Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Monday's highs and lows

Chien-Ming Wang pitched for the first time in nearly 2 years Monday night, pitching 2 innings for Hagerstown against the BlueClaws and allowing 2 runs on 4 hits, as the Suns beat the Lakewood, 5-2 in the opener of a 7-game road trip for the Claws. Zack Collier had 3 hits for Lakewood, and is 11 for 30 (.367) over the last 9 games. David Buchanan started and went 6 for Lakewood, allowing all 5 runs on 8 hits and 1 walk, striking out 4 and slipping to 8-5, 3.48 on the year.

In Lakeland, the Threshers cashed in a 4-run 5th inning for a 4-2 win over the Flying Tigers. Trevor May recorded the win, his 5th, giving up just 1 run on 4 hits and 4 walks, over 5 innings of work. Jiwan James, Michael Dabbs, Jonathan Singleton, Sebastian Valle, Jeremy Barnes, and Fidel Hernandez all had 2 hits for Clearwater.

The Kansas City Royals have signed Edgar Garcia and he been assigned to the Wilmington Blue Rocks.

After hitting .307 in 54 games for the Threshers and being promoted to Reading, Joe Savery took the mound last night and threw 2 shut out inning for the R-Phils in their 3-1 win over Altoona. Matt Rizzotti hit his 14th home run, (1 of 2 hits on the night) and Tuffy Gosewisch added 2 more for Reading, helping J.C Ramirez win his 6th game of the year.

In Columbus, Yohan Flande started for Gwinnett, and went 5.1 innings, allowing just 1 run on 4 hits and 1 walk, to record his 3rd win for the Braves in a 5-1 win over the Clippers. Jason Donald (.310) took an 0 for 4 for Columbus..............In Durham, the Scranton Yankees took a 10 inning 4-3 from the Bulls, R.J. Swindel retired both hitter he faced, striking out 1.........In Trenton, Anthony Gose had 2 hits and stole base #35 on the year, and Travis d'Arnuad drove in a run for New Hampshire, but the Thunder prevailed, 6-4.......In Omaha, Robinson Tejeda gave up 4 runs on 4 hits, including 2 home runs , in 2 innings, and absorbed the loss in the Storm Chasers' 5-2 defeat by Memphis in the nightcap of their doubleheader..........In Las Vegas, Kevin Howard (.362) had 2 hits and a walk, stole a base, drove in a run and scored 2 more,but the 51s fell to Tacoma, 19-5..............In a game I overlooked yesterday, Joe Bisenius started Saturday night for Charlotte against Lehigh Valley, throwing 4 innings and allowing just 1 run on 4 hits and 5 walks, striking out 9.

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