16-0
Does anything more need to be said, especially for Chicoans? Tonight's loss to Long Beach was a doozie for the Outlaws and one that will either a.) be the symbolic nail in the coffin if the team ends up flailing in its quest to wrap up this first-half championship or b.) provide the sniffing salt for a quick turnaround that members will ultimately point to as the ultimate triumph over adversity.
Whatever happens, here's some tidbits from the most lopsided defeat in club history:
*The club's previous most lopsided loss was a 10-1 defeat at the hands of the Fullerton Flyers on June 4, 2006.
*The Outlaws had been outhit 15-1 through 4 1/2 innings — the game's halfway point.
*Also through 4 1/2, Long Beach led 13-0 and every Armada batter except leadoff John Kaplan had a hit at the point. Kaplan got his first in the sixth anyway.
*The Outlaws hadn’t been shut out this season or held under five hits (they finished with two.)
*Their worst loss of the season coming in was six runs — an 8-2 setback to the Orange County Flyers in June. Other than that, they had fallen in three-run games on two occasions.