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Vallejo Admirals Game Notes

July 5, 2018 - Pacific Association (PA)
Vallejo Admirals News Release


Vallejo Admirals 2018 Game Notes - Game #31 - Veteran Appreciation Night

San Rafael Pacifics (23-7, 1st +5.0) @ Vallejo Admirals (18-12, 2nd -5.0)

Wilson Park - Thursday, July 5, 2018 - 6:35 p.m. PDT

Today: Thurs., 6:35 SR Jose Morel (0-0, 1.92) @ VAL Martin Cronin (3-1, 2.55)

On Deck: Friday, 6:35 SR Jared Koenig (4-0, 1.68) @ VAL Frank Valentino (1-3, 4.37)

Last Time: In Sonoma, Admirals Win 5-4 on the Fourth

Nick Akins Sr. hit his 15th home run to match his 2017 total, Brandon Fischer doubled to bring in Vlad Gomez with the winning run in the ninth, and Alex Fishberg earned the relief victory in a 5-4 Vallejo Admirals win over the hosting Sonoma Stompers. The spirited Independence Day contest at Palooka Park also featured a solid six-inning start from Vallejo's Jalen Miller Sr., who took a no-decision. Akins is now in second place on Vallejo's single-season home-run leader list, and three away from Pugh's record of 18 from last year.

The Stompers scored first in their third turn at bat, when Rob DeAngelis drove in Kevin Farley with a double. In the fifth, Tillman Pugh gave the Admirals a 3-1 lead with a three-run homer to complete a two-out, bases-empty rally. Against Sonoma starter Dominic Topoozian, who lasted eight innings tonight, Cyle Figueroa singled and Chris Fornaci walked to set the table for Pugh, who clubbed his third homer of the year. Akins' solo shot in the eighth off Topoozian upped the Admirals' lead to 4-1, but it wouldn't last. Cage Cascone had relieved Miller in the seventh, and he only lasted one out into the Sonoma eighth. Kenny Meimersdorf's RBI single and Miles Williams' two-run-scoring hit tied the score at 4 and knocked Cascone out.

Fishberg then held the line with a clutch strikeout of Farley to keep the score tied. In the ninth, Ryan Richardson relieved Topoozian, and Gomez led off with a single. He then stole second base, which proved crucial to the outcome. With one out, Fischer belted a long drive into the wide-open spaces of center field, and Marcus Bradley almost caught Fischer's liner underneath Arnold Field's football goalposts. But he didn't, and Gomez steamed home from second ahead of the relay throw. In the bottom half, Daniel Comstock singled with two out, but Fishberg retired the side, minutes before the "fireworks curfew."

Vallejo versus... 7-0 vs. Martinez 3-3 vs. Napa

3-3 vs. Pittsburg 1-3 vs. San Rafael 4-3 vs. Sonoma

ADMIRALS #SQUADGOALS (A.K.A. "WHO'S HOT?")

13 - Nick Akins Sr. .333 BA, 15 HR, 35 RBI, 1.121 OPS

8 - Chris Fornaci .286, 12 HR, 27 RBI, 1.097 OPS

41 - Brett Schneider 1-0, 1.37 ERA, 19.2 IP, 20 K

30 - Martin Cronin 3-1, 2.55 ERA, 31.2 IP, 17 K

WHAT'S THE WORD, THUNDERBIRD?

The Admirals now face the white-hot San Rafael Pacifics, winners of 12 straight and holders of first place by five games over Vallejo....League RBI leader Graylin Derke was dealt to Wichita of the American Association after Saturday's action...Akins and Fornaci both homered twice in Friday's 17-8 win over Sonoma, the first time two Admirals have homered twice in a 2018 game... Frank Valentino's 11 strikeouts on Saturday is the most by any Admirals pitcher in 2018...Until Friday, when the Admirals expect to activate another catcher, the Admirals must sally forth with only one catcher, Cyle Figueroa...acquisitions are pending to address the void left by Mike Blanke's departure on family business...The Admirals have signed Chevy Clarke, the one-time first-round draft pick of the Angels and an everyday outfielder in 2017, along with pitcher Alex Dandridge, a North Carolina Central product and Pecos League alum.

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