Reds now 7-0 after romp over Seahawks

 

The Reds wiped out the Seahawks 17-2, leaving no doubt about their ability to knock the ball around the yard. Jeff Brown went 4/4 with 3 doubles 2 batted in and scored 4 times. Justin Dominick had a pair of doubles among his 3 hits and Rob Irwin chipped in with 3 hits in the lead-off spot. Ryan Miller handcuffed the Hawks, scattering 6 hits in his 6 innings of work. Rocky Zollinger had 2 hits for the Hawks and Casey Clements was credited with the only rbi.

 

The Laguna Cardinals and the Angels played a twin-bill at Boysen. The Angels won the opener 11-8. Chris Montgomery and Brandon Grunbaum paced the Angel attack with had 3 hits apiece and Jeff Grampp had a triple with 2 batted in. Gino Aielli and Al Rodriguez had 3 hits apiece for the Redbirds, who got  2 rbi's each from John Fendler and Justyn Cruz.

 

Game 2 went to the Cards 5-2 on the strength of John Fendlers complete game 6 hit performance and a balanced attack led by Brenton Baskin, Paulie Ambrus and Robert Andele.

 

The Athletics beat the Red Sox 10-2. Player Manager Jeff Keller knocked in 3 and Johnny Fuller had 2 hits in support of the Diezt Brothers and CJ Keyte who stifled the Red Sox hitters, holding them to 7 hits. With the win, tyhe A's move into 2nd place in the AA Division.

 

The Orioles outlasted the Brewers 7-5. Danny Ely, MIke Canett, and Carlos Navarro had 2 hits each for the O's, while Danny Ely and Mike Canett got credit for the win and save respectively. Rob Tafaro and Sergio Delgado had 2 hits each for the Brew Crew.

 

The Dodgers beat the Storm 6-4 on the strength of a 4/4 plate date by Brian Haley, who broke a 4-4 tie and knocked in the winning run in the bottom of the 8th.

 

The Rangers beat the Roscoes 10-4 to knock the Roscoes out of first place.

 

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Reds push record to 6-0

 

The Reds beat the Orioles 9-1 behind a solid team performance and a dominating outing from pitcher Jeff Coradino, who threw a complete game, fanning 10, while allowing only 1 unearned run. The Reds had a balanced attack led by Mike irwin, who scored twice and drove in two. Danna Jarrard and Tim Collier had 2 hits each for the O's  who had a couple of rallies snuffed out with over-aggressive base-running.

 

The Athletics take 2 from Brewers to climb into 2nd in AA Division. In the 1st game the A's prevail 11-3, making up the game rained out on 3/18. Matt Parker and Jason Martin each had 2 hits and 5 runs batted in between them. Matt Dietz and Jason Martin handcuffed the Brewers, with only Sean Smith having more than 1 hit from Acosta's club.

 

The 2nd game was taken by the A's 15-10, with the A's holding off the Brew Crew's late-game rally. Johnny Fuller and Demian Bolduc scored 3 runs each and Brian Martin led the way with 2 hits, with a double and 4 runs batted in. Scott Lowe had a three-bagger and Travis Stahl had a double and 2 batted in for the Brewers. 

 

The Red Sox defeated the Seahawks 8-2 to move into 3rd in AA division.

Mike Aguila went 2/4 scored twice and drove in one. Dave Barba won the game out of the bullpen for the Red Sox.  Ricky Zollinger had 2 hits and Bobby Madden knocked in both runs for the Seahawks. 

 

The Dodgers edged the Roscoes 5-4 to close within a half game of the lead in the SIngle A division. Garret Geisbret and Brandon Bernard had 2 hits apiece and drove in 3 between them for the Dodgers. Brian Phillips had 3 hits and drove in 2 for the Roscoes, but Chris Raub took the hard-luck loss, despite pitching 11 effective innings.

 

In the AAA Division, The Laguna Cardinals won a thriller 1-0 over the Dukes. Bruce Hammill pitched 8 innings and allowed only 3 hits, then drove in the only run in the bottom of the 8th.

 

The Angels beat the Bulls 10-4, behind a solid complete game performance by Devin Huskins, who whiffed 10 and allowed only 1 earned run. Jason Faunt and Brandon Grunbaum had 3 hits each for the Angels, and Harry Douglas had a triple and 3 driven in for the winless Bulls.

 

In this week's action, the Bulls try to get off the schnied against the Dukes while the Angels and Cards play 2. The Red Sox tangle with the Athletics, The Brewers face the Orioles, and the Seahawks look to de-rail the Reds undefeated season. The Rangers meet the Roscoes, while the Storm visits the Dodgers in the Single A division.

 

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Angels lose their first, but Reds escape to go 5-0

 

The Dukes knock off the division-leading Angels 7-3

 

No stats at press time.

 

In a wild one at the T, the Reds outlasted the Athletics 12-11 in a game that had 23 runs, 30 hits and 5 lead changes. Ryan Miller led the Reds attack with 3 runs scored,  had 3 extra-base-hits, including a home run, and drove in 4. Brett Harmon also had 3 hits for the Reds. Demian Bolduc led the A's with a 3/3 plate date and 3 rbi's. Matt Parker added 3 hits, but Keller's Krew couldn't hold 4 different leads, as the Reds erased every one of those leads, eventually taking the lead for good after scoring 4 in the bottom of the 7th.

 

In another high-scoring affair, the Seahawks hold off the Orioles14-12. The O's had them down 9-4 after 2 but saw the lead and game slip away after the Hawks plated 8 in the 3rd. Ricky Zollinger had 3 hits and 3 rbi's, Danny Bedolla scored 3 times, and Casey Clements knocked in 2 for the victorious Hawks. Danny Ely led the O's with a perfect 4/4 at the dish, scoring and knocking in 3 each. Loren Koenig had 2 hits including a double and drove in 3. 

 

Laguna Cardinals pounded the Bulls 11-1 and moved into a first-place tie with the Angels.  Robert Anderle had 2 hits, John Frendler scored 3 times and Al Rodriguez drove in 2. Cody Shackelford went 3/3 for the Bulls and Dylan Fleming drove in a run to avert a shutout. 

 

The Roscoes handle the Storm 9-3 behind the complete game 6-hitter by Chris Raub. Mark Ballin's 2 run triple in the 3rd ignited a 4 run rally, and the Riscoes never looked back. Kevinz Carpio and Andrew Valdes had 2 hits each for the Storm, but Raub was very effective, yielding only 1 of those hits after the 4th inning.

 

The Rangers take 2 from the Dodgers, dropping the Dodgers out of 1st place. Steve Pham pitched 7 innings in the lidlifter for 11-9 win, getting offensive support from Pete Aguilar who had 3 hits and scored 3 times. Game 2 saw Shawn Watt strike out 11 and win 10-4. Pete Aguilar had 3 more hits and scored 3 more runs, Ryan Purdue had 2 doubles and scored 3 times, and Matt Magga had a rbi double in each game. No stats for the Dodgers at press time.

 

In this week's match-ups, the Dukes visit the Cards, while the Angels host the winless Bulls. The Reds host the Orioles in the night game at TeWinkle, while the Seahawks take on the Red Sox and the Athletics oplay 2 with the Brew Crew. The Dodgers vist the Roscoes, and the Storm visits the Rangers in the night game at Boysen. 

 

 

 

 

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Site and time changes for Week 8

 

The Orioles and Reds are moving to the 5:30 slot at TeWinkle, so that the Dodgers and Roscoes can move into the 10am slot there.

 

We thank the Orioles and Reds for their cooperation in making this change possible.

 

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Site and time changes for Week 7

 

The Dodgers/Rangers twin-bill has been moved to TeWinkle Park in Costa Mesa. Revised starting times are 2:00 and 5:30. The Roscoes/Storm match-up has been moved to Boysen Field with revised starting time of 6:00.

 

We apologize for the late notice; however, it was unavoidable.

 

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The Storm smashes first dinger in win over Rangers 

 

The Storm snapped a four game losing streak by beating the Rangers 11-6. Andy Friery made club history by slugging the teams first home run, a 3-run blast to left that extended a 6- 1 Storm lead. Anthony Sousa pitched a stellar 7 2/3  innings, allowing only 1 earned run. Alex Rodriguez made his Storm debut going 3 for 4, and Andrew Valdes chipped in with 2 more hits. Ryan Purdue went 3 for 3 with a run knocked in, while stealing 2 bases for good measure.

 

The Dodgers and Roscoes played to a 10 inning tie. in a wild affair at Los Al. The Roscoes were shaking their collective heads after running  themselves into an inning-ending double play, saving the Dodgers from a sure defeat. Mark Ballin knocked in 2 for the Roscoes, and. Garrett Greisbret had a 2 run double for the Dodgers, who take on the Rangers in a twin-bill at the T this weekend. The Roscoes battle the Storm under the lights at Boysen.

 

The rest of the League was rained out last week ,and everyone is looking forward to getting back on the field this week. Featured match-ups have the undefeated Angels visiting the Dukes,  the Cards battling the Bulls, the O's taking on the Seahawks, the Brewers meeting the Red Sox, and the Athletics squaring off with the undefeated Reds.

 

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PCBL-OC Adds Boysen Park To Our Site List For 2012 

 

Anaheim - With the co-operation of the City of Anaheim, we have been able to secure Boysen Park for the AAA/AA Division teams during the 2012 season.  For those that were unaware of Boysen Park's existence, it has historical significance to both baseball as a location used for many high school games over the decades, but it is also named for the inventor of the boysenberry - Rudolph Boysen.

 

In the late 1920s, the USDA began tracking down reports of a large, reddish-purple berry that had been grown on the northern California farm of a man named Rudolph Boysen. Boysen was the City of Anaheim's Park Superintendent and a horticulturist.  The USDA's George Darrow enlisted the help of Walther Knott, a Southern California farmer who was known as a berry expert.

 

Knott had never heard of the new berry, but he agreed to help Darrow in his search.  Darrow and Knott learned that Boysen had abandoned his growing experiments several years earlier and sold his farm.   The timeline is believed to be approximately 1923 or so.

 

Undaunted by this news, Darrow and Knott headed out to Boysen's old farm, on which they found several frail vines surviving in a field choked with weeds. They transplanted the vines to Knott's farm in Buena Park, California where he nurtured them back to fruit-bearing health.  Walter Knott was the first to commercially cultivate the boysenberry in southern California.

 

Knott began selling the berries at his farm stand in 1932 and soon noticed that people kept returning to buy the large, tasty berries. When asked what they were called, Knott said, "Boysenberries," after their originator. Knott's small family restaurant and pie business eventually grew into Knott's Berry Farm.

 

As the boysenberry's popularity grew, Mrs. Knott began making preserves, which ultimately made Knott's Berry Farm famous and very successful.  Rudolph Boysen relocated to downtown Amaheim and his former home stil stands today.

 

When you first arrive at Boysen Park, you are taken by the bush-covered fencelines that encompass the entire ballpark, you notice the stands, the lights, the field conditions and especially the dimensions.  The ballpark surpasses the MLB parks in foul line depth, has 396ft power alleys, and has a 400ft center field with a 10-12ft fenceline. 

 

This facility is easily the "crown-jewel" of the PCBL-OC for this year.  We hope that most of the clubs in the upper divisions will have the opportunity to play at least one game in the grand-daddy of all PCBL-OC facilities.

 

The park itself has well manicured lawns, plenty of shade trees and a generally pleasant layout for a Sunday ballgame experience.  Hope to see you all there at some point in the season.

 

We have enough places that we have solid relationships with that we will not have to be too concerned about not having enough fields to get our season in.  We have several "aces in the hole" and the league administration is constantly reaching out to find additional facilities, if needed.

 

 

Continuing Improvements For PCBL-OC

 

Anaheim -  As PCBL-OC now has two facilities where the dugouts are nothing more than chainlink fencing, we now have shade covers for the dugouts that will be utilized starting 15 April.  We will erect and take down these covers after each week to be sure that they are cared for and not destroyed or vandalized.

 

Cypress - We had had several inquiries about the possibility of adding additional teams to the league while the season is in progress.  We will certainly add clubs as long as the division integrity is maintained.  (That means that each division has to retain an even number of clubs)  We could be adding clubs to AAA and AA in the coming weeks.  Be prepared for field additions/subtractions and schedule changes as clubs come aboard.

 

Administrator's Comments

 

We got part of Week 4 in the books before the rains came... We are trying to get some weeknight slots from City of Anaheim to make up those rainouts... Will let you all know as soon as we do.

 

We currently have some Friday game slots that have been given to us by City of Anaheim in order for us to make up rainouts.  Now i realize there are some clubs that will have trouble fielding a team... and if you're club is in that situation - DON'T PANIC...!!!  We will still be scheduling some Sunday double headers to try to accomodate your player situations.  We will need MAXIMUM flexibility in order to get rainouts rescheduled.

 

It is our intent to leave the balance of the schedule intact and work the make up games into the schedule as fields and times allow.  We have one extra time slot per weekend... be prepared to play a game and then MOVE to another location to play a second game until the rainouts are made up.

 

We are rescheduling as we write this... please check the schedule regularly.