ABA ROOKIE LEAGUE
PICTURE ROCKS RAPTORS AT HAVILAND THRASHERS
08/27/2025
 
ABA ROOKIE LEAGUE
PICTURE ROCKS RAPTORS AT HAVILAND THRASHERS
GAME ID: 9409 - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27TH , 2025 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Picture Rocks Raptors (57-72) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 15 0
Haviland Thrashers (79-50) 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 9 X 15 20 1
Great Day for Valenta -- 5 Hits
A jubilant Bryan Valenta joined the postgame press conference at Ballpark of Haviland to offer some unusual words of encouragement -- for the Picture Rocks Raptors pitching staff he had just vanquished.

"It may not have looked like it," said the Haviland Thrashers first baseman, "but I saw some awful good pitches today. If luck hadn't been on my side it might have turned out a lot different."

That would not have been the conclusion of anyone who saw his dominant 5-for-6 hitting performance, which led to the 15-4 Thrashers win.

"He made it look easy," said Matt Walker, manager of the Raptors. "We never figured out what to do with him. Obviously."

Bryan Valenta doubled in the 1st, singled in the 3rd, grounded out in the 4th, singled in the 6th, hit a two-run home run off Jim Unknown in the 8th and hit a two-run double in the 8th.

Valenta is swinging at a .395 pace on the year with 25 home runs, 71 RBIs and 64 runs scored. He has played in 64 games.
PICTURE ROCKS BATTING LINESCORE HAVILAND BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
A. Hall 1B 4 1 2 0 1 0 1 .342 11 39
   d-J. Unknown PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0
J. Durant SS 4 0 1 0 1 1 2 .364 26 84
T. Rogers DH 5 2 2 1 0 0 7 .350 16 63
J. Moya 2B 4 0 2 0 1 0 4 .265 14 49
Z. Ndale RF 4 0 2 2 0 0 3 .297 20 82
S. Mullaly LF 4 0 1 0 1 2 5 .316 7 39
M. Tunstall 3B 4 1 2 0 0 0 3 .296 6 43
   a-J. Unknown PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 0 0
J. Unknown C 4 0 1 0 0 2 5 .250 0 0
   b-J. Unknown PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0
J. Unknown CF 3 0 1 1 0 1 3 .333 0 1
   c-J. Unknown PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0
Totals 39 4 15 4 5 6 36      
a - J. Unknown pinch hit for M. Tunstall in the 9th
b - J. Unknown pinch hit for J. Unknown in the 9th
c - J. Unknown pinch hit for J. Unknown in the 9th
d - J. Unknown pinch hit for A. Hall in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: M. Tunstall (24, 2nd Inning off T. Magallon, 0 on, 0 outs) , A. Hall (19, 4th Inning off T. Magallon, 1 on, 0 outs) , S. Mullaly (17, 7th Inning off R. Vasquez, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: T. Rogers (16, 3rd Inning off T. Magallon, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: A. Hall 3 , J. Durant , T. Rogers 5 , J. Moya 2 , Z. Ndale 2 , S. Mullaly 2 , M. Tunstall 3 , J. Unknown , J. Unknown , J. Unknown
2-out RBI: Z. Ndale
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Unknown , J. Moya 2 , S. Mullaly 2 , J. Unknown , J. Unknown
GIDP: J. Unknown
Sac Fly: Z. Ndale , J. Unknown
Team LOB: 15
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Dawes 3B 5 1 2 2 0 0 3 .375 6 44
J. Salazar SS 3 3 1 1 2 1 2 .332 4 54
B. Valenta 1B 6 3 5 4 0 0 1 .395 25 71
J. Graves LF 5 2 3 2 1 0 2 .323 12 41
A. Peterson 2B 5 3 2 4 1 1 6 .204 7 32
M. Suarez CF 5 1 1 0 0 1 4 .286 1 7
K. Sverdloff RF 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 .341 10 64
J. Jimenez DH 5 1 3 1 0 0 3 .366 3 14
A. Perez C 5 0 1 0 0 2 7 .262 6 29
Totals 43 15 20 15 5 5 28      
BATTING
Doubles: B. Valenta 2 (21, 1st Inning off J. Unknown, 1 on, 1 out; 8th Inning off J. Unknown, 3 on, 2 outs) , J. Jimenez 2 (6, 4th Inning off J. Unknown, 0 on, 0 outs; 5th Inning off J. Unknown, 2 on, 2 outs) , J. Graves (18, 8th Inning off J. Unknown, 2 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: A. Peterson (7, 3rd Inning off J. Unknown, 3 on, 1 out) , B. Valenta (25, 8th Inning off J. Unknown, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: B. Dawes 2 , J. Salazar , B. Valenta 10 , J. Graves 4 , A. Peterson 5 , M. Suarez , K. Sverdloff 2 , J. Jimenez 5 , A. Perez
2-out RBI: B. Dawes , J. Salazar , B. Valenta , J. Graves , J. Jimenez
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Dawes , A. Peterson 2 , M. Suarez , A. Perez
Sac Fly: B. Dawes
Hit by Pitch: J. Salazar
Team LOB: 11

FIELDING
Errors: J. Salazar (22)
Double Plays: 2 (Valenta, Peterson-Salazar-Valenta)
PB: A. Perez
PICTURE ROCKS PITCHING LINESCORE HAVILAND PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
J. Unknown L (0-1) 3.1 7 5 5 1 3 1 57 13.50   
J. Unknown 2.2 5 1 1 0 1 0 49 3.38   
J. Unknown 1.0 5 6 6 3 0 1 38 54.00   
J. Unknown 1.0 3 3 3 1 1 0 23 27.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Unknown 26
Batters Faced: J. Unknown 19, J. Unknown 13, J. Unknown 11, J. Unknown 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Unknown 2-5, J. Unknown 2-5, J. Unknown 2-1, J. Unknown 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: J. Unknown 57-39, J. Unknown 49-36, J. Unknown 38-19, J. Unknown 23-15
Inherited Runners - Scored: J. Unknown 1-0 , J. Unknown 3-3
Hit Batsmen: J. Unknown
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Magallon W (7-5) 5.1 10 3 3 3 5 1 107 6.55   
R. Vasquez H (5) 1.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 30 10.21   
J. Bencosme SV (11) 2.0 3 1 1 2 0 0 40 4.50   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Magallon 38
Batters Faced: T. Magallon 29, R. Vasquez 7, J. Bencosme 10
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Magallon 2-8, R. Vasquez 2-2, J. Bencosme 1-4
Pitches - Strikes: T. Magallon 107-61, R. Vasquez 30-18, J. Bencosme 40-22
Inherited Runners - Scored: R. Vasquez 2-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Bryan Valenta
Ballpark: Ballpark of Haviland
Weather: Partly Cloudy (69 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 11 mph
Start Time: 7:35 PM ET
Time: 3:59
Attendance: 4717
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