Somebody call Geppetto ! Pinocchio is on fire !
California A’s second baseman Steve Pinocchio was on fire Tuesday in Moline, Illinois, in the A’s game against Dolan & Murphy of Illinois. Steve went 4 for 4, including two home runs, scored three and drove in four, to lead his team to a 10-2 victory.
Todd Budke and Dave Kimura banged out three hits, while Marcus Tan and Eddie Martin each added 2 in the 15 hit assault. Martin had two hits in the prior game and is swinging a hot bat for the A’s. California pitchers Dave Drotzmann and Sebastian Gervesutti combined on a 4 hitter.
The A’s evened their record at 2-2 after dropping their first two, both tough losses, 5-4 to Midland, Michigan and 4-2 to the Dominican Republic.
The Salinas, California squad will now get a rematch against Midland Michigan, the team that sent the A’s to the loser’s bracket, rallying for 4 runs in the 7th inning to beat the A’s in their first game.