A. J. Vidlund waits for the ball before slamming it into center field for a double in the fourth inning of the Oaks game against West Sacramento. The hit brought home one of eight runs the Oaks scored in the inning en route to a 12-3 victory.

Fair Oaks 12, West Sacramento 3 (League: 1-1, Overall: 1-1) - May 28 @ Renfree Field - The Oaks got revenge on West Sacramento for their season-opening 10-1 loss the day before as Fair Oaks pounded West Sac. 12-3 at Renfree Field to even their record at 1-1.
    The Oaks staked starting pitcher Tyler Robertson to a 2-0 lead in the opening inning as center fielder Steve Snider led off with a walk. With shortstop Derek Chase at the plate, Snider was out stealing, but Chase took his place on first after getting hit by a pitch.
    First baseman Mickey Weisser followed with a hit to right field and then Chase scored on a double to left by right fielder Charles Smith. Weisser also came home as the next batter, left fielder Sam Ferra, hit a ball to third that was booted, making it a 2-0 game.
    The Oaks added another run in the bottom of the second after two were out as Snider walked and moved to second on a wild pitch with Chase at the plate. Chase then grounded to short, but beat the throw to first and then Weisser brought home Snider with a hit to right field to make it a 3-0 Oaks lead.
    A hit sandwiched by two hit batsmen in the top of the third led to two West Sacramento runs and West Sacramento added a lone run in the top of the fourth to tie the game at 3-3.
    Post 383 stormed back in the bottom of the fourth, however, to score eight runs and take a commanding 11-3 lead.
    Snider drew his third consecutive walk to lead off the inning and then moved to second on a bunt by Chase. Weisser was hit by a pitch to put two on. With Smith at the plate, a wild pitch advanced both runners and then a hit up the middle scored both runs to make it 5-3.
    Ferra followed with a hit to center, sending Smith to third and he scored on a hit to left by designated hitter Todd Atkinson to make it a 6-3 game.
    The hit drove West Sacramento's starter off the mound, but the new pitcher didn't have any better luck as third baseman A.J. Vidlund greeted him with a double to center that scored Ferra to make it 7-3.
    Catcher Joe Gaggero followed with a walk to load the bases and then second baseman Larry Lomascola walked to force in Atkinson to make it 8-3.
    Snider faced a new pitcher and drew his fourth walk of the day to force in Vidlund and make it 9-3. Then with two outs, Weisser doubled down the right field line to score Gaggero and Lomascola to make it an 11-3 contest.
    The Oaks scored one more time in the fifth inning as Ferra led off getting hit by a pitch. With one out, Vidlund was also hit to put two runners on, and then with two outs, Lomascola got a hit to left to score Ferra for the final 12-3 tally.
    Robertson allowed only one base runner in the sixth and Snider came on in relief in the seventh, sending West Sacramento down in order to give the Oaks their 12-3 victory.

TEAM	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
W. SACRAMENTO	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	5	2
FAIR OAKS	2	1	0	8	1	0	-	12	11	0

West Sacramento: Pitching - Zonneveld, Dues (4), Lopes (4), Schaffer (5) and Snyder, Grant (6). Top Hitters - Snyder 2x3; Eszlinger 2x2.
Fair Oaks: Pitching - Robertson, Snider (7) and Gaggero. Top Hitters - Weisser 4x4, 2 RBI; Smith 2x4, 2B, 3 RBI; Atkinson 2x4; Vidlund 2B; L. Lomascola 2 RBI.