Mesa sweep Armada with 8-4 win
Published on July 20, 2005 under Golden Baseball League (GBL)
Mesa Miners News Release
MESA, ARIZONA -The Mesa Miners (30-22) swept the three-game series against the Long Beach Armada (27-26) at HoHoKam Park in Mesa, Arizona by winning 8-4.
Manny Ayala (8-2) pitched a complete game giving up four runs (three earned) on eight hits. He also struck out six and walked none. The Armada scored two runs in the first and second innings to gain an early 4-0 lead. The Miners climbed back into the game in the fourth inning with RBI singles by Marcus Knight and Ayala. Mesa took the lead in the fifth inning when Knight had another RBI single after Marcus Jensen singled in two. The Miners added some insurance runs in the sixth when Caleb Maher cleared the bases with a double.
Long Beach starter Reed Harvey (2-5) gave up 13 hits and eight runs in 5.1 innings of work. The Miners will start a four-game series against the Japan Samurai Bears tomorrow at 6:35pm at HoHoKam Park.
About the Mesa Miners and the Golden Baseball League
The Miners will play a 90-game schedule which features 54 home games played at HoHoKam Park in Mesa. The Golden Baseball League season begins in May and concludes with the playoffs in September. Full and partial season ticket packages as well as Miners merchandise are on sale now by calling (480) 39-MINER or by visiting www.MesaMiners.com. The Golden Baseball League, presented by Safeway Inc., is a professional baseball league operating under a single-entity ownership model. The inaugural season of the Golden Baseball League will include charter cities in Arizona (Mesa, Surprise, Yuma) and California (San Diego, Chico, Fullerton, Long Beach) along with the Japan Samurai Bears. Each team will have a 24-man roster. Players will be recruited from throughout the United States, including former major leaguers working their way back up through the minors, some of college baseball's finest players who missed being drafted, and cuts from Major League Baseball's spring training roster trimming.
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