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Long Beach Armada Take Step Closer to Playoff Berth
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 08:36AM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - The magic number for the Armada is five now. With a one game lead over St. George, a game and a half over Orange County and three and a half over Yuma the Fleet control their destiny for a postseason berth...
Long Beach Armada Take Both Games of Doubleheader with the Yuma Scorpions
Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 02:08PM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com- Starting pitcher Garrett Murdy kept the Scorpions offense in check, and CF Steve Moss blasted two-run homer to give the Armada a 3-2 win in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader in Yuma, Arizona ...
Long Beach Armada Continue Winning Streak with 7-5 Victory Over Chico Outllaws - GBL
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 09:05AM MLN - THE RAW FEED - www.mlntherawfeed.com –
Long Beach - The Armada continue their winning streak against the defending champion Chico Outlaws at Blair Field. The answered Chico in the second pulling ahead 2-1 and would look back. Chico came on strong in the ninth, but fell short to Long Beach losing by a final of 7-5.Armada starter Andrew Layfield (1-4) won his first game pitching a great game. He went 7 innings giving up 3 runs, 1 earned on 5 hits, walking 3 and striking out 4. Justin Segal came on in relief for Layfield going 1 2/3 innings giving up 2 runs on 3 hits, walking 2 and striking out 3. Wayne Foltin got his fourth save striking out the last batter in the ninth with two runners left on for Chico.
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The Armada scoring started in the second when C David Ramirez drove in 3B Ryan Lehr on a ground out to short. 2B Michael Glomb would drive in DH Brett Flowers giving the Armada a 2-1 lead. Lehr and Flowers would score again in the fourth on errors by Chico. Ramirez drove in another run that same inning giving him a 2 for 3 day with 2 RBI and a run scored. Lehr finished 2 for 2 with 2 runs scored. Flowers 1 for 4 with 2 runs scored. Glomb 2 for 4 with a RBI and a run scored. The biggest hit came in the seventh when 1B Ryan Brown doubled in Ramirez and Glomb to give Long Beach a 7-3 lead. That would be huge because Chico would make it close late in the game.
Chico struck first with a sac fly RBI by former Armada player 1B Tony Torcato driving in 2B Dan Luyben. RF Bryan Silverman scored on an error and C Matt Ceriani drove in 3B Jesse Kovacs in the sixth. Chico down by four going into the ninth, two outs and two on, DH Julian Benavidez drove in Luyben and Silverman followed driving in Torcato. Foltin would retire Kovacs to end the game with Kovacs representing the go ahead run.
Chico starter Berek Fasking (2-4) pitched 6 innings giving up 5 runs, 1 earned on 5 hits, walking 3 and striking out 3. Jason Roach and Kevin Altman combined to go 2 innings giving up 2 runs on 3 hits, walking 2 and striking out 1.
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Great Pitching Propels Edmonton Cracker-Cats Over Long Beach Armada 7-1 - GBL
Monday, August 18, 2008 at 09:21AM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - Edmonton - The winning streak has ended for the Armada at five. Great pitching from Edmonton stopped the Armada bats and Edmonton connected on two home runs to help propel them to a 7-1 win...
Long Beach Armada Continue to Cruise Following 10-4 Thrashing of Edmonton Cracker Cats
Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 11:09AM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - The walk offs stopped, but the win streak continued for the Armada as they struck early and pulled away in the fourth to never give up the lead as they beat the Cracker Cats 10-4 for their fifth win in a row. All the wins coming at home...
Long Beach Armada Win in a Walk-Off Again, Defeat the Edmonton Cracker Cats 8-7
Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 09:59AM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com- Just when you thought it was safe to assume that the Armada would not make it four walk offs in a row. They proved you wrong again. Six of their eight runs scored in the last two innings to shock the Cracker Cats and propel them into a four game winning streak winning 8-7 ...
Long Beach Armada Nips Calgary Vipers 5-4 - GBL
Friday, August 15, 2008 at 09:42AM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - LONG BEACH - Just when you thought things couldn't get any better for the Armada, they won again in walk off fashion in the ninth inning! A new hero brought in the winning run for the . . .
Long Beach Armada Edge Calgary Vipers 6-5
Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 08:52AM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - LONG BEACH - Armada starter Steve Smyth went 3 innings giving up 2 runs on 3 hits, walking two and striking out 4. He left after three due to a undisclosed reason. Nick Bierbrodt came on in . . .
Edmonton Cracker-Cats Double Up Long Beach Armada 6-3
Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 10:16AM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - Edmonton, AB—The Edmonton Cracker-Cats won their second straight game over Long Beach Armada tonight 6-3. The ‘Cats received a solid start from Nick Peterson, who went 6.0 inning, giving up . . .
Calgary Vipers Double Up the Long Beach Armada in 14-7 Thrashing - Golden Baseball League
Friday, August 8, 2008 at 12:00PM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com- The Calgary Vipers used 19 hits to defeat the Long Beach Armada 14-7 at Foothills Stadium in Calgary, Alberta. The victory broke up a six game losing streak for the Snakes and improved their second half record to 11-11. Drew Miller snapped his ironman streak tonight after starting 329 consecutive games for the Snakes. It was only the third game in Viper's franchise history that Miller has missed ...