Game Recap for 08/16/2008 7:05 PM

As the expression goes "That's why the play the game" rang especially true as two of the top pitchers in the Golden Baseball League got hung with a loss.

After Calgary ace, Evan Greusel got banged up by Orange County in game one, Flyers' ace Bob Cramer was the victim of bad defense and poor run support as the Vipers(15-17) topped Orange County (16-14).

The Vipers peppered Cramer for singles also forcing the Flyers to commit three errors in the game.

Calgary got to Cramer first after Jorge Tang singled and moved to third on a Travis Drader single before scoring on Kevin Price's single into left field.

The Vipers picked up two unearned runs in the third after a botched double play kept the inning going allowing Jorge Tang to drive in a run with a single.

Calgary grabbed another run in the fourth as the Vipers scattered three hits within the first four batters with Carlos Duncan's infield single scoring one. The game then got busted open with the bases loaded as Jorge Mejia cranked a hopper down the line that was misplayed by the Flyers infield to score all three runners and make it a seven run lead.

Josh Arhart got the Flyers on the board in the sixth with a solo blast, giving the Flyers just their second hit against Sobkow in the game. Travon Jackson followed that with a triple before David Bacani added a RBI single to plate Jackson. Two batters later Jeff LaRue plated Bacani with a single into left field to keep the threat alive. But Sobkow was able to get O.C. to strand two runners.

Ultimately the comeback fell short and Sobkow improved to 2-4 on the year throwing six quality innings.

Both teams will get two days off before meeting in Calgary Tuesday night at 6pm Pacific time.