Armada Play Long Ball, Avert Sweep In 11-3 Win Over Outlaws
Published on June 9, 2008 under Golden Baseball League (GBL)
Chico Outlaws News Release
CHICO, CA - Former major leaguer Jerome Williams allowed just one earned run over seven innings while Dan Trumble and Chris Klemm each belted a pair of home runs to power the Long Beach Armada to an 11-3 victory over the Chico Outlaws Sunday at Nettleton Stadium to salvage the finale of a three-game weekend series.
Long Beach dialed long distance early in the contest - Octavio Martinez singled to lead off the 2nd inning...then Trumble bombed a Jason Roach pitch over the left field wall to give the Armada a 2-0 lead. In the 4th Long Beach took advantage of a pair of Outlaws errors to score three times and up their advantage to 5-0 - Julian Williams delivered an RBI single and Cleatus Davidson knocked in a pair with a two-out double to left. Chico got on the board in the bottom of the 4th - Jose Valdez doubled and came home on a fielder's choice grounder off the bat of Lino Garcia...later in the inning Casey Garrison singled home Todd Gossage to make the score 5-2.
That would be as close as the Outlaws would get - Klemm led off the Long Beach 5th with a solo homer to make it 6-2...then in the 8th the Armada put the game away with two more home runs, one a solo shot by Trumble off reliever Derrick Landavazo...then with two outs and the bases loaded, Klemm blasted a grand slam off Todd Gelatka to push the score to 11-2. Chico strung together three hits to plate a run in the 8th off Long Beach reliever Sean Buller (Steve Boggs scoring on a Julian Benavidez single) to make it 11-3...but Nick Cavanaugh came in from the Armada bullpen to retire the Outlaws in order in the 9th to lock down the Long Beach victory.
Williams got the win to improve to 3-0 on the season...Roach took the loss to slip to 0-3. Julian Williams led a 17-hit Long Beach attack with a 4-for-5 performance; Davidson had three hits and Klemm finished the night with five RBI. The Outlaws had nine hits, with Valdez and Kevin McCarthy each going 2-for-4. Sunday's loss dropped Chico to 3-10 on the season, while Long Beach improved to 6-5 for the year. The Outlaws take Monday off before traveling to Edmonton to take on the Cracker Cats Tuesday in the first of three at Telus Field; right-hander Berek Fasking (0-1) will be the starting pitcher for Chico in the series opener. Game time is 6:05pm Pacific time... hear all the action with Rory Miller calling the play-by-play beginning at 5:40pm on ESPN 101.7 FM or AM 1340. The broadcast will also be streamed live on the internet through the Outlaws official website, www.ChicoOutlawsBaseball.com.
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