Four Long Balls Given Up In Defeat

Published on June 27, 2008 under Golden Baseball League (GBL)
Calgary Vipers News Release


The Calgary Vipers lost their third straight game with a 9-6 defeat against the Long Beach Armada at Foothills Stadium in Calgary, Alberta. The Armada collected 14 hits and crushed four homeruns for seven of their nine runs. The Vipers hit three of their own long balls and were lead offensively by Drew Miller and Travis Drader who both had three hit games. The loss drops Calgary's record to 19-10 on the first half of the Golden Baseball League season.

Long Beach quickly got on the scoreboard in the top of the first inning with Dan Trumble singling, stealing second base, and scoring on a Ryan Lehr double. Norm Hutchins followed by blasting a two run homerun for the 3-1 lead.

The Vipers mounted a two-out rally for a run in the bottom of the second inning thanks to the two Calgary natives as Drader doubled and Colin Moro singled for the run batted in.

Following Andy Wilson and Lehr singles to leadoff the top of the third inning Hutchins crushed his second long ball of the game for the 6-1 advantage.

Drader launched his fifth homerun of the year to start the scoring in the bottom of the fourth inning. Moro followed with a walk, Jorge Mejia reached on a fielder's choice, Darryl Brinkley singled, and Miller blasted his 11th big fly of the season to cut the deficit down to one run at 6-5.

Right back came the Armada in the top of the fifth inning with a solo homerun off the bat of Lehr. Three two-out singles by Octavio Martinez, David Ramirez, and Stephen Yoo plated another run for Long Beach and the 8-5 lead.

Hutchins was back at it in the top of the seventh with his third homerun on the night for the 9-5 advantage.

Patrick Arlis nailed his fifth long ball of the season in the bottom of the eighth to close the lead to 9-6.

Ryan Claypool (3-3) recorded the victory while Calgary starter Ryan Schurman (1-1) took the loss going six innings and giving up eight runs while walking only one and striking out seven. Nick Cavanaugh (0-0-4) secured the game with the save in pitching a perfect ninth inning.

Mejia and Miller both reached base for the 29th game consecutively to start the season while Miller extended his hitting streak to 18 games. Brinkley extended his hitting streak to 14 contests.

This series continues with Joe Sergent (0-0) making his first start as a Snake at Foothills Stadium on Saturday June 28th at 5:05 PM (MDT). The three game set concludes Sunday June 29th at 1:35 PM (MDT) with Evan Greusel (5-0) taking the ball.

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