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2004 Mt. Diablo A's

A's Save Best For Last In 23-6 Thrashing of Cubs
Kline Complete Game, 5 hits, HR and two Smith HR's lead A's

"What a long strange trip it's been" goes the Grateful Dead song and Sunday was as strange as it gets.  The Cubs came in to the game with a 16-5 record while the A's were 5-16, yet it was the A's who held the Cubs scoreless in the first two innings while ripping 15 hits and scoring 14 runs in those same two innings.

In spite of a stiff wind blowing out, Scott Kline was able to hold the Cubs in check, scattering 13 hits and allowing only 1 HR.  Kline hit a home run and a ground rule double to go along with three singles.  

The other HUGE performance of the day was put in by Chuck Smith.  5 for 6 on the day with EIGHT RBI's including a game ending opposite field grand slam.

Mike Riherd turned in four hits, Harlan McCaskey had three knocks of his own including a single and a triple in the first inning.  Juan Carlos Henriquez had two singles including a bullet through the box that would have taken the pitcher's leg clean off.  Tim Criss had a couple of hits and scored 3 runs and played great center field in some tough sun and wind.

Scott Kaplan turned two double plays defensively and had three hits with two RBI's and Joe Washington closed out his 28+ career with a couple of hits and a couple of RBI's to boot.  Chris West contributed an rbi single in the decisive first inning and scored a run.

The Cubs will go into the playoffs as the number three seed while the A's future is uncertain.

Volk Charges the A's in Split With Tigers
Top of the Order Produces
Game 1
The Mt. Diablo A's came into Sunday's double header against the Tigers at Solano College looking for a sweep to draw even with them in the standings.  In spite of a valiant effort, the A's have another win to show for their efforts but are no closer to the Tigers in the standings.

In game one, the A's jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning as Todd Bagneschi hit a two-out rbi single to drive in Harlan McCaskey who had singled and stole second.  The Tigers scored the next three runs over the next two innings to take a 3-1 lead into the fourth.

Harlan McCaskey reached on an error and Tim Criss singled.  Chuck Smith drove in McCaskey with a single and Bagneschi plated Smith and Criss to give the A's the lead.  Bob Volk reached on a fielders choice.  John Quinn singled and Juan Henriquez walked.  Volk scored on a wild pitch during Chris West's at bat to give the A's a two run cussion.

The prodigeous Tiger's offense scored two runs in the bottom of the inning to draw even.  Three hits and a couple of steals led to another run before Kline struck out the last batter of the inning.  

With one out in the sixth inning, Tim Criss notched his second single of the game.  Chuck Smith did the same.  After a fly ball to left, Volk came to the plate and launched his first HR of the season giving the A's an 8-6 advantage.  The Tigers took advantage of some balls hit in the sun and timely hitting to score three runs in the bottom of the sixth.  Larry Garza allowed only a single in the top of the seventh and earned his seventh victory of the season.

 Game 2
In spite of a difficult loss in Game 1, the A's put their troubles behind them and came out ready to play in Game 2.  In the first game, the Tigers ran unchecked turning many of their singles into doubles.  Jeff Wax and Harlan McCaskey took note and set the tone for the second game.  After yielding a lead off single, Wax promptly picked of the Tigers lead off man.  He got the next two guys on a pop up to short and a ground ball to Mike Riherd at first.

The A's struck for four runs in their half of the first as John Quinn singled, Chuck Smith doubled down the right field line advancing Quinn to third.  Todd Bagneschi reached on an error by the short stop and Bob Volk followed with his second home run of the day.  

The Tigers got an unearned run in the second inning after a single and a throwing error moved their clean up hitter to third.  He scored on an infield error.  Wax and McCaskey killed another rally by throwing out another base runner, this time as the Tigers catcher was attempting to steal second.  Todd Bagneschi made a nice tag and a ground ball to short later, the A's were out of the jam.

Scott Kaplan got a two out rally going with a single, advanced to second on a passed ball and to third on a wild pitch.  John Quinn was hit by a pitch and Mike Riherd reached base on an error by the shortstop which scored Kaplan.  

The Tigers closed it to 5-2 on a triple by Thompson and an error on Joe Washington at second base in the fourth.  Washington made up for it a little later making a running catch on a pop up to end the inning.  In the fifth, a two out error helped lead to a three run homer off the bat of Thompson.  This tied the game at five.

In the bottom of the inning, the Tigers intentionally walked Bob Volk for the second time.  Jeff Wax ripped a single to right field to get Volk to third.  Tim Criss delivered another clutch two out single to give the A's a 6-5 advantage.  The Tigers mounted one last charge on a home run by catcher Crank in the top of the sixth.  He jumped on a 3-0 "just get it over" pitch to pull the Tigers to 6-6.

In the bottom of the sixth, the A's showed their mettle and came up huge with a two out rally.  Consecutive singles by John Quinn and Mike Riherd led the Tigers to change pitchers.  Chuck Smith liked the decision very much as he ripped a double to the fence to score Quinn and Riherd from first.  Todd Bagneschi kept the beat going with an rbi single up the middle of his own and Bob Volk singled as well before the Tigers stopped the bleeding.

Wax endured a scare in the final inning but Tim Criss squeezed the final out off the bat of Ed Santero and the A's had their 5th win of the season and fourth in their last seven games.

The A's take on the Tri Valley 40's next week at Granada High School in Livermore.  Infield is at 12:30 and the game starts at 1pm.

A's Squeak One Out Against White Sox
Henriquez RBI in Bottom of the 8th Gives A's 6-5 Win

In spite of trailing from the third inning until the bottom of the eighth, the Mt. Diablo A's never felt like they were going to lose the game.  There was a confidence that kept them fighting back in spite of some missed opportunities.  The confidence paid off as Juan Henriquez lined a single off of White Sox pitcher Dan McCrory driving home Bob Volk who was running for Chuck Smith.  

The A's struck first in the second inning as Todd Bagneschi hit a single and stole second.  He scored as a result of a throwing error by the shortstop.  After a fly to center, Scott Kaplan laced a triple to the right center field gap but the A's were unable to push him across.

Emergency starter Joe Washington held the White Sox scoreless for the first two innings but ran into some trouble in the third.  A two out walk with a man on followed by a couple of singles gave the White Sox a 3-2 lead.

The A's tied it in the bottom of the fourth when Chris West doubled to right field and John Quinn drove him in with a two out RBI single.  The White Sox got their only earned run of the day off Washington in the fifth and added another run in the sixth to give the White Sox a 5-3 advantage.

Scott Kline took over in the 7th and struck out the side.  In the bottom of the seventh, McCrory of the White Sox started to tire.  Chuck Smith led off with a single off the bag at third and went to third on a couple of wild pitches.  Bagneschi drove in Smith with a one out double and advanced to third on a wild pitch.  Tim Criss delivered a clutch two-out rbi single to pull the A's even.  The A's loaded the bases before the inning was over but were unable to push any more runs across.

Kline faced the top of the White Sox order in what proved to be the final inning, the eighth.  After a lead off single and a stolen base, Kline notched his fourth strikeout.  After a fly ball to Tim Criss in center, Jeff Carr made an electrifying catch in right field, sprinting deep into the gap and snaring a line drive off the bat of James Hariel.  If Carr had been unable to make that catch, the A's would not have won the game.

In the bottom of the eighth, Mike Riherd got his first hit.  Due to a torn hamstring, John Quinn ran for him.  Quinn was caught stealing on a mix up in signals.  Chuck Smith earned an important walk to start the eventual winning rally off.  An errant throw on a pick off attempt landed the A's a runner at second base.  Volk ran for Quinn, who was running for Smith, after he flied out to deep left field.  Todd Bagneschi, the A's best hitter throughout the day was hit by a pitch setting the stage for Juan Carlos Henriquez.

Henriquez had been the victom of some nice defensive plays by the White Sox and came to the plate with an 0-4 day.  Henriquez drove a 1-1 pitch up the middle to easily plate Bob Volk with the winning run.

The A's take on the Livermore Tigers in a double header on Sunday, July 25th.  Game one starts at 1pm.  The A's are two games back of the Tigers in the standings and could make up some significant ground in the standings.

Heartbreaking Loss In Game One Leads to Sweep at Hands of Indians, 10-8 and 10-0.

The Mt. Diablo A's took a modest 2 game winning streak into their double header against the TVMSBL powerhouse Indians.  Last year the A's were able to strike early and often and upset the Indians.  It looked like the A's were going to follow the same formula as they struck for five first inning runs, sending 11 men to the plate.  Chuck Smith went nuts in the first game with a three run homer to get things started and finished with two more doubles and five RBI's.  He also turned a spectacular double play in the first inning.

The Indians were not scared and scored six runs in the first inning, all after two were out.  The A's rebounded with a run in the second inning after Smith doubled and Todd Bagneschi singled him home to tie the score.  After a self-induced scheduling snafu, Scott Kline took the hill in the second inning and retired the Indians without incident.  The A's added two more runs in the third when they loaded the bases with nobody out.  Joe Washington singled to right, Scott Kaplan beat out a bunt and Harlan McCaskey singled to left.  Dave Williams, the Indians starter was replaced by Cy Young winner Dave Gilberti.  Chuck Smith popped a double that landed on the right field line that scored Washington and Kaplan.  McCaskey was tagged out after he fell in the mud bog at third base.  This put the A's up 8-6.

The score stayed that way as Kline and Gilberti put up zero after zero until the bottom of the sixth.  Kline gave up a single sandwiched between two fly balls to Steve Nahm in left field.  Gilberti, who already had two hits in the game, lifted a seemingly routine fly ball to right center field.  Routine that is if Tim Criss were able to see the ball off the bat.  Criss was stranded on an island as no-one could help him before the ball fell to the ground.  This was the break the Indians needed.  They followed this fluke double up with four singles up the middle and turned what seemed like an hard won 8-6 victory for the A's into a 10-8 loss.

In game two, the Indians took the lesson they learned from game one and applied it to game two.  Instead of trying to crush the ball, they concentrated on hitting it up the middle.  In fifteen hits in the first five innings, only one was for extra bases, and very few were hit hard.  The A's offered little resistence as they didn't get their first hit until Jeff Taylor roped a double to the wall in the fifth inning.  Jeremy Laub pitched a complete game for the Indians yielding one hit over seven innings and striking out 9.  He walked one and hit a batter too.

The A's take on the White Sox this coming Sunday at 1pm at Alhambra High School in Martinez.

A's Force the Issue With 4-2 Win Over Oaks
Kline Pitches Complete Game, Bagneschi Plates Smith with Game Winner

The Mt. Diablo A's displayed their new aggressive and opportunistic approach on Sunday and willed themselves a 4-2 comeback victory over the Oaks.  In a tightly battled game, it was the Oaks who blinked first.

The Oaks got out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second.  An error, a walk, a wild pitch and a succession of groundouts plated their two runs.  Those would be the only runs surrendered by Scott Kline the rest of the game.  His mixture of off speed pitches and well located fast balls hand cuffed the Oaks all day long.  Kline registered the first victory by an A's pitcher not named Wax this year, yielding only five hits and two walks on the way to his first complete game of the season.

Randy Grant, the Oaks starting pitcher held the A's scoreless until the fifth.  Kline led things off with a single to right field.  Scott Kaplan beat out a bunt.  Kaplan's speed would play another big factor in the inning.  After Harlan McCaskey was hit by Grant in the rear-end, and a strikeout, John Quinn lifted a sac fly to left field to score Kline with their first run.  Mike Riherd followed with an infield single.  The Oaks shortstop made a diving stop on the ball but had trouble getting back on his feet.  Kaplan, who started the play on second base, never stopped running and slid in ahead of the tag to tie up the game.

Kline faced one batter over the minimum over the last five innings he pitched while the A's continued to put the pressure on the Oaks defense.  The A's had the top of their order up in the eighth.  With two out, Chuck Smith was hit on the arm with a pitch.  Chuck stole second and advanced to third on the throw that ended up in center field.  Todd Bagneschi worked the count full and laced a sharp single to right field.  The Oaks outfielder misplayed the ball and Bagneschi ended up on second base as Smith crossed the plate with the go ahead run.  

The A's added an insurance run in the ninth due to the legs of Tim Criss.  Criss reached on an error, stole second and went to third on another bad throw.  On a gamble, manager Mike Riherd called for a squeeze play.  Joe Washington showed bunt too early and the Oaks pitcher threw an unreachable pitch.  Criss was seemingly hung out to dry halfway down the line.  The Oaks however botched the rundown and Criss scored when the third baseman threw away the ball during the rundown.

Kline yielded a one out double in the ninth but quickly ended the rally inducing a pop up to second base and having Tim Criss make a nice running catch in deep center to end the game.  The win improved the A's to 3-8 on the season and was their second win in a row.  The Oaks dropped to under .500 at 5-6.

Next up for the A's is a double header with the Indians on July 11th at Diablo Valley College with game one at 9:30am.  Game two will start at 12:30pm or 30 minutes after the first game.

A's Back on Winning Track
Complete Team Effort Overwhelms Grays 15-5

The momentum had been building for a few weeks.  More guys on base, better base running, more two out hits with runners on, all signs that the A's were going to put it together soon.  Sunday, the A's put together a total team effort and throttled the Grays with a 15-5 thrashing.

The Grays got off to a good start scoring two runs in the first inning on three hits.  A's pitcher Jeff Wax settled down and struck out the last two batters of the inning to end the rally.  The A's came back with a run in the bottom of the first as John Quinn led off with a single that turned into a triple courtesy of the rock-hard Camp Parks outfield.  Mike Riherd drove him in with a hard grounder through the third baseman's legs.  

The Grays scored again on a couple of hits but cut their half of the second inning short as the A's threw out a runner trying to take an extra base.   The A's half of the second inning was just the beginning of things to come.  

Jeff Taylor started the inning with a two strike double to right field.  Tim Criss pushed Taylor to third base with a ground out to second.  Harlan McCaskey walked and stole second.  After a strike out, the top of the A's order responded with five consecutive hits.  John Quinn, Mike Riherd and Chuck Smith all doubled and Todd Bagneschi and Jeff Wax singled.  The six runs gave the A's a 7-3 lead they would not relinquish.  

The Grays bounced back with a couple of runs in their half of the third inning.  The score stayed 7-5 until the bottom of the fourth.  Scott Kaplan led off with a walk, Quinn notched his third hit of the afternoon, Riherd walked.  With the bases loaded, Chuck Smith had an RBI single.  Todd Bagneschi ripped his third of four hits on the day, knocking in two.  The five runs put the game out of reach and gave the A's a 12-5 lead.

Jeff Wax settled down and allowed only one hit in his final four innings of work.  Wax notched his second win of the season, striking out 8 along the way.  Scott Kline pitched the final inning of the game facing the minimum number of batters in the frame.

One of the keys to the A's victory was the defense.  The A's played error free baseball for the first time this year.  Todd Bagneschi moved to second base for the first time this season and turned two terrific double plays.  The first was on a hot shot to Jeff Taylor at third.  The second was on a text book twin killing to Chuck Smith in the eighth.  

The A's next game is Sunday, June 20th at Alhambra High School against the Oaks at 1pm.   

A's Lose to Red Sox, 21-7
A's Run Out of Pitching

The Red Sox scored 10 runs in the 7th inning to bust open a competitive game at Deer Valley High School.  As the A's gradually score more and more runs, the formula for giving up fewer runs continues to evade them.  

The Red Sox, with the help of an error, put up three runs in the top of the first.  Undaunted, the A's put together a four run first inning of their own.  After John Quinn singled and Mike Riherd walked, Chuck Smith executed a perfect hit and run single to right field on a 3-1 count, scoring Quinn.  Todd Bagneschi reached on an error, stole second and scored on Jeff Wax's two RBI single giving the A's a 4-3 advantage.

Wax struggled a little in the third with the heart of the Red Sox order.  Two singles, a hit batter set the Red Sox up for a four run inning when Schmidt doubled and Pearse singled in two runs a piece.

The A's responded in the bottom of the inning with two runs of their own.  Mike Riherd led off with another walk, and Smith singled.  The Red Sox tried to turn a double play on Bagneschi's grounder to short but the second baseman threw the ball away allowing Riherd to score and Bagneschi to take second base.  A wild pitch advanced Bagneschi to third, and he eventually scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Jeff Wax.

The Red Sox added a single run in the fourth and three more in the fifth.  Wax pitched a scoreless sixth inning and gave way to Jeff Taylor in the seventh.  A combination of Jeff Taylor and Joe Washington gave up 10 runs in the inning giving the Red Sox a 15 run lead.

The only drama left was whether or not the A's could score a run to extend the game one more inning.  Chris West drove a ground rule double to right center field and with two outs, James Peacock hit a flair to right field to drive in Chris West.

Washington pitched a scoreless eighth and the A's went down quietly in their half of the inning and the game was called due to the time limit.

A's Lose to Blue Jays, 20-5
Chuck Smith Has Big Day

Poor defensive play helped turn a 1-1 game into a blowout.  Two errors to start the fourth inning opened the door for the Jays to score seven runs in the fourth.  The fifth inning was not much better as three more errors led to five more runs.  

The A's offense showed more signs that it is ready to come to life as it scored more runs off Blue Jays starter Jeff Pick in this one game than they have against him in the previous three combined.  Chuck Smith led the way with a Home Run, and two singles with two RBI's.  The A's ended the day with 10 hits and 4 walks.

A's Bats Start To Come Around
A's Lose to Cubs 13-3

The A's saw first hand what a good tournament team brings to the table.  The Sonoma Cubs played incredible defense, hit the ball well and made no mistakes in their 13-3 victory over the Mt. Diablo A's at Granada High School on Sunday.

Scott Kline made the start on the mound for the A's and surrendered two runs in the first inning but got out of trouble with a strikeout and a pop up to James Peacock at first base.

 The A's tied it up in the third when Juan Henriquez opened the inning with a single.  He stole second and went to third on a passed ball before Tim Criss drove him in with a sharp single.  Criss used his speed and stole second base as Mike Riherd worked the count.  Riherd promptly doubled to left center field to score Criss easily from second and draw the A's even.  The first three batters in the A's order were a combined 6 for 12 on the day and Juan Carlos Henriquez pitched in a 2-3 effort in the 10th spot.  Steve Nahm also pitched in a couple of hits to round out the A's offense.

The Cubs responded with three runs in their half of the third on three hits, two walks and an error.  Things could have gotten much worse but Kline struck out the no. 2 and number 3 hitter before inducing a fielder's choice to get out of the inning.

A single run on a double, a ground out and a sacrifice fly made it a 6-2 game in the fourth.  Kline pitched a scoreless fifth before giving up a single and a home run and yielding to Harlan McCaskey.  McCaskey got out of the inning without any further damage, getting a fly ball to Criss in left field and ground outs to Henriquez at third and Riherd at short.

McCaskey was unable to record an out in the seventh sandwiching two walks with two doubles.  Joe Washington came on to pitch the seventh and eighth, giving up an unearned run and striking out two Cubs on full count knuckleballs.

This week's game is against the San Ramon Blue Jays at Diablo Valley College at 9:30am.  Be ready to take infield at 9am.  Mike Riherd will be managing this week.

I put together a list of things we need to do better as a team.  It's pretty lengthy but hopefully it will help us raise our expectations and performance in certain situations and help make us more competitive.  Let's be ready to play!

A's Struggle On Offense
Another Game Where One Bad Inning Prevents Victory

Avoiding the big inning and an inability to produce one has been the story of the A's 1-5 start in 2004.  Scott Kline battled through some early struggles and left the game trailing 2-0 after four innings.  In the fifth, Jeff Wax took over and gave up five runs, four earned.  Wax finished strong blanking the Giants the rest of the way.

The most disappointing part of the day for the A's was the lack of offensive production.  There was nothing overwhelming about the Giants pitching or defense.  With the exception of Todd Bagneschi's and Scott Kaplan's two hits each, the Giants were rarely forced to make a tough play.  

Bagneschi reached base in all four of his at bats.  The first two on HBP's and the second two with line drive base hits.  Kaplan had a base hit up the middle and scorched a two out, 2 rbi double in the ninth.  Kaplan and Bagneschi also played the best defense for the A's.  Bagneschi took away a hit making a nice play on a fielder's choice in the Giants fifth inning.  Kaplan put his speed to use making a diving catch on a pop up in short right field just after entering the game.  Kaplan also made two other nice plays on ground balls.

The A's will take Mother's Day off and host the Cubs at Granada High School on Sunday, May 16th at 9:30am.  Infield will start at 9am.  Be warmed up and ready to go.

Health Notes:  Bob Volk underwent arthroscopic surgery on his knee on Wednesday.  He will be out another few weeks.  Jeff Carr is scheduled to return to the lineup on May 16th after being out a month with a neck/back injury.  Mike Riherd is scheduled to return after his case of playoffushoopitus.

Wax Complete Game for Naught
0-5 Giants Up Next for A's

The A's had a rough go of it Sunday but most of their misfortune was self inflicted.  

Jeff Wax pitched a complete game giving up only 7 hits in eight innings of work while striking out 7.  After walking the first two batters, Wax settled down and retired the next three Brewers on ground outs and yielding a single run.

In the bottom of the second inning, a one out double, an error on a grounder to third and a fielder's choice to James Peacock at first base set up what proved to be the play of the game.  Wax induced a two out ground ball off the bat of former teammate Vince Duffy.  It bounced off of Chuck Smith's mitt and over shortstop Todd Bagneschi's glove and scored two runs.  Two pitches later Chris Aldridge hit a two run home run to left field making it a 5-0 lead.  The Brewers added a run in the third on a fielders choice and two singles.

The A's finally got their offense going in the top of the 7th when Bagneschi and Smith started the inning with back to back singles.  After a strike out, James Peacock grounded out to third scoring Bagneschi who broke for the plate on contact.  Juan Carlos Henriquez followed with an RBI single up the middle to close the Brewers lead to 6-2.  

In the bottom of the seventh the Brewers rounded out the scoring after a bunt single and two put outs by Jeff Wax, Brewers pitcher Aaron Washington helped his own cause with an RBI single.

Next week the A's take on the winless Giants at Diablo Valley College at 9:30am.  Infield will start at 9am.     

A's Thinking "What If" After 8 run 9th

After eight and a half innings of uninspired baseball, the Mt. Diablo A's scrambled for eight runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to make a game of their contest with the Twin.  

After giving up a couple of runs in the first inning, Scott Kline settled down holding the Twins scoreless in the second, third and fourth innings.  With two outs in the bottom of the fourth inning, John Colville singled in Tim Criss who had singled before him and went to second on a wild pitch.  

The Twins did not take long to respond as Joe Perry answered in the fifth inning with a home run.  Four hits and an error later the Twins had staked themselves to a 6-1 lead.  In the sixth inning Kline got the first two players to hit routine ground balls but had no outs to show for it due to some shoddy defense.  Two unearned runs later, the A's were down 8-1.  In the seventh, Kline gave up another run on a single, a fielder's choice and another single.  The A's made it 8-2 in the bottom of the seventh when Todd Bagneschi had a one out single, went to third on a Tim Criss double and scored on a wild pitch.  

Joe Washington came on to pitch the 8th inning for the A's and gave up two unearned runs.  It took another 5 outs for the A's to retire the Twins in the ninth.  The biggest gaff being when Washington struck out Arthur Johnson for the second time in as many innings on a knuckleball.  The ball went to the backstop with runners on second and third and inexplicably, Washington went to first base instead of covering home plate.  Two runs scored on the strikeout.  Perhaps a modern day record.

The A's did not lay down and die in the ninth.  After Washington struck out to lead off the inning, Harlan McCaskey walked and stole second and ended up at third when the catcher's throw went into center field.  Juan Carlos Henriquez then walked and took third on a perfectly executed, if not entirely improvised hit and single by Chuck Smith.  Bagneschi and Tim Criss followed with walks to load the bases for John Colville.  Colville drove in a run with a single and Bob Volk finally saw a strike and laced it for a single and a couple of RBI's.  Mike Riherd dropped in a single loading the bases with one out for James Peacock who doubled down the right field line drawing the A's to 17-9.  The Twins became concerned and brought starter Dan Ward back into the game.  Jeff Taylor drove in a run with a ground out on a really close play at first base (i.e. he beat it out) and Scott Kaplan ended the inning with a fly ball to right.

Defensive standouts for the day were Mike Riherd who played some terrific first base and Steve Nahm made a terrific catch on a liner to center.

Next up for the A's is the Brewers, formerly known as the Reds.  9:30am at Granada HS in Livermore.  Could be a power display as the Reds have a pretty powerful line up and Bob Volk has 7 HR's in five games on that particular field.

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