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Game 1: The Tribe 11, Gaines Liquor 6 |
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Game 2: Valley Lyons 8, Amigos 3 |
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Game 3: Native Americans 7-3 over
KHT Pumpers |
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Game 4: Black Sox 9-0 over the
Knights |
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The long beach black sox started off
the 2004 california cup with an impressive 9-0 win over the central
california knights. Long beach jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the bottom
of the 1st. Jason obregon and fred hanker singled followed by a gerald
pyle walk. Damian guerrero walked scoring a run. Mark villalobos
singled in 2 runs to cap off the inning. The sox would strike for 4
more in the 3rd. Damian guerrero walked and mark villalobos tripled
him home. Marcel bernal followed with a 2 run single. Thats all the
sox would need as mitch mendenhall threw a 1 hit shutout. Jason
obregon, dale lopes, mark villalobos, and marcel bernal each had 2
hits. Long beach plays at 2 against the tribe. One hitter for the
Black Sox' Mitch Mendenhall; Marcel Bernal and Mark Villalobos with 3
RBI each.
*obregon 2-3
*lopes 2-3 rbi 3b
*villalobos 2-3 3b 3 rbi 2 runs
*bernal 2-2 3 rbi run
*mendenhall cg shutout win 4 k's 1 hit |
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Game 5: The Tribe 5, Raymar 2 |
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Game 6: Valley Lyons 6, Fresno Shockers 4 |
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Game 7: Native Americans 11, Energy Link 10 |
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trailed 9-5 in this one, but rallied for 6 to beat a well regarded
Energy Link team that had entered the Cal Cup as one of the favorites.
Jerome Arteberry of the Native Americans got the late inning rally
started in the 5th with a home run. |
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Game 8: Amigos over Knights |
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Game 9: Raymar over Pumpers |
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Game 10: Energy Link over Gaines Liquor |
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Game 11: Black Sox 9-5 over The Tribe |
The long beach black
sox coninued to pound the ball with a 9-5 victory over the tribe. Long
beach had 6 runs in the 1st. Jason obregon lead off with a single and
dale lopes walked. Fred hanker than hit a long home run to left to tie
the score at 3. Gerald pyle than followed with a blast to right
driving in 2 runs. Long beach scored 3 in the 2nd highlighted by a 2
run double by damian guerrero. Jim flanagan went 7 innings for the
win. Mark villalobos had 3 doubles in the game. Jason obregon, steve
tollington and dale lopes each had 2 hits. The sox now play the
tourney favorite team lyons at 9 am in the winners bracket game. With
the sox win over the tribe long beach is guaranteed at least a 3rd
place finish.
*obregon 2-4 run
*lopes 2-3
*hanker 1-4 hr 3 rbi 2 runs
*villalobos 3-3 3 2b's 2 runs
*guerrero 1-3 2b 2 rbi
*pyle 1-3 hr 2 rbi
*tollington 2-3 run
*flanagan 7 ip win |
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Game 12: Valley Lyons 7, Native Americans 6 |
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Game 13: Raymar over Amigos |
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Game 14: Shockers over Energy Link |
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Game 15: Native Americans 11, Raymar 10 |
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Native Americans trailed by 5 runs at two different junctures in this
game, 8-3 and 10-5. Raymar's lead going into the final inning
was 10-7, but the Native Americans rallied for 3 runs to tie the game
and send it into extras. In the first tie breaker frame, neither team
scored. Raymar's "Papa Joe" Salcido came on in relief of Tommy
Obregon in the 7th, and escaped with the tie. In the 8th, a
gutsy attempt to get the lead (tie-breaker) runner at third base
narrowly missed, leaving runners at 2nd and 3rd and no one out.
Joe Salcido got his team out of the inning though, with a strike out,
pop up, and ground out. The Native Americans then scored in the
top of the 9th. It appeared that Raymar also scored on a squeeze
play, though the umpire called the runner out after some in attendance
thought he had signaled "safe". A fly ball out ended the inning
- - and the game, in somewhat controversial fashion.
Nonetheless, the Native Americans showed their mettle by rallying from
a 5 run deficit for the second time in the day, posting 11-10 wins in
each. |
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Game 16: The Tribe 12, Shockers 3 |
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Game 17: Black Sox 6, Valley Lyons 2 |
The
long beach black sox moved 1 game closer to winning the 2004
california cup with a 6-2 win over the very powerful valley lyons from
fresno. The sox now are 3-0 and whoever comes to the championship game
will have to beat them twice to take the cup. The game was scoreless
until the 2nd when all tourney players steve tollington and marcel
bernal got the sox on the board. Tollington singled and marcel bernal
hit a home run to right field down the line to put the sox up 2-0. The
sox would tally 2 more in the 4th on a fred hanker fielder's choice
and a damian guerrero single. Tourney mvp gerald pyle than came to the
plate and a hit a laser beam to dead center that almost cleared the
2nd fence. The hr put the sox up 5-0 a lead they would never
relinquish. The valley lyons would score 2 in the 4th on a 2 run home
run to make the score 5-2. The sox salted the game away with an
insurance run in the 5th on a damian guerrero solo home run. The final
score was 6-2 and the sox advanced to the finals. Mitch mendenhall who
also made all tourney pitched a great game against a great hitting
valley lyons team. Mendenhall went 7 innings and only allowed 2 runs
for the win. Damian guerrero and steve tollington each had 2 hits, and
gerald pyle, marcel bernal, and damo guerrero all homered. The sox
await the winner of the lyons and tribe game. The winner would have to
beat the sox twice.
*mendenhall cg 2 run 4 k's o walks win
*damo guerrero 2-3 hr rbi 2 runs
*gerald pyle 1-3 hr 3rbi
*steve tollington 2-3 |
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Game 18: The Tribe over Native Americans |
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Game 19: The Tribe over Valley Lyons |
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Tribe trailed by 3 runs going into the seventh inning, but rallied to
defeat Valley Lyons and earn a rematch against the Black Sox in the
championship game. |
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Game 20: Championship Game: The Tribe 9, Black Sox 6 |
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fiesty and power hitting team the tribe forced a deciding game with a
9-6 win over the sox. This now forces to sox to play 1 more game
against the tribe and the winner will take the cup home. The game was
scoreless until the 2nd when steve tollington walked and stole second.
Jason obregon later singled him in for a 1-0 sox lead. The sox would
explode for 4 more in the 3rd on a fred hanker single. Mark villalobos
followed with a single. Than gerald pyle steped up and lauched 1 deep
into the hot valley for a 3 run homer. Steve tollington doubled and
marcel bernal followed with a rbi single. Brett semans later doubled
him home. The sox now lead 5-0. The tribe would counter with 5 in
their half of the 3rd to make the score 5-5. The sox would score 1 in
the 5th on a jason obregon triple and a dale lopes rbi single. The sox
now lead 6-5 but would not be able to hold it. In the tribe 5th they
would score 3 and take the lead 8-6 and than put the game away with a
run in the 6th for a 9-6 win. Jason obregon, fred hanker, and dale
lopes all had 2 hits. Gerald pyle once again delivered a long 3 run
homer. The sox now play 1 more game at around 3 for all the marbles.
*jason obregon 2-4 3b rbi 2 runs
*dale lopes 2-4 1b rbi
*fred hanker 2-4 2b run
*gerald pyle 1-4 hr 3rbi |
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Game 21: Championship game #2 ("if" game): Black Sox 9, The Tribe 8 |
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long beach black sox claimed the 1ST ever california cup with a
exciting 9-8 victory over the tribe in temperatures reaching 105
degrees. The final game marked the end of a great weekend for long
beach bringing the cup home to southern california. Long beach had a
7-0 lead and hung on for the victory. Long beach struck early again
with 3 in the 1ST. Dale lopes hit a triple and fred hanker singled him
home. Mark villalobos singled than gerald pyle singled him home. The
sox scored their 3RD run on an error. In the 2ND long beach scored 2
more on a jason obregon triple followed by a dale lopes triple his 3RD
of the tourney scoring obregon. Fred hanker followed with a run
scoring double. The sox lead 5-0 after 3 innings. Mitch mendenhall up
to this point had shut down the tribe. In the 4TH long beach would
score 2 more runs on a jason obregon hit by pitch and a dale lopes hit
and run fielders choice moving obregon to 2ND. Fred hanker than
delivered another rbi single scoring obregon. Damian guerrero than
also singled scoring hanker. The score now stood black sox 7 tribe 0
going to the top of the 5TH. The tribe would strike for 5 in the 5TH
on 7 hits tightening the game to 7-5 in favor of the sox. In the sox
half of the 5TH long beach scored 2 more when steve tollington singled
and marcel bernal singled. Brett semans than delivered an rbi single.
Jason obregon followed with another rbi single. The score now stood
sox 9 tribe 5 and stayed that way until the top of the 7TH. The tribe
scored 3 on 2 homeruns and had the tying run on 3RD with 2 outs and
mitch mendenhall induced a ground ball out and the sox were california
cup champions for 2004. Jason obregon, dale lopes steve tollington and
mark villalobos each had 2 hits. Fred hanker had 3 hits and 3 rbi.
Mitch mendenhall pitched a gutty game and went the distance for the
win. The cup will be engraved with the long beach black sox name and
will stay in long beach for 1 year until the sox defend it next year.
*jason obregon 2-4 2 runs 3B
*dale lopes 2-4 2 3B'S
*fred hanker 3-4 3 rbi 2 runs
*mark villalobos 2-4
*steve tollington 2-3 run
*mitch mendenhall 7 ip win |
