THE FRESNO CARDINALS PLAY IN ATWATER AND THEN HOST THE SF SEAGULLS The Cardinals play July 8, 9, and 10 Fresno, CA July 7, 2011 – The Fresno Cardinals head to Atwater to play the Atwater Aviators on Friday, July 8 at 7 p.m. Then they come home to host the San Francisco Seagulls on Saturday, July 9 at 5:00 p.m. for a doubleheader and on Sunday, July 10 at 12 p.m. at Fresno City College. Cardinals are 9-13 overall and 8-8 at home, 6-6 at Fresno City, 2-2 at Buchanan High School, and 4-9 in conference.
The Cardinals Just Finished an Eight Game Homestand The Cardinals were 4-4 on the homestand and improved and have turned around the season. The Cardinals won one out of three from the Nor Cal Pirates, swept the SLO Rattlers, and won the RBI Black Sox game. The Nevada Bullets had to cancel the series on June 29-30 due to a scheduling conflict. It is unknown at this time when the games will be made up. The East Bay Colt 45’s cancelled and those games will not be made up.
Cardinals Batting Stats As a team, the Cardinals are batting .261 with one hundred eighty-three hits, twenty-nine doubles, four triples, seven home runs, and one hundred RBIs. Keith Kandell has the highest batting average at .368. LaBronze Sanderson has a team high twenty-six hits. Bryce Smith leads the team with five doubles. Matt Fox, Brian Gaad, Bryce Smith, LaBronze Sanderson have a team high one triple each. Bryce Smith leads the team with two home runs. Bryce Smith leads the team with fifteen RBIs. Zak Colby and Sammy Donald have a team high fifteen walks each. Mitchell Sodersten leads the team in sacrifice flies with four. Brian Gaad and Bryce smith lead the team in sacrifice hits with three each.
Pitching Strikeouts The Cardinals pitching staff has struck out 128 batters this year. On June 8, in the second game of the doubleheader against the East Bay Colt .45’s, the Cardinals recorded a season high 11 strikeouts. Clay Gartner leads the team with 27 strikeouts.
Stealing Extra Bases
The Cardinals are 30 for 37 in stealing extra bases this year. LaBronze Sanderson has the most stolen bases with seven. Matt Fox, Andrew Swan, Anthony Lopez, Brandon King, Mitchell Sodertsen, Devon White, and Brian Gaad are perfect when it comes to stealing extra bases.
It Takes Two… The Cardinals have turned twenty-five double plays this year. On June 8, in the first game of the doubleheader against East Bay Colt .45’s, the Cardinals turned three double plays. The Cardinals also turned three double plays against the Neptune Beach Pearl on June 11 in the first game of the doubleheader. The Cardinals turned three double plays against the Fontanetti Athletics on June 17. On July 1 against the SLO Rattlers the Cardinals turned three double plays.
Going… Going… GONE! On June 18, in the second game of the doubleheader in San Jose, the Cardinals got their first home run of the season from Chris Kuber. LaBronze Sanderson, Sammy Donald, and Bryce Smith all hit a home run against the Santa Maria Packers on June 22 at Buchanan High School. On June 30 against the SLO Rattlers at Fresno City College Keith Kandel hit an inside the park home run. Bryce Smith and Nate Dalena both hit home runs against the SLO Rattlers at Buchanan High School on July 1.
Outfield Goes the Distance Right fielder Anthony Lopez threw out a runner at home trying to score from second on June 11 against the Pearl in the second game of the doubleheader. Right fielder Cody White threw out a SF Seagull base runner at home trying to score from second on a single on June 19 of the first game of the doubleheader.
Searching for the Cycle On July 1 against the SLO Rattlers Bryce Smith came close to hitting for the cycle. He was a single away from hitting for the cycle. ### For more information please visit www.fresnocardinals.com or email Cherie Smith at cdsmith15@comcast.net. The Fresno Cardinals will be hosting the Auburn Cats on July 23-24.