(click for schedule of games and more info)

Teams:

Group A
Casa Trejo – A1 Bombers (Palm Springs, CA)
River City Rockers (Citrus Heights, CA)
Team Rainey / IAC (Whittier / Stockton, CA)
DeMarini (Portland, OR)
Innovative Communications (Lehi, UT)

Group B
Rude Pac (Sun Valley, CA)
Manor Dirtbags (Manor, TX)
Black Sox (Long Beach, CA)
Grillo’s (Santa Cecelia, MX)
Young Bucks (Santa Barbara, CA)

Saturday June 7 Round Robin Schedule

Game #1 Casa Trejo Bombers Vs River City Rockers
9:00 AM Pershing Park – Field #1
WP –
LP-
HR-

Game #2 Rude Pac Vs Manor Dirtbags
9:00 AM Pershing Park – Field #2

Game #3 Team Rainey / IAC Vs Innovative Communications
9:00 AM Cabrillo Park

Game #4 Casa Trejo Bombers Vs Portland DeMarini
10:45 AM Pershing Park – Field #1
SoCal Bombers (2)
Portland DeMarini (0)
WP –
LP- Matias Tessore
HR-

Game #5
10:45 AM Pershing Park – Field #2
Santa Cecelia Grillos 8
Manor Dirtbags 2
WP – Panfilo Valdez
LP – Johnny Miles
HR – Jesus Aguilar (SCG), Esteban Solano (SCG), Abraham Savala (SCG) and David Huang?

Game #6 – 10:45 AM at Cabrillo Park
Long Beach Black Sox – 7
Young Bucks – 5
WP – Randy Clay
LP – Guido Silbert
HR – Anthony Rocha (LBBS) (3-run homer)

Game #7 – 12:30 PM Pershing Park – Field #1
Portland DeMarini – 5
Team Rainey / IAC – 1
WP – Matt Barnes
LP – Cody Thompson
Jeff Reich – 2 hits; Ryan Dailey 2-3

Game #8 Rude Pac V Santa Cecelia Grillos
12:30 PM Pershing Park – Field #2
WP –
LP-
HR-

Game #9 Innovative Communications Vs Young Bucks
12:30 PM (Cross/Over Game) Cabrillo Park
WP –
LP-
HR-

Game #10 Casa Trejo Bombers Vs Team Rainey / IAC
2:15 PM Pershing Park – Field #1
WP –
LP-
HR-

GAME #11 Long Beach Black Sox Vs Santa Cecelia Grillos
2:15 PM Pershing Park – Field #2
WP –
LP-
HR-

Game #12 – 4:00 PM Pershing Park – Field #1
Portland DeMarini – 5
River City Rockers – 3
WP – Matias Tessore
LP – Ed Gasper
HR – Mark Sumner (RCR) (3 run homer); Rob Gehrke 2-3; Callum Ryan ? 2-3;

Game #13 – 4:00 PM Pershing Park – Field #2
Long Beach Black Sox –
Rude Pac
WP
LP – Mark Bennett
Chris Minogue 2-3 with 2 doubles; Dan Plesantz? RBI

Game #14 River City Rockers Vs Innovative Communications
5:45 PM Pershing Park – Field #1
WP –
LP-
HR-

Game #15 Manor Dirtbags Vs Young Bucks
5:45 PM Pershing Park – Field #2
WP –
LP-
HR-

Lumberking second baseman Kevin Castillo was injured late last night when a runner slid into him. He was carried off the field and eventually taken to a Buffalo NY hospital at 3am NY time.

Castillo is a 23 year old from Long Beach, California, and one of the bright young start in American fastpitch. Just last month, he had been named to Team USA, after a stellar career with the USA Jr. National team. Castillo normally plays first or third base, but was playing second base due to the fact that the Lumberkings were missing their regular players up the middle.

After getting the news late last night, Kevin’s dad, Paul and Mrs. Castillo caught a red-eye flight to Buffalo to be with his son. He was at the hospital, and, as of 1pm NY time, they were waiting for him to go into surgery. Kevin has a broken fibula and torn ligaments, and according to the doctors, will not be able to start rehab for at least two months.

The California Lumberkings won their opening night game in Niagara Falls, Ontario, at the Snapper Shootut, a 6-2 win over Ohsweken, but it was a costly win, as they suffered the loss of second baseman Kevin Castillo, whose ankle was broken by a sliding baserunner. It was just a week or so ago that Castillo was named to TEAM USA Men’s Softball team. We are told the injury will require surgery, and that Kevin is expected to be out at least 6-8 weeks.

Kevin was taken to the hospital in St. Catherine’s, just down the road from Niagara Falls. We were told that they would not accept his insurance, and told him that it would cost $3000 for an ambulance ride to a Buffalo, New York area hospital, about a half hour away.

The team paid for the doctors to put Kevin in a soft cast, and his teammates drove him to the Buffalo hospital. They were just pulling into the Buffalo hospital about 3:00 a.m. New York time when I spoke with them by phone.

Meanwhile, back in the “other” Ontario — Ontario, California, Kevin’s mother and father (Paul Castillo) were racing to catch a midnight flight to Buffalo to meet up with Kevin, and are expected to arrive by 11:00 a.m. Buffalo time. We caught up with Kevin’s dad just as they were boarding, so they will arrive Saturday morning.

If Dan Bernard or Jay Paylove, or any Snappers read this post, (and have not already spoken with Lumberking’s manager David Weldin, please call him at 661.472.1716, as he was trying to reach you about the tournament’s insurance information.