Sunday, May 31, 2009

May 30, 2009: Fleetwood at Malibu

In what would be an excellent battle between Fleetwood's Ervin Santana and Malibu's Bronson Arroyo, the Walkers drew first blood. With one out in the 2nd inning, Jim Edmonds hit a double followed by a Rafael Furcal RBI single. Fleetwood would not score again against Arroyo through 8 innings.

Santana, though, was even better. He retired the first 12 batters he faced in order, and did not allow a hit until the 6th inning. In the 7th, he allowed a lead-off single and a stolen base to Daric Barton, putting the tying run on 2nd base. After striking out Jose Lopez, Jack Cust came to the plate.

Despite Santana's strong preformance thus far, my computer manager decided to bring in lefty J.P. Howell to face Jack Cust. The move gave my team the platoon advantage, and Cust lined into a double play to end the threat.

Howell walked Nick Swisher to lead off the 8th, prompting my manager to bring in Hong-Chih Kuo. Kuo struck out the next two Malibu batters, and retired a third with a flyball out.

Clinging to a 1-0 lead, the Walkers scored a much-needed insurance run when David Wright followed a lead-off Nick Markakis double with an RBI single.

Kuo remained in the game in the 9th, and struck out the first two batters of the inning. Daric Barton brought the tying run to the plate with a 2-out walk, but Jose Lopez grounded out to end the game. The final score was 2-0, and Ervin Santana had earned a much-deserved win and Kuo a much-deserved save.



BOXSCORE: 2009 Fleetwood Walkers At 2009 Malibu Flames 5/30/2009

Walkers AB R H RBI AVG Flames AB R H RBI AVG
N.Markakis RF 4 1 2 0 .330 G.Sheffield LF 4 0 0 0 .201
D.Wright 3B 4 0 1 1 .380 D.Barton 1B 3 0 1 0 .138
C.Pena 1B 4 0 0 0 .352 J.Lopez 2B 4 0 0 0 .250
M.Cabrera DH 4 0 0 0 .254 J.Cust DH 3 0 0 0 .179
C.Beltran CF 4 0 0 0 .298 N.Swisher CF 1 0 0 0 .192
J.Edmonds LF 3 1 1 0 .268 P.Feliz 3B,SS 3 0 0 0 .205
C-C.Ross LF 1 0 0 0 .255 H.Matsui RF 3 0 0 0 .224
R.Furcal SS 2 0 1 1 .313 M.Napoli C 3 0 0 0 .219
R.Doumit C 3 0 0 0 .262 T.Pena Jr SS 1 0 0 0 .144
B-C.Iannetta C 0 0 0 0 .302 A-M.Prado PH,3B 2 0 1 0 .375
A.Cabrera 2B 3 0 0 0 .219
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 32 2 5 2 Totals 27 0 2 0

A-Pinch Hit For Pena Jr In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Doumit In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Edmonds In 8th Inning

Walkers......... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 5 0
Flames.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 1

Walkers (22-8) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
E.Santana WIN(4-1) 6 1/3 2 0 0 0 6 0 1.97 A1 C3
J.Howell HOLD(4th) 0 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.79 C4 C5
H.Kuo SAVE(1st) 2 0 0 0 1 4 0 3.48 C6
Totals 9 2 0 0 2 10 0

Flames (14-27) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
B.Arroyo LOSS(1-4) 8 5 2 2 1 1 0 2.84 A1 D3
M.Thornton 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.17 D4
Totals 9 5 2 2 1 2 0

ATTENDANCE- 41,088 DATE- Saturday, May 30th 2009 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Gary Darling, Jerry Meals, Bill Miller, Paul Emmel
T- 2:38
LEFT ON BASE- Walkers: 4 Flames: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Walkers: 2 Flames: 1
ERRORS- D.Barton
DOUBLES- N.Markakis(13th), J.Edmonds(7th)
STOLEN BASES- D.Barton(2nd)
WALKS- R.Furcal, D.Barton, N.Swisher
HIT BY PITCH- N.Swisher
STRIKE OUTS- D.Wright, M.Cabrera, G.Sheffield, D.Barton, J.Lopez, J.Cust-2,
P.Feliz-2, H.Matsui, M.Napoli, M.Prado
GIDP- R.Doumit, G.Sheffield
PASSED BALLS- M.Napoli

Ervin Santana took a no-hitter into the 6th inning at Petco Park as the
Fleetwood Walkers beat the Malibu Flames 2 to 0.

Santana(4-1) gave Fleetwood a solid outing. He didn't allow much, just 2 hits
and no walks in 6 and 1/3 innings lowering his ERA to 1.97. The right-handed
Santana lost his no-hit bid when Martin Prado singled with one out in the 6th
inning. Fleetwood out-hit Malibu for the game, 5 hits to 2.

Santana was helped out by Hong-Chih Kuo who recorded his 1st save. Bronson
Arroyo(1-4) was tagged with the loss. He pitched 8 innings and surrendered
just 5 hits and 1 walk.


*** TOP OF INNING 1 ***
0 N.Markakis 4- 7 0 Single b-1
0 1 D.Wright 1- 9 0 Strike Out b-0
1 1 C.Pena 5- 7 0 Fly Out b-0
2 1 M.Cabrera 5-10 0 Passed Ball 1-2
2 2 M.Cabrera 2-11 15 0 Line Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 1 ***
0 G.Sheffield 5-10 17 0 Line Out b-0
1 D.Barton 4- 6 0 Strike Out b-0
2 J.Lopez 3- 3 13 0 Line Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 2 ***
0 C.Beltran 2-11 9 0 Fly Out b-0
1 J.Edmonds 4- 8 14 0 Double b-2
1 2 R.Furcal 4- 7 0 Single 2-H b-1
1 1 R.Doumit 5-11 4 0 Fly Out b-0
2 1 A.Cabrera 6-11 0 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 2 ***
0 J.Cust 6- 6 0 Strike Out b-0
1 N.Swisher 5- 5 0 Fly Out b-0
2 P.Feliz 5-10 3 0 Line Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 3 ***
0 N.Markakis 2- 8 0 Ground Out b-0
1 D.Wright 5- 3 0 Fly Out b-0
2 C.Pena 4-11 12 0 Line Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 3 ***
0 H.Matsui 3- 7 0 Ground Out b-0
1 M.Napoli 5- 9 0 Strike Out b-0
2 T.Pena Jr 1- 6 0 Fly Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 4 ***
0 M.Cabrera 5- 4 0 Fly Out b-0
1 C.Beltran 6- 5 0 Ground Out b-0
2 J.Edmonds 1- 6 4 0 Fly Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 4 ***
0 G.Sheffield 3- 6 0 Ground Out b-0
1 D.Barton 6- 2 8 0 Fly Out b-0
2 J.Lopez 6- 7 0 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 5 ***
0 R.Furcal 3- 3 0 Walk b-1
0 1 R.Doumit 3-11 0 Ground Out Double Play 1-o b-0
2 A.Cabrera 6- 4 0 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 5 ***
0 J.Cust 3- 9 0 Strike Out b-0
1 N.Swisher 3-12 0 HBP b-1
1 1 P.Feliz 4- 7 0 Strike Out b-0
2 1 H.Matsui 1- 6 0 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 6 ***
0 N.Markakis 2- 7 0 Fly Out b-0
1 D.Wright 5-10 0 Foul Out b-0
2 C.Pena 1-11 14 0 Line Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 6 ***
0 M.Napoli 3- 2 7 0 Ground Out b-0
SUBSTITUTE PH- Martin Prado
1 M.Prado 6- 8 19 0 Single b-1
1 1 G.Sheffield 3- 4 0 Ground Out Double Play 1-o b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 7 ***
SUBSTITUTE SS- Pedro Feliz
SUBSTITUTE 3B- Martin Prado
0 M.Cabrera 4-10 9 0 Line Out b-0
1 C.Beltran 3-11 0 Ground Out b-0
2 J.Edmonds 6-11 0 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 7 ***
0 D.Barton 4- 9 4 0 Single b-1
0 1 0 Stolen Base 1-2
0 2 J.Lopez 4- 6 0 Strike Out b-0
SUBSTITUTE P - J.P. Howell
1 2 J.Cust 1- 2 0 Line Out Double Play 2-o b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 8 ***
0 R.Furcal 3- 4 4 0 Line Out b-0
1 R.Doumit 6- 8 0 Fly Out b-0
2 A.Cabrera 2- 4 0 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 8 ***
SUBSTITUTE C - Chris Iannetta
SUBSTITUTE LF- Cody Ross
0 N.Swisher 2- 8 0 Walk b-1
SUBSTITUTE P - Hong-Chih Kuo
0 1 P.Feliz 4- 8 0 Strike Out b-0
1 1 H.Matsui 5- 5 0 Strike Out b-0
2 1 M.Napoli 6- 3 0 Fly Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 9 ***
0 N.Markakis 4- 8 1 0 Double b-2
0 2 D.Wright 6- 7 0 Single 2-H b-1
0 1 C.Pena 5-12 0 1 Base Error - 1B 1-2 b-1
SUBSTITUTE P - Matt Thornton
0 12 M.Cabrera 4- 7 0 Strike Out b-0
1 12 C.Beltran 6-11 0 Force Play 2-3 1-o b-1
2 1 3 C.Ross 1- 4 0 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 9 ***
0 M.Prado 4- 7 0 Strike Out b-0
1 G.Sheffield 5- 5 0 Strike Out b-0
2 D.Barton 2- 7 0 Walk b-1
2 1 J.Lopez 1- 4 0 Ground Out b-0

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