Yovani Gallardo pitches 7 1/3 innings of no-hit ball as Vikings shut-out SoCal 2-0.

Yovani was nearly unhittable while punching our 9 Wildfire batters.

SoCal's Ramon Santiago breaks up no-hitter with a single in the 8th. The only runs of the game came on RBI singles from David Dejesus and Jeff Francoeur. Simi Valley takes the season series from SoCal, winning 5 of 7. The Vikings are now 9-5 and the Wildfires fall to 11-6.

BOXSCORE: 2012 SoCal Wildfires At 2012 Simi Valley Vikings           4/7/2012
 
  Wildfires          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Vikings            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  B.Upton CF          3  0  0  0 .203     D.Dejesus DH        4  0  1  1 .136  
  M.Holliday LF       2  0  0  0 .267     Y.Molina C          4  0  1  0 .326  
  M.Napoli C          3  0  0  0 .254     S.Victorino CF      4  0  1  0 .419  
A-S.Fuld PR           0  0  0  0 .200     T.Tulowitzki SS     3  0  0  0 .244  
  P.Konerko 1B        4  0  1  0 .290     A.Beltre 3B         3  1  1  0 .286  
  D.Uggla 2B          3  0  0  0 .195     F.Freeman 1B        3  0  1  0 .227  
  M.Stanton RF        4  0  0  0 .226     J.Francoeur RF      2  1  1  1 .255  
  E.Thames DH         4  0  0  0 .364     A.Casilla 2B        2  0  0  0 .310  
  R.Santiago SS       3  0  1  0 .225     B.Gardner LF        3  0  0  0 .186  
  E.Encarnacion 3B    3  0  0  0 .359                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      29  0  2  0                 Totals      28  2  6  2
 
A-Pinch Ran For Napoli In 9th Inning
 
Wildfires....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  2  0
Vikings......... 0 0 1  0 0 0  1 0    -  2  6  0
 
Wildfires (11-6)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Shields LOSS(1-1)       6 2/3   4   2   2   1   1   0   3.80
B.Cassevah                0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00
L.Hawkins                 1       2   0   0   0   0   0   1.42
Totals                    8       6   2   2   1   1   0
 
Vikings (9-5)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
Y.Gallardo WIN(1-0)       8       1   0   0   4   9   0   3.15
F.Salas SAVE(3rd)         1       1   0   0   0   1   0   4.26
Totals                    9       2   0   0   4  10   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 40,462 DATE- Tuesday, April 7th 2012 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Larry Vanover, Mike Everitt, Mike Dimuro, Tim McClelland
T- 2:27
LEFT ON BASE- Wildfires: 7  Vikings: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Wildfires: 0  Vikings: 0
SACRIFICE HITS- A.Casilla
WALKS- B.Upton, M.Holliday, M.Napoli, D.Uggla, J.Francoeur
HIT BY PITCH- M.Holliday
STRIKE OUTS- B.Upton, M.Holliday, M.Napoli, P.Konerko, D.Uggla, M.Stanton,
             R.Santiago-2, E.Encarnacion-2, F.Freeman
WILD PITCHES- L.Hawkins, Y.Gallardo
2-out RBI- D.Dejesus, J.Francoeur
 
Yovani Gallardo didn't allow a hit until the 8th inning as the Simi Valley
Vikings outscored the SoCal Wildfires 2 to 0.
 
Gallardo(1-0) dominated SoCal hitters.  He gave up just 1 hit and 4 walks in 8
innings.  Gallardo mowed down 9 SoCal batters seeing his ERA drop from 5.25
to 3.15.  The right-handed Gallardo lost his chance for a no-hitter when
Ramon Santiago singled with one out in the 8th inning.  SoCal was out-hit by
Simi Valley, 6 hits to 2.  
 
Gallardo got help from Fernando Salas who was credited with his 3rd save.
James Shields(1-1) took the loss.  He surrendered 4 hits and 1 walk in 6 and2/3 innings.