| It was a beautiful day for baseball at American High School. The D-Backs scored a run in the top of the 2nd inning on a double from Ivan Asencion and an RBI hit from Mike Brande. The Blues answered with a run in the 2nd on a solo shot by Blues pitcher William Dorsey for a 1-1 game. Both teams were held scoreless over the next 3 innings. In the 6th inning, Yusbell Ortega delivered a clutch 2 RBI hit for a 3-1 D-Backs lead. The Blues would again answer with 4 runs in the bottom of the 6th, highlighted by William Dorsey's 2nd homerun, a 3 run blast for a Blues 5-3 lead. Ivan Asencion lead off the 7th inning with a solo homerun (his league leading 3rd homerun of the season) to close the gap to 5-4. The D-Backs back-up catcher would committ a string of mistakes in the bottom of the 7th, leading to 5 unearned runs and changed the complexion of the game, ultimately ruining an excellent baseball game. The catcher continued to let routine pitches get by him in the 8th inning, leading to 4 more unearned runs and a 14-4 Blues knockout. This was a FANTASTIC game for 6 innings, with both teams playing excellent baseball. Unfortunately, the final score did not reflect the action in this otherwise well played contest. Ivan Asencion was 2-3, 2B, HR, 2 RS, RBI. Mike Brande and David Palma also had 2 hits each. Mario Figueredo pitched an excellent game 5 1/3 IP, 4 ER, 6 hits, 4 K's, 1 BB against an excellent Blues team. Good game to Manager James Giordano and The Blues! |
