Brewers Head To Championship Game With 4-2 Win Over Tigers

Although outhit by the Tigers, 4-3, the Brewers were also out-errored by the Tigers, 6-3, which was the key difference in a tight game. Brewers ace, Greg Bertrand, celebrated his birthday with a complete game victory, yielding no earned runs, while striking out nine. Raul Verdecia's 2 RBI single in the fourth inning was the decisive hit.
The Tigers pitcher, Don Bixby, also went the distance and held the Brewers to three hits. Tigers 2nd Baseman, Stefan Marks, made the defensive play of the game, going into short-center to make a terrific over-the-shoulder catch.

BOX SCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Verdugo Tigers 000011000 2 4 6
Valley Brewers 110200000 4 3 3

Date: September 7, 2014     Time: 9:30am      Venue: Narbonne HS   

Verdugo Tigers
Hitters AB R H RBI BB K
Stefan Marks 4 0 2 1 0 1
Troy Combs 4 0 0 0 0 2
Chris Bishop 4 1 1 0 0 0
Sean Donnellan 2 0 1 0 1 1
Tim O'Hair 3 0 1 0 0 1
Bryan Vick 2 0 0 0 0 1
Don Bixby 1 0 0 0 0 0
Vic Acosta 2 0 0 0 1 0
Allen Wilson 3 1 0 0 0 0
Jerry Aebi 3 0 0 0 0 1
Rich Thorne 3 0 0 0 0 2
Doug MacKenzie 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 1 2 9
SB: Bishop, O'Hair
Valley Brewers
Hitters AB R H RBI BB K
Augie Alonso 3 1 0 0 0 0
Matt Trites 2 0 1 1 1 0
Eric Cain 3 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Fier 2 1 1 0 1 0
Jesse Tejada 2 1 0 0 1 0
Joe Pita 2 1 0 0 1 1
Mark Grizzle 1 0 0 0 2 1
Raul Verdecia 3 0 1 2 0 0
Mark Behn 2 0 0 0 1 0
Samuel Kason 3 0 0 0 0 0
Jay Gould 3 0 0 0 0 0
Greg Bertrand 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scott Singleton 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Fleishman 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 4 3 3 7 2
SB: Alonso, Cain, Tejada, Pita

Verdugo Tigers
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K PT
Don Bixby (L) 8.0 3 4 1 6 2 0
HB: Bixby
Valley Brewers
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K PT
Greg Bertrand (W) 9.0 4 2 0 2 9 0

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