THE FRESNO CARDINALS HOST THE SANTA MARIA PACKERS The Cardinals are 4-4 at home Fresno, CA June 21, 2011 – The Fresno Cardinals are hosting the Santa Maria Valley Packers on Wednesday, June 22 at 7:00 pm and on Thursday, June 23 at 7:00 p.m. at Buchanan High School. The Cardinals are 5-9 overall and 4-4 at home.
About the Santa Maria Packers The Redding Colt .45’s are 1-4 away and 8-9 overall. Daniel Mallory has the highest batting average at .375. The team batting average is .240. Jordan Sechler has struck out 19 batters.
The Cardinals Start a Fourteen Game Homestand The Fresno Cardinals play the Santa Maria Packers for two games. Then, they host the Nor Cal Pirates and Nevada Bullets for three league games each. The Cardinals play six home games to start off July, hosting the SLO Rattlers, RBI Black Sox, and East Bay Colt .45’s.
Cardinals Batting Stats As a team, the Cardinals are batting .256 with twenty doubles, one triple, one home run, and 50 RBIs. Alex Dibble has the highest batting average at .750. LaBronze Sanderson has a team high twelve hits. Mitchell Sondersten and Zak Colby lead the team with three doubles. Matt Fox has a team high one triple. Chris Kuber leads the team with one home run. Zak Colby leads the team with eight RBIs. Zak Colby has team high fourteen walks.
Pitching Strikeouts The Cardinals pitching staff has struck out 75 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. Michael Jimenez leads the team with the 15 strikeouts.
Stealing Extra Bases The Cardinals are 18 for 22 in stealing extra bases this year. Colton Vaughn has the most stolen bases with five. Matt Fox, Andrew Swan, Anthony Lopez, Brandon King, and Mitchell Sodertsen are perfect when it comes to stealing extra bases.
It Takes Two… The Cardinals have turned twenty-one 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.
Going… Going… GONE! On June 18 in the second game of the doubleheader the Cardinals got their first home run of the season from Chris Kuber. ### For more information please visit www.fresnocardinals.com or email Cherie Smith at cdsmith15@comcast.net. The Fresno Cardinals will be hosting the Nor Cal Pirates June 25-26 for three league games.