Sunday, April 12, 2009

around the country....

In Allentown Saturday, the Scranton Yankees made it three in a row over Lehigh Valley, winning this one 12-5. Drew Carpenter got the start for the IronPigs, and went 5 innings. He gave up 5 runs on 9 hits and 2 walks, leaving the game in a 5-5 tie. The bullpen exploded, giving up 7 more runs in the remaining 4 frames as the Yankees continue to dominate the Pigs. Jason Donald was 1 for 5 for Lehigh Valley.

The news was better in Louisville, where Matt Maloney pitched a complete game, 7 innings in the first game of the Bat's doubleheader against Columbus. Matt gave up just 1 run on 6 hits, NO walks, 2 Ks, throwing 92 total pitches, winning 5-1.

In Memphis, the Red Birds topped Elizardo Ramirez and the RedHawks, 1-0. Ramirez pitched the same 7 innings that Maloney did, giving up 1 run on 6 hits, but his team did not score and, unlike Maloney, "Easy" was tagged with the loss. Greg Golson was 0 for 3 for Oklahoma City, who managed just 2 hits. In Colorado Springs, Randy Ruiz had 2 singles and a doubles, scoring a run and driving one in (RBI #4) for Las Vegas in the SkySox' 6-4 win over the 51s. In Fresno, the Portland Beavers shut out the Grizzlies, 2-0. Kevin Howard had a pinch hit walk for Portland.

In Reading, the R-Phils beat Harrisburg by the score of 3-2. Vance Worley made his AA debut and went 5.2 innings, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits and 2 walks, striking out 6. Pat Overholt, Matt German and Sergio Escalona (save) threw 3 shut out innings in relief. Michael Taylor (.364, single, double, RBI) had the only multi-hit effort for Reading. While in North Little Rock, Adrian Cardenas (.364) had 2 doubles and 2 RBI to lead Midland to a 5-1 win over the Travelers.

I want to take this time to correct what I said earlier this week. Brett Harker and Ron "Bear" Hill are assigned to the Jupiter Hammerheads, not New Orleans as I erroneously stated. Hill is on the 7-day DL.

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