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3/2/2017

San Diego Sunshine 10, Vancouver Blizzard 5

That was a tight game through six innings. And then all hell broke loose. We scored two in the seventh on a Xie-Li Lou homer, but then Toshikazu Yamauchi gave up two homers for three runs in the top of the eighth. But then we scored four in the bottom of the same frame, capped by Fernando Marquez’ pinch-hit two-run homer. On the mound, Mario Vargas looked good, striking out eight through four innings. We got scoreless relief from Jose Encarnacion, Luis Morales, Matt Peacock, and Keisuke Ando. Morales struck ou the side in order in his inning. Among our hitters, Clark Johnson, Carlos Rocha, Raul Gonzalez, Baldassare Tarquini, and Lou all had two hits.

3/3/2017

San Diego Sunshine 3, Portland Cascades 1

A tightly played affair. We score pair in the first, one on a Fernando Marquez double, and the other cRashing in Marquez on a Jesus Lopez single. Marquez gets another RBI in the fifth, cashing in Soto on a sac fly. Portland scored only one run, an unearned run in the fifth. Pete Williams goes four, striking out three, giving up two hits and two walks. Alberto Chavez gave us two scoreless innings of relief, and we got one each from Carlos Velez, Jose Marin, and Serge Legrand, the latter of whom earned his first save of the spring. On offense, Soto led the way with three hits including a double. Both Soto and Don Munroe stole a pair of bases. Lucas Lonsdale was the only other Sunshine batter with more than one base hit.

3/4/2017

San Francisco Samurai 9, San Diego Sunshine 8 (10 innings)

A slugfest. We fell behind 3-0 and 4-1 earl, but then took a 5-4 lead, and coughed that up. They scored three in the sixth to take a 8-5 lead, but we scored two in the eighth and tied it up on Edwin Ross’ pinch-hit homer in the bottom of the ninth. Alas, Jose Valdez took Luis Morales deep in the top of the tenth, and we didn’t have another comeback in us. David Middleton got shelled in an inning of relief, giving up three runs on four hits and a walk, although he did strike out two. Lionel Tournier gave up give up on six hits and two walks in his four innings, striking out six. But we got solid relief from Xavier Torrez, Sam Gilbert, Jose Encarnacion, and Matt Peacock. On offence, Don Bell and Rajil Mirajkar each had three hits. Carlos Rocha, Raul Gonzalez, Xie-Li Lou, and Baldassare Tarquini each had two hits. Gonzlaez, along with Ross, went yard.

3/5/2017
San Diego Sunshine 5, Monterrey Amigos 0

We give up seven hits and four walks, but they can’t push any across the plate. Aurelio Macias went four, giving up four hits anda walk, but striking out five. Jose Marin, Keisuke Ando, Toshikazu Yamauchi, Carlos Velez, and Serge Legrand each pitched in a scoreless inning of relief. On offense, we got homers from Juan Navarro and Lucas Lansdale. Navarro drove in three with his 2/4 day at the plate. Lansdale and Iemitsu Nakamura also had two hits.

On the bad news side, Gustavo Soto made a nice play in the bottom of the first, but then had to leave the game with an apparent injury. We’re still waiting on a diagnosis.