Snakes Drop Fifth Straight

Published on August 16, 2008 under Golden Baseball League (GBL)
Calgary Vipers News Release


The Calgary Vipers gave away an early lead in losing 10-7 to the Orange County Flyers at Goodwin Field in Fullerton, California. The Snakes led 4-2 after an inning and a half but gave up seven runs in the bottom of the third inning to fall behind for good. With the defeat Calgary has now lost five straight games and falls to 14-17 on the second half of the season.

The Vipers went out in front in the top of the first inning as Nelson Castro led off with an infield single, reached third on a throwing error by pitcher Jeremy Zick who was attempting to pick off Castro, and he scored on a Demond Smith run batted in groundout. Following a Darryl Brinkley double, Felix Jose made the score 2-0 with a RBI single.

Right back responded the Flyers in the bottom of the inning with a David Bacani double and Jermy Acey two run big fly for the 2-2 game.

Calgary went back up by two runs in the top of the second as Patrick Arlis doubled and Travis Drader hit a two run long ball for the 4-2 lead.

In the bottom of the frame David Keesee singled, Travon Jackson was hit by pitch, and Bacani scored a run with a base hit for the 4-3 score.

Orange County exploded for seven runs in the bottom of the third inning to take the lead and put the game away with a 10-4 advantage. Patrick Breen smacked a solo homerun, Jeff LaRue doubled, Fernando Pacheco reached on a bunt single, Mark Okano singled and pitcher Evan Greusel committed a throwing error to allow LaRue to score. Keesee followed by reaching on a fielding error by Drader, Jackson knocked in a run with a base hit, Bacani cleared the bases with a three run triple, and Acey capped off the inning with a RBI base knock.

Three separate runs were pushed across by the Snakes in the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings. In the fifth Colin Moro knocked in a run with a fielder's choice, Smith hit his first homerun as a Viper in the sixth, and a Carlos Duncan double and Jorge Mejia RBI single scored a final run in the seventh for the 10-7 score.

Jeremy Zick (4-6) picked up the victory in tossing a complete game while Greusel (8-3) suffered only his third defeat of the season.

Calgary returns home Monday August 18th at 7:05 PM (MDT) to open up a nine game home stand against Hall of Famer Gary Carter and his first half South Division Champion Orange County Flyers.

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