{"id":17815,"date":"2012-08-15T08:46:34","date_gmt":"2012-08-15T15:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=17815"},"modified":"2012-08-15T09:00:13","modified_gmt":"2012-08-15T16:00:13","slug":"california-as-fall-to-1-ny-gremlins-await-elimination-bracket-opponent-thursday-at-10am-edt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=17815","title":{"rendered":"California A&#8217;s fall to #1 NY Gremlins, await elimination bracket opponent Thursday at 10am EDT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_12651\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12651\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ottoinfocus.com\/?p=7558\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/otto-150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"otto 150\" width=\"150\" height=\"143\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12651\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12651\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click banner for complete story and photos.<\/figcaption><\/figure><em>From the prolific pen of Bob Otto:<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nMIDLAND, MI \u2013 The Gremlins from Clifton Park New York showed why they are the number one ranked team in the International Softball Congress. One-through-nine, they come out swinging.<\/p>\n<p>And their pitching? That\u2019s world-class as well with Andrew Kirkpatrick in the circle.<\/p>\n<p>MURDERERS ROW<br \/>\nThe Gremlins lineup of Mathieu Roy, Rhys Casley, Travis Wilson, Patrick Shannon, Kirkpatrick, Blair Ezekiel, Jeremy Tracy, Wayne Laulu, Todd Schultz and Ben Wideman are a nightmare for any pitcher to contend with.<\/p>\n<p>Sean Whitten of the No. 6 ranked Eugene, OR \/ California A\u2019s found out first hand.<\/p>\n<p>The Gremlins roughed up Whitten, one of the best hurlers in the 2012 ISC World Tournament, for 11 hits and five earned runs in a 6-0 victory in the quarterfinals on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Eight of 10 Gremlins had at least one hit with Roy \u2013 in the leadoff spot \u2013 going 3-for-4 with a run scored and RBI.<\/p>\n<p>Should New York continue its hot-hitting streak, they will be hard to stop. In three world tournament games, the Gremlins have outscored opposing teams 26-1. And as a team, they have a lusty .405 batting average (32-for-79).<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ottoinfocus.com\/?p=7558\"><br \/>\nClick here to continue reading at OttoInFocus<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iscfastpitch.com\/uploads\/File\/2012%20ISC%20Files\/73.htm\">Click here for the box score and play-by-play or view below.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the prolific pen of Bob Otto: MIDLAND, MI \u2013 The Gremlins from Clifton Park New York showed why they are the number one ranked team in the International Softball Congress. One-through-nine, they come out swinging. And their pitching? That\u2019s world-class as well with Andrew Kirkpatrick in the circle. MURDERERS ROW The Gremlins lineup of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17815","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-isc","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17815"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17822,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17815\/revisions\/17822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}