CHILL DROP AWL SEMI-FINAL GAME 13-3 TO END SEASON
February 29, 2008 (15-5)

After finishing the regular season with an Arizona Winter League best 15-4 record, the Palm Springs Chill came up short in the first round of the playoffs, dropping a lopsided 13-3 decision to the Blythe Heat at Palm Springs Stadium Friday night.

Former College of the Desert standout Mario Guilin limited the Chill offense to two unearned runs on two hits while striking out six over seven solid innings. 

The Heat jumped out to an early 4-0 lead in the first when the Chill's starting pitcher Brian Campbell uncharacteristically struggled with his control. Campbell walked the Ryan Crespi to start the game and then promptly hit the next three batters. The Heat never looked back

Thompson Homers in Final Regular Season Game
February, 28 2008 (15-4)

The Palm Springs Chill dropped their final regular season game Thursday night 9-1 to the Blythe Heat. This is the first time the CHILL have lost to the Heat this season after winning the first 4 games. Michael Thompson hit a solo homerun, his 6th of the season, in the top of the 4th inning that led to the only CHIILL run of the night.  Kirk Spreiter picked up his 2nd loss of the season in his final CHILL appearance. Combined with the Blythe win and Yuma Scorpions loss 10-6 to the San Diego Surf Dawgs Thursday night the Heat have qualified for the AWL playoffs. With the CHILL finishing in 1st place they will host the leagues 4th place team, the same Blythe Heat, to try and beat them for the 5th time in 6 games. The game will start at 6:05pm Friday night at Palm Springs Stadium with Brian Campbell, 2-0 and a 3.60 ERA, starting on the mound for the CHILL. CHILL manager Garry Templeton said “Friday night is do or die for us, our record does not matter we have to win to keep playing.” This means that the leagues regular season ERA leader Shawn Ravenscraft 1.17 will be in relief if needed to get to Saturday nights championship game. However if Ravenscraft is not used Friday night he will be the starter in Saturday nights Championship game.

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CHILL Cool the Heat 8-5
February 26, 2008 (15-3)

The Palm Springs CHILL beat the Blythe heat for the 3rd time in four days Tuesday night.  After Blythe opened the scoring with two runs in the bottom of the third, the Chill bounced back with four runs in the top of the fifth capped by Stephen Persons bases loaded triple that scored all three runners.  Pearson ended the night 2 for 4 with 4 RBI’s while Michael Thompson, the AWL’s leading hitter, went 2-4. The CHILL finished off their scoring with 2 runs in the bottom of the 7th and 8th innings.    

Starting pitcher Jason Cline pitched 5 innings giving up 2 runs while striking out 4 on his way to his 4th victory of the season and improving his record to 4-0. 

The CHILL return to action Thursday night in Blythe as they finish up their regular season schedule before hosting either the San Diego Surf Dawgs or the Canada Miners Friday night at 6:05pm at Palm Springs Stadium.

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Chill Cool Blythe's Spark
February 24, 2008 (14-3)

The Palm Springs Chill pounded out 18 hits in route to a 17-5 victory over the visiting Blythe Heat at Palm Springs Stadium Sunday afternoon. 

Third baseman Mike Thompson lead the offensive barrage with a 5-5 six-RBI night.  First baseman Steven Pearson added four more RBIs by going 3-5 with a home run and a double.

Starting pitcher Shawn Ravenscraft allowed an unearned run on two hits while striking out five over six innings to earn the win.  Hard throwing Paul Wilson struck out four and didn't allow a ball out of the infield in two innings of relief work.

The Power have clinched a spot in the Arizona Winter League playoffs.  The first game of the AWL playoffs will be Friday evening at Palm Springs Stadium.  First pitch will be at 6:05pm.

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Chill Dominate Surf Dawgs For Victory
February 22, 2008 (13-3)

The Palm Springs Chill ran their AWL league leading record to 13-3 with a dominating 8-3 victory over the visiting San Diego Surf Dawgs at Palm Springs Stadium Friday night.
                        
Sean Lorentz led the Chill offense with two hits, two runs and an RBI.  He drove in the game’s first run with a ringing double to right in the second inning.  Stephen Pearson and Drew Taddia each doubled for the Chill.

Winning pitcher Brian Campbell allowed two runs, one earned, on six hits over six innings. 

The Chill return home to Palm Springs Stadium for a 4 PM Sunday contest against Blythe.  The game will be the final regular season home game for the Chill.  They will play their final home game next Friday for the first round of the AWL playoffs.

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Unlucky 13 for CHILL
February 21, 2008 (12-3)

The Palm Springs CHILL’s 12 game winning streak came to an end Thursday night at the hands of the Yuma Scorpions
4-1.  Starting pitcher Kirk Spreiter went 8 innings for the CHILL giving up 10 hits and 0 walks but was saddled with his first loss of the season. 

The CHILL bats struggled all night to put the ball in play as Scorpions starting pitcher Tyler Pearson, a Kansas City Royals farm hand, threw 7 innings while striking out 11 CHILL batters. 

The Scorpions scored a run in the first, one in the fourth, and two in the eighth while limiting the CHILL to their only run in their seventh when Chris Dempsy singled and Sean Lorentz doubled him home.  Lorentz and Drew Taddia combined for 4 of the 8 CHILL hits on the night.

The CHILL will return home Friday evening to try and start a new winning streak against the San Diego Surf Dawgs at 6:05 pm at Palm Springs Stadium. Starting pitcher for the CHILL will be Brian Campbell who is 1-0 on the year with a 2.95 ERA in 4 starts.   

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CHILL Win 12th In A Row With 9th Inning Comeback
February 20, 2008 (12-2)

The Palm Springs CHILL won their 12th consecutive game Wednesday night against the Yuma Scorpions 8-7.  The CHILL started the scoring in the 3rd when Paul Vargo walked followed by back to back to back singles by Aaron Lilly, Joe Dempsy and Johnny Coit to put the CHILL up 3-0.  The CHILL would add 1 in the 5th and 1 in the 6th before Yuma would answer with a run of their own in the bottom of the inning to cut the lead to 5-1.  Former POWER and current CHILL outfielder Johnny Coit led off the 7th inning with his league leading 4th triple of the season before Michael Thompson would drive him in for his first RBI of the game. 

Yuma then answered with three runs of their own in the bottom of the 7th followed by 3 more in the bottom of the 8th to take a 7-6 lead.

However, in the top of the 9th the CHILL got things going when Drew Taddia was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning, then Michael Thompson, much like he has done all season long, came through in the clutch with an RBI double off the left field wall. With the game tied at 7-7, Joe Dempsy lined a single into centerfield to score Thompson the eventual game winning run. 

Jeff Tam, who had come in relief in the middle of the 8th inning, finished the game off in the 9th to pick up his first victory of the season.  Starting pitcher pitched Jason Cline pitched a solid 6 innings giving up only one unearned run while striking out 4 Scorpions.  Kirk Spreiter will take the ball Thursday evening when the CHILL will take on the same Yuma Scorpions at 5pm before returning to Palm Springs Friday at 6:05pm to take on the San Diego Surf Dawgs.

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SPRINGS CHILL WIN 11TH IN ROW BEHIND RAVENSCRAFT
February 19, 2008 (11-2)

Righthander Shawn Ravenscraft pitched seven shutout innings against the Sonora Pilots, leading the first place Palm Springs Chill to a 6-2 win, their 11th consecutive win after two season-opening losses. Ravenscraft did not give up a hit until there were two outs in the sixth inning. Reliever Ricky Navarro pitched the 8th and 9th innings and was touched for the only two runs by the Pilots in the eighth.

Sonora righthander Josh Zumbrun pitched a complete game Tuesday night against the CHILL but absorbed his second loss of the season to put his record at 1-2.

Chill centerfielder Drew Taddia blasted his first home run of the season to lead off the eighth inning to provide the 6th and final run of the game.  Michael Thompson had another solid night at the plate going 2-5 with a run scored while Stephen Pearson went 2-4 with a double and sacrifice fly in the 4th.

After the game CHILL closer and ex MLB pitcher Jeff Tam said the 11 game win streak can be attributed to Manager Garry Templeton’s “ability to communicate with each of us.  He has told each us what our roles are on the team and works with us to get better each day.”

The CHILL will take on the Yuma Scorpions Wednesday at 5:00pm in Yuma before returning home Friday night to take on the San Diego Surf Dawgs at 6:05pm at Palm Springs Stadium.

CHILL Get 10th In A Row In 10th Inning
February 17, 2008 (10-2)

The Palm Springs CHILL defeated the Canada Miners 6-5 Sunday afternoon at Palm Springs Stadium to take a 3 game lead atop of the Arizona Winter League (AWL). 

The CHILL offense was led by first baseman David Adamchick who went 3-5 with a game tying 2 run homerun in the bottom of the 8th to right field.  Adamchick also scored the winning run in the 10th inning after singling to right field then scored on Paul Vargo’s game winning triple to the right centerfield gap. 

Brian Campbell started on the mound for the CHILL and threw a stellar 6 innings only allowing 4 hits while striking out 5 Miners and allowing 0 runs.  The surprise of the night came when CHILL 3rd baseman Michael Thompson took the mound to pitch the 9th and 10th innings to help a depleted bullpen.  All Thompson proceeded to do was sit down 6 consecutive Miners and pick up his first win of the season. 

All 5 Miner runs came in the 7th inning when Jono Brooks hit a grand slam to left field that put the Miners up 5-4. 

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CHILL Win 9th In A Row At Canada’s Expense
February 16, 2008 (9-2)

The Palm Springs CHILL improved to 9-2 Saturday night as they defeated the Canada Miners 11-4 at Palm Springs Stadium.  Kirk Spreiter picked up his first win of the season pitching 6 innings before turning the ball over to Rick Navarro and Jeff Tam to close it out. 

The CHILL got off to a hot start in the first inning when Michael Thompson hit his team leading 5th home run to put the CHILL ahead 2-1.  The Miners would tie the game in the 3rd before Palm Springs would answer with two more runs in the bottom of the inning. It was not until the 5th inning that the CHILL would break the game wide open on Sean Lorentz’s 3 run homerun to left field.  The CHILL would add 1 in the 6th and 3 more in the 8th to finish off their 9th consecutive win over the league’s second place team.

The CHILL was lead by David Adamchick, Sean Lorentz, and Michael Thompson who each had 2 hits apiece.  

The CHILL will take on the same Canada Miners Sunday afternoon at 4:05pm at Palm Springs Stadium. 

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CHILL Shoot Down the Sonora PILOTS 18-10
February 15, 2008 (8-2)

The Palm Springs CHILL was led Friday night by former POWER standout Johnny Coit, who went three for five with two massive home runs and a single.  Mike Thomson, the top offensive player in the AWL blasted his 4th home run of the season for the Chill, while adding 2 doubles and three runs scored.  

The CHILL took a 3-0 lead into the top of the 4th inning before the PILOTS answered with 4 runs of their own. The lead would continue to change hands three more times in the next two innings before the CHILL broke the game wide open in the 6th inning scoring 6 runs. 

Jason Cline improved to 2-0 on the season picking up the win for the CHILL going 5 innings while striking out 7 batters.  

The Sonora PILOTS were led by Marcus Davis who went 1-3 with a home run and 3 runs scored and Ryan Grant who added a three run homer of his own.

Palm Springs will return to action Saturday afternoon at 4:05pm when they take on the Canada Miners at Palm Springs Stadium.  

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PALM SPRINGS CHILL HOLD ON TO FREEZE THE SURF DAWGS
February 14, 2008 (7-2)

The Palm Springs Chill, playing as the home team at Desert Sun Stadium in Yuma, held on for a 6-5 victory over the San Diego Surf Dawgs.

The Chill scored a run in the first inning, a run in the second, and four in the fourth to lead 6-1, then watched the Surf Dawgs score two in the seventh on a home run by Geoff Wagner and two in the eighth on a single by Dustin Hicks.

The four Palm Springs runs in the fourth were achieved on three hits and three Dawgs errors.

Righthander Shawn Ravenscraft went seven innings as the Palm Springs starter.  Ben Horner worked the first six innings for San Diego.

Mike Thompson, Jon Pasieka, and Chris Debiasi each had two hits for the Chill.  Brandon Taylor had two for San Diego, which also featured Brandon Ragle’s triple in the third inning.

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The Palm Springs CHILL Cool Off The Blythe Heat 11-4
February 12, 2008 (6-2)

The Palm Springs Chill overcame a 0-4 deficit with 11 unanswered runs in beating the Blythe Heat 11-4 Tuesday night at Desert Sun Stadium in Yuma. This is the 6th consecutive win for the Chill.

The Heat started the scoring with a run in the third and 3 in the fourth, but Palm Springs came back with 2 in the fifth, 1 in the sixth, 2 in the seventh, and 6 in the eighth to put the game away.

The Chill garnered 16 hits in all. Third baseman Mike Thompson was perfect at the plate with three singles, a double, a walk, and a hit by pitch. Shortstop Sean Lorentz had a double and triple while designated hitter Paul Vargo had three singles and a sacrifice fly. 

Former POWER outfielder Johnny Coit added two hits with a double while former major leaguer Jeff Tam struck out the side in the 9th inning.  The CHILL continue their two game road trip Thursday night against the San Diego Surf Dawgs before returning home Friday night to play the Sonora Pilots at 6:05pm.

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Chill Turn Up Heat In Bottom Of Ninth For Win
February 10, 2008 (5-2)

Chill Keep Sonora cold
February 9, 2008 (4-2)

Jason Cline allowed two runs on three hits over six innings to lead the Palm Springs Chill to a 5-3 victory over the Sonora Pilots at Palm Springs Stadium Saturday night. The victory was the Chill’s fourth straight to run their record to 4-2 in the Arizona Winter League.

Cline didn’t allow a hit over his final three innings before giving way to the bull-pen. Rick Navarro struck out four in two innings of work while surrendering a run on three hits. Former major leaguer Jeff Tam worked a scoreless ninth to earn his first save of the season.

Trailing 2-0 in the bottom of the sixth the chill scored three runs on three hits and a walk to take a league they never relinquished. With one out Joe Dempsey singled and moved to second when Sean Lorentz drew a base on balls. With two out, Drew Taddia tripled to right center field to tie the game. He scored the go ahead run on Chris Debiasi’s single to left.

The two teams square off again Sunday at 4:05 at Palm Springs Stadium.

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Chill Put Scorpions On Ice
February 8, 2008 (3-2)

The Palm Springs Chill rallied for seven runs in the sixth inning in route to a 12-8 victory over the Yuma Scorpions at Palm Springs Stadium last night. The win was the Chill’s third in a row and ran their season record to 3-2.

The Chill sent thirteen hitters to the plate and hammered two extra-base hits off two different Yuma pitchers in the sixth. Sean Lorentz singled twice and scored a run on a four for four night. The Chill got a bases loaded triple off the bat of Bud Lilly and an RBI double from Mike Thompson who went 3-5 with a solo home run in the first inning.

Winning pitcher Kirk Spritzer allowed one hit and struck out two in two innings of relief. Starting pitcher Shawn Ravenscraft pitched well, allowing only two hits and striking out four in five innings but left the game with the score tied at three all.

The Chill return home Saturday to face Sonora in another Arizona Winter League game. First pitch is at 4:05 pm.

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PALM SPRINGS CHILL DROPS CANADA MINERS’
TEMPERATURE  WITH 7-6 WIN
February 7, 2008 (2-2)

The Palm Springs Chill broke a 6-6 tie with a run in the top of the ninth inning to send the Canada Miners to their first loss in AWL play after four wins.  Chill outfielder Drew Taddia bunted safely for a single with two outs and then came around the bases to score on two Miners errors. The Miners had taken a 4-0 lead in the first three innings.  Palm Springs scored 3 in the sixth and 3 in the seventh to take the lead.  The Miners plated 2 in the 8th to tie the game before Taddia’s heroics. Righthander Robert Goldblatt pitched the first five innings for Canada, shutting out the Chill on just four hits. The Palm Springs team played errorless ball in the field and was helped by five Canada errors.

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PALM SPRINGS CHILL FREEZES SAN DIEGO FOR FIRST AWL WIN
February 3, 2008 (1-2)

The Palm Springs Chill, managed by former major league All-Star shortstop, Garry Templeton, earned their first AWL victory after two losses by dominating the San Diego Surf Dawgs 13-3 at Desert Sun Stadium Sunday afternoon. Third baseman Mike Thompson and first baseman Steve Pearson had great days at the plate to lead the Chill, who amassed 16 hits against five Surf Dawg pitchers. Thompson had 2 home runs, a single, and double, scored three runs and drove in three. Pearson had a single, two doubles, and a triple, scored once and drove in three also. Chill right fielder Jeff Johnson and shortstop Sean Lorentz had two hits apiece.  Left fielder Johnny Coit had a two-RBI double and scored two runs. San Diego catcher Dustin Hicks hit a solo homer in the eighth.  Shortstop Marcos Villezcas had three hits. 

Third baseman Brandon Taylor had a triple. AWL play resumes Tuesday.  The Yuma Scorpions host the Blythe Heat in the 12 Noon game.  The undefeated Canada Miners play the Sonora Pilots in the 6 PM contest.

The Palm Springs Chill's next home game is Friday, February 8 at 6:05pm. Home games are played at Palm Springs Stadium. Gates open at 5pm.

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Chill Drop Second Game to Miners
February 2, 2008 - (0-2)

Canada Miners 9          Palm Springs Chill 6

For the second night in a row, the Palm Springs Chill Bullpen failed to hold an early lead as Palm Springs fell to the Canada Minders 9-6 at Palm Springs Stadium. The Chill took a 5-2 lead in the 4th inning on a two-run homerun off the bat of David Adamchick. Adamchick reached base five consecutive times on three walks, a hit-by-pitch, and the homerun. Jonny coit and Drew Taddia each had two hits for the Chill. The Miners rallied with five straight two-out hits off Chill reliever Ricky Nacarro to take the lead 7-6 in the seventh inning. The Chill loaded the bases in the eigth with no outs, but came away scoreless.

Palm Springs Chill returns home Friday, February 8th as they hos the Yuma Scorpions in a 6:05pm contest.

Score by Innings                       February 2, 2008

                     1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9              R  H  E

Canada…        0  1  1  0  0  1  4  0  2              9  12  1

Chill…             0  0  2  3  1  0  0  0  0              9   9   3

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Palm Springs Chill Lose Inaugural Game 14-5
February 1, 2008 - (0-1)

The Chill jumped out to a 3 run lead in the first inning and held strong until the Surf Dawgs proceeded to score 4 runs in the 6th, 7th, and 8th innings. The four runs in the 6th inning were all unearned. The Surf Dawgs were led by Pat Burgess who hit two home runs to left center and Juan Sorano who had a solo shot to strait away center field. Offensively the Chill was led by Kansas City Royals farm hand Mike Thompson who went two for three and reached base in all four of his plate appearances. The Chill’s starting pitcher Brian Campbell threw a stellar four innings giving up only one on two hits.

Saturday the Chill will return to action in search of their first victory of the season versus the Canada Miners at Palm Springs Stadium with the first pitch being thrown at 4:05pm.

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