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Monday scoreboard: Senators take 2nd in Kelowna, Cards trounce Silvers, A’s edge Linx
Baseball
Thurston County Senators 2, Trail Orioles 1 (10 innings)
Seattle Studs 5, Thurston County Senators 4
Hawks Prairie Cardinals 19, Nisqually Silvers 4
Olympia Athletics 7, West Olympia Linx 6
The Thurston County Senators knocked off the Trail Orioles 2-1 in another extra innings affair to move into the championship game of the Canada Day Blast in Kelowna, British Columbia. The Senators then lost a close one to the Seattle Studs, 5-4, to take second place in the tournament, their third second place finish in four years at the tournament.
The Hawks Prairie Cardinals sent 19 men to the plate in a wild 16 run fourth inning and trounced the Nisqually Silvers 19-4 in a shortened five inning game. All but two players in the Cardinals lineup scored twice in the inning. Jonathan Chodzko (Cuesta College) hit a two run homer and Jake Ayers (University of Redlands) and Jack Freeman (Saint Martin’s) each collected two run singles and added another RBI in their second at-bat in the inning. Bradley Bearden (Chemeketa College, Shelton HS) and Kenzy Forler (Tacoma CC, Capital HS) combined to give up just five hits to the Silvers.
The Olympia Athletics had their own big inning putting six runs on the board in the first en route to a 7-6 win over the West Olympia Linx. Tyler Watkins tripled to lead off the inning and the Linx fell apart hitting a batter, walking two and committing two errors in the inning. Rudy Leon (Spokane Falls) singled in one more run in the second inning to give the A’s a 7-2 lead. The Linx chipped away and made a game of it but couldn’t quite get over the hump in a seven inning game.
Sunday scoreboard: Senators advance to Canada Day Blast semis
Baseball
Thurston County Senators 3, Burnaby Bulldogs 2 (10 innings)
Capital City Bombers 5, Yelm Eagles 4
The Thurston County Senators topped the Burnaby Bulldogs 3-2 in ten innings today at the Canada Day Blast in Kelowna, British Columbia to move into the semifinals tomorrow. It is the fourth year in a row that they have advanced this far in the tournament.
Saturday scoreboard: Senators move to money round in Kelowna
Baseball
Everett Merchants 6, Thurston County Senators 5 (17 innings)
Thurston County Senators 5, Nanaimo Coal Miners 1
After an epic 17 inning 6-5 loss to the Everett Merchants in the morning/well into the afternoon game at the Canada Day Blast in Kelowna, British Columbia, the Thurston County Senators secured a spot in the money round of the tournament with a 5-1 win over the Nanaimo Coal Miners. They will have to wait until Sunday afternoon to find out what seed they will be. They could be anywhere from the #1 to the #6 seed and will play again Sunday evening.
Friday scoreboard: Smith pitches shutout for Senators in tourney opener
Baseball
Thurston County Senators 3, North Sound Emeralds 0
Black Hills alum Ryan Smith threw a complete game shutout in a 3-0 Thurston County Senators victory over the North Sound Emeralds in the opening day of pool play at the Canada Day Blast in Kelowna, British Columbia.
Pool play in the tournament continues tomorrow when the Senators take on the Everett Merchants at 9:00 AM and the Nanaimo Coal Miners at 1:30 PM. The winner of the tournament takes home $7,000. The Senators finished second in 2010 and 2011 and took third place last year.
Today (6/27): PSCL doubleheader
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
Tumwater Brewers vs. Hawks Prairie Cardinals – The RAC – 5:00 PM
West Olympia Linx vs. Nisqually Silvers – The RAC – 7:30 PM
Wednesday scoreboard: A’s, Cards put 11s on Saints, Brewers
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
Olympia Athletics 11, Lacey Saints 5
Hawks Prairie Cardinals 11, Tumwater Brewers 2
Trailing 5-3 heading into the top of the fifth inning, the Olympia Athletics sent 12 men to the plate scoring seven runs on seven hits including Rudy Leon’s (Spokane Falls) two out, two run double and the A’s cruised to an 11-5 decision over the Lacey Saints. Leon scored one batter later on a single by Ned Jones (Yakima College) and finished the night with two runs scored and three RBIs.
Markus Hinkle (Western Oregon) went 4-for-5 with four RBIs for the A’s while Josh Potter (Campbellsville University) collected three hits with a run and an RBI and Jose Acosta (Centralia College) drove in three runs with a double in first inning for the Saints.
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Hawks Prairie Cardinals catcher Lucas Gately (Gonzaga) drove in two runs on a single in the first inning, tripled in a run in the sixth and singled in another run in the seventh in an 11-2 win over the Tumwater Brewers. Brandon Grimsley (Murray State College) and Jeffrey Apigo (Skagit Valley College) each drove in a pair of runs for the Cards and Ethan Kalin (Lower Columbia CC) gave up one earned run on four hits while striking out six batters. Tyler Hiles preserved the win giving up just two hits over the final 3 2/3 innings.
Tanner Marty (Lower Columbia CC) picked up two hits including a double in the first inning for the Brewers. He then scored on a single by Spencer Dodd (Saint Martin’s).
Oly transplant Stephen Vogt called up to Oakland A’s
Stephen Vogt hits an RBI sacrifice fly in his A’s debut (Yahoo Sports)
The Oakland A’s called up catcher Stephen Vogt from triple-A Sacramento on Tuesday. Vogt, 28, is from Visalia, California originally but winters in Olympia and works with the Sandberg Baseball Club in the off season. The A’s needed an extra catcher with John Jaso nursing an injury and Derek Norris struggling and could afford to send down their fifth starter, Dan Straily, for a spell.
Vogt was in the lineup on Tuesday night and again this afternoon catching A.J. Griffin’s two hit complete game shutout in Oakland’s 5-0 win over Cincinnati today. Vogt went 0-for-3 in his A’s debut on Tuesday but collected his first Major League RBI with a sacrifice fly. He went 0-for-3 today and is still looking for his first Major League hit after going 0-for-25 in his cup of coffee with the Tampa Bay Rays last season. He was traded to the Oakland organization before the season started and got off to a hot start with Sacramento hitting .325 with nine homers and 43 RBIs
Vogt’s wife, Alyssa Vogt (formerly Ferdaszewski), was a basketball star at Capital High School and an assistant basketball coach for the Evergreen women’s basketball team. The two met at Azusa Pacific University where she was a 1,000 point scorer between 2004-2007 and Vogt was a two-time NAIA All-American. They have one child, 1 1/2 year-old Payton.
A couple tweets of congratulation for Stephen Vogt…
Congrats to @SVogt1229 for the call up to the A’s. Do work.
— Sandberg Baseball (@Sandbergbbclub) June 25, 2013
Can’t wait to watch @SVogt1229 in tonight’s @MLB game @Athletics vs @CincinnatiReds
— Jared Sandberg (@jlsofoly) June 26, 2013
Congratulations to former Stone Crab @SVogt1229 , who was called up by the @Athletics today! We wish you the best of luck!
— Charlotte StoneCrabs (@StoneCrabs) June 25, 2013
Congrats to @SVogt1229. Cliche, but great player/better person could not be more true! P.S. it’s pronounced VOTE.
— River Cats PR (@RiverCats_PR) June 25, 2013
“Vogt is a tremendously popular player with just about everyone who’s come in contact with him,” A’s beat writer Susan Slusser wrote in her blog post for the San Francisco Chronicle. “I got a bunch of emails from media and PR people who know him raving about what a good guy he is…’He’s awesome,’ Jaso, who played with him in the Tampa organization, confirmed. ‘One of the best.'”
UPDATE: Vogt got the first hit of his Major League career, a solo home run in the bottom of the fourth inning to put the A’s on top 4-0 in their 6-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.
Today (6/26): PSCL continues, rain or shine
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
Olympia Athletics vs. Lacey Saints – The RAC – 5:00 PM
Tumwater Brewers vs. Hawks Prairie Cardinals – The RAC – 7:30 PM
The Lacey Saints will look to build on their first win of the season with another game against the Olympia Athletics tonight at The RAC. The Saints sit at 1-12 this season while the A’s are 5-9. Game two features the 7-5 Tumwater Brewers and the 4-9 Hawks Prairie Cardinals.
Tuesday scoreboard: Saints get first win, Linx extend lead
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
Lacey Saints 4, Olympia Athletics 2
West Olympia Linx 2, Nisqually Silvers 1
Today (6/25): Linx and Silvers battle for PSCL lead
Puget Sound Collegiate League baseball
Olympia Athletics vs. Lacey Saints – The RAC – 5:00 PM
West Olympia Linx vs. Nisqually Silvers – The RAC – 7:30 PM
The Puget Sound Collegiate League continues on Tuesday evening with games between the winless Lacey Saints (0-12) and the fourth place Olympia Athletics (5-8) in game one and a battle between the two top teams in the league, the West Olympia Linx (10-2) and the Nisqually Silvers (9-3), in the nightcap.
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