Arlington A's

MEMBERS OF THE RIVER VALLEY LEAGUE (WEST DIVISION)

1967, 1969, 1979, 1984, & 1985 STATE CHAMPIONS

The Arlington A's and Gaylord Islanders would like to thank these 2009 State Tournament Corporate Sponsors:

Proud Co-host of the 2009 State Amateur Baseball Tournament

Tues., July 6
@ Arlington
7:30 P.M.

The A's are conducting their annual Ballard's Resort Raffle. Grand Prize is a trophy walleye fishing trip for four people to Lake of the Wood's (3 nights lodging, 2 days of guided walleye fishing, shore lunches). This trip is valued at $1,499.00. In addition, there will be 3 $100 winners drawn. Raffle Tickets are $10 each. Contact an A's player to purchase.

River Valley League West Standings
As of 6/28/2009

Team     League Rec.    Div. Rec

Arlington     9-3              (5-0)

St. Peter      7-5              (3-2)

Winthrop     4-8              (1-3)

Fairfax         2-10              (2-3)

Gaylord       2-11               (2-5)

Wed., July 1
@ Arlington
7:30 P.M.

Questions, Comments, or concerns?

please email the A's at:

arlingtonas@yahoo.com

A's Player of the Week

POLISH HOMERUN STANDINGS

A's: 56

Opponents: 55

A's Record: 13-7

A's Rally to Beat Islanders

Plato Blue Jays Give Arlington the Bird

WORK DAYS AT THE PARK!!

Mon., July 6
@ Shakopee
7:30 P.M.

Park Inspection for the State Tournament is right around the corner and everyone's help is needed to get things done. Please plan on spending as much time as possible at the park on these two days.

Sunday, July 5th & Saturday July 11th

A's Beat Eagles 13-5, Move into First Place!

    The A's four game winning streak came to an abrupt halt Wednesday night in Arlington against the 2007 Class C State Champion Plato Blue Jays. The Blue Jays wasted little time getting on the board, scoring four runs in the top of the first inning.
    The A's answered with a run of their own in the bottom half of the inning when Joe Lucas singled, moved to second on a Scott Dose walk, and scored on a James Van Buskirk single.
    The A's added two more in the third when Scott Dose doubled and scored on a Brett Pioske single. Pioske moved to second on a Blue Jay error and scored on Chad Dose's liner to right field. That would be all the offense the A's could muster, however, while Plato continued to have big innings.
    The night ended early via the ten-run rule as Plato scored three runs in the the seventh to make the score 13-3.
    Offensively, the A's were led by Chad Dose, who was 2-3 with double. With the loss, the A's move to 13-5 on the season.
    The one bright spot of the eveing for your hometown nine was that they won 3-2 in polish homeruns. Jake Pichelmann led the A's with 2 polish homeruns.

    Mike Spurling's big toe and the Arlington A's offense both faced big challenges Friday night in Gaylord. Both came through in the end.
    Making his first start after a month long layoff, A's starter Mike Spurling showed little rust. His right big toe, however, was not as fortunate. After a one-two-three first inning, Spurling returned to the dugout and saw that the entire callus on his big toe had torn off. In true Spurling fashion, Mike taped it up and continued to pitch. Spurling pitched six strong innings, allowing three runs (1 earned) on six hits, while striking out nine.
    Meanwhile, the A's offense struggled to get anything going over the first five inning against Islanders starter Brian Winter. Down 3-0 in the in the sixth, however, rallied to tie the score. Joe Lucas led off the inning with a walk and moved to second when on a Craig Dose single. Scott Dose walked and James Van Buskirk was hit by a pitch to plate Lucas. Brett Pioske then drove a liner to the outfield plating Craig and Scott Dose.
   With the score tied 3-3 in the ninth, Chad Dose led off with a walk and moved to second on Paul Pichelmann's SAC bunt. Shane Henke followed with a walk and Joe Lucas singled to score Dose and Henke. Craig and Scott Dose walked to load the bases and Van Buskirk line a single to left to score Lucas. A Brett Pioske walk plated Craig Dose and a SAC fly by Jake Lucas gave the A's an 8-3 lead. The Islanders added one in the bottom of the ninth to make the final score 8-4.
    With the win, the A's move to 14-5 on the season.
    The A's beat the Islanders 4-3 in polish homeruns. Blake Henke led the A's with two polish homeruns.

    The A's offense scored 12 runs in the first three innings and never looked back in defeating the Winthrop Eagles 13-5 at beautiful Arlington Baseball Park Sunday evening. The win moved the A's (8-3, 5-0) into first place in the River Valley League West Division.
    A's starter Scott Dose went eight innings giving up five runs (4 earned) on nine hits, while striking out eight. Zach "K-rod" Pauly came in to shut the door on the Eagles in the ninth.
    Joe Lucas, Scott Dose, Jake Lucas, Chad Dose and Brett Pioske all had multiple hit games for the A's and every A's starter had at least one hit. "You guys are making me want to hit," commented A's manager Bryce Eggert.
    The only thing more impressive than the A's offense was Bryce Eggert's intestinal fortitude, which was illustrated when he entered the game for injured catcher Brett Pioske in the sixth inning without a cup!! For all you ladies, he escaped the game unscathed.
   With the win, the A's move to 15-5 on the season.
   The only negative of the day was the fact that the A's lost in polish homeruns, 5-1. Tom Pioske hit the sole polish homerun for the A's.

Three A's Make RVL/DRS All-Star Game

A's Down Brewers 5-4!

Game Recap Coming Soon