole Hanley followed with a triple earning an RBI to put the A’s on the score board. During the 2nd inning the A’s continued to swing a hot bat. Anthony Shiell batting first earned a single, going 2 for 2 for the game. Ryan Campbell followed at bat with a sacrifice fly allowing Anthony to cross home plate. The score now 3-4 in the Marlin favor. In the 3rd inning with Hwi Kim on the mound the team was able to hold the Marlins from scoring. On offense Jack Rogers hit a single and Billy Donahue got on base when he was hit by a pitch. Next up Cole Hanley, but the Marlins decided to intentionally walk Cole. With the bases now loaded Hwi Kim took his turn at bat and roped a hard hit to out field earning 2 RBIs changing the complexity of the game and turning the score around. Inning #6, Josh Rosenblatt took over on the mound – 1,2,3 strike you are out and at bat both Jack Rogers and Chris Granlund had bone crushing hits earning each a RBI to cinch the lead and win the game for the A’s. Athletcis 2 vs. Cardinals 4: The Pleasanton American Jr. 80 A’s fought tough against the mighty Cardinals but could not pull off the win. The team battled hard in an effort to take the lead but ended up losing 4 to 2 despite a home run hit by Jack Rogers in inning #6 scoring the only two runs of the night for the A’s. On defense Jack made several key plays while on first to slow the Cardinals from advancing. Billy Donahue had a successful night on 3rd base with crucial plays throughout the game. Taylor LaPorte fielded a hard hit ball in center field and with an impressive throw was able to stop the running at 3rd. Great job A’s on very close game. JUNIOR 90s Phillis 1 vs. Phillies 15: The mighty Granada 90's Gold visited Pleasanton in the first meeting of the 2007 season. Granada walked away with th win, scoring five runs in the first inning of play. PALL starter Nick Johnson then blanked them in the second inning of the game. Energized, Pleasanton countered with a run in their half of the second inning set up by a two-out, up-the-middle line drive single by Connor Farrell. Brent Usedom (RBI) then blooped a single into midfield, as Farrell rounded second base on toward third. A throwing error by Granada enabled Farrell to trot home for PALL's only run of the game. Despite powerful pitching from the Livermore team, they recorded only one strike-out. Zach Piona went 2 for 3, along with 2 stolen bases. The Herman twins (Michael and Joseph) delivered back-to-back singles in late inning play. Although timely, the hits came up short to muster a rally of runs. Final score of the mid-wek game Granada 15 PALL 1 Phillies 7 vs. Phillies 17: Double-header Saturday against Granada 90's Gold and PALL 90's Gold came out with their bats ready for action...Despite Granada putting up 6 runs in the first inning, Pleasanton was quick to answer back with 5 runs of their own in the second inning of the game, sending 10 batters to the plate. Catcher Joe Herman started it all as he smashed a double deep to left. Sean O'Connell and Michael Herman drew walks from Granada to load the bases. To the plate, Zach Piona, who wallops a triple to clear the bases, for 3 RBIs. Kevin Phiengsai reaches first on a walk, advances to second on a wild pitch, and scores behind Piona for the fifth run of the inning as Nick Johnson pounds a double deep to the outfield for 2 RBIs. Granada held firm on their home field, as they would score 2 runs in the second and 4 more in the third. P-town would not give up, as they rallied up and added 2 runs in the fourth inning spurred with a Phiengsai single. His speed would carry him home when RJ Anderson's bullet two-bagger would bring him across homeplate. Granada sealed the win as they added 5 runs in the fifth . Final score PALL 7 Granada 17 Phillies 1 vs. Phillies 11: Saturday's second game of the Granada DH found PALL scoring early. Lead-off batter Zach Piona pounded out a double and then crossed home plate for the first run of the game on Jay Coles' single. Coles then advanced to second on a wild pitch and two consecutive walks by Granada to Connor Farrell and Matthew Vance would load the bases. Unfortunately, the boys in red could not pull the trigger and 3 runners were stranded. Leading for the first time against this powerful team, defense proved key. Starter Connor Farrell held Granada scoreless in the first and third inning of the game, with an impressive 3 up/3 down first. Superb fielding was displayed by Matt Beadle (at third) and Jake Thornton (at first), to keep the Granada team at bay with numerous 5-3 opportunities throughout the game. PALL's team effort and spirit cannot be denied. Final score PALL 1 Granada 11
WEEK ENDING 4/1/07 T-BALL Red Sox vs. Indians: The Red Sox played outstanding ball this week against the Indians: this roster is rich with talent! Jake Gebb showed his depth early with a stellar catch at 1st base and later hitting a deep line drive to left field! Owen Lahr saw great play throughout; contributing a solid hit in the 2nd inning. Jake Borges powered an awesome in-the-park home run to end the game in style! Go Red Sox! Red Sox vs. Athletics: With outstanding performances from the entire Red Sox team, the crowd was gifted with a great game. Joey Herz was solid at bat all three innings while Aaron Zheng showed great defensive skills. Jake Gebb, the birthday boy, enjoyed his day smacking the ball all over the field. As a whole the Red Sox are showing great improvement. Twins vs. White Sox: Logan batted with great confidence and hit the ball high and far. Joshua was able to entertain us with some good batting and fielding. Blake got a couple of batsmen out with his great fielding. FARM B Twins vs. White Sox: Zach Bell batted strongly, including a high one to left field to bring everyone home. Logan Still showed fielding skills at first and second base, getting two players out. Jake Vilevac hit firmly along the ground each time at bat. Angels vs. Athletics: James Kroll in the pitcher position and Will Muat at 1st base managed to get three outs in a row. Sebastian Gwozdz also managed a few outs his turn up at first base. The team as whole has become a hitting team and are polishing up their catches. It was a great game against A's with a total of 10 outs. Athletics vs. Angels: Sam Zevanove, Harrison Carter and Scott Renton were the outstanding players of the game. Great game Athletics! Athletics vs. White Sox: Some of the outstanding players of this game were Jaden Orr, Blake Bettencort and Nathan Williams. Great game!!! Twins vs. Angels: Nick Torre at bat hit firm grounders to reach first base each time he was up to bat. He also fielded well, running one batter out. Eric Thomas had a terrific third inning as first baseman, getting to the ball and running two batters out in a row. Kapil Raman at bat had strong hits, including a high one to left outfield and one that drilled straight through the pitcher. FARM A Athletics vs. White Sox: Ethan Williams #38 played strong offensive and defensive for the A's this week and double plays made by Michael Koidal #14 and Logan Caton #4 kept the team energy flowing. Great job A's. White Sox vs. Indians: The White Sox played an exceptional game with critical plays by Andrew Liggett and Jonathan French. (Andrew also hit a double!!). Tanner Strangmeyer was another player who showed superior batting that evening with two major hits blasting over second base. At this rate the Sox are hard to beat. Red Sox vs. Indians: The Red Sox continued their hot hitting and defense against the Indians. Christian Richter displayed his tremendous power by crushing a long three-run homer and a two-run double. Jared Lem contributed three singles and played an excellent infield, finishing several plays without any errors. Radley Rel and Alex Rigl each ripped four solid base hits. Yankees vs. White Sox: On Saturday the Yankees squared off against the White Sox. The Yankees hitting was strong from the entire line up getting hits from every player. Justin Cho beat out an infield single allowing for a run to score from third. Donovan Mayer clobbered one clearing the infield and the bases. With a two run double, Bobby Lasica had the big hit. Each of the Yankees continued to show that their hard work at practice is paying off showing improved skills at the plate and in the field. MINOR AA Indians 11 vs. Twins 10: Cold weather and a string of walks in the first three innings plagued Tuesday’s game. James Kozuch hit a triple, and Andrew Kroll and Brian Collins slammed a couple of base hits. Our very own Josh Narayan clinched the comeback victory with a base hit on the last pitch tipping the score 11-10. Athletics 20 vs. Angels 12: It was another high scoring game for the A's. This time they took on the Angels with both teams showing some good fielding and much improvement for the pitching crew. Saving some valuable points out in the field were some high flying catches in the hands of A's Centerfielder, Joshua Merryman and shortstop,Devin Julien. Always ready to make the next out, these two players kept their mitts ready to make the play. Devin continued to show his power by pitching a strong inning. In the end A's coach Ron was able to keep the energy going with a team chant in the dugout that energized each inning and end in a 20-12 win over the Angels. MINOR AAA Indians 4 vs. White Sox 3: Top highlights: Vincent Tanisawa (#11) had a 2 and 2 count with 2 outs when he crushed a fastball for a double that brought in 2 rbi’s to lead the Indians to a 4-3 victory! Collin Miller (#9) snagged a hard hit line drive towards short and second and fired it to Vincent Tanisawa (#11) at first who got the tag out for the Indian’s second double play of the season! Brett Barker (#12) took the mound where he shut out the next 3 consecutive White Sox batters and closed the game keeping the Indians hard earned 1 run victory. Great job Indians on a very close game! Angels 7 vs. Rangers 6: Barret Fitzgerald drove in four runs to cap a superb comeback by the AAA Angels to take a 7-6 thriller from a tough Rangers squad. Playing with only 9 players and trailing 6-0 in the bottom of the fifth, Justin Levis led off with a walk, then stole second, then third. Jacob Nelson walked. Barrett Fitzgerald then singled, scoring Levis and Nelson. Fitzgerald then stole second, then third, and scored on Sam Molz single, making the score 6-3, in favor of the Rangers. The bottom of the sixth opened with the score still 6-3, when Jack Harding led off with a walk. Danny Terry followed with a walk. Jack and Danny then simultaneously stole second and third, and Justin Levis walked to load the bases. With Jack at Third, Danny at Second, and Justin at First, Dustin “Deej” Bradley brought home Harding on a Fielder’s choice. Barrett Fitzgerald came to the plate with Levis on Second, and Bradley on First. Justin and “Deej” then applied the double steal again, putting men on second and third with two outs.....Barrett Fitzgerald then hit a double with two strikes on him to bring home Justin and “Deej” to tie the score, and came around to the plate himself on an error to win a real thriller for the undefeated Angels, who moved their record to 3-0. This was a great Team Win for the Angels, with every single player making a significant contribution. Red Sox 6 vs. Indians 4: Great win tonight--timely hitting, good, aggressive baserunning and great pitching when it really counted. Stars on offense: Parker Moberg walked twice and racked up a bunt single; Jack Geasa had 2 singles; Bowen Smith and Jake Wilson had back to back doubles, both driving in runs. Blair Pacini stole home, plowing through the catcher to score the 4th run for the Red Sox. Pitching: Will Pickett pitched 2 innings: 1 unearned run, 1 hit, 3 walks, 4 strikeouts Angels
8 vs. Athletics 0:
Jake McIntosh, Jake Kinney, and Justin “Lefty” Levis combined in pitching an 8-0
gem as the AAA Angels won their 4th straight game against a tough A’s squad. MAJORS: Rangers 11 vs. White Sox 2: The Rangers continued great team defense and offense against the White Sox this week. Lead by the strong hitting of Jacob Wipfli and Ryan Anderson the Rangers were able to prevail against a strong White Sox team lead by Jake Dronkers, Mitchel Worsey and Zach Schmidt. The Rangers have learned quickly this season that it will be very important to play as a TEAM as all 12 players played a vital roll. Bryson Sherman and Eric Crispell showed that this week with great attitudes. Great Job Rangers! Red Sox 8 vs. Yankees 3: The Red Sox played a great game against the Yankees to win their first game of the season. Great pitching performances by Ryan Meisenheimer and Jimmy Doyle kept the Yankees at bay. Jimmy Doyle struck out 10 Yankee batters. The bats were alive with Brian Hsu, Ryan Meisenheimer, Drew Gray, Jason Menger, Nick Goldstein, Jeff Horne, Justin Cruz and Cameron Myers all producing hits. Jimmy Doyle hit his first Home Run of the season with a 2 run shot over the center field fence in the 4th inning. Go Red Sox! Yankees 3 vs. Red Sox 8: The Yankees / Red Sox game was a great game with both teams getting runners in scoring position, but having the defense standup to keep the runners from scoring. On offense for the Yankees a nice double by Trent Morgan produced a run. Max Molz and Alex Zwingle reached base 3 times apiece to set up scoring opportunity. On defense the trio of Brendan Jenkins, Ryan Mahoney and Jordan Cain produced 9 strike outs. On defense some key plays by Christopher Kinney keep the game close. The Red Sox scored their runs late in the game to come from behind and over pass the Yankees in a close and exciting game. Yankees 9 vs. White Sox 2: The Yankees played their best all around game on Saturday. They were strong on both sides of the diamond. Defensively the duo of Ryan Mahoney and Brendan Jenkins had 12 strike outs. The team defensively played almost flawless baseball. Getting led runners out and keeping the game within reach getting out of many sticky situations. On offense Jordan Cain had 3 hits, Ryan Mahoney had 2 hits and Dustin Lacy had a key hit. The Yankees had their break out in the 5th inning where they scored 7 to build an 8 run lead. Red Sox 14 vs. Athletics 6: The Red Sox continued their winning streak on Saturday with a great game against the Athletics. Fine pitching performances were put in by Kyle Greenan and Jimmy Doyle. Jimmy Doyle was on fire at the bat with his second home run of the week and had 3 RBIs. Drew Gray was outstanding in the field with an awesome catch on the fly then a great throw to second for a double play. At the bat he had 3 hits with 2 RBSs. Justin Cruz turned a double play with a tag at second then fired a shot to first. Jason Menger had a hard hit double and accumulated 3 RBIs. Great game Red Sox!!! JUNIOR 80s Angels 6 vs. Angels 6: The PALL Junior 80's Gold team made a stirring comeback to tie the talented San Ramon Gold team 6-6. Michael Lam was brilliant again on the mound as he went 3 1/3 innings striking out 5 batters while giving up only 3 hits. Pleasanton took an early 2-1 lead after one inning. The key hit was provided by Calvin Brown with a bloop single to left that knocked in the first run. Pleasanton fell behind in the bottom of the 4th 6-2, but bravely fought back in the 5th and 6th innings. In the fifth, Jordan Ramil started the frame with a sharp single to left. After a steal and two wild pitches, Ramil scored. In the 6th, Nick Eslick took one for the team as he was hit by a pitch. He was followed by Dylan Hecht with a hard single to left. With two runners on and two out, Jordan Ramil came to the plate and hit a long triple to deep center scoring two runs. Nate Johansen then hit a clutch single to score Ramil to tie the game. Joey Manzi came in to pitch a masterful final three innings, holding the San Ramon team scoreless. The lanky right hander had 5 strikeouts and gave up only two hits. The defensive highlight came in the bottom of the 6th. After a pop out and a strikeout, Manzi gave up a double. However, Manzi promptly picked off the runner at second with Nate Johansen covering the bag. Angels 3 vs. Angels 0: The PALL Junior 80's Gold team looked very comfortable on the regulation size field in Manteca as they came through with their best game of the season, winning 3-0 against the Manteca Blue Devils. Michael Lam was the starting and winning pitcher as he fanned 7 Blue Devils while giving up only 1 hit and 1 walk in 3 2/3rds innings. Travis Eldridge came on in relief and continued to baffle the Manteca hitters. Eldridge had 5 strikeouts, 1 walk, and did not allow a hit. The offensive star was Nate Johansen. In the 1st, Johansen hit a towering triple to deep left center that scored Michael Lam who reached base on a walk. Eldridge then hit a sharp grounder that scored Johansen, giving Pleasanton Gold an early 2-0 lead. Pleasanton added an insurance run in the 6th. Eldridge reached base on a walk and promptly stole second. He was then sacrificed to 3rd by Nate Papageorge. The fleet Eldridge then scored on a wild pitch. Angels 4 vs. Angels 5: The PALL Junior 80's Gold team lost a hard fought game to Tassajara, 5-4. Pleasanton was down 2-0 after 1 inning. However, they quickly came back, highlighted by Nate Johansen's monster home run in the top of the 2nd. Pleasanton scored 3 more runs in the top of the 3rd with the key hits provided by Justin Taylor and Nate Johansen, both singles that scored runs. However, Pleasanton was not able to hold the lead as Tassajara scored a run in the 4th and 2 more in the 5th to take the lead. Unfortunately, the game ended after 5 due to darkness. JUNIOR 90s Phillies 6 vs. Phillies 14: With new membership for 2007, the PALL 90's Gold team has fallen into early season hard times. Injuries have plagued just about all team members. But with heads held high, the red-capped boys split a double header against CC/SRA/SRN for the second time time this season. RJ Anderson and Jay Coles demonstrated that strategically placed line draws can bring in runs. Nick Johnson and Sean O'Connell showed steady pitching from the mound in game one. Final score CC/SRA/SRN 14 PALL 6. Phillies 6 vs. Phillies 5: Game 2 of the 3/24 Saturday double-header, found the team with re-newed energy as Connor Farrell worked his way from the mound delivering 2 scoreless innings. A little trouble in the 3rd, he got assistance from his infielders as a 3-4 pickle play got a base-runner out. Credit to Matt Beadle and Zach Piona. Into the fifth inning, with pitcher Jay Coles showed some note-worthy throwing as he gets the final 2 outs to end the inning. Defensively, Nick Johnson proved he has both range and speed as he robbed CC/SRA/SRN of deeply hit balls to centerfield. RBI's credited to Stephen Ferrel (2 singles, 2 walks, 2 runs), RJ Anderson (single, 2 walks, run), Matthew Vance (single) - each with 2 for the game. Final score CC/SRA/SRN 5 PALL 6 WEEK ENDING 3/25/06 T BALL Indians vs. White Sox: Vincent Schillaci led off the game and the season with a solid first-swing hit. Tyler Sensiba had the biggest hit of the day. Andrew Graham had three good ad-bats, hitting the ball hard each time he came to the plate. Yankees vs. Indians: All players are showing improvements on their fielding skills. Ethan Mancuso displayed excellent fielding on some plays. There were outstanding hits by all players, especially by Brendon Beliso and Judson Smith. FARM B Tigers vs. Athletics: The Athletics were up to bat three separate times, as the ball was smacked, Noah made the scoop and got the ball to Ben who was covering 3rd base. Noah again made a greeat stop, threw the ball to Luke who made the scoop and tossed it to Mike who tagged the runner at 1st. As the RedSox came up to bat, Mike hit the ball and made a great hustle down to 1st base. Noah made a great shot down the 3rd baseline sending Mike to 2nd. The RedSox were all giving it their best with great hitting and fielding by the team. Excellent defense by Noah, Ben, Matthew, Luke, Paul. Red Sox vs. Athletics: The Red Sox had a great defensive game as Noah made a scoop three separate times when the Athletics were up to bat and sent the ball to Ben at 3rd to capture the outs. Great fielding continued as Noah on the Red Sox made a great stop and threw the ball to Luke who scooped it up and tossed it to Mike who tagged the runner at 1st. Mike showed great hitting and hustle down to 1st base. Noah hit a laser shot down the 3rd baseline and sent Mike to 2nd. Great game for the Red Sox as their hitting and fielding was on target and their enthusiasm for the game was reflected in their hustle and pride. FARM A Red Sox vs. White Sox: Both teams played stellar defense and turned double plays. Offensively for the Red Sox, Christian Richter and Alex Rigl each lined two solid singles that scored runs. Jimmy Kim scorched a double to deep right center field and played well at first base. Red Sox vs. Athletics: The fine hitting of the Indians continued into their second game, on March 21. Ahad Rauf was quite proficient; 3-4 and 2 runs scored. William Fang had a break-out game going 2-4 with a run scored. Last, but not least, was Sidharth Bommakanti who reached base in 3 of 4 at bats. Yankees vs. Angels: The Yankees played another great game this time against a well-coached Angels squad. Playing most of the game at first, Michael Nurisio showed his defensive prowess snagging several grounders to catch the speedy Angel runners. Stefan Goff tightened up the left side of the field letting very few through. Goff and Nurisio also swang the bat extremly well. Sam Steele got the huge hit hitting another Yankee in from third. Each game the Yankees show great progress. MINOR AA White
Sox 21 vs. Twins 8:
White Sox came out today to play ball. The White Sox
dominated the Twins 21-8. Ali-Haider went 3 for 3 with 2 base hits, a double
and 4 RBI's. Torin went 1 for 1 with a base hit, 3 RBI's and 3 Stolen Bases.
Justin was 1 for 1 with 2 RBI's. Daniel had 3 walks, 3 runs scored and 1 RBI.
Quentin had 2 walks, 1 RBI, 2 runs scored and 1 stolen base. Teagan went 1 for
2 with 1 walk, 1 Stolen Base & 2 RBI's. Nick had 3 walks, 2 runs scored 1
Stolen Base Twins 5 vs. Athletics 6: Brandon Dodak clobbered two towering triples to left field to fuel both of the Twins' rallies, then pitched an 11-pitch fifth inning that featured a strike-out and two 4-3 put-outs by Michael Schwanhausser -- leaving the Twins trailing just 6-5 heading into their final at-bat. Previously, Joseph Kwon, who had a single and a walk as a hitter, pitched a gritty fourth when he walked the bases loaded but settled down to strike out the final three batters and hold the Twins scoreless. Andy Bordenave struck out the top three A's batters on 17 pitches to open the game, and Phillip Herrera cracked two run-scoring singles. Athletics 6 vs. Twins 5: Still early in the season and there are improvements all around for A's team players. Great fielding plays were made by centerfielder Trenton Jacobs who threw fast and clean to Mathew Dickinson to make a big 2nd out. Shortly after, Brett De Geus as pitcher used his skills to make the 3rd out from the mound. Brett excelled as pitcher to lead the team in a huge 6-5 win over the Twins. MINOR AAA Indians 11 vs. Rangers 8: Indians started the season with some great offense! Keaton Riordan #7 started things off with a nice single, Mathew Martell #14 crushed a high inside pitch for a double, and Daniel Reedy #4 nailed a low fast ball for a double. The game ended with a 11-8 victory over the Rangers. Go Indians! Indians 6 vs. Athletics 9: Congratulations to Andreas Papageorge #8 who had a great day with a triple, a double and two RBIs! Brett Barker #12 had a clutch single to right field which scored a run. Connor Mays #2 took the mound and held them towards the end of the game. Connor pitched two strike outs and ended the inning with a nice play to 1st. It was a close game. Keep up the hard work Indians Angels 21 vs. White Sox 5: Jack Harding scored four runs and Barrett Fitzgerald had 5 RBI's including a Grand Slam Home Run to pace a powerful Angels attack that backed up another solid pitching performance by Jake McIntosh as the Angels won their second straight game against a tough White Sox squad. No fewer than 10 Angels crossed the plate, and the speedy Angels stole a season high 15 bases. MAJORS White Sox 7 vs. Red Sox 7: The White Sox played a thilling game on Tuesday night. In the top of the 6th the White Sox came from behind to take a 2-run lead thanks to a sacrifice fly from Ryan McLauglin. Zach Schmidt made some terrific defensive plays on the field early in the game to help the White Sox. Jake Dronkers pitched a good game, staying on the mound until the middle of the 6th inning. The game ended in a 7-7 tie. Indians 19 vs. Yankees 5: The tribe came out with sizzling hot bats early! In the 3rd inning Daniel Griffith hit a shot off the fence for a double and Chase Hennings for a for a nice RBI single. The tribe had outstanding defence in the 4th inning by Trevor Robb and Jayden Farris both with great catches. Ferris started off the 5th inning wiht a single, next up was Alex Cirves with a nice single and then Chad Martin came up and smacked a 2RBI triple. Andora went 4 for 5 with 3 doubles a single and a 9 RBI total for the game. The tribe also had excellent pitching by Robb, Hennings, Andora and Myers. Indians 8 vs. Red Sox 7: One of the Tribes most exciting games yet this season, they came out with thier hot bats again and they scored 4 runs in the firsts inning! Chase Hennings had a diving catch to end the first innint. The Tribes Trevor Robb played outstanding defence with two sliding stops and also had an RBI double.Matt Shackley hit an RBI double to LF in the 4th..the score was 7-5 in the 6th inning Sox leading when Spencer Andora came up to hit a single,then Trevor Robb came up to hit a much needed double then Daniel Griffith came up and hit a single to score Andora. Alex Olguin came to the plate to hit a dribble to third base and now to tie up the game which was now tied 7-7 and went into extra innings. The tribe held the Sox at 7 when Andora came to the plate with two outs and two strikes and hit a Walk Off HR to end the game! JUNIOR 80s Athletics 5 vs. Athletics 8: The game started with Alec Elgood making an unbelievable catch in right field for the first out of the game. Ryan Campbell was intense on the mound throwing strikes to keep the game close allowing only three runs scored in the first three innings. Drew Clawges played 3rd base like a pro stopping every ball hit up the line. Jack Rogers in position every play assisted the team with numerous outs keeping the runners from tagging up. At the plate Taylor LaPorte hit a single to get on base and with his fast base run scored the first run of the game. Both Wei Kim and Cole Hanley roped in a double and Johnny Scholz and Travis Duarte led the team with stolen bases. Athletics 9 vs. Athletics 6: The Pleasanton American Jr 80 A’s stayed focused and battled hard against the Pleasanton National Jr. 80 Giants Thursday night. Every player gave 110% for the win. Wei Kim led the team in batting with 2 doubles, 3 RBI and 3 stolen bases followed by Drew Clawges and Taylor LaPorte both with a double. Drew, Kevin Anderson and Anthony Schiell each earned an RBI. Josh Rosenblatt, Alec Elgood, Kevin Anderson and Cole Hanley led the team with stolen bases. Josh Rosenblatt was a natural at 2nd base with a diving catch for out #2 in inning #6. Drew Clawges demonstrated his baseball savvy with a double play at third base in inning #2. Travis Duarte’s also played 2nd base making key plays to maintain the lead for the team. Chris Granland stayed focused in left field ensuring nothing got by him. With the score tied in inning #5 the team brought in Wei Kim to pitch who ended up closing the Giants down. WEEK ENDING 3/17/07 T-BALL Rangers vs. Red Sox: The PALL T-Ball Rangers played a great game against the mighty Red Sox's on Opening Day. All the Rangers played great defense and had terrific hits. Great game Rangers! Outstanding players: Travis Muat, Will Carlson, Riley Purnell Red Sox vs. Rangers: The Red Sox played an outstanding Opening Day game against the Rangers! The team is well conditioned and eager. John Morse walloped a monster hit in the 1st inning, David Florio powered us through the 2nd, and Brady Scanlon showed his prowess in the infield. We expect great things from the enthusiastic Red Sox this year! Yankees vs. Athletics: All players showed outstanding sportsmanship. There were exciting hits on offense and great plays on defense. Outstanding players: Elijah Blockmon, John Garcia, Cameron McMullen. FARM B Twins
vs. Red Sox: Matthew Schulz played very smoothly at first base for the
Twins, receiving the throw-ins and running multiple batters out. Ryan Rudolph
played reliably as catcher. Ryan also hit the ball hard at his turn to bat and
slid into home base fast and with style. Joshua Molz kept his team moving with
some firm line drives that showed his batting ability. FARM A Yankees vs. Athletics: The Yankees got their season off to a great start playing a tough Athletics team. The offensive bats started in the first inning and did not stop. Luke Hazen led the way hitting the first home run of the season. Matthew Briones also hit the ball well, but also played tremendously at first stopping several grounders to log the unassisted outs. Silas Hillman shined at the plate hitting the ball hard each time. Hillman also played well in center throwing out one runner advancing to second. The Yankee fans look forward to a great season! Red Sox vs. Indians: Beautiful blue skies and pleasant temperatures awaited us on PALL Opening Day, and the Red Sox responded with a tremendous offensive and defensive performance against the Indians. Leadoff hitter Ryan Westcott started off the season with a solid single to left and excelled in the field. Ayush Sangari pounded out five hits and made a sweet running catch in the infield. Trent Ines stroked four hits and showed great hustle running the bases. The entire team played near flawless defense and held the Indians scoreless for the first four innings. Way to go Red Sox! Athletics vs. Yankees: Mark Molz #5 slid into home finishing off the first inning strong. Dylon Shakley and Riley Shields displayed strong defense at the top of the 3rd and with bases loaded at the bottom of the 6th, Bailey McMullen #19 smashed the ball, challenging Yankee defense. Great effort and teamwork A’S! Indians vs. Red Sox: The Indians Farm A team had some fine performances at the plate. Garret Finley led the team in hitting, going 3-3. Another heavy contributor to the offense was Brandon Lydick, 2-3 and two runs scored. Max Miller came through nicely as well; he went 2 for 3 and reached home once. MINOR AA White Sox vs. Athletics: Our first game was a success. The White Sox came out to win and win they did. Daniel ended the day 2 for 3; 2 hits 3 runs scored and 1 RBI and 4 stolen bases. Justin was 2 for 4; 2 hits and 3 runs scored & 5 SB. Ali-Haider went 1 for 1; 2 walks, a base hit and 1 RBI scoring two times & 4 SB. Quentin went 1 for 1; 3 walks, 3 RBI's & scored 1 run 4 SB. Teagan went 1 for 2; 2 walks, base hit, 1 run scored & 1 RBI & 2 SB. Nick went 0-1; 3 walks and 3 RBI's & 2 SB. Blake went 0-2 ; 2 walks and 1 RBI & 1 SB. Torin went 0-1 ; 2 walks and 1 RBI 1 SB. Steven went 1-3 got hit by a pitch and 1 RBI. Easton went 1-2 ; 1 walk and 1 RBI. Robert was 0-1 ; 2 walks & 1 SB. Amrit was 1-2 with 1 walk, hit by pitch. Great Defense today by our pitching staff. Teagan on the mound with 32 pitches; with 1 K and 4 walks. Ali-Haider threw 47 from the mound with 1 K and 5 walks. Justin had 45 pitches today with 3 K's and 2 Walks. Torin had a great inning with only 8 pitches thrown with 2 strike outs and no walks. Good Job White Sox! Athletics vs. White Sox: Cole Morrell lead the opening game with a double hit to left center field. Later, he took the pitcher's mound and had a no hitter inning and followed with two more great innings. Power hitter, Devon Julien, had a nice double and played 3rd base with a diving catch of a pop fly foul ball to make the out. Big hitter Nick Tucker had a double hit and was fast on his feet stealing bases to score for the A's. Twins vs. Angels: Phillip Herrera ripped two rally-starting singles, including a leadoff shot to center that sparked a game-winning rally as the Twins notched a 12-10 win in their final at-bat on Opening Day. The Twins' comeback began in the fifth inning when Brandon Dodak crushed a double to left-center. The Twins' late scoring surge salvaged gutsy pitching performances by starter Andy Bordenave (six strikeouts), Joseph Kwon and Gunnar Langenhuizen, who held the Angels scoreless over a two-inning stint despite surrendering a lead-off triple in the third inning. Angels vs. Twin: The AA Angles opened the season with an exciting game last Saturday against the AA Twins. The Angels got things going in the top of the first. Blake Staniford led off the game with a single and scored on an hit by Jack Reynolds. The Angels got 2 more runs in the first to take a 3-0 lead. Blake also started the game on the mound and threw 2 terrific innings giving up just 1 run while striking out 4. Twins batters were very patient and were able to score 12 runs on just 2 hits while accepting 19 walks. Angels pitchers will need to zero in on the strke zone to be more successful. After surrendering the lead in the 4th inning., the Angels erupted for 6 runs in the top of the 5th. Blake got things started again with another single. Aggressive baserunning on some sloppy infield play got the Angles a few runs and the Twins pitcher struggled with control walking 8 batters in the inning. The Angels entered the bottom of the 5th with an 11-6 lead, but could not hold it. Although the Twins got just 1 hit in the inning, several walks and a dropped fly ball in the outfield allowed the Twins to score 6 runs and earn the opening day victory. MINOR AAA Angels vs. Red Sox: Sam Molz sparked a strong Angel's offensive attack, and Jake McIntosh and Jake Kinney each pitched 3 innings apiece in combining to hold the Red Sox to 2 runs in a 9-2 win in the AAA season opener. Eight different Angels players crossed the plate for a balanced attack, while "The Jakes" each pitched out of bases loaded jams while collecting 6K's apiece for a total of 12K's. An excellent effort by the entire team against a tough Red Sox squad. Indians vs. Rangers: The AAA Indians overcame a few opening day jitters and were able to stop a couple Rangers rallies to win 11-7. In the top of the first with a runner at 3rd, the Rangers dangerous cleanup hitter smashed a linedrive towards right field. Indians second baseman Connor Mays snared the linedrive to end the inning. Spured on by the exciting play, the Indians came to bat and scored 6 runs. Andreas Papageorge drove home the game's first run wtith a rocket into centerfield. Later in the inning, Brett Barker and Vincent Tanisawa added consecutive run scoring singles. The Rangers managed 1 run in the top of the 2nd, but their rally ended when catcher Daniel Reedy retrieved a passed ball and flipped it to pitcher Collin Miller to tag out a Ranger baserunner trying to steal home. Collin, Andreas and Brett each pitched well and kept the Ranger bats in check most of the game. The highlight of the game came in the top of the 4th.&n bsp; After having scored 3 runs and with bases loaded and just one out, a Rangers batter slapped a ground ball to the left side of the infield. It looked like a sure 2 run single to left, when from out of nowhere, SS Colllin Miller dove, gloved the ball, rolled over and threw from his knees to second baseman Tyler Grassi for the forceout. Another big defensive play in the top of the 5th ended another potential Rangers rally. With 1 out and a runner at first, a Rangers batter hit a fly ball into shallow CF. Daniel raced in to catch the ball sinking towards the turf and alertly threw back to 1B for the double play. Brett keyed the victory with 3 hits and 3 RBIs to go with 2 innings pitched, giving up just 1 run to earn a save. Matthew Martell and Connor each contributed 2 hits and scored 3 runs to provide the spark to the offense. MAJORS Yankees vs. Athletics: A great start for the Yankees. In a battle of the pitching staffs, the Yankees Brendan Jenkins put on a pitching clinic. Brendan threw almost 5 complete innings before he hit his max pitch count. With 8 strikeouts and only giving up 2 hits it was a great way to start off the season. On offense Jordan Cain lead the Yankees with 2 keys hits. He scored a run and had a RBI. The Yankees faded in the last inning giving up their lead and 3 runs. It was a great opener for both teams. Indians vs. White Sox: The Tribe beat the White Sox on Opening Day. Trevor Robb Pitched 4 awesome innings! Chase Hennings was on fire with a shot off the center field fence for a Double and another RBI Double. Spencer Andora and Tyler Trinidad put together 2 hits late for the winning runs. Rangers vs. Red Sox: The PALL Major Rangers escaped with a 4-2 Opening Day victory over the Red Sox. After falling behind 0-2, The Rangers got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the 3rd as Austin Piscotti singled with two outs, stole 2nd and 3rd and scored on a throwing error to make it 1-2. The Rangers took the lead for good in the bottom of the 5th as Ryan Anderson doubled, Austin Piscotti singled and Kyle Moreno drove both home with a double to left. Kyle Moreno would later score on a sacrafice by Jonathan Camello and a bunt single by Eric Crispell, putting the Rangers ahead to stay 4-2. The Rangers received great pitching as Piscotti, Anderson and Moreno combined to hold the Red sox to 2 runs. Great defensive plays were turned in by Mark Slifer, Bryson Sherman and Jonathan Camello. JUNIORS Athletics vs. Yankees: The Pleasanton Jr. 80 A’s were quick to put runs on the board Wednesday night earning a substantial lead against the unsuspecting Yankees. In the first inning, Wei Kim roped a hard ball into center field earning him a triple and two RBIs. Kevin Anderson, Ryan Campbell, Alec Elgood and Josh Rosenblatt all went 2 for 2; Ryan, Alec and Matt each earned a RBI. On defense, Catcher, Matt London made a diving save at home plate to rob the runner attempting to steal home; a great play to end inning #4 and to keep the score in favor of the A’s. Taylor LaPorte lit up the outfield again with his remarkable talent for catching fly balls with an out in inning #5, a diving catch in #6 and the final out in #7. Josh Rosenblatt earned the win on the mound, pitching the first 5 innings allowing only 1 run. Drew Clawges finished the game on the mound keeping the runs scored to 1. Angels vs. Angels: The PALL Junior 80's Gold team split an exciting doubleheader with San Ramon Valley on Saturday. The Gold won the first game with outstanding pitching from Michael Lam and clutch hitting by Jarrod Graves and Calvin Brown. Lam pitched 4 innings, striking out 6 batters while giving up only 3 hits and 1 run. After falling behind 1-0 after 3 innings, the Gold came back in the top of the 4th with a beautiful squeeze play to tie the game. Dylan Strangmeyer laid down a beautiful bunt that scored Nick Eslick. Manager Ralph Eslick pulled off the squeeze again in the 6th with Nick Eslick executing the bunt, scoring Jordan Ramil. In the top of the 7th, the Gold broke it open with 6 runs. The big hits came from Calvin Brown who had 2 RBIs with a monster double to left center. After two walks, Jarrod Graves got into the action with a line single to left, knocking in two more runs. Dylan Hecht pitched a very effective final 3 innings to preserve the win. Angels vs. Angels: After winning the first game of Saturday doubleheader against San Ramon Valley, the PALL Junior 80's Gold team lost a close one in the nightcap 5-4. Starting pitcher Travis Eldridge had a great game, with 5 strikeouts in 2 2/3 innings. The gold had an early 2-1 lead after 2 innings with Dylan Strangmeyer and Justin Taylor each driving in a run. However, the Gold found themselves down 5-2 entering the top of the 7th. Nick Papageorge and Jordan both worked the San Ramon Valley pitcher into walks. With two runners on, Eldridge came through with a loud single to centerfield to score a run. Jarrod Graves then hit a sharp grounder that scored Ramil. On the play, Eldridge attempted to score, but was thrown out at the plate on a close call to end the game. Athletics vs. Red Sox: The season opened for the Pleasanton Jr. 80 A’s on the road against the Granada Red Sox on an afternoon made for baseball. With Wei Kim at the mound and Cole Hanley behind the plate the Red Sox were powerless to score in the first 3 innings. Wei started the game throwing strikes and was instrumental in tagging out runners trying to run up the line. Short Stop, Ryan Campbell defended his position blocking everything that came his way and with quick throws was able to assist the team with key plays. At the plate Billy Donahue and Anthony Schiell both swung a hard bat earning 2 RBI’s each; Anthony also puts the first run of the game on the board when he successfully stole home. Cole Hanley led the offense with stolen bases. In the 6th inning the Red Sox ran out of pitching which the A’s took full advantage of, driving in 4 runs to cinch the win. Taylor LaPorte made an outstanding catch in right field to end the game.
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