Fair Oaks 6, Chico 2 (League: 15-4, Overall: 22-5) - July 4 @ Fairfield - Fair Oaks stretched its tourney win streak to three games with a 6-2 win over Chico on July 4.
Chico went up 1-0 in the bottom of the first inning off Oaks' starter Adam Moshofsky and scored again in the second for a 2-0 lead.
But the Oaks came back for four runs in the third for a lead they'd never give up en route to the victory.
Center fielder Jim Ott led off with a walk and then with two outs, designated hitter Nick Palumbo beat out a ground ball to third to put two runners on. Ott scored on a hit by third baseman Justin Hoppes and then left fielder Bryan Lynch tied the game as he brought home Palumbo on a hit to right field.
First baseman Russ Beldi followed with a hit to right that went off the glove of the right fielder, going for a triple and scoring both Hoppes and Lynch for a 4-2 lead.
The Oaks made it 5-2 in the fourth as catcher B.J. Crone led off with a hit to left. Ott moved Crone to second with a bunt and with Schoenfelder at the plate, a wild pitch moved Crone to third.
Schoenfelder walked and the next batter, right fielder Jason Wilkerson was hit by a pitch, loading the bases.
With two outs, Hoppes drew a walk, forcing in Crone from third to make it a 5-2 game.
The Oaks' final run scored in the sixth as Ott led off with a hit to right.
Schoenfelder followed with a ground ball to short that was booted and then Wilkerson walked to load the bases.
Palumbo's ground ball to second brought home Ott with the Oaks' final run for a 6-2 lead.
Moshofsky allowed only one hit the rest of the way for the complete-game victory.
| TEAM | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
FAIR OAKS | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 1 |
CHICO | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
Fair Oaks: Moshofsky and Crone. Top hitters: Crone 2x5; Hoppes 2 RBI;
Beldi 3B, 2 RBI; Patel 2x4, 2B.
Chico: Freehand, Thomas (7) and Anderson. Top hitters: Mass 2x3; Anderson
2B.
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