Due to players out of town for tournaments, Orange had trouble fielding a team, and the Gold took advanage in drubbing them 21-11.
It was a hollow revenge game for Gold after taking our worst loss of the season last time we played each other. Orange requested shortening the game to seven innings even though they did rally late to get to double digits.
Gold built a 21-5 lead in the first five innings with the long ball. Hugh Vasquez set the tone with a solo home run leading off the game. Three batters later Rob Katzer hit another gapper that rolled between the outfielders for a two run homer to finish off the scoring in the first at three so we didn't give ourselves the curse of the first.
In the second the bottom of the order put up five and it was off to the races. Singles by Jeff Kravin, Doug Carlson, Mike Nichols, Anthony Puccio, and Steve Bedrick set the table for Joy Dardin, in her inaugural at bat after sitting our six weeks or so with a broken wrist, who crushed a ball to the left field fence that was only not a home run because the fifth run scored in front of her.
In the mean time, Bedrick in his second start held Orange to just four runs in his three innings, helped out by three good catches in left field by Steve Mastronarde and one in right by Nichols.
In the third it was more of the same. Gary Namanny ht a three run bomb after Vasquez and Bob Fulgham singled. After a single and an out, Tom Gonzales sent a blast, his first of two, into the far reaches of turf. In the fourth, Carlson got into the act with a three run job, and in the fifth, Gonzales' second bomb produced runs 3-4-5 that inning.
After failing to score for the first time in the top of the sixth, Gold reverted to form and tried to give Orange hope by allowing five runs with some suspect defense in the bottom half. But pitcher Gonzales saved the day on a shot up the middle that he cut off and fired to rover Fulgham at second who whipped it to first for a double play to end the rally.
In the seventh, Gold was held scoreless but Kravin dug one ball out of the dirt (turf?) and caught a pop up to squelch any hope for an Orange comeback.
Katzer (HR), Gonzales (2 HR), and Carlson (HR) were 3-3. Vasquez (HR) and Fulgham were 3-4. Namanny, Steve Alvarez, Kravin, Nichols, and Bedrick were 2-3, and Dardin had the triple. Everyone had at least one hit. Curt Wade had a double but came up lame reinjuring his groin and we hope he will come back healthy next week.
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