The Athletics
Granada Little League 1997 - Majors

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GAME REPORTS - Series A

• Sat, Mar 22 01.30pm Fld 2 Mets (h)

  Lost 5-6
  

• Tue, Mar 25 04.30pm Fld 3 Dodgers (h)

  Won 4-3
  The A's were up first and went down quickly 1-2-3. With one out the Dodgers started to play and a center field drive took the second batter to first. A Dodger double advanced the runner to third and then a base hit put the Dodgers on the board. Batter number three was out, caught by Andrew Deiling but the Dodgers had stolen home to go two runs up. In the top of the second Jeff Pavich advanced to 1st, stole second, managed to get to third but was unable to make home plate. The Dodgers failed to even get on base in the second. The third inning was exciting. With two outs, Scott Lassey hit a drive to right center field for a single bringing Matt Carlson to the plate. Matt hit a high fly ball just right of center field, for a double and earned an RBI as Scott came home. Doug Allen followed up with a single. With Matt on third and Doug at second Jeff Pavich hit a screamer that dropped wide of center for 2 RBIs. Jeff ended his pitching stint at the end of the third, giving up a single run. So at the end of the 3rd the game was tied 3-3.
  The 4th and 5th innings went quickly. Ben Tunney of the Dodgers and Doug Allen of the A's pitched really well.
  It was make or break for the A's at the top of the 6th. With one out Jeff Pavich hit a single and later stole second. With two outs Adam Tanguay came to the plate. A wild pitch took the ball past third base and Jeff took third and made it home to jubilant cheers from the A's fans. Doug Allen shut down the Dodgers in fine style, striking out all three batters.
  So the A's get their first win of what should be a great season.

• Sat, Apr 05 08.30am Fld 2 Tigers (a)

  Won 4-5
  The Athletic's starting pitcher, Doug Allen, began well and quickly dismissed the top of the Tiger's order. Lead off hitter for the A's, Scott Lassey, got on base and made it to third on wild pitches but the A's lost two batters. Jeff Pavich walked and with two runners the A's were unlucky not to score. The Tigers first up, at the top of the second was caught in center field. Doug Allen struck out the second and with a runner on third, took out the final Tiger. Adam Tanguay and Jeremy Coupe walked. On a wild pitch Jeremy got to second and Adam got to third. On the next wild pitch Adam scored and now Jeremy was on third. The next two A's batters struck out. With two outs and Adam on third Scott Lassey came up. Scott had a base hit to first and Adam came home to make it two to zip and later advanced to third. The second Tiger got a single and advanced to second on a wild pitch. A combination of fielding errors, good Tiger hitting and base running gave them four runs and in the middle of the third and the Tigers were ahead 4 to 2. The A's came back with a sacrifice bunt by Adam Tanguay who brought Doug Allen home. At the end of the third inning the score was 4-3 Tigers.
  In the fourth Nestor Pacheco came in for Robert Ensley and Justin Ancira came in for Nick Fasso. The fourth went quickly. In the fifth Jeff Pavich hit a double but the score was still 4-3 for the Tigers. It was down to the bottom of the sixth. First up Jeremy Coupe walked and with one out Justin Ancira walked too. Both players stole bases during the second out and Matt Carlson came to the plate. On the second pitch, Matt played it down the line and Jeremy came screaming home. Chief Umpire Craig Johnson, who's done so much for the Granada League, had a tough call and called Jeremy safe to tie the game. Justin Ancira came home moments later off a single by Matt for the winning run and to end the game. Doug Allen pitched the whole game and a good win.

• Wed, Apr 09 05.30pm Fld 2 Giants (h)

  Lost 0-10
  This was a tough game for the A's. The Giants scored several runs in the first inning and the A's never seemed to recover. A rally towards the end of the game didn't really materialize and the game was called when the Giants made it to 10 to zip.

• Sat, Apr 12 08.30am Fld 3 Cardinals (a)

  Lost 0-12
  The Athletics tried to make it back after the last game but seemed psychologically out of step with the game. The Cardinal reputation went ahead of them and several big hits later they were well ahead. The game went all of the six innings but by the end of the game the Cardinals were clearly the dominant team.