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RoadRunners hold off late Armada inquisition

August 8, 2009 - Golden Baseball League (GBL)
Long Beach Armada News Release


Armada comeback, adding three runs in the eighth inning off Koichi Misawa, en route to a 14-9 triumph over Long Beach at Bruce Hurst Field on Saturday. Long Beach falls to 8-13 in the second half, 28-31 overall.

The Armada had slimmed the St. George lead to 11-9 with two runs in the seventh and two more in the eighth. The RoadRunners knocked Misawa for four hits and a sac bunt that put the game away from the Armada in the bottom of the eighth.

Armada starter Scott Lonergan took the loss, going 4 1/3 innings, giving up six runs (four earned) off seven hits while walking one and striking out two. Lonergan (4-5) now has seen 22 unearned runs cross the plate on his watch this season.

Eric Van Slyke earned the win, pitching six innings, surrendering five runs on eight hits while striking out three. Van Slyke (6-6) fell behind by as many as three runs before the St. George offense rescued him with three runs in the fourth, two more in the fifth, and back-to-back homeruns in the sixth to give the RoadRunners a 11-5 lead.

With two outs in the first innings, Omar Bramasco doubled off the right field wall, and Steve Moss singled him home for a 1-0 Armada lead.

St. George answered in the second inning when Chase Leavitt drove a two-run single up the middle to give the RoadRunners a 2-1 advantage.

Long Beach once again came through with two outs on the board. In the third inning, Jonny Kaplan doubled to left field, and Omar Bramasco blasted his fourth homerun of the year to center field for the Armada lead, 3-2. The Armada added to its total in the fourth inning on a two-run single from David Ramirez for a three-run lead.

The first five RoadRunners batters reached base in the fourth inning against Armada starter Scott Lonergan on a walk, single, hit batter, single and another hit batter. Lonergan was able to retire the next three batters, giving up only three runs in the frame.

The RoadRunners offense wasn't through. Leavitt added a two-run double in the fifth inning off reliever Chase Baran, giving St. George a 7-2 lead. One inning later, Cody Nowlin blasted a three-run homerun, and Henry Calderon made it a back-to-back homeruns off Scott Watson for an 11-5 lead.

Ramirez led off the seventh inning with a double, and advanced to third on a wild pitch to Josh Womack. Womack drew a walk, and Brandon Howard drove in Ramirez on a sac fly. Two batters later, Bramasco drove in Womack with his team-leading 40th RBI of the year. In the eighth, Kaplan's two-run single put the Armada within two runs of the RoadRunners.

After a day off Sunday, the Armada and RoadRunners wrap up this three game series Monday at Bruce Hurst Field as Long Beach sends RHP Dusty Gober (2-0) to the mound against RHP David Seccombe (7-2) for St. George. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05pm Mountain Time and the game can be heard live at www.longbeacharmada.com

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