Tommy Hanson Dominates And Hands Matt Cain And The Wildfires There 1st Loss Of The Season!

Tommy Hanson held the Wildfires to only 5 hits.

Matt Cain gave up 8 hits and 4 earned runs, with only 3 strikeouts.

BOXSCORE: 2012 Superior Blues At 2012 SoCal Wildfires               4/11/2012
 
  Blues              AB  R  H RBI AVG     Wildfires          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  T.Gwynn Jr LF       4  0  1  0 .250     B.Upton CF          5  1  2  1 .385  
  A.Jones CF          3  1  0  0 .182     R.Santiago SS       4  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Upton RF          3  0  1  1 .200     P.Konerko 1B        4  0  0  0 .364  
  E.Longoria 3B       4  0  1  2 .273     D.Uggla 2B          4  0  0  0 .000  
  R.Roberts 2B        4  1  2  0 .273     E.Thames DH         4  1  2  0 .333  
  M.Trumbo DH         4  1  0  0 .000     E.Encarnacion 3B    4  0  0  0 .300  
  J.Morneau 1B        4  0  2  2 .286     D.Ross C            3  0  0  0 .000  
  C.Pennington SS     4  1  1  0 .333     M.Carp RF           2  1  1  1 .333  
  K.Suzuki C          4  1  1  0 .200     S.Fuld LF           3  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  5  9  5                 Totals      33  3  5  2
 
 
Blues........... 0 0 0  2 0 0  3 0 0  -  5  9  1
Wildfires....... 1 0 0  1 0 0  1 0 0  -  3  5  2
 
Blues (1-2)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
T.Hanson WIN(1-0)         6       4   2   2   2   5   1   3.00  A1 C7
B.Ziegler                 0 1/3   1   1   0   1   0   0   0.00  C8 D1
K.Loe SAVE(1st)           2 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   2.45  D2
Totals                    9       5   3   2   3   6   1
 
Wildfires (2-1)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
M.Cain LOSS(0-1)          6 1/3   8   5   4   1   3   0   5.68  A1 D2
C.Wade                    1       1   0   0   1   0   0   0.00  D3 D6
L.Hawkins                 0 2/3   0   0   0   0   2   0   0.00  D7 D8
M.Lindstrom               0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00  D9 D9
J.Peralta                 0 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   0.00  E1
Totals                    9       9   5   4   2   6   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 35,053 DATE- Saturday, April 11th 2012 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Phil Cuzzi, Jim Wolf, Ed Montague, Jerry Layne
T- 3:00
LEFT ON BASE- Blues: 6  Wildfires: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Blues: 0  Wildfires: 1
ERRORS- J.Morneau, P.Konerko, D.Uggla
DOUBLES- J.Upton(1st), M.Carp(1st)
HOME RUNS- B.Upton(1st)
STOLEN BASES- R.Roberts(1st), M.Trumbo(1st), C.Pennington(1st), E.Thames(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- T.Gwynn Jr, A.Jones
WALKS- A.Jones, J.Upton, D.Ross, M.Carp, S.Fuld
HIT BY PITCH- M.Carp
STRIKE OUTS- A.Jones, J.Upton-2, E.Longoria, J.Morneau, C.Pennington, B.Upton,
             P.Konerko, D.Uggla, E.Encarnacion-2, D.Ross
GIDP- R.Roberts
2-out RBI- M.Carp
 
Justin Morneau had 2 base hits and 2 RBI as the Superior Blues bested the
SoCal Wildfires 5 to 3 at Camden Yards.
 
Superior had 3 runs cross the plate in the 7th inning with the help of 3 hits.
The critical plate appearance was by Evan Longoria who silenced Camden Yards
as he laced a single scoring two baserunners.  Superior had 9 hits overall,
while SoCal had 5.  
 
Tommy Hanson(1-0) went 6 innings allowing 2 runs for the victory. Kameron Loe
recorded the save, his 1st.  Matt Cain(0-1) was given the loss.  He pitched 6
and 1/3 innings allowing 8 hits and 1 walk.