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California Warriors Summer Season In Full Swing

June 13, 2017 | 0 Comments

Silver Continues Strong Start with Doubleheader Sweep

The bats came alive on Saturday as the California Warriors Silver team played a doubleheader against the Thundersox at Castro Valley High School and swept both games. Warriors starting pitcher Luke Moore had an excellent day on the mound. Moore gave up an early run as the Thundersox scored with a sacrifice fly to left field in the bottom of the second to put them up 1-0. After that, Moore cruised through the Thundersox lineup throwing three more scoreless innings, finishing with 5 innings with just 1 earned run on the day. In the top of the fifth, Benji Brakebill hit a two run double down the left field line to put the Warriors in the lead. Shortstop Alex Kirley followed up with a double over the center fielder’s head to score Brakebill, putting the Warriors up 3-1. After Gabriel Alward threw a hitless inning in the sixth, Deven Irwin came into the game in the bottom of the seventh to seal game one for the Warriors with a 3-1 win.

In game two, Benji Brakebill continued a great day at the plate with a double into the left center gap to start a long rally for the Warriors in the top of the first. Brakebill’s double was followed by hits from Alex Kirley, Deven Irwin, Connor Maas, and Will Miller to put the Warriors up 4-0 after the top of the first. The hits just kept on coming for the Silver team as they put up another six runs in the top of the second to go up 11-0. After a big comeback attempt by the Thundersox, Deven Irwin came into the game in the bottom of the seventh to earn his second save of the day and an 11-9 win for the Silver team. Brakebill and Kirley each finished with four hits a piece on the day. Deven Irwin also finished with a great day at the plate while notching two saves in his Warriors’ pitching debut. Silver team’s next competition is the Monterey Waves on the Bay Tournament on June 17 and 18 at Monterey Peninsula College.


Warriors Blue Collects 22 Hits In 3-Game Weekend

California Warriors Blue battled hard in three games over the weekend, putting a lot of runs up on the scoreboard and making strides as a team through their first games of the season. In game 1, the California Warriors Blue saw multi-hit games from Tony Diaz – who also stole 2 bases, tossed 1.2 shutout innings, and struck out 3 batters – and Logan Labaniego, who scored and drove in a run. Esteban Castle had a big day behind the dish for the Warriors as well, throwing out multiple runners trying to steal and back-pickng a runner as well.

On Sunday, the Blue Team headed to San Leandro for a double header to take on the San Leandro Dodgers. Alex Bires was dominant on the mound in the first game of the double header, tossing 5 innings with 0 ER and 5 K’s. Once again, the Warriors bats were active, with Oliver Sellman went 2 for 4 with 2 RBI, Esteban Castle scoring twice, and Deven Irwin collecting 2 hits. The Blue team flashed some speed too, with Estevan Castle, Deven Irwin, JJ Mazzola, and Oliver Sellman (2) all stealing bases. The final game of the weekend once again saw the Blue team’s bats come alive. JJ Mazzola lead off and went 2 for 2 with 2 runs scored while Sellman smacked a triple, scored, and drove in an RBI. Sam Lyons, Estevan Castle, and Max Mendoza also contributed hits. The Blue Team takes on the Crushers nextat San Marin HS on June 15


Gold Team Shines On The Mound

Playing a double header against the Easton Cats at University of Pacific, the California Warriors Gold Team came close twice but ultimately dropped both ends of the double header. Highlights of the day came in the form of Steven Elsner throwing 4 strong innings in game 1, only allowing one earned run. Jesse Gassman, Lucas Herrera, George Hart and Dante Leach also provided strong pitching performances. Offensively, Luce Chassé had a huge day hitting both a single and a double while driving in 5 runs. Matthew Marquez Jr also had a big day, going 1-2 with 4 walks and an RBI.


17U Elite Splits Double Header

17u Elite played a double header on Sunday at University of Pacific against the NC Mavericks, splitting the games with a win in game 1 and a loss in game 2. Nick Roth started game 1 on the mound for 17u Elite and threw 4 strong innings while only giving up one earned run. Roth gave way to Daniel Colwell in the 5th, and Colwell proceeded to throw 3 scoreless innings, striking out 5. At the plate, Matthew Calhoun and Teddy Hoxie provided the run support, and 17u Elite won 6-2.

Game 2 saw strong pitching from the Warriors, but the offense couldn’t get it going early, which led to a deficit they couldn’t overcome despite a 7th inning rally. The trio of Eddie Burns, Charley Moore, and Aiden Vannucci combined for 5 no-hit innings to start the game, but the lead was lost in the 6th. Vannucci was especially dominant as he struck out two in his one inning of work, allowing no baserunners. Nick Brass and Jack Gallagher added two hits apiece in the loss.