Lumberjacks take 2nd in Santa Cruz

The Lumberjacks took 2nd place in the 2011 Santa Cruz Classic. Last year, the Jacks beat the Santa Cruz Mets in the semi-finals and eventually won the tournament - yet this year the Mets beat us 6-3 in the championship game to take the crown.
Game one was exciting as the Jacks scored 2 in the bottom of 9th to give the Lumberjacks the 3-2 win over the Lumber Co. Danny Rico had a key RBI single to tie the game 1-1 in the 8th, and Lex Robins had an RBI single in the 9th to tie the game 2-2. With the bases loaded later on in the 9th with 2 outs, the Jacks caught a break when the umpire called catcher's interference on the final pitch of the game, forcing in the winning run from third base. Joey Stoval pitched well to pick up the win.
Game two was just as tense. The Lumberjacks and Mets were tied 0-0 in the 7th innning when the Mets broke through and eventually won 4-1. Kyle Huntzenbuhler pitched extremely well although he picked up the tough loss. Max Childress hit a 2-out RBI double to put the Jacks on the board.
The Lumberjacks won game three 6-1 over the San Jose Padres as Wes Bentley took a no-hitter into the 7th inning.
Orlando Kelly pitched extremely well helping the Jacks win game four 3-2 over the Diablos. Brad Shannon hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the 9th to seal the victory.
The championship game went down to the wire. In the bottom of the 9th, Tom Macari hit a bases-loaded sacrifice fly to right to cut to deficit down to 6-3. With 2 outs, Mike Taylor drew a walk, putting the tying-run on first base. Orlando Kelly then drilled a deep fly to center, but the fielder hauled it in at the warning track and the Mets were crowned as champs.
Overall, the tournament was exciting and the Lumberjacks did well, finishing in 2nd place. Overall record is now 13-4.

Wed 5/25 Game Postponed

Our game against the Fairfield Indians has been postponed due to rain. Our next games are this weekend at the Santa Cruz Classic tournament. Game 1 is 10:00am Saturday morning at Santa Cruz High School and Game 2 is 4:00pm at Harbor High School. Sunday is 1:00pm and 4:00pm at Santa Cruz High School.

Lumberjacks split with Mudcats

The Lumberjacks move to 10-2 overall and 3-1 in league with a Saturday double-header split against the Solano Mudcats. The Mudcats are the only team to beat the Jacks this year, and we finally beat them in game 2.

Mike Miller pitched extremely well in game one, holding the Mudcats to 1 run in 7 innings, but the Mudcats scored 2 in the 8th and ended up winning 3-2.

In Game 2, Orlando Kelly was a little shaky in the first inning, giving up 2 runs with 3 walks and a passed ball, but settled in and dominated the next 3 innings. Jasper Smith pitched a scoreless 5th inning, and Wes Bentley shut down the Mudcats for a scoreless 6th and 7th. Offensively, the Lumberjacks executed well against good pitching. Ruben Rosas broke a 2-2 tie with a sacrifice fly, and the Jacks scored at least 1 run in every inning to win 9-2 in 7 innings.

Lumberjacks 10, San Quentin Giants 2

The Lumberjacks improved to 9-1 as they beat the San Quentin Giants 10-2. Jasper Smith started the game on the mound and got the win, and Mike Taylor hit a grand slam in the 2nd inning. Jake Holt also went deep in the first to give the Jacks a quick 2-0 lead.

Lumberjacks sweep opening day with a walk-off!

The Lumberjacks started the 2011 SRL League season with a bang, sweeping a doubleheader against the Oakland Expos with a walk-off home run.

Game 1 starter Mike Miller went 7 string innings getting the win, and also had a key 2-out bases-clearing double in the first to give the Jacks a 3-1 lead and they would never look back, cruising to a 14-4 victory. Danny Rico had a double and a triple, Rob Enriquez had 3 hits and 2 RBI's, Wes Bentley had 3 hits and 4 RBI's, Brad Shannon had 3 hits, and Tom Macari had 2 hits with a double and 2 RBI's.

Game 2 featured the biggest moment in Lumberjacks league history. Down 4-2 in the final inning, Wayne Franklin (who started on the mound and got the win) walked, Alque Ryan hustled out an infield single, and Rob Enriquez drilled a walk-off 3-run homer over the right-centerfield wall to give the Lumberjacks the victory.

Lumberjacks 9, San Quentin Giants 0

The Lumberjacks traveled to San Quentin Prison to play the Giants, and came away with a 9-0 win to improve to 6-1. Daniel Gilbert was great on the mound, throwing 6 shutout innings, and the Lumberjacks got home runs from Tom Macari, Scott Price, and Mike Taylor.

Fairfield Invitational Tournament

The Lumberjacks lost their first game of the tournament 2-4 to the Solano Mudcats despite an excellent pitching performance from Josh Gray. Lex Robins had 2 hits, and Josh gave up only 2 runs in 6 innings. With the score 2-2 in the 8th, the Mudcats scored 2 and never looked back.

Sunday morning the Lumberjacks defeated the Fairfield Indians 4-3 behind the strong pitching of Michael Miller, pitching prospect who spent the last two seasons with the Yuma Scorpions.