Game Recap for 08/18/2008 7:15 PM

Matt Durkin gets the win now 2-2 on the season after pitching 2 innings of relief.  Andre Simpson gets his 1st save of the season giving up one run in the 9th.

Patrick Breen hits two HR's in the game leading the OC FLYERS with 5 RBI's in the game! 


(Following report is from oursportscentral.com)
The Calgary Vipers gave up two separate leads and five homeruns in losing 11-9 to the Orange County Flyers at Foothills Stadium in Calgary, Alberta. The Snakes led by as many as three runs but a huge three run homerun by league leader Patrick Breen in the top of the eighth inning put his team ahead for good. Calgary also gave up 17 hits in the game and has now lost 13 of their last 18 games to fall to 15-18 on the second half of the season.

Nelson Castro led off the bottom of the first inning with a double and he moved up to third base on a Colin Moro ground out. Castro scored on a Darryl Brinkley run batted in ground out for the 1-0 Calgary lead. With the double Castro extended his hitting streak to ten games.

The Flyers got that run back in the next half inning as Fernando Pacheco singled, Mark Okano was hit by a pitch, and Josh Arhart picked up a RBI base hit for the 1-1 score.

Orange County grabbed the lead in the top of third frame with a David Bacani triple and a Patrick Breen two run homer for the 3-1 advantage.

Calgary got back onto the scoreboard in the bottom of the fourth inning with a Carlos Duncan walk, Felix Jose double, Jorge Mejia RBI ground out, and a clutch two out RBI single from Jorge Tang to tie the game at three.

Right back responded the Flyers as Jeff LaRue hit a solo homerun in the next half inning to give his team back the lead at 4-3.

The back and forth game continued in the bottom of the fifth inning as the Snakes put up four runs to retake the lead at 7-4. Patrick Arlis started the inning with a base hit, Castro followed with a walk, and Moro singled to load the bases. Brinkley tied the game with a sacrifice fly and then Duncan, Jose, and Mejia all picked up three straight RBI singles to give Calgary a three run lead.

A run was taken back in the top of the sixth when Arhart doubled and after his pop fly fell in foul territory Jeff Van Houten also doubled to make the score 7-5.

Orange County continued to chip away in the top of the seventh frame as Breen led off with a single, went to second on a wild pitch, third base on a Pacheco base hit, and he scored on another wild pitch for the 7-6 game.

Duncan smashed a solo homerun, his eighth of the season, in the bottom of the inning to put the Vipers back up by two runs at 8-6.

Once again though the Flyers responded in the top of the eighth inning as with two outs Bacani walked, Acey singled, and Breen hammered his second homerun of the night to give his team their third lead of the game at 9-8.

Two more long balls were hit in the top of the ninth as Pacheco and Arhart both went deep for the 11-8 Orange County advantage.

The Vipers closed out the scoring in the bottom of the ninth with a Mejia double and Tang RBI base hit for the 11-9 final.

P.J. Bevis (1-5) suffered the loss in giving up three homeruns while Matt Durkin (2-2) picked up the victory in throwing two innings out of the bullpen. Andre Simpson (1) recorded his first save of the year in tossing the ninth frame.