The
Indians dropped tonight's 4:00 contest between
the bracket's only other undefeated team, the
Santa Barbara Foresters at Caeser Uyesaka stadium
on the UC Santa Barbara campus 11-4. The Foresters
bats awoke as they put up 7 runs in the first
four innings, four off of Indians starter Joey
Rosas.
Rosas, a southpaw from Yavapai College, only lasted
2 innings, giving up 4 hits, 4 earned runs, and
walking 2 while stirking out 3. Righthander Tyler
Backus
relieved his college teammate Rosas in the 3rd
inning, going 3 innings giving up 3 runs on 2
hits. TJ
Statsny
pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up 2 runs on 4 hits.
The
Forester's Pete Clifford went 2-4 with 3 RBI and
SS Hector Estrella and 3B Connar Gillespie added
2 RBI's for the 16-5 Foresters.
Centerfielder
Daniel
Robertson
was 3-5 with 2 runs and a stolen base and 1B Bo
Bowman
went 1-4 with 3 RBI for the Tribe. 2B Evan
Wells
went 3-4 with an RBI and runs scored.
If
the Foresters beat the DJM Stars as is expected
on Saturday, they will clinch the Santa Barbara
bracket and play the winner from the Santa Clara
bracket on Sunday at Sunken Diamond on the Stanford
campus. The Indians play the Paso Reds at 9:00
tomorrow morning and need the Stars to upset the
Foresters (and shut them out) in order to make
it to Palo Alto.
Indians
19, Angels 2
The
Indians pounded out 19 runs against the San Francisco
Angels Friday morning to take the first two games
of the Best of the West Tourney. The Indians had
19 hits on the day sending 46 men to the plate
in the beating. CF Daniel
Robertson
continued his torrid summer, going 5-5 with 5
runs scored, 4 RBI, 2 doubles, 2 triples, and
a stolen base. LF Tommy
Horning
went 4-5 with 4 runs and 3 RBI and 3B Willie
Keene
went 2-3 with 2 RBI and a run scored. Several
members of the tribe had RBI's today with RF Loren
Storey
adding 2 RBI's, RF Jimmy
Mittleberger
3 RBI's, and 1B Bo
Bowman,
SS Aaron
McGuinness ,
SS Evan
Wells
all adding RBI's as well. 3B Matt
Winkelman
replaced Keene in the 5th inning and went 2-3
with 2 doubles.
Starter
Josh
Baas
went 4 innings for the win giving up the only
2 runs on 3 hits and 2 stirkeouts.Jake
Kougl
came on to throw 4 scoreless innings of 3-hit
ball and reliever Ryan
DeLorge
shut out the Angels with a scoreless ninth.
Indians
5, DJM Stars 0
The
Santa Maria Indians opened the 2006 Best of the
West Tournament by beating the DJM Stars 5-0 on
Thursday at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium on the UC Santa
Barbara campus. The Indians Cal State Los Angeles
duo of Manny
Hernandez
and Arturo
Reyes
combined on a shutout of the Stars. Hernandez
started the game and got the win, going 5 innings,
allowing 5 hits, and striking out 5. Reyes came
on in the 6th and threw 4 scoreless innings, allowing
3 hits, striking out 4 and earned the save. Neither
Reyes or Hernandez allowed a walk to the Stars
today.
The
Indians Loren
Storey
(Fresno State) went 3-4 with 2 runs scored, 2
runs batted in, and 2 stolen bases. 1B Bo
Bowman (UL-Monroe)
added an RBI and a stolen base as well and went
2-4 at the plate. The Indians record now stands
at 13-5 overall.
The
Indians play the San Francisco Angels tomorrow
morning at 9:00 and then play the home favorite
Santa Barbara Foresters at 4:00. All games will
be played at UCSB along with Saturday's morning
contest with the Paso Reds. The winner of this
bracket will advance to play the winner of the
Santa Clara bracket at Stanford on Sunday at 12:30.
