Padres Report - September 12th

Padres’ Report – September 12, 2006

With their playoff-lives on the line, the Lake Elsinore Storm traded 0’s with the Inland Empire 66ers for three innings. Then, in the bottom of the 4th, Lake Elsinore scored 2 runs and followed that up with three consecutive 1-run innings for a 5-0 lead after seven. The Storm relief corps promptly imploded (with the help of a 4-error night by infielder Skip Adams) giving up 6 runs in the top of the 8th and 3 more in the top of the 9th going down 9-5…

Hitters:

Hi-A – Chase Headley --- 2-4; HR (1), R, RBI, BB
Hi-A – Nick Hundley --- 1-3; 2B (1), BB

Pitchers:

Hi-A – Manny Ayala --- 7.0 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 8 SO, 0 HR

Commentary:

Ayala, the youngest player on the Lake Elsinore roster, didn’t have a season for the ages, but his playoff performance sure jumped out…

Over two playoff games Manny posted the following numbers:

13.1 IP, 11 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 14 SO, 0 HR

MadFriars.com’s Denis Savage wrote the following about Manny back in April:

He went 12-4 with a 3.05 earned run average in 22 games, including 14 starts for Mesa of the independent Golden Baseball League. He had three complete games, one shutout and one save. His 12 victories tied for the league lead, while his one shutout was tied for second, his three complete games were tied for fourth and his ERA was sixth-best in the league.

Congrats to the Lake Elsinore Storm on a successful season. Good luck next year boys!