RoadRunners Swept by Yuma
Published on July 6, 2008 under Golden Baseball League (GBL)
St. George RoadRunners News Release
ST. GEORGE, Utah - Entering Saturday night, the St. George RoadRunners and the Yuma Scorpions had combined for 266 runs in their first 11 meetings. Not to anyone's surprise, the two teams banged out another combined 28 runs on 37 hits in an offensive laden Scorpions victory 17-11 in front of the largest crowd at Bruce Hurst Field this summer, 1,461.
Yuma pounded out 23 hits, tying the St. George franchise mark for most hits allowed to an opponent in a single game.
Adam Ortiz made his RoadRunner debut on the mound and in the first inning looked unfazed retiring Yuma in order. The second inning proved to be much different. Ortiz (0-1) was knocked out of the game with two outs in the inning after allowing seven earned runs on seven hits, highlighted by a two-run triple by Hector Bernal and a two-run double by Maikel Jova.
The Scorpion lead pushed to 9-0 with a RBI-double by catcher Pete Farina and a run-scoring single by A.J. Valentine off reliever Billy Simon.
Yuma used the long ball to add four runs in the fifth and sixth. Valentine launched a towering three-run homer to center off Jason Howerton and former Scorpion, Aaron Wilson, allowed a solo- home run to rookie Darrick Hale.
Mike Marshall's club again took advantage of RoadRunners righty Anthony Pluta, scoring four runs in the seventh inning. Pluta would return for the eighth and keep Yuma off the scoreboard allowing just one hit.
Jason Norderum, one of three RoadRunner All-Stars, pitched the ninth and struck out the side after surrendering one hit and hitting another.
St. George began scoring in the third inning off Yuma starter Roger Luque. Kory Wayment doubled in Juan Serrano for his first GBL hit. Claudio Aria, three batters later, plated Wayment with a solid single to center.
Luque limped to the end of the fifth after allowing four runs in the inning. Ryan Stevenson extended his hitting streak to 18 games with a solo-home run to lead off. Liu Rodriguez doubled in two and Trever Dimick added a RBI groundout.
Stevenson would add an RBI single in the sixth during Neil Hayes' first inning of relief. Hayes would yield a total of five runs, two earned, over an inning and a third. Jorge Perez and James Garcia would hold St. George scoreless over the next two and a third to preserve Yuma's fourth consecutive win.
Luque (3-3) gets credit for the win, his second in a row over St. George. Yuma has won nine of twelve meetings against St. George in 2008.
St. George returns to action on Monday in a doubleheader against the Northern Division-leading Calgary Vipers. Game one of the double-header, a make-up game of a rainout in Calgary, is scheduled for a 4:05pm first pitch. The RoadRunners will start right-hander Mac Nelson in game one and Aaron Wilson in game two. The Vipers are expected to throw Ryan Schurman and Dallas Mahan.
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Catch all of the action from both games at Sports Radio 1210 and Network1Sports.com with John Potter, the voice of the RoadRunners. The Infowest Pre-Game Show will begin at 3:45pm Mountain.
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