Former BlueClaw Gavin Floyd showed his stuff again Saturday, this time on national TV, retiring the first 17 Boston Red Sox in a row before yielding a single, and in all threw 8 innings of 3-hit, 1-run ball in Chicago's 5-1 win over Boston. Floyd is now 11-9 on the season for the ChiSox.
In Houston, Michael Bourn had 2 hits and stole his league leading 50th base of the season in the Astros 5-4 win over the Phillies. Houston led the game 3-0 going into the 7th, when the Phillies rallied for 2 (including 1 on a pinch single by Carlos Ruiz) and 2 more in the 8th to take a 4-3 advantage into the 9th. Ryan Howard added an RBI (#114) in the 8th inning rally, but the Astros came back to win in the bottom of the 9th against former teammate Brad Lidge, who blew his 10th save of the year and fell to 0-7.
In Toronto, Randy Ruiz hit his 6th home run of the year off Andy Pettite, after having one called back earlier on replay. The Yankees prevailed, 6-4. Randy, a Bronx native, has hit 3 of his 6 home runs this year off of New York.
In Norwich, the Reading Phillies swept a doubleheader from the Defenders which, combined with Erie's 5-4 loss to Akron moved the R-Phils into a commanding 2 game lead with 2 games remaining in the battle for the final playoff spot. Either 1 win in the last 2 games, or 1 loss by Erie will clinch the berth for Reading.
In Delmarva, the Shorebirds defeated the BlueClaws 13-7. The good news here is that Lakewood has now scored 24 runs in the last 3 days and appears to have heated up their bats right on time for the playoff which begin Wednesday. D'Arby Myers had 2 hits and 2 stolen bases, Anthony Gose swiped #76 and Troy Hanzawa stole home!!
Austin Hyatt made his debut for Lakewood and started out with 4 scoreless frames before running into trouble in the 5th. Ryan Bergh absorbed most of the punishment (8 runs, 7 earned in just 1.1), and outfielder Brian Gump threw a 1-2-3 inning to spare the bullpen staff.
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