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Story: A's,
Beacons, And Goliaths Open Playoffs With Wins February
6, 2010 (Federal League Wire Service)
The Oakland Park A's
surprised the favored South Florida Sun Devils and took a one
game to none lead in their Original Division semi-final series
with a 9-4 win over the Solar Satans. Beacons
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Dom Ficarra delivered a two out RBI single in the top of the
seventh that tied the score at 3-3 before scoring the go ahead
run on a double by Daryl Crosier. The A's then added five
insurance runs in the ninth.
Ficarra and reigning MVP Andrew Medina each poled three hits for
the A's. Ficarra drove in a pair of runs.
Andrew Majoros pitched four innings of relief, permitting two
runs on four hits, to earn the win. Matt Stubbs pitched all nine
innings for the Devils and took the loss. Stubbs allowed seven
earned runs on 15 hits.
The Sun Devils took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on an RBI
single by Eric Lyons. In the fourth, the A's assumed a 2-1 lead
as Medina singled in Joe Torre, with Danny Torres also scoring
on the play on a throwing error.
In the sixth, the Sun devils reclaimed the lead as Jose Zabala
tripled and scored on a wild pitch, and Ralph Consiglio scored
on a sacrifice fly by Bryan Greer.
After the A's took the lead in the seventh, they pushed across
five runs in the top of the ninth as Jorge Correa doubled home
two, Ficarra tripled in another, and Stephen Wells and Marcos
Gonzalez both had RBI singles.
The Sun Devils closed out the scoring with a run in the bottom
of the ninth as pinch hitters Frankie LaRuffa and Matt Papa
collected two out singles before Stubbs singled LaRuffa home.
The A's can advance to the Original Division's Championship
Final Series with a win in Game 2, scheduled for Tuesday night.
In
The Expansion Division: The Lighthouse Point Beacons and the
Davie Goliaths took a giant step toward a fourth consecutive
Expansion Series meeting as they both won the semi-final series
openers.
The Beacons registered a 9-1 win over the Sunrise Sunsets, while
the Goliaths pounded the Margate Sentries, 12-6.
Andrew Gellert recorded his first win as a Beacon by pitching
five solid innings against his former team. Gellert allowed one
run on three hits while walking four and fanning six. Brant
Spring pitched four scoreless innings to pick up a save.
Eric Raskin started for the Twilighters and absorbed the loss
after surrendering six runs, five earned, on seven hits in two
and two thirds innings.
Jimmy Efre, Adric Saxon, Jose Morales, and Jeff Fazio led a 14
hit assault with two hits each. Each Beacon starter recorded at
least one hit.
Brian Hauss and Brandon Hull paced the Sunsets with two hits
each. The pair teamed up for the Twilighters' lone run in the
third as Hull singled Hauss home.
The Beacons will look for the sweep, while the Sunsets will seek
to extend the series, in Game 2, scheduled for Monday.
Meanwhile,
the Goliaths took an early 6-0 lead and glided to a 12-6
triumph.
Eric Brotherhood went the distance for the Philistines, allowing
two earned runs on eight hits. Brotherhood walked five and
struck out two. Andrew Peterson started for the Gatekeepers and
took the loss after permitting five earned runs on 12 hits in
seven and a third innings. Peterson walked five and fanned four.
Randy Talley's three hits and five RBI led the G-Men. Anthony
Sanchez, David Cruz, and Irvin Zelaya added two hits each.
Lorne Battiste had four hits in a losing effort for the
Sentries.
The series resumes with Game 2 scheduled for Wednesday.
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