Thursday, July 16, 2009

Threshers, Claws win

In Clearwater, Tim Kennelly (.304) and Steve Susdorf (.413) had 2 hits each, and Jon Velasquez won his first game for the Threshers, 6-1 over Brevard County. Velasquez went 5.1 innings, allowing 1 run on just 4 hits. He did walk 4 and strike out 7, lowering his Clearwater ERA to 1.93. Chris Kissock, rehabbing Clay Condrey, and Santo Hernandez pitched scoreless relief to put the victory away. Mike Durant, Matt Rizzotti, Kennelly and Susdorf each had a double and an RBI in the game as the Threshers improve to 10-7 in the second half.

In Lakewood Wednesday afternoon, the BlueClaws rallied for 3 in the bottom of the 9th inning, to take an exciting 4-3 win away from the Bowling Green Hot Rods. Trevor May gave it all he had, completing 5 innings, and pitching to 3 hitters in the 6th. May was charged with 3 runs, only 2 earned, on 6 hits and 2 walks, striking out 6. I have to say, Trevor looks more comfortable every time out. How about Jordan Ellis? Ellis comes into the game in the 6th inning, with the bases loaded and nobody out, and retires the side with just 1 run scoring. Then he threw 2 more scoreless to keep us in the contest. B.J. Rosenberg came in for the 9th, and was the winner when Anthony Gose singled in Moose Mattair with the winning run. Moose had singled in Travis d'Arnaud earlier in the inning. d'Arnaud (single, double, run), Gose (2 singles, RBI, steal #49) and Jeremy Hamilton (2 hits, including big single in game winning rally) all had 2 hits for Lakewood. Harold Garcia's 7th home run of the year in the 6th inning, started the comeback for the BlueClaws, who trailed 3-0 after 5.5 innings.

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