Of note from Wednesday

Michael Bourn had a hit and a walk, scored a run and stole his 36th base to help Houston to a 4-3 win over St. Louis. Mike is 36 for 44 (.818 success rate) this year, and 96 for 117 (.821) for his career.

The Charlotte Knights defeated Kyle Kendrick and the IronPigs, 5-3 in North Carolina. Kyle went 7.1 innings, allowing 5 runs on 9 hits, NO walks, and fell to 6-6, 3.58 on the year. Mike Spidale (.301) had 2 hits for Lehigh Valley. In Las Vegas, Kevin Howard (9th) and Randy Ruiz (22nd) both homered for the 51s, and Homie's came with 2 on in the bottom of the 9th to give the 51s a come-from-behind, 10-8 win over Colorado Springs. Ruiz now has 88 RBI for Vegas.

Kyle Drabek gave Reading 8 solid innings in Altoona, as the R-Phils topped the Curve, 7-2. Drabek (6-1, 3.12 with Reading, 10-2, 2.80 overall) allowed just 2 runs on 6 hits and 1 walk, striking out 7 along the way. Alex Concepcion threw a 1-2-3 9th. Kevin Mahar had 3 hits to lead the Reading, attack, Brian Sellers had 2 hits, including his 10th home run, and Quintin Berry had a walk and stole #35.

The Charlotte Stone Crabs beat the Threshers 4-2 on Wednesday despite a great effort from Mike Cisco. Cisco allowed 4 runs on 8 hits over 6 innings and saw his record fall to 6-3, 3.66 for the year. Scott Mathieson continues his rehab comeback with a scoreless frame in the 8th. Scott threw 6 innings in the GCL and now 4 innings for Clearwater, in 7 appearances and so far, just 6 hits and 3 walks, NO runs. Matt Rizzotti had a double and his 9th home run for Clearwater.

Travis d'Arnaud's hot bat continues to lead the BlueClaw's attack, as Lakewood opened their 8-game road trip with a 6-2 over the Tourists. Travis had 2 hits, including his 10th home run, and 2 walks and is 24 for 57 (.421) in current 12-game hitting streak. Harold Garcia (.299, single, double, run, RBI), Travis Mattair (.244, 2 singles, walk, run), Troy Hanzawa (.278), Vladimir De Los Santos (2 singles, RBI) and D'Arby Myers, (.251, 2 hits, 2 runs, stolen base) all contributed 2 hits to the attack. Justin De Fratus made his best showing since being put into the rotation, going a solid 7.2 innings, giving up 2 runs, just 1 earned on 5 hits, NO walks, and 7 strike outs to improve to 4-3 on the year. The new and improved Jacob Diekman got the last 4 outs, striking out 3 of the 5 hitters he faced to notch his first save.