Thursday, May 19, 2011

Hamels wins 5th

The Phillies beat Colorado 2-1 Wednesday behind strong pitching from Cole Hamels. Cole was great, allowing just 1 run on 5 hits and 1 walk, striking out 8 over 8 innings of work. Cole is now 5-2, 2.92 on the year, and the win was #25 for HomeSiders in the majors in 2011.

In St Louis, the Cardinals beat the Astros, 5-1. Michael Bourn had 2 of Houston's 6 hits and Sergio Escalona threw a scoreless of relief- 1 hit, 1 K.

In Clearwater, Jose Contreras made a rehab start for the Threshers and could not record 3 outs. Contreras gave up 3 runs and Jordan Whatcott had to come on the retire the side. Then Brody Colvin took over in the 2nd. Colvin, still not 100%, went 4 innings and gave up 3 runs on 5 hits and the Threshers were never in the game, falling, 6-1. Joe Esposito tossed 3 scoreless frames, and Tyler Cloyd struck out the side in the 9th.

In Manchester, Anthony Gose hit a 3-run home run, his 2nd of the year, and Travis d'Arnaud had a single, 2 doubles, and RBI and scored 2 runs as the New Hampshire Fisher Cats hammered Binghamton 11-3 in a game shortened to 5 innings due to rain. d'Arnaud is 10 for his last 20 and finding his stroke, raising his average to .284.


In Scranton, Domonic Brown had a hit and a walk, and drove in a run in the IronPigs' 5-4, 11-inning win. Chance Chapman was the winning pitcher, completing 2 scoreless innings and Mike Zagurski came on to record his 6th save. The win gives Lehigh Valley (24-16) a 2 game lead over the Yankees in the division........In Durham, R.J. Swindel's struggles continued. R.J. faced 2 hitters Wednesday, struck out 1 and walked 1. The walk scored, inflating Swindel's ERA to 7.67. (ouch!).............In Indianapolis, Jason Jaramillo had a hit and an RBI for the Indians in their 6-1 win over Buffalo.

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