Tacoma’s Defense Stifles San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO – In their home debut at Subway $5 Footlong Park, the San Antonio Sleepers looked to be asleep on offense. Tacoma’s star pitcher Jason Salers recorded five strikeouts but, more importantly, only allowed the Sleepers four hits and no runs. Salers pitched eight and two-thirds innings but eventually gave way to Richard Stevens, who recorded his first save of the season.
San Antonio (0-1) started the season as many experts predicted that they would, as the perpetual punching bags. The Sleepers were expected to be underdogs, and they proved that they highly deserved that honor. The Aroma’s superior pitching definitely kept them down for the entire game. San Antonio is the first team in Blue House Baseball to go scoreless.
Lewis Salers went four for five and led the Tacoma attack. Jason Salers had two RBIs, and Brian Iaffrati, Charley Johnson and Addison Kremlich all scored runs. San Antonio will host the Aroma again on Tuesday.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | X | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||
| Tacoma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| San Antonio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
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Box Scores:
| Tacoma Aroma | |||||||
| Player | AB | R | H | BI | BB | K | AVG. |
| Jorge Hernandez III SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Tony Graves RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| Josh Zimmerman 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| Lewis Salers LF | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .800 |
| Brian Iafratti 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| Charley Johnson CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Addison Kremlich 2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Keith Ballentine C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Marco Rivers C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Joseph Tuck C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jason Salers P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .500 |
| Richard Stevens P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals: | 36 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 2B: Josh Zimmerman (1, Alden Shanks); Tony Graves (1, Aiden Shanks); RBI: Jason Salers 2 (2); Keith Ballentine (1); CS: Lewis Salers 1 (1); | |||||||
| Tacoma Aroma Pitching | ||||||||
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jason Salers (W, 1-0) | 8.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Richard Stevens (S, 1) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches/Strikes: Jason Salers (129/91); Richard Stevens (4/3); Batters Faced: Jason Salers 34; Richard Stevens 1; | ||||||||
| San Antonio Sleepers | |||||||
| Player | AB | R | H | BI | BB | K | AVG. |
| Harold Smith SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| Howard Hedges 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Joseph Mace 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Tony Kendrick 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Raul Taylor C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 |
| Clarence Taylor LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Larry Russell RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Doyle Santos CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Alden Shanks P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Randell Seeger P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Leland Campbell P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Leroy Flores P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals: | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2B: Clarence Taylor (1, Jason Salers); 3B: Harold Smith (1, Jason Salers); | |||||||
| San Antonio Sleepers Pitching | ||||||||
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Alden Shanks (L, 0-1) | 5.2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4.76 |
| Leroy Flores | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Leland Campbell | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches/Strikes: Alden Shanks (114/80); Leland Campbell (26/ 23); Leroy Flores (17/11); Batters Faced: Alden Shanks 29; Leland Campbell 6; Leroy Flores 5; | ||||||||
Sept. 3, 1802
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