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Flyers Start Second Half with Win

July 18, 2010 - Golden Baseball League (GBL)
Orange County Flyers News Release


FULLERTON, Calif. (July 17, 2010) - The Orange County Flyers capitalized on a handful of St. George, scoring nine unearned runs for a 10-2 win over the RoadRunners at Goodwin Field in the second game of Saturday's doubleheader. Only one of the Flyers 10 runs was earned as OC won its first game of the second half of the season.

Starting pitcher Manny Ayala earned his seven win of the season, tying for most wins in the GBL so far this season. The right-hander gave up two runs on a pair of solo homeruns and scattered four other hits while striking out six RoadRunners in his seventh start for the Flyers.

After the RoadRunners struck first on a Nick Fitzgerald solo homerun in the second inning, the Flyers scored six runs with outs in the bottom of the inning, sending 11 batters to the plate. Sergio Pedroza led off the inning with a double advanced to third on a doubleplay ball two batters later. After a walk to Alex Jamieson, Ayala drove in Pedroza for the only earned run Orange County scored in the first five innings.

After the Ayala RBI-single, Steve Boggs reached on an error, and Tyler Keeble's RBI-single cashed Jamieson. Jimmy Rohan and Pedroza added two-run hits to close out the inning for a 6-1 lead.

Keith Ginter added a two-run homerun in the fifth inning after an error allowed Rohan to reach with two outs.

Orange County takes on the Chico Outlaws on Sunday in the first game of a four-game series. Frist pitch Sunday is at 7:05pm.

Box Score: http://www.pointstreak.com/baseball/flash/index.html?gameid12850

GAME 1

FLYERS WIN IN EXTRAS ON ROADRUNNER ERROR OC second half of the season starts with second game of DH

FULLERTON, Calif. (July 17, 2010) - The Orange County Flyers edged the St. George RoadRunners on an extra-inning error for a 5-4 win to wrap up their first half of the GBL season in the first game of a doubleheader on Saturday at Goodwin Field. Doubleheaders in minor league baseball comprise two 7-inning games.

With the bases loaded and no outs in the bottom of the eighth, St. George first baseman Brett Flowers' throw home sailed wide, allowing David Harris to score from third to give the Flyers the win. The RoadRunner error cancelled out a Flyers error that allowed St. George's Jon Dutton to score from first in the top of the seventh when a ball got away from first baseman Derek Perren on an infield single by Victor Buttler, tying the game 4-4.

Closer Andre Simpson earned his first win of the year, after seeing the RoadRunners tie the game with an unearned run on his watch in the top of the seventh. Simpson pitched a scoreless top of the eighth, and finished the night with three strikeouts over two innings of work.

Orange County overcame an early 0-3 deficit when Sergio Pedroza blasted a three-run homerun (6) with two outs in the bottom of the third. Pedroza also crossed the plate in the sixth inning on an Eric Pringle RBI-single to give OC a 4-3 lead.

Newly acquired left-hander Zac Cline did not register a decision in his first start with Orange County, giving up three runs and six hits over five innings of work. Former major leaguer Cha-Seung Baek pitched a scoreless, hitless sixth inning in his Flyers debut.

Box Score: http://www.pointstreak.com/baseball/flash/index.html?gameid12846

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