Sunday, May 23, 2010Dodos Baseball bounced back from their loss Saturday to get a decisive victory over the Single A Twins, 8-5 at Sylmar High School. Making his first start of the season and his debut for the Dodos was RHP Kyle Thomas. Thomas struck out the first batter he faced before allowing two bloop singles, but he then got a pop up and a strikeout to strand the runners and send the Dodos to the plate. The Dodos took the lead in the bottom half of the inning when Dustin Burke hit a single and advanced to third on two pass balls before scoring on a ground ball hit by Chris Hems that was misplayed by the Twins.
With a 1-0 lead, Thomas would retire the side with only four pitches after surrendering a first pitch, leadoff single. Following a ground out back to Thomas, Twins' 3B Kevin Anderson popped up to Shane Shoemaker at second, who caught the runner off second to complete the inning ending double play. Charles Dethloff returned after a two-game absence and promptly led off with a single. With one out, Rick Jarakian singled Dethloff home and Ken Gerber followed with an RBI triple, scoring on a sacrifice grounder to second by Shoemaker. The Dodos were winning, 4-0 after two innings.
Two walks and two singles by the Twins cut the lead in half, but a sprawling catch by Chris Hoffman stopped the bleeding in the third. Hems led off the bottom of the third with a first pitch triple, but Twins' pitcher, Tim Wayne managed to stop the Dodos from scoring and strand a runner at third.
The Twins tied the game in the fourth with two singles, a walk, a throwing error and a controversial balk call.
In the fifth, Thomas retired the side in order and the Dodos had one out, with the bases loaded, but failed to get a hit and capitalize on the opportunity.
The Twins would take a brief lead in the sixth when Thomas hit a batter, who advanced to third on a throwing error. With two outs, Shoemaker misplayed a ground ball, allowing the run to score. Leading 5-4, the Twins made a move to the bullpen and Dethloff welcomed him to the game with a 385-foot double off the left-center wall, an a wild throw from the outfield allowed him to get to third. Two batters later, Jarakian grounded out to short, plating Dethloff and tying the game.
Thomas would retire the side in order again, while collecting two more strikeouts in the top of the seventh. In the bottom half, with two out and bases loaded, Dethloff hit a routine fly ball to right field. The right fielder appeared to have the ball tracked down, but dropped it at the last minute, allowing three runs to score and give the Dodos an 8-5 lead.
The Twins were shut down in the eighth despite loading the bases with no outs, and Thomas collected his final two strikeouts of the game to bring his total to 12 in eight innings.
Troy Warn, Sr. came on in relief in the ninth and posted a 1-2-3 inning to get the save.
Fantasy Performances of the Day: Shoemaker 1-4 (RBI, SH, 2K); Burke 3-5 (R, SB); Hems 1-4 (3B, R, RBI, SB); Jas. Butter 1-3 (R); Warn, Sr. 1-3 (BB, K); A. Gerber 0-3 (R, BB); Dethloff 2-4 (2B, 2R, K); Hoffman 0-3 (SB, HB, 2K); Jarakian 1-4 (R, 2RBI, K); K. Gerber 1-3 (3B, R, RBI, HB).
Thomas (W) 8IP, 5R, 3ER, 9H, 4BB, HB, 12K; Warn, Sr. (SV) IP
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