Report by Josh Feldman
Long Beach turned three inning-ending double plays en route to a 5-3 comeback win over the St. George RoadRunners in the first game of a doubleheader at Bruce Hurst Field on Monday.
All-Stars shortstop Omar Bramasco and second baseman Dan Luyben quickly erased errant base runners, matching a season-high with three double plays in the game, including a twin-killing in the final inning to end the game. Doubleheaders in the GBL are seven-inning games.
Armada starter Dusty Gober once again stymied the RoadRunners in St. George. Gober (4-0) allowed three runs off seven hits in five innings, earning his second win over the RoadRunners in two weeks.
J.J. Sherrill broke a 2-2 tie in the fifth inning with a sac-fly to score Brandon Howard from third base. Matt Edgecombe followed with an RBI-single to cash Bramasco for a 4-2 lead. Josh Womack blasted his third homerun of the season with two outs in the sixth inning to give the Armada an insurance run.
Rusty Jones pitched two scoreless innings of relief for his fourth save of the season.
Long Beach overcame an early 2-0 deficit in the fourth inning. With runners on the corners, Andy Bouchie drove in Steve Moss, and in the next at-bat Matt Edgecombe scored on a wild pitch to tie the game, 2-2.
RoadRunners starter David Seccombe took the loss for St. George. Seccombe (7-5) gave up four runs off five hits in 4.1 innings.
In the night cap with the Armada one out away from forcing extra innings, St. George’s A.J. Valentine drove a ball up the middle to score the winning run in the RoadRunners’ 6-5 win over Long Beach to split a double-header on Monday.
Valentine drove in his GBL-leading 77th RBI on the season, and Gary Harris slide under the tag of catcher David Ramirez for the winning run to trump what could have been a big Armada comeback.
Long Beach overcame a five-run hole, scoring five runs in the fifth inning capped by Omar Bramasco’s three-run no-doubt homerun over the left-field wall to tie the game, 5-5. All five Armada runs were scored with two outs in the fifth inning, beginning with an RBI-ground out by Daryl Jones, his first RBI since July 18. Josh Womack doubled to score David Ramirez, and two batters later, Bramasco connected with a long ball.
RoadRunners starting pitcher Eude Brito held the Armada to just one hit through the first four inning, retiring 12 of 13 batters to begin the game, before giving up five runs in the fifth inning.
The RoadRunners got a pair of two-run doubles, one in the first inning and another in the second, as well as another run in the fourth off Armada starter Ben Fox to take an early 5-0 lead over the Armada.
Fox (5-7) took the loss, pitching 6 2/3 innings, including three 1-2-3 frames while giving up six runs on seven hits.
Fox gave up consecutive singles in the first inning before Jose Rodriguez sliced a double into the right-field corner to score the runners. One inning later, Yosvany Almario doubled to bring in a pair of runs, giving the RoadRunners a 4-0 lead.
Long Beach begins a three-game series at Goodwin Field at Cal State Fullerton against the rival Orange County Flyers on Tuesday before returning to Blair Field on Friday, August 28 for four games against the Victoria Seals to finish the regular season.
Long Beach turned three inning-ending double plays en route to a 5-3 comeback win over the St. George RoadRunners in the first game of a doubleheader at Bruce Hurst Field on Monday.
All-Stars shortstop Omar Bramasco and second baseman Dan Luyben quickly erased errant base runners, matching a season-high with three double plays in the game, including a twin-killing in the final inning to end the game. Doubleheaders in the GBL are seven-inning games.
Armada starter Dusty Gober once again stymied the RoadRunners in St. George. Gober (4-0) allowed three runs off seven hits in five innings, earning his second win over the RoadRunners in two weeks.
J.J. Sherrill broke a 2-2 tie in the fifth inning with a sac-fly to score Brandon Howard from third base. Matt Edgecombe followed with an RBI-single to cash Bramasco for a 4-2 lead. Josh Womack blasted his third homerun of the season with two outs in the sixth inning to give the Armada an insurance run.
Rusty Jones pitched two scoreless innings of relief for his fourth save of the season.
Long Beach overcame an early 2-0 deficit in the fourth inning. With runners on the corners, Andy Bouchie drove in Steve Moss, and in the next at-bat Matt Edgecombe scored on a wild pitch to tie the game, 2-2.
RoadRunners starter David Seccombe took the loss for St. George. Seccombe (7-5) gave up four runs off five hits in 4 1/3 innings.