Apostles 3, Fighting Falcon 0

Welcome to Falcon-Forbes Field, where singles come to die! That was the slogan outside Fairfax's home field and it proved true in Game One of the series. A total of eight hits in the game, three by Fairfax. Eckstein led off the scoring by nipping the foul pole for a solo shot in the first. In the third, back-to-back singles, a SACF and an error by Beltre completed all of the scoring on the day, 3-0 Apostles. Fairfax put up their only "rally" in the 5th, smacking back to back singles, loading the bases on Patterson HBP. A potential SACF dropped into Nyjer Morgan's hands and he gunned out Gomes at the plate to preserve the shut out for CC Sabathia and the Apostles. The other other Falcon hit game in the first on a Sanchez double to right-center.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Saint Gabriel Apostles At 2008 Fairfax Fighting Falco 8/1/2008
 
  Apostles           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Fighting Falcon    AB  R  H RBI AVG
  I.Suzuki CF         4  1  1  0 .330     R.Gload 1B          4  0  0  0 .304  
  D.Eckstein SS       3  1  2  2 .309     J.Damon RF          4  0  0  0 .227  
B-D.Murphy SS         0  0  0  0 .185     F.Sanchez 2B        4  0  1  0 .296  
  M.Cabrera 3B        4  0  0  0 .329     A.Beltre 3B         3  0  0  0 .248  
C-W.Betemit 3B        0  0  0  0 .218     S.Sosa DH           3  0  0  0 .255  
  M.Jacobs 1B         4  0  0  0 .282     J.Gomes LF          3  0  1  0 .284  
  C.Lee DH            4  0  0  0 .307     Y.Molina C          3  0  1  0 .263  
  J.Mauer C           4  0  0  0 .275     C.Patterson CF      2  0  0  0 .242  
  N.Morgan RF         2  0  1  0 .200     E.Renteria SS       3  0  0  0 .315  
  J.Lopez 2B          3  0  0  0 .226                                          
  A.Ethier LF         2  1  1  0 .280                                          
A-A.Jones LF          1  0  0  0 .255                                          
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         Totals      31  3  5  2                 Totals      29  0  3  0
 
A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Ethier In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Eckstein In 9th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Cabrera In 9th Inning
 
Apostles........ 1 0 2  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  3  5  1
Fighting Falcon. 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  3  1
 
Apostles (44-56)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
C.Sabathia WIN(9-7)       9       3   0   0   0   6   0 111   4.12
Totals                    9       3   0   0   0   6   0
 
Fighting Falcon (60-40)  IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
D.Lowe LOSS(10-7)         9       5   3   2   1   7   1 125   4.38
Totals                    9       5   3   2   1   7   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 47,715 DATE- Friday, August 1st 2008 TIME- Night 
T- 2:19
LEFT ON BASE- Apostles: 3  Fighting Falcon: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Apostles: 2  Fighting Falcon: 0
ERRORS- C.Sabathia, A.Beltre
DOUBLES- F.Sanchez(18th)
TRIPLES- N.Morgan(4th)
HOME RUNS- D.Eckstein(1st)
STOLEN BASES- N.Morgan(3rd)
CAUGHT STEALING- N.Morgan
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Eckstein
WALKS- N.Morgan
HIT BY PITCH- C.Patterson
STRIKE OUTS- M.Jacobs-3, C.Lee, J.Mauer, N.Morgan, A.Ethier, R.Gload,
             A.Beltre-2, J.Gomes, Y.Molina, C.Patterson
GIDP- R.Gload
 
C.C. Sabathia pitched a 3 hit shutout as the Saint Gabriel Apostles defeated
the Fairfax Fighting Falcon 3 to 0 at Falcon-Forbes Field.
 
Sabathia(9-7) was indeed brilliant as he hand-cuffed the Fairfax offense.  He
didn't allow much, just 3 hits and no walks in 9 innings seeing his ERA drop
from 4.35 to 4.12.  Neither team managed to score after the 3rd inning.
 
Derek Lowe(10-7) suffered the loss.  He allowed just 3 runs and 5 hits in 9
innings.  Chris Valle was obviously impressed with the pitching of Sabathia,
'That guy made us look a little silly out there tonight.  We just couldn't
get to him at all - everything was working for him.  I just hope that he got
that kinda performance out of his system.'

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