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WICHITA — The first fly ball from the Seattle Studs was lost in the lights and fell for a double. It didn't get much better from there.The Santa Barbara Foresters fell to the Studs 11-6 on Thursday, settling for third place in the National Baseball Congress World Series.After giving up four runs in the top of the first, Santa Barbara kept battling back but never cut the lead to less than two."These guys left everything on the field like they've done all summer. They're winners, … [Read more...]
WICHITA — Jesse Meaux needed five pitches to get through the first inning, 10 in the second and 14 in the third. He was cruising, and the Foresters starter ended up with his second win of the National Baseball Congress World Series as Santa Barbara defeated the Haysville (KS) Heat 8-3 early Thursday morning in Wichita.The victory advances the two-time tournament champions to Thursday's 8:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. Pacific Time) semifinal matchup against the Seattle Studs."He was throwing strikes, … [Read more...]
WICHITA — Staking Sam Stafford to a 5-0 lead will almost always do the trick.The University of Texas lefty was untouchable at times for the Santa Barbara Foresters on Tuesday, striking out nine Sedalia (MO) Bombers in seven innings of work in a 6-1 victory to stave off elimination from the NBC World Series once again.“Sam pitched his heart out today,” said manager Bill Pintard.Stafford started to tire in the seventh, giving up consecutive walks and a single, loading the bases with … [Read more...]
WICHITA — The Santa Barbara Foresters were not doing well in the 100-degree weather.Shortstop Shane Kroker had the shakes as he fought off looming heat exhaustion, and Michael Ratterree was cramping up.In one of the grittiest performances you can imagine, the middle infielders came up with season-saving hits as the Foresters (43-10) staved off elimination from the National Baseball Congress World Series with a 10-inning 5-4 comeback win over the Derby (KS) Twins on Sunday.Kroker, who … [Read more...]
WICHITA — The two-minute bus ride back to the hotel seemed a lot longer than that on Saturday night.The Santa Barbara Foresters let one go against the rival Liberal (KS) Bee Jays at Lawrence Dumont Stadium, failing to make big plays in the field and allowing Liberal starter Paul Gonzales to win with off-speed pitches in a 8-2 defeat. The loss sends the Foresters to the loser's bracket with a bitter taste in their mouths, as the Bee Jays knocked Santa Barbara out of the tournament last season.BOX … [Read more...]
WICHITA — The Santa Barbara Foresters took a break from the action at Lawrence Dumont Stadium and visited children at Via Christi Hospital here in Wichita on Friday afternoon. The visit is made annually by the team, which also visited pediatric patients at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital during the regular season.Fortunately, the amount of children in the hospital at Via Christi was low, and the players got to shower the few patients there with stuffed animals, signed baseballs and t-shirts."It's … [Read more...]
WICHITA — Two nights, hundreds of cookies and thousands of laughs later, the Santa Barbara Foresters bus arrived in Wichita, KS, at about 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday for the National Baseball Congress World Series.It's strange, but no one seems to remember anything specific about the ride. When you spend 26 of 29 hours in a rolling metal tube, all the card games, iPod songs, movie-quote recitations and uncomfortable nap attempts just blend into a massive mission in which the only goal is to eat up … [Read more...]
Fourth-year Forester and California Collegiate League Pitcher of the Year Chris Joyce will take the mound for the Santa Barbara Foresters tonight at 8 p.m. in the team's opener in the National Baseball Congress World Series. The opponent is the Casa Grande (AZ) Cotton Kings, a team which is hard to find any information on."I don't know anything about this team other than that they had a former Forester pitcher (Tim Crabbe) play for them a couple of years ago," said manager Bill Pintard. "I know … [Read more...]
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