Cubbies take charge on opening day

On a perfect day for baseball, the Cubs defeated the Mets 13-6.

The Mets took a 2-0 lead with a HR on a 3-0 pitch by Rod "Hutch" Hutchinson (2-4,hr,2b,3rbi) in the top of the 1st. But the Cubs showed no rust and put up 4 of their own in the bottom of the frame. It stayed 4-2 till the bot 6th when Kirk Mayer (3-4,2 2b,3r,3rbi) hit a bases loaded 2b off the wall. D Martinez (3-4,2b) and Jaime Miranda (3-3,2r,bb) also started the season off red hot to lead the Cubbies.

BOX SCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Valley Mets 35+ 200000031 6 7 1
Culver City Cubs 400005400 13 17 2

Date: March 6, 2011     Time: 10:00am      Venue: Culver City HS   

Valley Mets 35+
Hitters AB R H RBI BB K
Rocco Barile 2 1 0 1 3 0
Steve Kovacic 4 1 0 1 1 0
Derek Gray 3 0 0 0 1 0
Rod Hutchinson 4 1 2 3 0 1
Dan Takahashi 4 0 0 0 0 1
Tim Page 4 0 0 0 0 0
Dennis Williams 4 0 1 0 0 1
Gary Zelman 3 1 0 0 1 2
Joe Barrett 3 1 2 0 1 0
Brian Monreal 4 1 2 0 0 0
Jeff Ahern 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 7 5 7 5
2B: Hutchinson, Barrett, Monreal
HR: Hutchinson
Culver City Cubs
Hitters AB R H RBI BB K
Jaime Miranda 3 2 3 0 1 0
Kirk Mayer 4 3 3 3 0 0
Stephen Birkett 3 2 2 2 1 0
Steve Benson 4 2 2 3 0 0
Al Espinosa 4 1 1 2 0 0
David Martinez 4 0 3 0 0 0
Michael Taylor 3 0 0 0 1 2
Mike Maganza 3 0 0 1 0 1
David Merrill 3 1 1 0 0 0
Mark Fahrner 3 0 0 0 0 0
Al Martinez 3 2 2 0 0 0
Totals 37 13 17 11 3 3
2B: Mayer (2), Benson, Martinez, Martinez
SB: Merrill, Martinez
SF: Maganza

Valley Mets 35+
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K PT
Jeff Ahern (L) 6.0 12 9 7 2 3 0
Rod Hutchinson 2.0 5 4 4 1 1 0
Culver City Cubs
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K PT
Mike Maganza (W) 8.0 5 5 3 5 5 0
Kirk Mayer 1.0 1 1 0 2 0 0

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