Bruins Take Rubber Game in Nail-Biter

The top two teams in the division battled down to the wire in the finale of the regular season. The Bandits used small ball and a dominant pitching performance by Jeff Gould to carry a 1-0 lead through 7. Bruin starter Dave Noll and super-reliever Bill Brown matched Gould out for out, only surrendering one unearned run between them. The Bruin bats finally came to life in the 8th, as Jade "MVP" Devitt (4-5, 2 Runs, 3 SBs) drove in the tying run, stole second, and then scored the go-ahead run. The scrappy Bandits used a walk and a bobbled ball in the Cleveland outfield bog to tie the score in the bottom of the ninth, only to have the Bruins answer back with 4 hits in the top of the tenth to take a 4-2 lead. Staying true to form, The Bandits fought till the last out, moving the tying runs to 2nd and 3rd with two outs. A spectacular sliding, backhand stop up the middle, followed by a laser throw to 1st by Jason Swink ended the game and secured the win for Robert Lewis, who pitched 3 great innings surrendering only an unearned run.

BOX SCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Valley Bruins 0000000202 4 12 2
Agoura Bandits 0000100010 2 0 0

Date: August 23, 2015     Time: 9:30am      Venue: Cleveland HS   

Valley Bruins
Hitters AB R H RBI BB K
Shawn Chou 5 1 1 0 0 0
Robert Lewis 5 0 0 0 0 1
Jade Devitt 5 2 4 1 0 0
Garrett Ray 4 0 1 0 1 1
Dave Brown 4 1 1 2 0 0
Dave Noll 5 0 2 1 0 1
Jason Swink 4 0 2 0 1 0
Gary Cozine 4 0 1 0 1 2
Scott Brown 4 0 0 0 0 2
Pool Players 1 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 4 12 4 3 7
SB: Chou, Devitt (3), Ray, Cozine
SF: Brown
Agoura Bandits
Hitters AB R H RBI BB K
Jesse Gill 4 0 2 0 0 0
Jerry Whitaker 5 1 1 0 0 1
Andrew Schwindt 4 1 0 0 1 0
Darren Hubert 4 0 1 1 0 1
Mike Guise 5 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Gould 3 0 1 0 2 0
John Scott 4 0 2 0 0 0
Kevin Bronson 4 0 3 0 0 0
Eric Lozano 5 0 4 0 0 0
Dennis Clancy 3 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Burton 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Sherwin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Wells 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 2 14 1 3 2
SB: Gill, Whitaker, Bronson, Lozano
HBP: Gill
SH: Scott, Bronson
SF: Hubert

Valley Bruins
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K PT
Dave Noll 4.0 5 0 0 2 3 0
Bill Brown 3.0 2 1 0 0 0 0
Robert Lewis (W) 3.0 6 1 0 1 0 0
HB: Brown
Agoura Bandits
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K PT
Jeff Gould 7.0 4 0 0 3 4 0
Jeff Wells (L) 3.0 7 4 4 0 3 0

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