Friday, May 29, 2009

Go-Go-Gose

Anthony Gose had 3 hits, including a double, scored 2 runs and stole 3 bases to help lead the Lakewood BlueClaws to a 5-3 win over the West Virginia Power Thursday night. Gose now leads all of baseball with 30 steals. In a game played in a constant drizzle, the BlueClaws got another great pitching performance from Tyler Cloyd to hold on to first place by a game over Delmarva. Cloyd gave us 7 strong innings, allowing 3 runs (only 2 earned) on 7 hits, (need I say NO walks anymore) and struck out 8 to improve to 5-2, 3.08 on the year. In 64.1 innings so far this year, Tyler has struck out 62 hitters, while walking only 7, only 1 in the last 34.1 frames! Justin De Fratus (1.73 ERA) , also a "walkless wonder"-1 walk in 36.1 total innings, threw a 1-2-3 8th inning, and Ryan Bergh (2.14) tossed a scoreless 9th to record his 7th save. Sebastian Valle had a single, an RBI double and was hit by a pitch, and Jim Murphy (.328) had a walk and a 2-RBI single. Lakewood is now 27-19 on the season and will send Jason Knapp against the Power tonight in the finale of the home stand. Have I mentioned how much fun this team is to watch?!

In Clearwater, Matt Rizzotti belted a grand slam, one of his 2 hits on the night, and Joel Naughton (#6) and Cody Overbeck (3rd in 2 days) also went deep as the Threshers crushed the Charlotte Stone Crabs, 10-1. Dominic Brown (.338) smacked 3 more hits, including a double, and Mike Cisco notched his first win of the year with 6 solid innings. Cisco gave up just 1 run on 6 hits and 1 walk. Carlos Monasterios threw 2 scoreless frames and Dan Brauer worked the final frame to finish off the victory.

In Akron, Reading and Akron split a doubleheader. Francisco Butto gave up 3 runs in the bottom of the ninth as Akron won the opener 6-5, but Reading rebounded with a 2-1 win in the nightcap. Chance Chapman was the winning pitcher for Reading, following Alex Concepcion's excellent 5 inning stint (0 runs, 1 hit), and Mike Zagurski recorded the save. Gus Milner had 2 hits in each game, including his 2nd home run of the year, and Quintin Berry had a 3 hit day, stealing his 14th base in the process.

Keeping with the theme of great pitching, Antonio Bastardo threw 7 shut out innings, allowing 6 hits and 1 walk, to gain his first AAA win, as the IronPigs topped Buffalo, 7-1. Jeremy Slayden, playing everyday now with John Mayberry in Philadelphia, is finding his stroke. "Slay" had 2 more hits, drove in 2 runs and scored 1, and is 6 for 19 the last 5 games.

It was a good night for HomeSiders in Nevada last night, as the Reno Aces topped Oklahoma City, 7-6. Greg Golson (.274) had a single, a double, a walk, and scored a run for the RedHawks, while Chris Roberson had a 2-run triple and scored a run in Reno's 7-run 2nd inning. Bobby Korecky recorded the save for Reno, his 6th. In Vegas, Randy Ruiz (.308) was 3 for 4 and scored a run for the 51s, but New Orleans won the game 7-3.

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