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7/9 : KRIS KELLY (THE BROTHER OF MIKE KELLY)  MADE HIS AVS DEBUT TODAY.... HE RECIEVED THE CALL UP AT APPROXIMATELY 11:00 THIS MORNING... SALZANO AND KRIS TOOK ON SGANGA AND KELLY... SALZANO TOOK THE YOUNG STUD UNDERNEATH HIS WING AND HELPED HIM COPE WITH THE MAJOR LEAGUE ATMOSPHERE.... THEY JUMPED OUT A 1-0 LEAD IN THE TOP HALF OF THE 3RD... THIS LEAD LASTED UNTIL THERE WAS ONE OUT IN THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE 6TH WHEN SGANGA STEPPED UP WITH MIKEY K ON 1ST SGANGA HIT HIS 4TH HOMERUN OF THE SEASON AND TIED MIKE KELLY WITH 10 RBI'S.... BELIEVE IT OR NOT FOLKS MIKEY K FINALLY GOT RUN SUPPORT AND THAT WAS ALL HE NEEDED HE CRUISED IN THE TOP HALF OF THE 7TH... SGANGA AND KELLY ON TOP
 
W(3-3) KELLY     L(2-1) SALZANO            HR's : SGANGA
 
KELLY : 5-9 1 2B /  SGANGA : 3-8 1 HR 2 RBI'S
 
KRIS K. : 2-9  2 1B'S / SALZANO 3-9 3 1B'S

7/8 : On This Hot And Sticky Monday Afternoon We Decided To Play... Once Again It Was Hutter And Kelly vs. Sganga And Salzano... Scheduled To Play 7 Innings The Game Last An Unbelievable 11 Innings... The Game Took Approximately 2 Hours... As You Can See Wiffleball At It's Finest YET AGAIN In This Season... Salzano Made His 2nd Start Of The Season Against Mike Kelly Both Lasted The Whole Game... Salzano Firing 20 K's Opposed To Kelly's 18... It Was a 0-0 Game The Whole Way Through Until Sganga Stepped Up To The Plate With One Out And Smashed A Deep Bomb Over The Luxury Box...Making The Score 1-0... Mike Kelly Hit A Lead-Off Single In The Bottom Half.. Hutter Than Wiffed Against Anthony... Now With One Out In The Bottom Half Of The 11th Kelly Got Yet Another Single... Runners On 1st And 2nd One Out CJ Wiffed Yet Again... To End The Game... Once Again Mike Kelly Gets No Run Support From CJ Who Had An 0-12 Game... Mike Kelly Was Quoted Saying, " I Can't Throw Much Better Than That! " Final Score 1-0 In Favor Of Salzano And Sganga
 
W(2-0) Salzano L(2-3) Kelly      HR's : Sganga
 
Salzano : 1-15 12 K's / Sganga : 5-14 1 HR 1 RBI
 
Kelly : 8-19 2 2B's / Hutter : 0-12 13 K's

6/22 GAME 1 : INTERLEAGUE PLAY AT IT'S FINEST.. THIS GAME WAS FULL OF STRIKEOUTS BOTH TEAMS COMBINING 25 STRIKEOUTS... THE PITCHERS WERE ON... KELLY, SALZANO AND SGANGA CAME ON TOP AFTER SMACKING AROUND RUSSO'S CREW... THE GAME WAS A PITCHER'S DUEL GOING INTO THE FORTH INNING 2 RUNNERS WERE ON AS MIKE SGANGA STEPPED UP TO BAT... HE SAW A PITCH HE LIKED AND PUT IT INTO THE CHEAP SEATS... GIVE AVS A 3-0... FROM THAT POINT ON IT WAS DOWNHILL FOR RUSSO'S CREW... MIKE KELLY THEN CAME UP WITH 2 RUNNERS ON AND HIT A HOME RUN MAKIN THE SCORE 6-0... ANTHONY SALZANO THEN DROVE IN A RUN WITH A SINGLE... MIKE KELLY SHUT DOWN THE QUIET BATS WIFFING 13 AND ALLOWING ONLY 2 HITS...
 
W (2-1) MIKE KELLY   L (0-1) JOE RITACCO    HR'S :  KELLY AND  SGANGA
 
KELLY : 3-6 1 HR 3 RBI'S / SGANGA : 3-6 1 HR 3 RBI'S/ SALZANO: 1-8 6 K'S
 
RUSSO : 1-7 6 K'S / KEVIN : 0-7 6 K'S / RITACCO : 1-2 5 BB'S
 
 

6/22 GAME 2 : THIS WILL PROBABLY GO DOWN AS A CLASSIC AT AVS.. ANTHONY SALZANO TOOK THE HILL FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON.. DOING IT IN REASONABLE FASHION FANNING 10 AND ALLOWING 1 RUN... SALZANO AND SGANGA WON THE GAME 2-1... MIKE KELLY TOOK THE HILL FOR HIM AND HUTTER... AND GOT HIMSELF INTO A JAM HE COULDN'T GET OUT OF.. THIS WAS THE DIFFERENCE IN THE GAME... CJ HUTTER HIS TEAMMATE WAS QUOTED SAYING, " YOU DID GOOD, BUT GOT NO RUN SUPPORT NEXT TIME YOU WILL." CJ MADE HIS DEBUT AT AVS AND WHAT A TERRIBLE START HE IS OFF TO... STARTING THE GAME WITH A SINGLE, BUT WAS THEN RETIRED IN HIS NEXT 7 AT BATS... SGANGA AND SALZANO PROVED TO BE THE BETTER TEAM THIS TIME
 
W (1-0) SALZANO L ( 2-2) KELLY     HR: KELLY
 
SALZANO 2-9 6 K'S 1 RBI / SGANGA 4-9 2 2B'S 1 RBI
 
KELLY 4-9 1 HR 1 RBI / HUTTER 1-8 6 K'S

6/8  GAME 1 : AS THE FIRST EVER GAME AT AVS TOOK PLACE, MIKE SGANGA WAS REPORTEDLY TALKING SOME JUNK TO MIKE KELLY, THIS MUST HAVE HAD AN IMPACT ON MIKE KELLY, BECAUSE HE RESPONDED TO THE ADVERSITY. MIKE SGANGA STRUCK OUT THE SIDE IN THE FIRST INNING, BUT IN THE TOP OF THE SECOND ANTHONY SALZANO AND MIKE KELLY WENT INTO AN OUTBURST SOCRING SCORING 3 RUNS ON A 3 RUN JACK BY MIKE KELLY, THIS INNING PROVED TO BE THE DIFFERENCE, THE BOTTOM HALF OF THAT INNING MATTY MONZ AND MIKE SGANGA SCORED TO RUNS, THE SCORE 3-2 GOING INTO THE 4TH, BUT SALZANO AND KELLY SHUT THE DOOR, WITH ANOTHER BOMB BY MIKE KELLY, FOLKS IN THE 6TH INNING MIKE KELLY HIT ANOTHER BOMB. SALZANO SURELY DID THE JOB OF GETTING ON FOR KELLY, AND LETTING KELLY DRIVE HIM IN. THE FINAL SCORE 6-2 . 

W (1-0) MIKE KELLY L (0-1) MIKE SGANGA   HRS : 3 MIKE KELLY

KELLY : 6-11 6 RBI'S 3 HR'S / SALZANO : 4-10 1 BB                    

SGANGA : 2-10 1 RBI 2B / MONASTERO : 6-10 1 RBI

6/8 GAME 2 : THIS WAS A PITCHERS DUEL THE WHOLE GAME. THIS TIME SGANGA WAS FOCUSED FROM THE MOUND SHUTTING DOWN THE OPPOSITION. ALTHOUGH SALZANO AND KELLY MANAGED TO GET BASE LOADED 3 TIMES, SGANGA MANAGED TO DELIVER THE PITCH HE NEEDED IN THE CLUTH. NOW, MIKE KELLY FANNED 13 OUT OF 14 OUTS, BUT HE STILL MANAGED TO GET THE "L". MIKE KELLY WAS HEARD SAYING, " I PITCH BETTER THAN HIM, BUT HE MADE THE BIG TIME PITCH WHEN IT WAS NEEDED AND I JUST DIDN'T DO THAT, I GIVE A HELL OF A LOT OF RESPECT TO THAT GUY, ONE HELL OF A PITCHER ! "
 
W (1-1) MIKE SGANGA     L (1-1) KELLY    HR'S :SGANGA AND MONASTERO
 
KELLY : 6-12 2 2B'S               SALZANO : 4-11
 
SGANGA : 3-9 3B & HR        MONASTERO : 2-10 8K'S HR