Friday, May 21, 2010

Flyers take season opener in STG

Having some trouble with the team's website, so here's tonight's game recap:

FLYERS RALLY FOR EXTRA INNINGS WIN ON OPENING NIGHT
Orange County uses long ball to overcome nine run deficit

OC 000 403 340 01 --- 15-18-4
CHI 501 700 100 00 --- 14-19-1

ST. GEORGE, Utah. (May 21, 2010) – The Flyers overcame a nine-run deficit to defeat the St. George RoadRunners in extra innings to open the 2010 season at Bruce Hurst Field. Orange County were led by former Major Leaguer Ben Johnson, who tied a franchise record with seven RBI thanks to a pair of three-run homeruns and an RBI-double.

Orange County took its first lead of the game when speedster Zach Mandelblatt scored on a wild pitch in the top of the 11th inning.

Reliever Bryan Harris earned the win with three scoreless innings of relief, and Andre Simpson earned the save with a scoreless bottom of the 11th.

After getting down 13-4 after four innings, Orange County added three runs in the sixth and seventh, and four more in the eighth to tie the game, 14-14.

The RoadRunners struck early, as the first five batters all came around to score in the bottom of the first inning. Yosvanny Almario and Brett Flowers each drove in a pair of runs and came around to score in the frame.

After St. George opened up a 6-0 lead, the Flyers responded in the top of the fourth, as Ben Johnson’s first three-run homerun pulled Orange County within two, 6-4. The RoadRunners however, responded with a seven-run bottom of the fourth for a 13-4 lead.

Flyers catcher Jim Goethals homered in the sixth to pull Orange County back within six, and Ben Johnson’s second three-run shot in the seventh brought the Flyers within three, 13-10. When the RoadRunners expanded their lead with D.J. Dixon’s sac-fly in the seventh, the Flyers plated four in the eighth with the tying runs coming on Julian Benavidez’s two-run homerun.

The Flyers and RoadRunners continue this four-game series Saturday as the Flyers’ Jesse Smith takes the mound against former Flyers ace Reed Dickert. First pitch is scheduled for 6:05pm Pacific at Bruce Hurst Field. The game can be heard live online through www.OrangeCountyFlyers.com.

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