Simi Valley Vikings Take Game 1 of the 4-Game set at Fleetwood by a score of 6-1.

Yadier Molina's 2-Run HR, his 1st of the season, was all the offense the Vikings would need today.

The Vikings improve to (10-5) behind back-to-back HR's in the 3rd inning by Yadier Molina & Shane Victorino. AL Rookie of the Year Jaime Garcia earned his first win of the season with a strong performance, dropping the Walkers to (8-4).

BOXSCORE: 2012 Simi Valley Vikings At 2012 Fleetwood Walkers         4/9/2012
 
  Vikings            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Walkers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Dejesus DH        2  0  0  0 .125     H.Kendrick 2B       3  0  0  0 .140  
C-E.Bonifacio PH,DH   1  0  0  0 .265   A-M.Joyce PH,RF       1  0  0  0 .378  
  Y.Molina C          5  2  3  2 .354     C.Iannetta 3B       3  0  1  0 .200  
  S.Victorino CF      5  1  1  1 .396   B-D.Ackley 2B         1  0  0  0 .259  
  T.Tulowitzki SS     3  1  2  0 .271     M.Cabrera 1B        3  0  0  0 .357  
  A.Beltre 3B         4  1  1  1 .283     C.Beltran RF,LF     3  0  0  0 .238  
  F.Freeman 1B        3  0  2  2 .255     J.Thome DH          4  1  1  1 .316  
  J.Francoeur RF      4  0  0  0 .235     N.Evans LF,3B       4  0  0  0 .111  
  A.Casilla 2B        4  0  1  0 .303     A.Avila C           3  0  0  0 .341  
  B.Gardner LF        2  1  1  0 .200     A.Cabrera SS        4  0  1  0 .190  
                                          N.Markakis CF       1  0  0  0 .293  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  6 11  6                 Totals      30  1  3  1
 
A-Pinch Hit For Kendrick In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Iannetta In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Dejesus In 8th Inning
 
Vikings......... 0 0 4  0 0 1  0 0 1  -  6 11  1
Walkers......... 0 0 0  0 1 0  0 0 0  -  1  3  0
 
Vikings (10-5)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Garcia WIN(1-1)         6 2/3   3   1   1   4   5   1   7.63  A1 C9
S.Cishek HOLD(4th)        1 1/3   0   0   0   1   3   0   0.96  D1 D5
J.Soria                   1       0   0   0   0   1   0   4.91  D6
Totals                    9       3   1   1   5   9   1
 
Walkers (8-4)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA  SCORESHEET
Z.Greinke LOSS(2-1)       7 1/3   9   5   5   2   5   2   3.86  A1 D7
C.Capuano                 0 1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   5.25  D8 D9
R.Webb                    1 1/3   1   1   1   2   1   0   2.70  E1
Totals                    9      11   6   6   4   6   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 39,697 DATE- Thursday, April 9th 2012 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Tony Randazzo, Rick Reed, Jeff Kellogg, Mark Wegner
T- 3:20
LEFT ON BASE- Vikings: 9  Walkers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Vikings: 1  Walkers: 1
ERRORS- J.Garcia
DOUBLES- Y.Molina(3rd), T.Tulowitzki(5th), A.Beltre(3rd), A.Casilla(3rd)
HOME RUNS- Y.Molina(1st), S.Victorino(2nd), J.Thome(1st)
STOLEN BASES- T.Tulowitzki(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Dejesus-2, B.Gardner
SACRIFICE FLIES- F.Freeman
WALKS- T.Tulowitzki-2, A.Beltre, F.Freeman, M.Cabrera, C.Beltran, A.Avila,
       N.Markakis-2
HIT BY PITCH- B.Gardner
STRIKE OUTS- E.Bonifacio, Y.Molina-2, S.Victorino, A.Beltre, J.Francoeur,
             H.Kendrick, M.Joyce, M.Cabrera, J.Thome-2, N.Evans-2, A.Avila,
             N.Markakis
GIDP- C.Beltran
2-out RBI- Y.Molina-2, S.Victorino, A.Beltre, F.Freeman
 
Catcher Yadier Molina hit one over the fence and had 2 RBI as the Simi Valley
Vikings outscored the Fleetwood Walkers 6 to 1.
 
Jaime Garcia(1-1) gave a fine effort for Simi Valley.  He was reached for 3
hits and 4 walks in 6 and 2/3 innings.  Simi Valley out-hit Fleetwood for the
game, 11 hits to 3.  
 
Zack Greinke(2-1) was tagged with the loss.  He gave up 9 hits and 2 walks in
7 and 1/3 innings.