BEAR RIVER DODGERS 6/12/12

The Bear River Dodgers needed one win in their remaining two contests. First up was the Sierra Foothill Giants  who sit in second place in the SFLL standings. At the end of regulation the score was 0-0 but the Dodgers gave up five runs in the top the ninth inning then they delivered two in the bottom of the ninth in the 5-2 loss.

Bear River's second and final TOC birth comes down to one final game for it's suitors, the BR Giants take on Grass Valley Little League's top team where the Dodgers will take on Nevada City's number one team. It has come down to the final game of the season.

GIANTS FIRST ROUND PICK

Photo courtesy of MS.

Giants Pick Chris Stratton No. 20 in First-Year Player Draft

The San Francisco Giants selected 2012 Golden Spikes semi-finalist right-handed pitcher, Chris Stratton, with the 20th overall pick in the 2012 First-Year Player draft.

The last college pitcher the Giants drafted in the first round was right-hander Tim Lincecum, whom they selected 10th overall from the University of Washington in 2006. Lincecum reached the Major Leagues the following season and captured the National League Cy Young Award in 2008 and 2009.

Stratton, 6-3, 198-pound right-hander from Tupelo, Mississippi is one of 30 semi-finalists for this year's Golden Spikes award, who lead the Southeastern Conference with 11 wins and a 2.21 ERA (25er, 102.0ip), while finishing second with 123 strikeouts. Overall, Stratton went 11-2 with 1 save, while walking 25 batters and holding opponents to a .211 batting average against. The SEC pitcher of the year became Mississippi State's Friday starter after beginning the season from the bullpen. One of Stratton's most impressive performances this season came when he struck out 17 batters on March 16 vs. Louisiana State University, which marked the most strikeouts by any pitcher in one game in the SEC this year.

  Under Major League Baseball's collective bargaining agreement, the Giants have $4,076,400 in their pool for bonuses to pay draftees, of which $1.85 million is recommended for the first pick. But this doesn't guarantee that signings will occur automatically. The Giants and other teams are free to ignore these constraints, but any club exceeding its suggested bonus pool payout will be taxed. The signing deadline is July 13.


Data was provided by San Fransisco Giants website.

BEAR RIVER LITTLE LEAGUE 5/17/12

Majors

BR Angels vs GV Angels

The Bear River Angels used the long ball in their win over the Grass Valley Angels by a score of 19-4 which adds to their 13 game win streak. BR manager Sean Solomon called on Ryan Solomon to start on the hill, who picked up the win throwing two and a third innings with six strike outs and giving up no runs.
Jake Leonard got the first hit of game top of the first, Solomon walked and proceeded to get picked off at first before Scotty Sandstadt hit a fast ball off the scoreboard in right field which moved the score to 2-0.
The Angels went back to work at the plate in the third with Dylan Sinclair, Porter Elliott and Leonard walking to load the bases to start the innings action. Solomon singled which scored two. Sandstadt also picked up an RBI single and David Fenton drove a ball over the center field fence. The two RBI home run moved the score to 7~0. Owen Dalbon singled and stole second base but was left stranded.
Leonard was called to pitch with one out in the bottom of the third where he was able to get two GV batters to hit ground ball which got the BR Angels out of the inning.
Ryan Bradford led off the fourth for Bear River with a double to the gap in right center but the Angels failed to score him.
Leonard delivered a strike out, strike out and fly out in the back half of the inning.
Porter Elliott led off with a double in the top of the fifth, Leonard made it aboard on an error by the GV Angel short stop. Solomon hit a two RBI double that made the mery rule look inevidable at 10~0. Sandstadt kept the rally alive with a two RBI home run, his second of the game. Which resulted in a 12-0 lead. Dalbon singled. Hopper doubled off the left center field fence but the rally stalled.
In the bottom of the fifth Leonard strikes out the first batter, but gives up a double followed by a BR fielding error and a double which scored a Grass Valley Angel run. With the score 12-1 with one out in bottom of the fifth, Bear River manager Sean Solomon goes to Jordan Elliott to pitch. GV put a rally of their own together with a single, followed by a double which scores two. The next batter hit a ground ball to short stop and the runners were safe. Jordan Elliott got the next batter to ground out, getting out of the inning.
Bradford walked to start the sixth as did Sinclair and Anthony Crawford walk load bases. The Angels scored a total of seven runs in the inning
good for a 19~3 lead.
Sandstadt came in relief to close the game out. He did give up one run on a lead off walk, strikeout, fielding error and the run came across home on a dropped third strike strike out and he stuck the final batter of the game out in the 19-4 win.
The Bear River Angels travel to the Applegate Ball field on Saturday to take on the SF Orioles at 3 p.m.

BR Giants at PV White Sox

The Giants came into Wednesday night's game against the Penn Valley Whites Sox on a three game win streak, their longest of the season. BR moved it to four consecutive strong pitching proformance by Clay Corippo and Justin Kilgore in the 1-0 win on the road at Western Gateway Park in Penn Valley. The game was 0-0 through 5. In the top of the sixth, Tyler Rodriguez bunted safely, he advanced to third on a White Sox error and scored on a wild pitch for the only run of the game. 

The Giants stay on the road and travel to Condon Park to do battle with the Grass Valley Angeles at 7 p.m. on Saturday.

Minors

BR Royals vs BR Blue Jays

The Bear River Royals dropped the Bear River Blue Jays by a score of 14-4 in a complete game. Pitching for the Jays were Mathew Sandstadt,  Sean Cullers, Connor and Aiden Black in the loss.

The Blue Jays play the SF Yankees and the Royals take on the SF Athletics both games are on Saturday.

BR Cards vs SF Brewers

The Bear River Cardinals hosted the Sierra Foothill Brewers also on Wednesday afternoon in what was a rematch game that went the same as the first contest. BR won with a final score of 11-10. The Cardinals called on first time pitcher Max Osorio to the hill, who gave up three runs with a strike out. Zachary Hurst came in relief and gave up four runs. and Adam Malic struck out three in the saving effort although the Brewers did give the home team a scare as they pulled within one in the fourth and final inning.

Leading the way at the plate for Cards manager Ralph Hurst were Caleb Hurst, Luke Barrieu, Osorio and Brennan Schad in the win.

Cards catcher, Sydny "Back Stop" Bishop put in a solid defensive effort.

On Saturday BR travels to Sierra Foothill for a contest with the SF Giants.

BEAR RIVER LITTLE LEAGUE 5/16/12

Majors

BR Angels vs BR Athletics

The Bear River Angels squared off against the Athletics in a BRLL match up that went in favor of the Angels 11-1 in five innings on Wednesday. Dean Hopper got his first start of the season for the Angels who earned the win, where Jacob Anderson started for the A's took the loss. Hopper went three and two thirds innings giving up two hits with five strike outs and no runs allowed. Angels manager Sean Solomon relieved Hopper of his duty with Scott Sandstadt who gave up an RBI single to Nathan Van Patten to move the score to 3-1, for the only A's run in the contest. Athletics' manager Dave Aldrich replaced Anderson with Trevor Hennig,


Hopper started the game with a strikeout and the Angels committed two errors placing pressure on the first time stater, he proceeded to strike out the next batter. The following batter grounded out to end the top of the first, getting his team out of an early jam.


The Angels jumped on Athletics starting pitcher in the first, good for two runs and the lead which they never gave up.

Bradford singled with two outs for the Angels but failed to score in the second.

In the Bottom of the third, Anthony Crawford walked to lead off, Jordan Elliott was hit by the pitch and Leonard singled to load bases. The Athletics third baseman made a throwing error which scored another Angels run. Sandstedt hit into a fielders choice which scored a run to move the score to 5~1 with two outs. Leonard scored from third on an A's wild pitch for a 6-1 lead. Fenton singled scoring Solomon, pushing the lead to 7~1. Owen Dalbon also hit safely but the Angels rally stalled to end the third.

In the bottom of the fourth Trevor Hennig was called to pitch for the A's, where he gave up a lead off single to Mason Giordano and Dylan Sinclair followed up with an RBI double to score Giordano. The Angels lead was 8~1.

Fenton ended the game with a walk off double in the fifth with a final score of 11~1.

Fenton closed the game for the Angels where Van Patten and Caleb Edwards also pitched for the A's.

The teams played once earlier in the season that ended in a 14-3 victory for the Angels. The game was closer than the final score stated. Henning gave up no hits through five innings of work for a 0-0 score. The Athletics manager made a pitching change and the Angels' posted 14 runs in the sixth.

BR Dodgers at SF Orioles

The Bear River Dodgers were hosted by the Sierra Foothill Orioles at Applegate Ball Park on Wednesday at 7 p.m. The Dodgers won by a score of 19-4. The visiting team was led by Austin Baze who hit his first home run of the season and starting pitcher Harry Zea.

Dodger's manager John Dzioba also called on Elliot Bouchier, Joe Cregar, Bradley Dzioba and Seth Robinson to pitch in relief.


Bear River was led at the plate by Cregar who went 2-3 including a two RBI double, Dzioba 2-4 and Mason Riffey, Noah Gravatt, Jaden Gravatt and Robinson also hit RBI singles in the win.

The Dodgers will host the SF Nationals on Saturday at 7 p.m.

BEAR RIVER LITTLE LEAGUE 5/14/12

Majors

The Sierra Foothill Giants (7-6) traveled to Bear River on Monday night were they took on the Angels (11-1) The Angels held on for a 12-5 final in inter-league play. The game started with the visitors getting two base runners on before the Angels starter David Fenton shut the surging Giants down in the top half of the first.
The Angels lead off hitter Jordan Elliott walked as did Jake Leonard to start the bottom half of the first. Scott Sandstedt hit a fastball to the cernter fild fence which was good for a two RBI single, Fenton also singled followed by an RBI single by catcher Owen DalBon with one out. Dean Hopper walked to load bases. The  Sierra Foothill pitcher struck out three batters in the inning but he was down 3-0 by the time he got his team out of the first.

Fenton was back on the mound in the second and he had very little difficulty with the back half of the Giants batting order.

Dillon Sinclair drew a walk to start the second for BR, Anthony Crawford laid down a bunt for a single, Porter Elliott moved the runners over. Leonard walked to load the bases and Ryan Solomon delivered a three RBI double with two outs. Solomon scored on a wild pitch to move the score to 7~0 at the end of two.

Hopper single to lead off the bottom of the third but was thrown out stealing second. 

In the top of the fourth the Giants led off with a walk and a single, and with runners at second and and third with no outs Sierra Foothill got on the board with an RBI single. The Giants fifth batter in the batting order hit a two RBI triple with no outs. Angels manager Sean Solomon relieves Leonard with Solomon who proceeded to strikeout the next two batters. Sierra Foothill delivered an RBI single to move the score to 7~4. 

The Angels went three up and three down in the bottom of the fourth and it felt as if the game's momentum had changed. The hard throwing right handed Solomon struck out the first two batters, there was an error by the Angels short stop and the next batter walked. Sandstedt took over on the mound and he fanned the next batter for the final out in the top of five.

Porter Elliott led off with a single and advanced to third on two consecutive wild pitches. Solomon hit him home with an RBI single, Sandstedt was hit by a pitch and Fenton delivered a two RBI single. DalBon and Hopper both followed up with RBI singles and Mason Giordano also hit a single to move the score to 12-4 to end the fifth.

The Giants scored the game's final run on a double to right field in the top of the sixth and made it home on two consecutive throwing errors. Sandstedt struck out the final two batters to close out the game.

The Bear River A's defeated the SF Giants on May 3rd in a 1-0 contest. On Wednesday The BR Athletics will play the BR Angels at 7.

Minors

The Bear River Yankees came into Monday night's game, winning seven consecutive contests while their opponent the BR Royals were looking to rebound from Saturdays 16-12 defeat to the BR Giants. The Yankees rode the arm of Justin Powell who pitched a complete game throwing 75 pitches in the 3-2 win.

With the win, the Yankees got their revenge as the Royals delivered the teams only loss of the season on April 17 by a score of 5-2. 

The Royals jumped to a 2-0  lead in the bottom of the first off of Powell. Austin Breyer started for the Royals going four inning where he also gave up two runs. Branden Sorenson took over for the Royals where he gave up a two out double to Colton Jenkins in the top of the sixth. Jenkins was batted in by Weston Prosser on a drive down the right field line. Powell finished strong striking out two in the sixth and the game ended on a ground out to second.

BEAR RIVER LITTLE LEAGUE 5/12/12

MAJORS

Angels

The White Sox of Penn Valley Little League traveled to Bear River on Saturday afternoon to play baseball against the Angels. BR started with Jake Leonard on the mound who earned the win, ending with a final score of 7-0. In the bottom of the first inning Ryan Solomon hit a two out double to center field and Scott Sandstedt followed up with a home run also to center to take a 2~0 lead. Also pitching for the the Angels in the win were Sandstedt, Dean Hopper and Solomon. All four BR pitchers combined in throwing 65 pitches through six innings. Leading hitters for the Angels were Leonard who hit into a fielders choice, but did get an RBI, Solomon also hit a triple, Sandstedt in addition to his HR, hit a single off the center filed fence that was inches from going out. Owen Dalbon hit an RBI single in the bottom of the fourth to move the score to 4~0, Porter Elliott also hit an RBI single and Leonard's two RBI double capped off the scoring in the bottom of the fifth for the home team to end the contest with a final score of 7-0.  


The Angels (11-1) host the Sierra Foothill Giants (7-5) Monday at 7.

Athletics/Giants

The Bear River Athletics hosted the BR Giants in a rematch game that went the way of pitcher Clay Corippo who threw a two hitter and a couple of home runs as the Giants won by a score of  7-0. Corippo threw 56 pitches in the win. The TOC implications are here. Trevor Hennig started for the Athletics where he gave up six Giants runs and Jacob Anderson relieved for the A's for the remaining three innings giving up one run in the loss. Justin Kilgore (3 HR on the season) and Jake Rogers (1 HR on the season) hit home runs  for the Giants while Logan Jenkins, Reid Zoldan and Corripo hit safely for the in their win over the Athletics. The two A's hits came off the bats of Peyton McGovern who went one for two while Caleb Edwards went one for one against the Giants Ace in the loss.


The Athletics will be back in action on Wednesday against the Bear River Angels and the Giants will travel to Penn Valley and take on the White Sox also on Wednesday both games are at 7.

MINORS

The Bear River Yankees battled with the BR Tigers on Saturday morning and by the time the sun got high in the sky the Yankees won 5-2 in 6 innings. Brekyn Vasquez Stared for the Yankees going three innings and gave up two runs while Colby Lundsford started for the Tigers going one and two thirds also giving up two. Braden Fowler relieved for the Vasquez pitching one and one third with three strike outs and giving up no runs. Colton Jenkins finished the game for the Yankees striking out  the last two batters of the contest. Blaynne Rogers made two great inning ending plays at second base as well as she hit a single driving home a run. Fowler broke the game open with a two RBI double with the bases loaded in the fourth to move the score to 5-2. Also leading the way at the plate for the Yankees were Jenkins, Vasquez, Weston Prosser, Damian Christen and Ryan Olsen who also hit safely. All four Tiger pitchers pitched well including Anthony Vierra who threw smoke in the fifth giving up no runs. "It was very fun game," said a Yankee coach. "The game did not have many errors and all the runs were earned by both teams with hits and good base running."

The Bear River Royals host the BR Yankees on Monday at 4:45. The two teams sit tied in their division with only one loss apiece.

BEAR RIVER LITTLE LEAGUE 5/9/12

MAJORS

Athletics

The Bear River A's traveled to Condon Park on Wednesday where they took on the Grass Valley Angels and won 6-5. BR scored two in the fifth and added three more in the sixth in the win . The A's trailed 4-1 in the fourth. A Bear River coach stated, rhe player of the game was Jakob Berger due to his two RBIs in the sixth which gave his team the lead. The table was set in the sixth by Nathan Van Patten, Jackson Blashford, Peyton McGovern and Jacob Rivett who got hits to give their team a chance. Jacob Anderson started for the visitors throwing two and one third, Rivett threw for one third, Trevor Henning pitched three and one third  and earned the win for manager Dave Aldrich. The A's were led at the plate by McGovern who went two for three including a double and an RBI, Caleb Edwards also went two for three with a double and an RBI.

On Tuesday night the Bear River A's sent their right handed ten year old starting pitcher, Nathan Van Patten to the mound in the 23-0 win over the Sierra Foothill Nationals. Van Patten went two and a third to record the win in the mercy rule game. The team's coach stated "from top to bottom out lineup hit."

Giants

The BR Giants hosted the Nevada City Angels and won 11-1 in inter-league action. Clay Corripo started on the hill for the home team going three while giving up one run. Justin Kilgore closed out the final two innings. The Giants were led by Liam Hayes at the plate with two hits while Reid Zoldan, Cameron Kodai, Corripo, Jake Rogers and Kilgore also had hits. Logan Jenkins was hit by a pitch to the head twice and walked once. Reports are Jenkins is fine.

MINORS

The Bear River Cardinals fell to the the Sierra Foothill  A's 7-5. The Cards had their momentum cut short when a runner was called out at home in the third inning and then the Cards left runners at second and third in the fourth and final inning, due to the hard stop. Brennan Schad started for Bear River followed by Caleb Hurst who was relieved after 40 pitches by Adam Malik who closed the game. Sierra Foothill opened the game up with a bases loaded triple by their catcher and BR did not get the runs back. Leading the Cardinals at the plate were Cole Winters and Schad.

Bear River Major's Home Run Race

Justin Kilgore    2

Seth Robinson   1

Caleb Edwards  1

BEAR RIVER LITTLE LEAGUE 5/7/2012

The Bear River Dodgers jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning behind starting pitcher Justin Kilgore while hosting the Nevada City Red Sox Monday night. The Giants kept up their run production scoring six more in the second while giving none to the visitors. Nevada City used three pitchers to get them through the first two frames. Kilgore was pulled after 35 pitches as he gave up a lead off walk to start the third. He was relieved by Megan McShane who gave up four hits and two walks to move the score to 11-6. Manager Scott Kilgore called on Jake Rogers to take over for McShane with two outs. Rogers walked a batter and gave up a singles to the first two batters he faced. The six run third ended when the Bear River catcher Logan Jenkins tagged out a Red Sox base runner who was looking to advance to score on a wild pitch. The Giants scored their final run of the contest when Reid Zoldan singled in Clay Corripo who walked in the fourth. Nevada City showed they had fight left in them in the top of the sixth, Rogers walked two and hit a batter to load the bases. The Sox hit a single to score two and again Rogers loaded the bases with a walk. He proceeded to walk the next batter which scored the games final run. The game ended on a bases loaded unassisted ground out to Jenkins who was moved to first base for a final score of 12-9.

The Giants are back in action on Wednesday when they host the Nevada City Angels at 7.

CREGAR CLOSES DZIOBA'S DOOR

The Bear River Dodger's right handed pitcher Josiah Cregar was handed the ball by his team's manager John Dzioba with two outs in the bottom of the sixth and final inning with the tying run on second base with the Bear River Giants most dangerous hitter at the plate. Cregar took Clay Corippo to no balls and two strikes before getting him to ground out to his team's first baseman Seth Robinson to end the 4-3 affair. Bradley Dzioba pitch all but the last three pitches of the contest and threw a nearly flawless game. The only mistake was a pitch to Justin Kilgore who hit a two run shot over the left field fence to move the score to 4-2 in the fifth. The Dodgers had  pushed their lead to 4-0 when Elliot Bouchier singled, driving home two runs. Dzioba had command of his pitches the entire way until he hit his maximum pitch count. The Giants had opportunities to score throughout Saturday nights game but failed to deliver. The Dodger win, moves their lead to two games over the Giants, which puts them in the drivers seat to represent Bear River in the the Tournament of Champions as it sends only two teams to the post season.

The Dodgers )6-4) will face the top ranked team the Bear River Angels (9-1)  on Thursday at 7.

ANGELS SHOW NO MERCY

The Bear River Angels jumped out to an early 7-1 lead in the second frame when hosting the Penn Valley Giants Saturday afternoon. The visiting team's number four hitter proceeded to drive a Jake Leonard fast ball over the left field fence. The Angels hard throwing lefty maintained composure to strike out the next two Giant batters as his team's lead was cut to three at 7-4 in the top of the fourth. Bear River stepped up to Sierra Foothill's scoring challenge and scored seven runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning. The Angel's rally was capped by a walk off single to left field by Jordan Elliott to end the game by way of mercy rule at 14-4. Leonard earned the win for the Angels who are on a 9 game win streak. Bear River's manager Sean Solomon awarded a game ball to catcher Owen Dalbon and third baseman Dean Hopper, both of which went 3-3 on the day.

The Angels are back in action on Thursday when they take on the Bear River Dodgers at 7.

RODRIGUES COMES UP BIG FOR BR GIANTS

The Bear River Giants found themselves looking at the left field scoreboard in the fourth frame feeling a little uneasy. The score was tied 5-5 with Sierra Foothill Angels' runners on first and third with Tyler Cross on the mound. Cross delivered strike after strike to the visiting team when he gave up consecutive hits including a double off the left field fence, allowing three runs to score. The Angels failed to score in the fifth as Megan McShane cut off their momentum. The Giants sent Tyler Rodrigues to the plate to lead off the bottom of the inning where he was hit by the pitch, Trey Jarman proceeded to drive a fast ball off the left field fence. Jake Rogers knotted the score at 8-8 when he hit the ball off the center field wall. The inning ended and McShane closed for the Giants in the top of the sixth allowing no Angel runs. The Giants who could not afford to drop another game sent Cross to the plate as it's lead-off batter with three outs to play, who walked. Bear River right fielder Liam Hayes hit the ball into the gap for a double and McShane walked to load the bases. Rodrigues proceeded to drive the ball in to left field for a single which drove home Cross for the Giants 9-8 win.

The stage is set for a rematch of the Bear River Dodgers and Giants on Saturday at 7, who on April 9th played out a 10 inning game where the Dodgers won 3-2. The Giants are one game back in the playoff race and disparately need the win. But the Giants may be in the drivers seat as the Dodgers have yet to play the Bear River Angels (8-1) for a second time.

BEAR RIVER TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS OUTLOOK

As the weather heats up so is the Bear River Little League major playoff race. The battle for the second and final Tournament of Champions bid could very well be played out this Saturday at 7 p.m. on the major field,  between the Dodgers and Giants. B.R.L.L. will send only it's top two teams to compete in the District 11 area one tournament. Where they will compete with the likes of power-house organizations such as Tri-Cities, Rocklin and Lincoln. But in order to get that opportunity to represent the local league, the Giants (3-5) will have to go through the Dodgers (5-4). Earlier this year season the Dodgers dropped the Giants in a 10 inning game by a score of 3-2.  A win for the Giants would bring their loss record even with that of the Dodgers. Both teams would have defeated each other one time. That will bring about a debate if neither team lost another contest. Both teams could possible end the season with five losses along with a 1-1 head to head record. It could come down to, who did you lose to and who did you beat or by adding total score of both games together to decide who is the better team and most deserving of that final bid.

The BR Angels (8-1) have a clear handle on the first place spot and should be a lock for the TOC bid if they continue to play consistent baseball.

BEAR RIVER A's OVER BR GIANTS

The Bear River Giants jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second frame. Clay Corripo started on the mound for the Giants while Trevor Hennig started for the A's. Peyton McGovern, first baseman for the A's hit a two out two RBI double in the 6th to take the lead at 4-3. Jacob Anderson pitched the last two innings for the A's giving up only one Giant hit earning the win. Corripo was thrown out at third with Logan Jenkins at the plate to finish the game with the final score of 4-3. A's over the Giants.

The Giants will host the Sierra Foothill Angels on Friday night at 7 while the A's will travel to Colfax where they will play the Sierra Foothill Giants at 6 p.m.

BEAR RIVER LITTLE LEAGUE 4/28/2012

Cards and Giants score 55

On Saturday, The Bear River minor Giants hosted and fell to the BR Cardinals with a final score of 30-25 (the game ran 4 hours 20 min). The score was more in line with a football score than baseball. The Cards manager Ralph Hurst handed the ball to his stopper Sydney Bishop, who closed out the game with two strikeouts and a come back ground ball to end the sixth and final inning to earn the win.

Powell leads Yankees

Also in minors, the Bear River Little League Yankees traveled to Applegate ball park and defeated the Sierra Foothill Brewers 11-0 in four innings. The visiting Yankees manager Dave Rogers called on right handed starting pitcher Justin Powell, who recorded 10 strikeouts of a possible 12 outs and earned the win. Bear River was led at the plate by Ray Holcomb who hit a triple. The Yankees will take on the Sierra Foothill Giants Wednesday at 4:45 p.m. on the Bear River major field.

Dodger get out early

The marquee match up in the majors division on Saturday was the Bear River Dodgers vs the Bear River A's. The Dodgers jumped out early with eight runs in the first and the A's chipped away at the lead, but were unable over come the early set back. Pitcher Harry Zea held off the surging A's with the bases loaded in the last inning for the 8-6 win. Also pitching for the Dodgers was starter Bradley Dzioba who gave up one run, Josiah Cregar also gave up one and Elliot Bouchier went one and two thirds giving up three. Leading hitters for the Dodgers were Noah Gravatt who went two for three and Dzioba hit a double. A's starter Trevor Hennig took the loss for the A's while Caleb Edwards and Jacob Anderson pitched well in relief. Both relievers helded the Dodgers scoreless after the first. The Dodgers will look look to take their momentum into their Monday game where they will be taking on the league leading Angels at 7 p.m. While the A's will look to rebound on Tuesday when they square off against the BR Giants at 7 p.m.