Blue Pirates Stumble, Lose to Athletics
The <New Jersey Athletics:team#80> picked up a win at Farmers Market Stadium, knocking off the <Ontario Blue Pirates:team#77>, 12-3. Starting pitcher <Luis Gonzáles:player#6438> played a key role in the triumph. Gonzáles went 8 innings to notch the win. He scattered 6 hits, walked 4, and struck out 9. His record improves to 1-3.  The loss has the Blue Pirates at 8-17.

Who knows how it might've ended, had it not been for <Juan Ybarra:player#10037>? The New Jersey center fielder had a bases-clearing  double in the top of the second inning to put the Athletics on top, 5-1. For the game, <Ybarra:player#10037> had 2 doubles and 1 single in 5 at-bats.

"We played a good game and came out on top," said Gonzáles.



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