The Dodge offense was also playing well. In the bottom of the second, Louis
Cazares hit a two-run home run to give the A’s the early lead, and eventual
only runs of the game.
Despite the A’s not making the playoffs, Stephenson did find some bright
spots on the entire season and summer.
“I think really from the standpoint of how the organization went, it was a
much better year in terms of host families, the type of players that we had, a
lot of the things the players got involved with,” Stephenson said. “The camps
that we run and a lot of those things went really well. And it’s continuing to
grow and get better.”
Most of the players will head back to college to finish playing for
their school in the fall and spring. Stephenson felt like some of the
individuals could have had a better summer, but overall, the players improved
and took away a lot from the season.
“Some of these guys will tell you that in some cases they didn’t play to
there capabilities,” Stephenson said. “And you know it hurt with a couple
people who left early and a couple guys who got hurt, sometimes leaves you a
little shorthanded. I think some of them have made some changes and got better
and I think.