Friday, July 29, 2011

Hyatt, Cosart victorious

Matt Rizzotti (.291) hit a 2-run home run in the first inning (#19), 1 of his 3 hits on the night, and the Reading Phillies never looked back, topping New Hampshire 6-1 in the opener of their showdown series in Manchester. Rizzotti also had a single, a double, 2 walks, 2 runs scored and 3 RBI. Mike Spidale (.317) had his 2nd consecutive 3-hit game (2 singles and a triple), and Freddy Galvis (.270) was 3 for 4 including his 8th home run of the year.

Austin Hyatt (10-5, 3.88) was the winner, putting in 6 strong innings, which yielded just 1 UNearned run on 4 hits and 2 walks. Hyatt struck out 6 before Mike Cisco, Jacob Diekman and Josh Zeid all tossed hitless relief. Reading is now 2 games behind the Fisher Cats. J.C. Ramirez will get the ball Friday.

I missed the note earlier this week that red hot Steve Susdorf had been put on the DL with a right knee sprain.

In Clearwater, Jarred Cosart pitched the Threshers to a 3-1 win over Bradenton, throwing 7 shut out innings, allowing just 6 hits and 3 walks, striking out 4 to notch his 9th win of the season. The 3 RBI went to the bottom 3 in the batting order; Cesar Hernandez, Troy Hanzawa, and Brian Gump.

In Springdale, Edgar Garcia (0-1, 3.27) threw 4 innings for the Naturals, surrendering 3 runs on 5 hits and a walk, and suffered the loss in a 5-1 Tulsa victory.........In Tacoma, the Sacramento River Cats took a 5-4 decision from the Rainiers. Adrian Cardenas (.298) had a hit, a walk, and an RBI, and Michael Taylor (.288) had 2 hits and a walk, and 2 RBI for the Cats. Taylor also gunned down 2 runners at home plate to help reserve the victory.............In Buffalo, Greg Golson (.280) had a hit, a walk, an RBI, and stole 2 bases to help Scranton top the Bisons, 6-3............Kevin Howard (.294) came off the DL for Las Vegas, going 0 for 5 in the 51's 8-6 loss in Reno.


In Corpus Christi, Jonathan Villar's hitting streak came to an end at 10, with an 0 for 4 game in the Hook's 7-5 win over San Antonio.

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