Mesa wins again 4-3
June 28, 2005 - Golden Baseball League (GBL)
Mesa Miners News Release
MESA, ARIZONA -The Mesa Miners (20-11) won their second straight game by beating the Japan Samurai Bears (9-21) 4-3 at HoHoKam Park in Mesa, Arizona.
Mesa got a run in the second inning with an RBI double by Michael Done. Done finished the game 3-for-4 and 1 RBI. Japan tied the game at 1-1 in the fifth inning with a sacrifice fly by Kenichi Miura. The game stayed tied at 1-1 until the bottom of the seventh inning when the Miners broke the game open by scoring three runs. Starting pitcher Chris Marini helped his own cause with an RBI single. Matt Connolly hit a 2-run triple for the added insurance. Paul Powell ended his 10-game hitting streak by going 0-3.
Japan made the game a little more interesting by scoring twice off closer Kelly Johnson in the ninth inning, but Johnson finally shut them down for his seventh save of the season. Marini (4-0) pitched eight innings giving up one run on four hits. Losing pitcher for Japan was starter Satoshi Morita (1-4) who pitched seven innings giving up four runs on ten hits.
The Miners will play the Samurai Bears again tomorrow night at 6:35 pm and are looking for the series sweep before heading to San Diego. The scheduled starter for Mesa is Manny Ayala (4-2). You can follow the Miners by listening to Darrell Linderman and John Potter on www.sportsjuice.com.
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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