Outlaws Down Flyers 8-3 On Kid's Day At Goodwin Field; Take Series 3-1
July 21, 2010 - Golden Baseball League (GBL)
Chico Outlaws News Release
(Fullerton, CA. July 21st, 2010) In front of a rowdy Kid's Day crowd on Wednesday afternoon, the Chico Outlaws took the final game of the series 8-3, winning the series three games to one and earning their first series win of the second half.
Demetrius Banks got the ball for the Outlaws, looking for his seventh win of the year and earning it, pitching six innings, allowing three earned runs on eight hits and striking out six Flyers. The Flyers got started in the second inning with a solo homerun to left by right fielder David Harris, his fourth tater of the year, putting Orange County up 1-0.
Orange County expanded the lead to 2-0 in the third when Tyler Keeble doubled and then came home on former big leaguer Keith Ginter's RBI double.
In the fourth inning, Harris led the inning off with a walk and then advanced to second on a stolen base. Moving to third on a fly ball out, Harris scored on an RBI groundout by rookie Zach Mandleblatt. The RBI was the first pro run batted in for the rookie, making the score 3-0 Flyers.
Chico finally got to Flyers' starter Kevin Altman in the top of the fifth inning, when catcher Robby Alcombrack sent his fifth homerun of the year sailing over the left field foul pole, cutting the Orange County lead to 3-1.
Outlaws' left fielder JJ Sherrill led off the sixth inning with a hard hit ball to Flyers' third baseman Jimmy Rohan, who threw the ball away wide of first base on an infield single. Sherrill advanced all the way home on the error, making it a one run game. Mikael Jova came up next and doubled, coming home one batter later on a Carlos Lopez RBI triple, his first three-bagger of the year, tying the game at three each.
Four more runs came in for the Outlaws in the seventh on three Chico hits and a Flyers error by third baseman Jimmy Rohan. Jova and Lopez had RBI hits in the frame and the lead was 7-3. An eighth run came in for the Outlaws in the eighth inning on an RBI double from JJ Sherrill, his 14th double of the year.
Justin Segal pitched three innings of scoreless relief for the Outlaws, who got their fourth win of the second half.
Kevin Altman (3-3) took the loss for Orange County, who fall to 2-3 in the second half.
The Outlaws and Flyers start a three-game set at the Nett on Friday night in Chico as Eri Yoshida makes her fifth start of the year with first pitch set for 7:05 pm.
The game can be watched live at www.justin.tv.com/chicooutlawsbaseball or listened to at www.chicooutlaws.com on the Outlaws Baseball Network as Dan Hawkins brings you all the action of Outlaws baseball.
BANDIT BITS: First baseman Carlos Lopez finished the day a homerun shy of the cycle, going 3 for 5.... About the Chico Outlaws The Chico Outlaws are one of ten teams in the independent Golden Baseball League a professional baseball league operating in the western United States, Mexico and Canada. Golden Baseball League teams include the Calgary Vipers in Calgary, Alberta Canada; the Chico Outlaws in Chico, CA; the Edmonton Capitals in Edmonton, Alberta Canada, the Orange County Flyers in Fullerton; CA, the Na Koa Ikaika in Maui, HI; the St. George Roadrunners in St. George, Utah; the Yuma Scorpions in Yuma; AZ; the Victoria Seals in Victoria, British Columbia Canada; the Tijuana Cimmarrones in Tijuana, Mexico and the Tucson Toros in Tucson, AZ. The Outlaws play in the North Division of the GBL and currently feature six ex-major league players on their 22-person roster, including veteran infielder Bobby Hill and pitchers Matt Perisho and Mark McLemore. Japanese knuckleball pitcher Eri Yoshida is also on the Outlaws roster, becoming the first woman to pitch professionally in two countries when she debuted for Chico on May 29th, 2010. Former Outlaw Daniel Nava is the only Outlaws player to make it to the major leagues, playing for the Boston Red Sox in 2010, one of five overall in the GBL to accomplish the feat. Garry Templeton, a former major league infielder, is the field manager, while Wayne Franklin, who spent seven years in the majors, is the team's pitching coach.
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