NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, CFL stats



Armada take two-of-three in Calgary

August 8, 2008 - Golden Baseball League (GBL)
Long Beach Armada News Release


The Calgary Vipers used 19 hits to defeat the Long Beach Armada 14-7 at Foothills Stadium in Calgary, Alberta. The victory broke up a six game losing streak for the Snakes and improved their second half record to 11-11. Drew Miller snapped his ironman streak tonight after starting 329 consecutive games for the Snakes. It was only the third game in Viper's franchise history that Miller has missed.

In the top of the first inning Long Beach got on the scoreboard as Julian Williams tripled and scored on a Norm Hutchins sacrifice fly for the 1-0 advantage.

Calgary responded right away in the bottom of the inning with a Colin Moro single, Carlos Duncan walk, a passed ball to move the runners into scoring position, and a Felix Jose two run single. After Jose stole second base he scored on a Jorge Mejia run batted in triple for the 3-1 lead.

Four more runs were added in the bottom of the second frame by the Snakes when Kevin Price led off with a bunt single, Moro singled, Duncan drove in a run with a base hit, and Jose hit his 14th homerun of the season, a three run shot, for the 7-1 advantage.

Long Beach got back to back singles from Michael Glomb and Julian Williams to leadoff the top of the third inning. A Steve Moss fly ball advanced Glomb to third base where he scored on another Hutchins sacrifice fly. Williams stole second base, advanced to third on a throwing error by catcher Patrick Arlis, and scored on a Ryan Lehr RBI single for the 7-3 score.

Another run was added an inning later by the Armada as Octavio Martinez and Dan Trumble singled, the runners moved into scoring position when David Ramirez was robbed by first baseman Carlos Duncan as he dove to catch a ground ball and tagged first base, and Martinez scored on a Glomb RBI groundout to cut the lead to three at 7-4.

The Vipers got a run back in the top of the fifth with a Jorge Tang single, walks to Price and Arlis, and a RBI groundout from Nelson Castro for the 8-4 lead.

In the top of the seventh inning Long Beach's Williams singled, Hutchins walked, Lehr scored Williams with a base hit, Brett Flowers was hit by a pitch, and Martinez knocked in two with a single to bring his team within one run. With the bases loaded and Jon Huizinga on the mound David Ramirez hit a groundball to first that Duncan threw home but the throw hit Ramirez in fair territory so he was out on batter's interference and the bases remained loaded. Huizinga then got Glomb to groundout to end the inning with the Vipers still ahead 8-7.

Calgary carried that momentum into the bottom of the inning as Tang and Price singled and Arlis reached on a fielder's choice. Castro followed with a groundball that the Armada tried to turn a double play on but a great slide at second by Arlis broke it up and Glomb's throw went wild to first allowing Price to score and Castro to take second. Moro made the score 10-7 with a base hit to score Castro.

More insurance was added in the bottom of the eighth as Jose singled and was removed from the game for pinch runner Shaun Ashman who made his return to the team tonight. Travis Drader followed and reached on an error by second baseman Williams, Mejia singled to load the bases, and both Tang and Price knocked in a pair of runs with base knocks for the 14-7 advantage.

Moro, Jose, and Price all had huge nights at the plate with four hits each. Moro was four-for-five with two runs scored, Jose went four-for-five with two runs scored and five batted in, and Price went four-for-four with two runs scored and knocked in.

Nate Melek (5-4) picked up the victory going six and a third innings while not walking a batter and giving up four earned runs. Huizinga (3) picked up the save in getting out of the tough jam in the seventh inning and recording the final eight outs of the game in facing only nine batters.

Friday August 8th at 7:05 PM (MDT) it is Foam Finger Giveaway night at the ballpark as Calgary takes on the Yuma Scorpions with Joe Sergent (2-2) starting. Also on Friday former Calgary Flame Mike Commodore will throw out the first pitch and sign autographs. Theo Fleury will also be on hand before the game at 4:00 PM (MDT) to once again take batting practice. On Saturday August 9th at 5:05 PM (MDT) Fleury will make his professional baseball debut as Calgary and Yuma play a double-header. Fleury will wear his regular #14 uniform thanks to a deal worked out with Calgary's Jorge Mejia. Through Mejia's agent, team-mate Nelson Castro, the three were able to make an arrangement for two steak dinners in exchange for the jersey. The Vipers will throw Dallas Mahan (3-2) and Phil Sobkow (1-3). Sunday August 10th at 1:35 PM (MDT) the four game series and home stand concludes with Evan Greusel (7-2) taking the mound. Also on Sunday Calgarian and Washington Capital Mike Green will throw out the first pitch and sign autographs.

• Discuss this story on the Golden Baseball League message board...

Golden Baseball League Stories from August 8, 2008


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

Other Recent Long Beach Armada Stories



Sports Statistics from the Stats Crew
OurSports Central