{"id":21479,"date":"2013-07-15T07:16:09","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T14:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=21479"},"modified":"2013-07-15T07:18:08","modified_gmt":"2013-07-15T14:18:08","slug":"california-as-capture-2013-pioneer-days-tournament-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=21479","title":{"rendered":"California A\u2019s Capture 2013 Pioneer Days Tournament title"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"pioneer_days\"<\/a>The California A’s captured the 2013 Pioneer Days during the title, with a perfect 6-0 record, including three straight wins on Single Elimination Sunday, July 14, 2013. The wins Sunday against Wasatch Properties of Salt Lake City, Utah, Page Brake of Salt Lake City Utah, and the Lacey A’s of Lacey, Washington.<\/p>\n

Lucas Mata was named the tournament’s Outstanding Pitcher, while Nate Nukunuku was tabbled as the Most Valuable Player. Nukunuku hit four home runs on Sunday, including three in the 9am game.<\/p>\n

The Lacey A’s of Lacey Washington reached the championship game with a dramatic extra inning win over the number 11 ranked team in the, the Pueblo Bandits. Lacey appeared to have the semi final game won in the 7th inning, only to have Pueblo’s Shawn Vanduvall deliver a two-out RBI single to tie the game and send it into extra innings. Two innings later, it was Lacey’s Sean McCauley providing the heroics, with a two-run walkoff home run against one of the world’s best pitchers, New Zealander Jeremy Manley, and send his team to the finals.
\nMcCauley capped his big day Sunday with a championship game home run against another of the world’s best, Lucas Mata.<\/p>\n

Semi-Final Game<\/p>\n

California A\u2019s 12
\nPage Brake 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winning Pitcher: Derek Mayson
\nLosing Pitcher: Kevin Black
\nMVP: Marcus Tan, California A\u2019s<\/p>\n

Summary: Page Brake held on for 4 innings until California exploded for 6 runs in the bottom of the 5th to eliminate Page with a Run Rule. California moves to the Championship where they will meet the Lacey A\u2019s<\/p>\n

Semi-Final Game<\/p>\n

Lacey A\u2019s 5
\nPueblo Bandits 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winning Pitcher: Shawn Koster
\nLosing Pitcher: Jeremy Manley
\nMVP: Sean McCauley, Lacey A\u2019s<\/p>\n

Summary: Tied at the end of regulation Sean McCauley hit a 2 run homerun in the bottom of the 9th inning to catapult the Lacey A\u2019s into the Championship against the California A\u2019s<\/p>\n

Championship Game<\/strong><\/p>\n

California A\u2019s 9
\nLacey A\u2019s 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winning Pitcher: Lucas Mata
\nLosing Pitcher: Shawn Koster
\nMVP: Bobby Rostenhausler, California A\u2019s<\/p>\n

Summary: Expert pitching, and great hitting combined as the California A\u2019s go undefeated to earn the Championship Trophy of the 2013 Pioneer Days Men\u2019s Fast Pitch Softball Tournament.<\/p>\n

Editor’s note: <\/strong>will have additional information posted shortly, including score sheets from the tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The California A’s captured the 2013 Pioneer Days during the title, with a perfect 6-0 record, including three straight wins on Single Elimination Sunday, July 14, 2013. The wins Sunday against Wasatch Properties of Salt Lake City, Utah, Page Brake of Salt Lake City Utah, and the Lacey A’s of Lacey, Washington. Lucas Mata was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11299,"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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21479","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21479","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=21479"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21483,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21479\/revisions\/21483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}