Saturday, May 19, 2012

Next Game: Fri June 1st vs Pacifics

The Lumberjacks start the month of June against the Bay Area's brand new professional baseball team, the San Rafael Pacifics.  The game takes place at Albert Park in San Rafael, and batting practice begins at 5:15pm, with first pitch scheduled for 6:30pm.  This will be a great test for the Lumberjacks - a great chance to see how we stack up against a professional team!  We are confident that we have the talent to walk away with a victory!

Monday, May 14, 2012

Next Game: FRI 7:30pm

Next game is Friday at 7:30pm at Dan Foley Park in Vallejo.  This is our only home game that is not going to be played at either Los Medanos College or Acalanes High School.  The last game against the Indians was tense until the end of the game when the Lumberjacks broke through with 5 runs and eventually walked away victorious 9-7.  Be there as the Jacks go for their 8th strait victory!

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Lumberjacks 9, Fairfield Indians 7

The Lumberjacks have won their 7th consecutive game and has improved to 10-2 overall.  Danny Rico was 3 for 4 with 2 doubles, and Wayne Franklin pitched 8 innings, striking out 13 and earned the win.  Mike Taylor pitched the 9th the close out the game.  Next game is this Friday afternoon against the same Indians ballclub.

Monday, May 7, 2012

LUMBERJACKS TAKE 1ST IN TOURNAMENT!

The East Bay Lumberjacks have won the 33rd annual Fairfield Invitational Tournament by beating the Redding Tigers 6-3 and Fontanettis Athletics 10-5.

The guys banded together and beat the Redding Tigers in the semi-finals behind the excellent pitching of Pat Torsiello and Tommy Hogan.  The team jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead in the first inning and never looked back.  The Tigers had members of the Reno Astros helping them out.

The championship game was extremely exciting as the Jacks overcame a 4-1 deficit by scoring 7 in the 7th inning and tacked on 2 more in the 8th.  Jasper Smith and Roland Nazar Jr. threw the first 5 innings of the game, and Mike Taylor came into the game and held the Athletics to 1 run over the final 5 innings.

The Lumberjacks have improved to 9-2 overall, and early on in this 2012 season have beaten the defending MSBL National Champions in the Palm Springs tournament, taking 2nd place overall, and have now won the 2012 Fairfield Invitational.  The Lumberjacks goal for 2012 is to qualify for the AABC Stan Musial National Championship Tournament in Florida in August.

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Wayne Franklin tosses no-hitter!

The Lumberjacks finished up pool-play on Saturday with a victory over the Solano Mudcats as Wayne Franklin tossed the first no-hitter in Lumberjacks history.  The Jacks went 3-0 in pool play and enter the sudden-death semi-finals as the #1 seed.  The action continues Sunday at 12:30pm at Laurel Creek Park in Fairfield as the team takes on the #4 seed.  The winner of that game will play in the Championship at 4pm.