The Yankees and the Angels squared off in the season opener with Freddie
Gonzalez's Angels having their way with Juan Toro's Yankees. It looked like it
was going to be a horse race for the first two innings as neither team managed
to score. The third inning saw the Angels score at will with Ship's triple the
big hit. So at the end of three the score was 5-0.
Both teams score once in the fourth and in the fifth the Yankees were able
to win the inning by scoring four runs to the Angels three. All the Yankee runs
came from six successive singles from the bottom of the line up. From then on it
was just trying to hold on for the Yankees. The Angels scored five runs in each
of the next two innings and could have scored more except for the five run
rule.The eighth inning was a wash with three runs scored by each team.
Thanks to the Flip Flop rule, the Yankees had an opportunity to catch up.
Trailing 22-9, the Yanks managed to put up seven hard fought runs. It was Dave
Doerbaums three run home run that excited the crowd. Final score was Angels 22,
Yankees 16..
While Dave had the only ball hit that left the park, Dave Shipley had the
hottest bat with a triple, single, and two doubles. Tommy Hamilton pitched a
great game for the Angles and backed by Mike Wiltshire's glove and Dave
Shipley's bat seemed to coast to victory.Other key performances were Dan Reponen
4 for 4 and Michael Elmer 4 for 4.
Write Up by Bob Zelazny
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