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Free Agent Acquisitions in Hawaii
April 2, 2008
The Hawaii Sunshines Signed 1B Dan Johnson and Reliever Enrique Gonzalez to one year deals Jeff Hall issued this statement regarding the signings "I believe we need a veteran presence around the clubhouse early so that we can establish a good team chemistry which will hopefully help us win ballgames". Dan Johnson, the 28 year-old infielder hit .236 and hit 18 homers and drove in 62 for the Oakland A's this past season. Enrique Gonzalez is a starter turned reliever in 2006 he went 3-7 with a 5.67 ERA. Yet we hope that these acquisitions can help us in the long run.
4/2: 3-2 @Minnesota (simmed) L
April 3, 2008
Sunshines 0-1 vs Minnesota 1-0
Today's game was the second of three against minnesota at the metrodome. It only took six pitches for the sunshines to start a rally for in the first against livan hernandez. With Bill Schoening on second and Matt Whiteman on first Brian Oliver stepped to the plate looking to drive in the games first run. Oliver got a two run triple to right center to give the sunshine a 2-0 lead. After a Dan Grindell fielder's choice Scott Estrella double Grindell in to make it 3-0 Hawaii. Jim Saipe singled home Estrella and moved johnson onto second and made it 4-0. Cory Dirosa mowed down minnesota in the first then experienced trouble as the twins got three hits in the bottom of the third and Carlos Gomez drove in Brenden Harris to make it 4-1 Hawaii. He then settled down striking out Mauer again and then getting Morneau to fly out with bases loaded to end the inning. Yet Dirosa ran into trouble again after retiring the first batter of the fourth he gave up back to back singles to Kubel and Lamb. Dirosa struck out Brenden Harris and then gave up another RBI single this time to Adam Everett scoring Kubel. 4-2 Hawaii. Top of the fifth Oliver and Grindell get singles and Estrella then comes up and drives in Oliver for his second RbI single of the game. 5-2 Hawaii. Jim Saipe drives in another to make it 6-2 Hawaii. Hawaii Kawai joins the hit parade driving in Johnson to make it 7-2. Dirosa still in hot water got Mauer to lineout then allowed singles to Cuddyer and Morneau. Kubel got an infield single to make it 7-3 Hawaii. He struck out Lamb to get out of the jam with minimal damage. Dan Johnson doubles in Oliver. 8-3 Hawaii. Saipe has 4 RBIs now as he doubles in Estrella and Johnson 10-3 Hawaii. DiRosa was relieved by William Sears. he got a quick 1-2-3 in the sixth. Then after a rough fifth and sixth inning the Twins brought in Juan Rincon to relieve Dennys Reyes. In the bottom of the eighth Kubel doubled off Sears and then Lamb singled then Harris struck out swinging. Adam Everett hit into fielders choice and Then Gomez hit into a fielders choice to end the inning. A single by Kawai then Inglett FC then singles by Schoening and Whiteman loaded the bases for Oliver needing a homer for the cycle. Instead Oliver hits a two RBI double to make it 12-3 Hawaii. Grindell hits a Three-run homer to make 15-3 Hawaii. Crain was brought into stop the bleeding and the game headed to the bottom of the ninth. Mauer triples off Sears and Cuddy singles him in 15-4 Hawaii. Sears then gets Kubel to ground into a double play and retire Delmon Young on a F-9 to end the game.
Sunshines 15 Twins 4
W: Corey Dirosa (1-0) L: Livan Hernandez (0-1) S: William Sears (1) HR: Grindell (1)
Players of the Game Brian Oliver 5-6 4 RBis 2B, 3B Jim Saipe 4-5 4 RBIs 2 2B's
_________________ The New Big Three is here-Derek Barnett, Manfred Anderson, and Randall Grabow Even Though I'm a reliever I wasn't always a Genius- Hank Torres DayDreaming is what it's like to sleep with your eyes open- BBMan 9500 .247 is better than .000 if I'm being honest.-BBMan9500
I will always love this place
When there is actually activity again I'll be there!
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