SoCal Starts The Season With A Shutout Victory!

Edwin Encarnacion had SoCal's 1st HR of the season.

Joe Saunders was excellent as he threw  6 IP of scoreless ball.

BOXSCORE: 2012 Superior Blues At 2012 SoCal Wildfires                4/9/2012

 
  Blues              AB  R  H RBI AVG     Wildfires          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Tabata LF         3  0  1  0 .333     B.Upton CF          4  1  1  0 .250  
  A.Jones CF          4  0  0  0 .000     M.Holliday LF       4  0  2  1 .500  
  J.Upton RF          3  0  1  0 .333   A-S.Fuld LF           0  0  0  0 ----  
  E.Longoria 3B       3  0  1  0 .333     M.Napoli C          3  0  0  0 .000  
  M.Trumbo DH         4  0  0  0 .000     P.Konerko 1B        4  0  3  0 .750  
  R.Roberts 2B        3  0  1  0 .333     D.Uggla 2B          2  0  0  0 .000  
  E.Renteria SS       3  0  1  0 .333   B-D.Barney 2B         0  0  0  0 ----  
  K.Suzuki C          3  0  0  0 .000     M.Stanton RF        3  0  0  0 .000  
  A.Lind 1B           3  0  0  0 .000     E.Thames DH         3  0  0  0 .000  
                                          R.Santiago SS       3  0  0  0 .000  
                                          E.Encarnacion 3B    3  1  1  1 .333  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      29  0  5  0                 Totals      29  2  7  2
 
A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Holliday In 9th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Uggla In 9th Inning
 
Blues........... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  5  0
Wildfires....... 0 0 1  0 0 0  1 0    -  2  7  0
 
Blues (0-1)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
E.Santana LOSS(0-1)       5 1/3   4   1   1   2   6   0   1.69  A1 C3
K.Loe                     1       1   1   1   2   1   1   9.00  C4 C9
A.Bailey                  1 2/3   2   0   0   0   4   0   0.00  D1
Totals                    8       7   2   2   4  11   1
 
Wildfires (1-0)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Saunders WIN(1-0)       6       4   0   0   3   4   0   0.00  A1 C5
C.Wade HOLD(1st)          1       0   0   0   0   1   0   0.00  C6 C8
J.Peralta HOLD(1st)       1       0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00  C9 D2
B.League SAVE(1st)        1       1   0   0   0   0   0   0.00  D3
Totals                    9       5   0   0   3   5   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 18,878 DATE- Thursday, April 9th 2012 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Mike Reilly, Bob Davidson, Alfonso Marquez, Andy Fletcher
T- 2:41
LEFT ON BASE- Blues: 5  Wildfires: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Blues: 1  Wildfires: 2
DOUBLES- R.Roberts(1st), M.Holliday(1st), P.Konerko(1st)
HOME RUNS- E.Encarnacion(1st)
STOLEN BASES- B.Upton(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Upton
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Santiago
WALKS- J.Tabata, J.Upton, E.Longoria, M.Napoli, D.Uggla, M.Stanton, E.Thames
HIT BY PITCH- D.Uggla
STRIKE OUTS- J.Tabata, A.Jones, R.Roberts, K.Suzuki, A.Lind, B.Upton-2,
             M.Napoli-3, D.Uggla, M.Stanton-2, E.Thames-2, R.Santiago
GIDP- A.Jones, M.Trumbo, M.Stanton
2-out RBI- M.Holliday
WEB GEMS- Top 9th: B.J. Upton robbed Justin Upton of an extra base hit.
 
Joe Saunders(1-0) and Ervin Santana(0-1) locked horns in a pitcher's duel with
Saunders and the SoCal Wildfires coming out on top of the Superior Blues 2 to
0.
 
SoCal took the lead for good in the 3rd inning plating one baserunner on 2
hits.  That early run support was all that Saunders required.  SoCal rapped
out 7 hits for the night.  
 
Brandon League preserved the game for Saunders, recording his his 1st.