The Florida Marlins beat the Phillies and Cole Hamels 6-4 Saturday, despite 4 hits and a walk from Ryan Howard. Ryan (.265) had 2 singles, 2 doubles and a walk, but the Marlins pulled to within 5 games of the defending champs. Hamels lasted just 5.1 innings, allowing 4 runs on 5 hits (including 2 home runs) and 4 walks to fall to 7-7 on the season. Cole looks a little tired, which would be understandable considering he pitched more innings than he ever had last season, and may benefit from both the schedule, which has 3 off days for the Phillies in the next 3 weeks, and the addition of Pedro Martinez to the roster, which may give everyone extra rest down the stretch. Kyle Kendrick threw a scoreless 9th inning for Philadelphia.
In Allentown, Joe Savery won his 2nd game for the IronPigs, and his 14th of this season, defeating Scranton, 4-3. Savery went 5 innings, giving up 2 runs on 6 hits and 4 walks, striking out 5. Alex Concepcion picked up another "hold", recording the next 5 outs, and Michael Taylor picked up 2 hits, and is now hitting .241 for Lehigh Valley since his promotion.
Randy Ruiz drove in his 106th run of the year for Las Vegas, but the 51s lost to Omaha, 8-4. In Sacramento, Adrian Cardenas had 2 hits and an RBI for the River Cats as part of their 11-4 win over Oklahoma City. Greg Golson had 2 hits and 2 RBI for the RedHawks.
In Binghamton, Kyle Drabek suffered his 2nd loss for Reading in the Mets' 6-2 win over the R-Phils. Drabek gave up 4 runs on 6 hits and 4 walks to fall to 7-2 for Reading and 11-3 overall. Chance Chapman had another good outing, throwing 2 scoreless innings, but Sergio Escalona did not have his good stuff, being roughed up to the tune of 2 runs on 3 hits and a walk in just .1 inning. Catcher Tim Kennelly had the only 2-hit game on the Reading ledger.
In Tampa, the Yankees beat Tyler Cloyd (2-5 since his promotion) and the Threshers, 6-1. Tyler went 6 innings and gave up all 6 runs (4 earned) on 6 hits and 2 walks. Chris Kissock and Dan Brauer threw a scoreless inning each in relief. Clearwater managed just 4 hits in the game, but in fairness the Threshers have lost their top 2 hitters, Dominic Brown and Steve Susdorf, to promotions.
In Lakewood, the BlueClaws got only 2 hits, both by Travis d'Arnaud, in their 7-1 loss to Lake County. Jesus Sanchez (8-6) did not have his best stuff, but it is hard to win when your team cannot score!! Lakewood will have an off day Sunday before traveling to Savannah to start an 8-game road trip Monday.
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