
Armada Tame Vipers
July 5, 2008 - Golden Baseball League (GBL)
Long Beach Armada News Release
The Armada avoided the sweep by the Flyers on July 3, winning 6-3 and the Crew would continue the winning trend on the Fourth of July by beating the Calgary Vipers 10-0 on a night where fireworks were seen inside the confines of Blair Field as well as around the area.
Armada starter Rik Currier (3-4) went 5 innings striking out 9 Vipers and giving up no runs to get the win. Vipers starter Evan Greusel (6-1) went 4 1/3 giving up 6 runs and getting his first loss of the season. Viper hitters didn't have much luck either. Newly named All-Stars Darryl Brinkley, Felix Jose, and Drew Miller combined to go 1 for 9 with four walks and a steal.
The Armada bats were smoking as CF Steve Moss led the way, going 3 for 3 with a HR, 3 RBI and four runs scored. 1B Tony Torcato went 4 for 5 with 3 RBI, a triple and 3 runs scored. Dan Trumble went 3 for 5 with a double and two runs scored.
The Armada have three players going to the All-Star game July 15. Pitchers Nick Bierbrodt and Nick Cavanaugh along with 1B Norm Hutchins are going to the game in Texas later this month.
Tune into Saturdays game at ibnsports.com with the Vitamin Water pre-game show at 6:25 and the first pitch at 6:35. Newly acquired P Jonathan Figueroa will make his GBL debut for Long Beach and Nathan Melek (2-1) takes the mound for the Vipers.
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