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Two Area Code Teams Stay Unbeaten
The Brewers Blue team, quite frankly, is expected to do well this week at Blair Field. The Rangers, on the other hand, have been on a roll after a mediocre performance last year. The 20th and final game on Sunday could be a showdown of undefeated clubs, but obviously there is still a lot of baseball to be played before that. Other Thursday highlights include a Washington Nationals outfielder that hit for the cycle in the nightcap.
Milwaukee Brewers Gray 5, Oakland A’s 2
The Milwaukee Brewers Gray club developed a small case of stage fright in their Wednesday evening game and early Thursday morning they attempted to get off the snide against the Oakland A’s, a team comprised of players from Florida and the Southeast. Unfortunately for Milwaukee, the gloves again allowed the opponent a gift run early. It wasn’t until the fifth inning that Milwaukee Gray club (Northern and Southern California players) could overcome its early demons at Area Code to pull out the win. FULL STORY
Milwaukee Brewers Blue 6, New York Yankees 4
The New York club, now in its second tour of duty handling the elite players from the Northeast Region, came to Long Beach with the Bronx Bombers moniker. The Brewers Blue Murders’ Row lineup came up with the clutch hits, however, and the Yankees aided their cause with some fielding miscues. FULL STORY
Texas Rangers 4, Cincinnati Reds 0
It wasn’t a matter if it was going to happen, but when it would happen.
It took place when the second batter of the eighth game, Rangers outfielder Randal Grichuk (Lamar Consolidated, Rosenburg, Texas), took Reds starting pitcher Jake Barrett (Desert Ridge, Mesa, Ariz.) yard. The first home run of the 2008 Area Code Games was a 400-foot shot to leftfield that quickly made the score 2-0, as leadoff batter Everett Williams (McCallum, Austin, Texas) got on board with a line single. FULL STORY
Washington Nationals 10, Chicago White Sox 2
The final game Thursday at Blair Field was a nine-inning affair and the designated home team from Washington, D.C., jumped out on top and eventually romped. The victors scored in every inning but the second and third and the best individual performance in recent memory at Area Code was turned in by the Nationals’ Joshua Sale (Bishop Blanchete, Seattle, Wash.), a 6-foot, 195-pound 2010 outfielder. FULL STORY
