San Francisco Angels
Wood Bat Baseball Team
Recap of 2003 season- Pre-season
April 19- First Game- TCUP Stadium, Vacaville
April 25 ,26 & May 4- Laurel Creek Park, Fairfield, California
May 9 & 10- TCUP Stadium, Vacaville & Renfree Field, Sacramento
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San Francisco Angels Wood Bat Baseball Team
Recap of 2003 season- Pre-season April 19- First Game- TCUP Stadium, Vacaville April 25 ,26 & May 4- Laurel Creek Park, Fairfield, California May 9 & 10- TCUP Stadium, Vacaville & Renfree Field, Sacramento
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Another Scoreboard Wrong- Heaven Is Outraged: "My Angels Scored 3 in the 6th, Not 2!"
TCUP Stadium scoreboard's got it wrong, Mudcats get the billing, guest Angels grab an 8-4 win. Jarian White again messes the Mudcats to seal victory. Friday May 9- Travis Credit Union Field (TCUP), Vacaville- The Angels rolled to an 8-4 victory against the host Solano Mudcats, evening their record to 2-2 against them. Centerfielder Colin Stewart's (ex-minor leaguer, Atlanta Braves) bases-clearing triple in the 6th inning secured the win for the Angels. Shortstop and cleanup hitter Mike Ryan drove in three runs and third baseman Jake Holt (ex-Hayward State) doubled and singled, driving in two runs. Pitcher Ben Smith (SF State redshirt) started for San Francisco and turned the lead over to Christian Aguirre (Sonoma State) in the 5th inning. Southpaw Jarian White (Sonoma State redshirt) finished the game with another three innings of scoreless relief.
Box score & recaps for May 9, 2003
Matt Flaherty works flawlessly against the Athletics. Saturday May 10- Renfree Field, Sacramento- The Angels took a 4-0 lead into the 5th inning of a 7-inning first game against the Sacramento Athletics. Starter Matt Flaherty (ex-SF State) held the Athletics hitless through four innings, but the change of pitchers in the 5th led to a team collapse on defense and a 5-4 loss. The errors continued in the 9 innings of the 2nd game, but the strong offense and some gutsy pitching at the end by a tiring Marc Caviglia (SF City College) earned the Angels a 9-8 victory and a split of the doubleheader. Caviglia threw the final four innings in relief of starter Robert Salini (Sonoma State redshirt). Leadoff hitter Colin Stewart scored three runs, while Dano Kingman (ex-SF State), Jake Holt, and Jarian White had three hits apiece.
Box scores & recaps for May 10, 2003: Game#1, Game#2
Above: Jarian White, pitcher-outfielder-1st baseman, gets ready to bunt. Below: Esteban Contreras worked all three games as the Angels catcher-in-training. Mark Caviglia releases pitch in second game save. Jake Holt gets ready to drill yet another offering.
Laurel Creek Park, Fairfield, California, April 26, 27 & May 4, 2003 24th Annual Fairfield Tournament RALLY!
At left, Novato Knicks pitcher throws to Angel shortstop Mike Ryan. Above, #36 Esteban Contreras celebrates game-winning walk-off hit to send Angels to Fairfield Tournament playoffs.
Saturday night, April 26: 6'7" Angels pitcher Robert Salini (Sonoma State redshirt) stands guard at third base. Later he will catch a line shot by Angel batter Dan Kingman (ex-SF State). But aren't they on the same team? Well, yes, but Ivan the Terrible Davis brought only 6 players to oppose us, so we thought it would be more fair to let Salini play third for them. Actually, we gave them a pitcher, a catcher, and a Salini. Ivan also borrowed a glove from us. We won 7-0. Ivan's Six have now been removed from our list of premier wood bat summer teams. April 26 game scoresheets were discarded.
Sunday night, April 27: Rain-soaked game with the Mudcats was tied 5-5 when rains postponed the finish until May 4. The Angels took a 5-3 lead in the 3rd inning when centerfielder Colin Stewart (ex-Sonoma State) was safe on an error and then streaked around and scored by stealing bases and forcing errors by the frightened defense. The 4-run rally was also highlighted by first baseman Mike Mukuno's (ex-SF State) double into the right-field corner. Solano County's own umpire Randy Quinn helped the Mudcats rally back by bending the right field line 15 feet, authorizing 2 runs to score on a foul ball.
Tournament games on Saturday, May 3 were washed out, and moved to Sunday, May 4: Against the Novato Knicks, Angels third baseman Jake Holt's (ex-Hayward State) two-run double in the sixth inning tied the game 4-4, and Esteban Contreras' (ex-San Diego CC) deep flyball single over the centerfielder's head won it in the bottom of the 7th, 5-4. Winning pitcher was Jerame Nelson (ex-Hayward State), who an hour later lost a one-inning continuation of the April 27 tie, 6-5, due largely to a shortage of regular position players. The pitchers are happy to contribute as needed in all capacities, and all positions.
Box score & recaps for April 27, 2003 (completed on May 4) Box score & recaps for May 4, 2003
Above: Jake Holt, Mike Mukuno. Below: Coach Roland Nazar discusses surfing techniques with players; winning pitcher Jerame Nelson.
The Director of Statistics for the San Francisco Angels Wood Bat Baseball Team is having trouble with the tabulations for the winning game against the Knicks, especially the 7th inning- and also the pitching. Here is the scoresheet:
[Post-season note: Four teams remained in Tournament contention after May 4, 2003 but the Tournament was never continued. 1st & 2nd place trophies were relabeled as 3rd & 4th place trophies for the 2004 Tournament. ]
First Game of 2003- April 19- TCUP Stadium, Vacaville
Pitcher Jason Caldwell (Sonoma State redshirt) warms up. Outfielder Bertland Watson takes a hack. Coach Roland Nazar, in black shirt at right, discusses game plan and need for new uniforms with shortstop Mike Ryan. Nazar has three #5 jerseys with his name stitched on the back and they've all been handed out.
At left, infielder Jake Holt (who hit .414 for Hayward State in 2001) watches. Meanwhile, the Angels batter stares at the plate and the two clowns make strange right-hand gestures.
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the doubleheader against Shawn Skibek's Solano Mudcats, the 'Cats ex-minor
league pitcher Jason Olsen shut down the Angels completely in the first
game, pitching six innings in the 4-0 Mudcats win. Ben Smith (SF State redshirt) went
a strong five innings for the Angels, allowing three hits and one earned run.
Last summer, Ben won 10 games for the Angels, including a
At left, pitcher Matt Flaherty (ex-SF State) follows through. At right, the Angel bench.
The Angels won the second game at TCUP Stadium 4-3, with clutch hitting by Jake Holt and three innings of impressive no-hit relief by southpaw pitcher Jarian White (Sonoma State redshirt). |
complete game
1-hitter against the California Coastal League champions, Salinas Packers. A
bobbled ball at shortstop kept him from a no-hitter.