Monday, May 23, 2011

Worley recalled, Utley activated

The Phillies have activated Chase Utley and expect to have him in the line up tonight against the Reds. Vance Worley was also recalled from Lehigh Valley as Joe Blanton was officially put on the DL. The addition of Worley makes 18 active HomeSiders in the major leagues right now.

In Cleveland Sunday, the Indians trounced the Reds, 12-4, behind Carlos Carrasco. Carlos won his second game this week, and is now 3-2, 5.16 for the first place Tribe. (27th MLB win in '11) Carrasco went 6 innings and allowed 4 runs on 6 hits and 1 walk.

Kyle Drabek was not so lucky. Drabek also went 6 innings for Toronto, but came up on the short side of the Jays' 3-2 loss to Houston. Kyle gave up 3 runs on 8 hits, and suffered the hard-luck loss. Michael Bourn had a hit and a walk, and stole his 17th base of the year for the Astros.

In Sacramento, Adrian Cardenas (.357) and Michael Taylor (.385) had 2 hits each as the River Cats pounded Oklahoma City, 11-2.................In Hunstville, Jesus Sanchez growing pains continue for the Stars. Fighting for his control, Jesus allowed 3 runs on 3 hits and 5 walks in just 3.2 innings in a game the Stars won, 8-3...........In New Britain, the Rock Cats and the Fisher Cats (cat fight!) split a doubleheader. New Britain won the opener, 6-5. Travis d'Arnuad (.313) was 3 for 3 and scored 2 runs for New Hampshire, and Anthony Gose added 2 hits and threw out a runner at home. The Fisher Cats got the split with a 4-0 win in the nightcap, with Gose getting another hit.............In Altoona, the Curve beat Akron, 5-4 with Mike Dubee throwing 2 scoreless innings for Altoona........In Reading, Richmond took the final game of their series with the R-Phils, 3-2. Reading got only 5 hits and both runs scored on Cody Overbeck's 14th home run of the year.

In Columbus, the Clippers beat Durham, 7-6 in 10 innings. R.J. Swindel came in for Durham and recorded 4 outs (1 walk, 1 hit, 2 Ks).........In Allentown, the IronPigs continue to roll, this time beating Gwinnett, 8-6. Scott Mathieson threw the final 2 innings (3 hits, 2 Ks) to notch his second save for the Pigs.

In Jupiter, the Threshers defeated the Hammerheads, 6-3. Jiwan James, Darin Ruf, Cesar Hernandez and Matt Payton all had 2 hits for Clearwater. Trevor May was the starter and lasted 4 innings, giving up 3 runs on 7 hits and 2 walks, striking out 7. The win went to Tyler Cloyd, (3-1, 3.00) who threw 3 perfect innings in relief, with Derrick Loop getting a hold (4th) and Justin Friend picking up his 16th save.

In Charleston, Domingo Santana had 3 more hits, including his 5th home run, Anthony Hewitt belted his 5th home run and drove in another run with another hit, and Edgar Duran had 2 more hits, including his 2nd home run as the BlueClaws won their 5th straight, 7-3 over the Power. Jim Murphy added 2 doubles and an RBI and Cameron Rupp stayed hot with 2 more hits. Rupp is 5 for 12 in the series with West Virginia. David Buchanan improved to 6-2 on the year, throwing 6 solid innings and giving up just 1 run on 6 hits and 1 walk, lowering his ERA to a superb 2.21! Colby Shreve threw 2 scoreless frames before Tyler Knigge gave up 2 in the 9th.

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