The Vallejo Admirals baseball club suffered another break-in at Wilson Park, Tim Fitzgerald, media relations director said.

“We noticed the break-in on Wednesday afternoon, so it occurred sometime Tuesday night,” Fitzgerald said.

He said the thieves took a few hundred dollars’ worth of merchandise and containers from which the club serves food.

This theft wasn’t as serious as the previous break-in and theft, during which someone stole most of the team’s jerseys, valued at $15,000, and the team’s technical network equipment.

Fitzgerald said he wasn’t sure whether the same thief or thieves are responsible for both incidents. “But the break-in had all the similar signs: Someone who had a key to the gate and knew what was in that clubhouse.”

The earlier theft took place about Jan. 8, when an employee of the Greater Vallejo Recreation Department notified General Manager Kathy Beistel that the park’s clubhouse door was open.

Missing were the various colored jerseys the team wears for home and away games — gold, yellow and white. The uniforms, valued at $200 each, were purchased last year, and the club had hoped they would last for a few years.

Also missing were some pants and the club’s overflow merchandise, such as sweatshirts and T-shirts.

Players provide their own bats, and the baseballs and caps are not stored at the park.

A few weeks before the jerseys were stolen, the Admirals’ office also was broken into, and thieves took a used computer and candy.

“We’ll definitely be changing our security measures, adding some cameras and an alarm for sure,” Fitzgerald said. “We’re even looking into a potential night watchman.”

The losses won’t affect the team’s spring training, which starts next month, or season-opening games, a three-stand in San Rafael that starts June 2. Nor will they impact the first three home games against Sonoma starting June 5, Fitzgerald said.

And fans shouldn’t worry about safety when they watch the Admirals play, he added.

“We’ve never had any sort of incidents at Wilson Park outside of these two thefts (which happened) while no one (was) around, so we still feel really good about our home park’s environment,” he said. “It’s been a place full of families where kids can run around. We’ve never had a fight or anything like that involving fans like what happens at major league ball parks.”

The Admirals are part of the small, independent Pacific Association of Professional Baseball Clubs that was started in 2013 and that currently has four teams — San Rafael, Sonoma and Pittsburg are the other three.

Players in the league are a mix of veterans fans may have seen play in the majors and young players on the rise. Tickets to games are $8 for covered grandstand seats and $5 for general admission. The schedule is posted on the club’s website, www.vallejoadmirals.com/schedule.html.

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