Giants vs. Rockies Opening day could not have gone better for the Giants as they got a strong pitching performance from Spencer Durand enroute to a 9-3 win over the Rockies! Durand pitched 5 strong innings before being relieved by Stephen McLendon who did a great job of preserving the win. Myles Johnson paced the 10 hit attack and made a tremendous catch in center field off the bat of Harper Niven. Niven pitched great himself and lead the Rockies in hitting. Both teams played very well defensively as they battled rain on and off throughout the game.

The Giants defeated the Blue Jays 9-0. Winning pitcher Zach Finkelstein pitched a complete game one-hit shut out striking out 14 batters. Zach had a no hitter with 2 outs in the 6th inning which was broken up on a single by Derrin Josephson. The Giants were lead offensively with big hits from Stephen and Thomas McLendon and each scoring 2 runs apiece. Thomas was also stellar behind the plate defensively. The Blue Jays were lead by the pitching of Nick Stockman and great catching from Neysa Ouelette.

The Giants offense continued to roll as they managed 11 hits and only struck out three times in a 10-2 win over the Astros. Zach Finklestein was the offensive star with three hits and a walk with three runs scored. Andrew Pencala had a walk and a hit with a run scored for the visiting Astros.

In a rematch of the last game, The Giants scored four runs in the bottom of the 5th to hold off the patient Astros squad. The Astros drew 10 walks and added three hits off three different Giants pitchers. Chase Hart had a hit and a walk and scored twice. John Derry was the hitting star for the Giants with a walk, two singles, and a double. John Miles and Stephen McClendon hit triples for the home Giants.

What a game! Sunday afternoon in 90 degree heat the Giants hosted the Cardinals. Both Teams started with strong pitching performances by Adam Robinson and Zach Finkelstein. The Giants got on the board first with some solid hitting by the top of their line up. After the 1st inning the Giants were up 2-0 but the Cardinals were able to grind one out to make it 2-1 after 2. The pitching held strong all day and both teams played well defensively. The lead went to the Cardinals after some base hits in the third making the score 4 to 2. But in the bottom of the fourth inning the Giants bats came alive with Spenser Durand, John Dery and Thomas McLendon taking a 5 to 4 lead. Stephen McLendon throw the ball well and got out of a great at bat by Ben Logu who crushed the ball just foul but Stephen painted the outside corner to end the inning. The Cardinals came back in the 5th inning with some bats of their own and regained the lead with some solid base running by Matt Frye. The last inning was a tension filled inning with a comment coming from the crowd, "this is like Red Sox vs Yankees". Today we saw a great baseball game played by young men who share friendships on both sides and they competed hard and everyone left the field knowing that they will meet again.

Cardinals vs. Giants It was another classic at Drescher Field on Wednesday night between the Gitants and the Cardinals. After coming off a close win Sunday the Cardinals knew the Giants would be looking for a little payback The game started with the Cardinals jumping to an early 3-0 lead by hits from Ben Morin, Chris Haley (double) and single by Adam R. Great pitching by Devin Gates led to 3 strike out in the 2nd which kept the Giants at bay. The Cardinals batscame alive in the 3rd inning scoring 5 runs to lead 8 -0. Most notably was a shot that could be heard alll the way down to Dube was a scorching triple by Austin Long. The Cardinals ran into a Giant onslaught in the 4th that lead to the Giants scoring 7 runs closing the gap. Spencer Dunand lead off and got on base which lead to strong hits by Stephen Mclendon. Seth Bridge Miles Johnson, and Braden Macdonald. All day long the Cardinals and Giants were making great plays in the field one most notably was Kevin Barrows diving stop to get an out at first. By the end of the fourth inning it was 13-7 Cardinals and Austin Long came into close out the game with solid pitching and fielding. Another instant classic by two great teams.

The Giants topped the A's 12-2 behind good pitching from Seth Bridge and Thomas McClendon. Seth struck out four in his two and one-third innings. Thomas relieved and struck out three. They were helped by some stellar defense including two catches in the outfield by John Miles. John caught a sinking line drive to end the first and a deep fly to end the game. He also had three hard-hit balls and an RBI. Braden McDonald rapped a single in the fourth and scored for the Giants. Highlights for the home A's included two screamers off the bat of Anthony "Boog" Ceci. There was plenty of solid defense behind the A's hurlers.

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The AAA Rockies edged the Giants in a well played baseball game. Both teams showed midseason form with excellent defense and smart base running. Casey McNally and Jake Fitzpatrick sparked the offense for the Rockies with back to back doubles. Kavim Bhatnagar pitched well for the Rockies and also got a clutch single to help push in the winning run. Giant Zach Finklestein had a nice single and a nice defensive play as catcher throwing out a baserunner trying to steal third base.

The Astros got off to a hot start by scoring 4 runs in the first inning but the Giants bats came to life as they defeated the Astros 13-6 on Sunday. Andrew Penkala pitched very well and contributed 3 hits and scored 2 runs for the Astros. Owen Mooso also had 2 hits and played awesome behind the plate. For the Giants, Zack Finkelstein hit his 1st ever inside the park Home Run to deep left field and also got the save as the pitcher. Stephen McLendon picked up the victory on the mound and also contributed 3 hits including 2 triples... Seth Bridges had a great hit and scored a run. Myles Johnson walked 3 times as he has been an on-base machine for the Giants. Thomas McLendon and Spencer Durand each had 2 hits and each scored 3 times.

The final game of the season between the Giants and the Cardinals brought out the best of both teams. With great pitching by Cardinals Devin Gates, Adam Robinson and Austin Long they were matched with strong Giant pitching from Zach Finklestein, Stephen Mclendon Spencer Durand. Each team recorded 10 strikeouts. Cardinals got on the board first with a single by Chris H. and a RBI by Adam R. With runners on in the second inning, the Giants took the lead with a scorching triple by Braden McDonnell. The Cards answered back to take a one run lead and were looking for more when Adam R scorched a line drive only to be denied by a great grab by Stephen M. With the score tied 4-4 the Cards were able to drive in 2 base runners with a double by Adam R, and able to hold to a close victory with Austin Long recoding the final 3 outs. Final: Cardinals 7, Giants 5. Special thanks to minors player Nathan Cormier for stepping in and helping out.

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The AAA Rockies were able to hold off a last at bat rally by the Giants that featured a 3 run homer by Giant Stephen Mclendon to preserve a 13 to 12 playoff victory. Harper Niven pitched 3 strong innings for the Rockies that included a crucial final stikeout. Casey McNally and Jake Fitzpatrick sparked the offense for the Rockies scoring 7 runs between the two of them. Zach Finkelstein provided offense for the Giants getting a nice double for some late inning RBIs.

Pitching (Giants): Stephen McLendon- 3 innings Seth Bridges - 2 innings Thomas McLendon - 2 innings Zack Finkelstein - 1 inning

Stephen McLendon- 3 innings pitched Spencer Durand - 1 inning pitched

Zach Finkelstein pitched 3 innings, Spencer Durand pitched 3 innings.

The AAA Rockies prevailed over the Giants 12-11 in a well played playoff game at Drechser Field. Both starting pitchers, Harper Niven for the Rockies and Zach Finklestein for the Giants had quality innings. Harper along with TJ Gillis, Kavim Bhatnagar and Jake Fitzpatrick had RBI producing hits. Stephen Mclellan produced some offense for the Giants ripping a nice single into left.