Power@A’s
Casey Fry was dominant in relief as the Power defeated the A’s 12-4 at Palm Springs Stadium Wednesday morning. Fry earned the win by throwing three innings, striking out seven while facing only ten batters.
The A’s started the scoring in the second with Michael Wallace’s inside the park home run. The rally continued when Michael Cross and Matthew Dunn both singled to put runners on first and third. With Jack Waterman at the plate the A’s put on the double steal with Dunn taking second and Cross stealing home to put the A’s up 2-0.
The Power offense came to life in the fifth. Seven consecutive Power batters reached base with the inning being highlighted by a three-run triple off the bat of Yasutsugu Nishimoto. Patrick Howe followed the Nishimoto triple with one of his own to drive in the run and tie the game up at four. The inning stayed alive for the Power when Matthew Frederick singled to drive home Howe from third to put them up 5-4.
The Power rallied for six more tallies in the sixth to help them secure the victory.
Snowbirds@Chill
Vinny St. John pitched four perfect innings while striking out five to help lead the Chill to a 6-5 win over the Snowbirds in the last regular season game of the 2012 California Winter League season.
Chris Caves lead the way on offense for the Chill with a single, a triple, two runs and two RBI. Clint Harkins also had a nice day with the stick going two for two with two doubles, driving in a run and scoring twice.
Jesse Brown chipped in for the Snowbirds offense as he went two for three with a homerun, a single, two runs and two RBI’s.
The California Winter league playoffs will start Thursday at 10am with the number two ranked Chill facing the three ranked Snowbirds. The 1pm game will feature the number one ranked Power taking on the four ranked Bluesox.
The CWL Championship game will pit the two winning teams from Thursday against each other on Friday at 1pm.
