RAW of the So Cal ASA Alliance fell to Team Texas Sunday morning, 8-5 in an elimination bracket game at the ASA “C” Nationals at Stockton. RAW finished the tournament 2-2, with their other loss coming at the hands of Black Oak Casino, 12-9 (the team the Amigos are playing at 10am today).
RAW notched wins over the Stockton Stogies, 12-2, and Sports Club of New Jersey, 11-10, scoring a total of 37 runs in their four games.
After an emotional, come-from-behind victory yesterday afternoon, (overcoming a 6-1 deficit vs. Part Time Knights, CA), the Amigos of the So Cal ASA Alliance won a blow-out Saturday night, 10-1 over Mel’s Plumbing, and advance to “Survival Sunday”. Their first game of the day on Sunday is an elimination bracket game against Black Oak Casino, CA the offensive juggernaut that scored 24 runs in their first two games, and fell to another So Cal ASA Alliance team, Rude-Pac, 11-10 in a wild winner’s bracket game yesterday afternoon. Black Oak features a couple of top ballplayers familiar to the So Cal, Mike Butler and Nate Devine, members of the ISC World tournament team, So Cal Bombers. Butler is playing shortstop for Black Oak, while Devine is pitching, something he has taken up fairly recently, and is doing very well.
The winner of the Amigos vs. Black Oak Casino game would need to win three more games at 4pm, 6pm and 8pm to make it to the final day of the tournament on Monday.
The loser of the West Coast Cardinals vs. Cyclones, OH winner’s bracket quarterfinal will drop into their end of the bracket.
From the London Free Press:
ERIC BENDER, Free Press Sports Reporter 2005-09-04 04:21:18
ST. THOMAS — The Wolfe man’s jack last night was enough to propel the St. Thomas Evergreen Centennials directly into the Canadian Fastball championship game today.
Game time is 1:30 p.m. at the Doug Tarry Complex. The opponent won’t be known until after an 11 a.m. game this morning.
Ryan Wolfe hit a three-run home run and his mates beat the unbeaten Kitchener Hallman Twins 7-3 before nearly 3,000 fans here at Doug Tarry Complex.
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Here are the pairings for Day 4 of the ASA “C” National Tournament, September 4, 2005. By noon Sunday, there will be 8 unbeaten teams in the winner’s bracket and 16 in the loser’s bracket, for a total of 24 teams, from the original 65.
Winner’s Bracket Games
Sunday 2pm
107) Rude Pac, CA vs. Global Pacific, OR
108) El Segundo Rounders, CA vs. Team Taylor, CA
109) Bob Hoffman, PA vs. Penn Power, PA
110) West Coast Cardinals, CA vs. Cyclones, OH
Elimination/Loser’s Bracket Games
Saturday night, 8pm
91) Amigos, CA vs. Mel’s Plumbing, CA (winner plays Black Oak Casino, Sun 10am)
92) Italian Athletic Club, CA vs. Stingers, GA (winner plays Bay Area High Reach, CA, Sun 10am)
93) Bonanza Air, CA vs. Twin Pines, PA (winner plays Country Club Villa, CA, Sun 10am)
94) Trexlertown Thunder, PA vs. Cleon’s Auto, WA (winner plays Nielson Gamblers, Sun 10am)
Sunday, 8am
95) Diamondbacks vs. King Real Estate (winner plays Allentown Patriots, Sun 12 noon)
96) A-1 Tank, CA vs. Atlanta Blast, AL (winner plays McLaughlin Air, CA, Sun 12 noon)
97) Elk Grove, CA vs. Savala Painters, Long Beach, CA (winner plays BMC West, UT , Sun 12noon)
98) Team Texas, TX vs. RAW, CA (winner plays Crush, MD, Sun 12 noon)
Two teams from So Cal ASA Alliance won again Saturday to remain unbeaten, and advanced to the Winner’s Bracket Elite Eight at the ASA “C” National Tournament. As the tournament heads into Day 4 of 5, only 8 of the original 65 teams remain unbeaten:
1) Rude Pac, CA
2) Global Pacific, CA
3) El Segundo Rounders, CA
4) Team Taylor, CA
5) Bob Hoffman PA
6) Penn Power, PA
7) West Coast Cardinals, CA
8) Cyclones, OH
The El Segundo Rounders, CA won their fourth game without a loss, a 7-0, 3 hit complete game shutout by pitcher Mitch Mendenhall against Country Club Villa, of California. The game was much closer than the final score indicated, as the Rounders led only 2-0 with two out in the top of the 6th. Linnell Culver drove in Erik Geierman in the first inning, while Gerald Pyle hit a solo shot in the fourth. In the sixth, Tommy Morton led off with a walk, the first issued to a Rounder in the game. After two outs were recorded, catcher Don Younger hit what appeared to be a routine pop-up to the third baseman, but he dropped the ball, and Younger scrambled safely to first, just in front of the throw. Andy Lawry coaxed a walk to load the bases, bringing Erik Geierman to the plate. Geierman drilled his third hit of the day up the middle driving in two. Michael “Spanky” Thomas followed with his third hit of the day, a two run single through the left side to run the score to 6-0. Catcher Donald Younger added an RBI single in the top of the 7th to produce the final 7-0 score. Meanwhile, Mitch Mendenhall allowed just three hits, striking out four and walking none for the win, in what many called his finest outing of the year.
Rude Pac, CA outlasted Black Oak Casino, 11-10 in one of the wildest, and most exciting games of the tournament. Black Oak Casino, with ISC World players Mike Butler and Nate Devine, were averaging 12 runs a game in their first two contests, and 8 home runs. Rude Pac won two earlier games by scores of 16-6 and 9-8, so it was not surprising to see a slugfest develop. Rude Pac was ahead in the early going behind the pitching of Tommy Obregon, leading 11-6 at one point. BOC closed the gap to 11-8, then scored two more in the final frame with the tying run at second base.
Team Taylor, CA handled Nielson Gamblers easily, winning 8-0 and will face the Rounders at 2pm Sunday afternoon.
Global Pacific, OR beat Bay Area High Reach, and will take on Rude Pac in another 2pm Sunday afternoon game.
Bob Hoffman, PA defeated fellow Pennsylvanians, the Allentown Patriots, while yet another Pennsylvania team, Penn Power rallied late in the game to defeat one of the pre-tournament favorites, McLaughlin Air, CA, 5-4, which won the Memorial Weekend Qualifier at the same Louis Park in Stockton earlier in the year.
The West Coast Cardinals, CA topped BMC West, UT, while the Cyclones of Ohio crushed the Crush of Maryland, 11-0 for the final spots in the Elite Eight of the winner’s bracket.
Two other So Cal ASA Alliance teams remained alive into Saturday evening, with RAW winning 11-10, while the Amigos rallied from down 6-1 to win 7-6, on a Hector Spathias hit off the fence, driving in Vincent Garcia in the bottom of the 7th. Anthony Martinez picked up the win in relief. The Amigos were set to face Mel’s Plumbing late Saturday night, with the result not available at press time. The Amigos need to win to survive to Sunday.
Second Round Elimination/Loser’s Bracket Scores from Saturday, September 3 (losers eliminated)
67) RAW, CA 11, Sports Club 10
68) Team Texas, TX 9, Missions II CA, 1
69) Savala Painters Long Beach, CA 5, KHT Pumpers, CA 2
70) Elk Grove, CA 3, Primetime, CA 2
71) Atlanta Blast, AL 11, Oroville Braves, CA 2
72) A-1 Tank, CA 7, Stockton Outlaws, CA 5
73) King Real Estate, 3, Boise Brewers, ID, 0
74) Diamondbacks 12, Santa Rosa Storm, CA 3
75) Cleon’s Auto, WA 8, Frontier Concrete, 5
76) Trexlertown Thunder, PA 5, Savala Painters, Bakersfield, CA, 4
77) Twin Pines, PA 8, Dresslerville 3
78) Bonanza Air, CA 9, Eagle AA, PA, 7
79) Stingers, GA 4, JRW Associates, WA 2
80) Italian Athletic Club, CA 3, CR Adidas, OR 1
81) Mel’s Plumbing, CA 7, Fresno Shockers, CA 3
82) Amigos, CA 7, Party Time Knights, 6
Third Round Winner’s Bracket Scores from Saturday, September 3
83) Rude Pac, CA 11, Black Oak Casino, CA 10
84) Global Pacific, OR over Bay Area High Reach, CA
85) El Segundo Rounders, CA 7, Country Club Villa, CA 0
86) Team Taylor, CA 8, Nielson Gamblers, CA 0
87) Bob Hoffman, PA 6, Allentown Patriots, PA, 3
88) Penn Power, PA over McLaughlin, CA
89) West Coast Cardinals, CA 7, BMC West, UT, 5
90) Cyclones, OH 11, Crush, MD 0
In case you missed our earlier reports, here are all of the scores to date, to save you the trouble of looking for them:
48 of 65 Teams Remain Alive, 16 in Winner’s Bracket, 32 in Elimination Bracket as Tournament Heads into Day Three
Heading into Day 3 of the ASA “C” Nationals at Stockton CA, here are the Sweet Sixteen in the Winner’s Bracket (from top to bottom on the bracket with pairings as shown):
4pm Saturday, Sept 3:
1) Black Oak Casino, (Northern) CA
2) Rude-Pac, (Southern) CA
3) Bay Area High Reach (Northern) CA
4) Global Pac, OR
5) Country Club Villa (Northern) CA
6) El Segundo Rounders (Southern) CA
7) Team Taylor (Northern) CA
8) Nielson Gamblers (Northern) CA
6pm Saturday, Sept 3:
9) Bob Hoffman’s, PA
10) Trexlertown Thunder, PA
11) McLaughlin Air, (Northern) CA
12) Penn Power, PA
13) BMC West, UT
14) West Coast Cardinals, (Northern) CA
15) Crush, MD
16) Cyclones of Columbus, OH
Six Northern California, two Southern California, two Pennsylvania, one each from Utah, Maryland, Ohio, and Oregon.
Click here to view the PDF bracket at the official GSJSA website.
Here is the list of 32 survivors still alive in the Elimination Bracket as of Saturday morning, with pairings as shown:
Remaining First Round Elimination/Loser’s Bracket Results from Friday, September 2, 2005:
Game#/Score
47) El Grove, CA 5, Latin Heat, CA 4
48) Savala Painters (Long Beach), CA 2, Rose City Merchants, 1
49) Missions II, CA 6, R & W Heating, CA 4
50) Sports Club NJ, 11, Madera Outlaws, CA 0
Remaining Second Round Winner’s Bracket Results from Friday, September 2, 2005:
59) Bob Hoffman’s, PA, 6 Frontier Concrete, NM 0
60) Trexlertown Thunder, PA 12, Allentown Patriots, PA 7
61) McLaughlin Air, CA 9, Dresslerville, NV 4
62) Penn Power, PA 13, Eagle AA, PA 5
63) BMC West, UT 6, Stingers, GA 1
64) West Coast Cardinals, CA 4, CR Adidas, OR 3
65) Crush, MD 7, Fresno Shockers, CA 2
66) Cyclones of Columbus, OH 7, Party Time Knights, CA 1
In case you missed our earlier reports, here are all of the scores to date, to save you the trouble of looking for them:
Friday Evening Report on Day 2 of the ASA “C†Nationals at Louis Park and Regional Sports Park, Stockton, CA:
Second Round Loser’s/Elimination Bracket Games
Game #/Score (Losers Eliminated)
34) Twin Pines, PA 7, Team Oroville CA, 0
35) Amigos, CA 7, Long Beach Black Sox 3
36) Mel’s Plumbing 4, Pride of San Juan, CA 3
37) Italian Athletic Club 5, Piper Lake KS, 2
38) JRW & Associates, WA 9, Albuquerque Bulls 4
39) Bonanza Air, CA 13, Nitehawks, WA 3
40) Twin Pines, PA 12, Busters 4
41) Savala Painters-Bakersfield, CA 12, Al’s Roofing 3
42) Cleon’s Auto, WA 8, Stogies, 0
43) Diamondbacks 8, Wilcox Packers, AZ 3
44) King’s Real Estate 6, Nevada 5
45) Stockton Outlaws, CA 6, Castlerock 3
46) Oroville Braves, CA 10, Mixed Company, CA 3
Second Round Winners Bracket Games
Game #/Score (Loser’s Drop into Elimination/Loser’s Bracket)
51) Black Oak Casino, CA 12, RAW 9
52) Rude Pac, CA 9, Team Texas TX 8
53) Bay Area High Reach CA 6, KHT Pumpers, CA 3
54) Global Pacific 7, Primetime, CA 5
55) Country Club Villa, CA 13, Atlanta Blast 10
56) El Segundo Rounders, CA 8, A-1 Tank, CA 5
57) Team Taylor, CA 5, Boise Brewers, ID 4
58) Nielson Gamblers, CA 8, Santa Rosa Storm, CA 6
59) through 66) – results not available
In case you missed yesterday’s report, we include those scores to save you the trouble of looking for them:
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Rounders, Rude Pac Among 16 Unbeatens; Amigos, RAW and Primetime to Play Elimination Games Saturday
The El Segundo Rounders, CA won their third game without a loss at the ASA “C” Nationals at Stockton, CA, a hard fought 8-5 win over a very good hitting A-1 Tank team. Rude Pac won their second game without a loss, a harrowing 9-8 win over Team Texas, who had beaten the Savala Painters in the first round. Both the Rounders and Rude Pac are among the 16 remaining unbeaten teams in the tournament and will play again tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon. The Rounders will face Country Club Villa of Northern California at 4pm, while Rude Pac will play Black Oak Casino, which defeated RAW 12-9. The Black Oak Casino team features ISC World Tournament players Nate Devine and Mike Butler, who played for the So Cal Bombers during the 2005 season, finishing 10th in the world. Black Oak has scored 12 runs in each of their first two games, and reportedly hit 4 home runs in each game.
The Rounders scored 8 runs in the first three innings. The Rounders tallied 4 runs in the 2nd inning on consecutive hits from the 1-2-3 and 4 spots in their order, Erik Geierman, Michael Thomas, Mark Villalobos, capped by the home run by Linnell Culver — all coming after the first two batters in the inning were retired. A-1 scored their runs in the final three frames, to put the tying run on deck when the final out was recorded. Gerald Pyle went 5 strong innings, surrendering 1 run to pick up the win. All three Rounder pitchers have a win in the tournament thus far. Michael “Spanky” Thomas was 3 for 4, drove in 3 runs, and scored two while Linnell Culver was 2 for 4 with a two run single and 2 run homer, a tape measure shot that cleared the 300 foot slo pitch fence beyond the portable fencing at Regional Sports Complex. Mark Villalobos drove a run, while Erik Geierman was on base three times, with two hits and a walk, and scored two runs.
Primetime of San Diego lost a heartbreaker to Global Pacific, 7-5 on a walk off grand slam home run, and will return to play in the elimination bracket game tomorrow against Elk Grove, CA at 8am Saturday morning. A win would send them to Sunday, where they would need 4 wins to survive to Monday.
RAW will face Sports Club at 8am, and with a win, would also need to win 4 games to survive to Monday.
Tom Biko’s KHT Pumpers lost their first game today, 6-3 to Bay Area High Reach, and will play the (Long Beach) Savala Painters, CA, at 8am Saturday, who eliminated the Rose City Merchants, 2-1 today.
The pairings in the winner’s bracket (reading the bracket from top to bottom) look like this:
Game #/Teams
83) Black Oak Casino, CA vs. Rude Pac, CA
84) Bay Area High Reach, CA vs. Global Pacific
107) Winner of 83 vs. Winner, Sunday at 2pm
99) Loser of 83 vs. Winner of Game 91 (Amigos, Mels or one of two unknown teams) Sunday at 10am
100) Loser of 84 vs. Winner of Game 92, (IAC, JRW or one of two unknown teams) Sunday at 10am
85) Country Club Villa, CA vs. El Segundo RoundersCA
86) Team Taylor, CA vs. Nielson Gamblers, CA
108) Winner of 85 vs. Winner 86, Sunday at 2pm
93) Loser of 85 vs. Winner 93 (Bonanza, Twin Pines, or two unknown teams) Sunday at 10am
94) Loser of 86 vs. Winner 94 (Savala Bakersfield, Cleons or one of two unknown teams) at 10am
The rest of the Winner’s bracket was still being decided at 4pm and 6pm this evening, results not yet available.