Marson's 3 hits not enough for Tribe

In Cleveland, Lou Marson had 3 hits and drove in a run for the Indians, but the Mariners topped Cleveland, 3-2. The Indians have now lost 4 in a row, and are 5.5 games behind the surging Tigers.............In Atlanta, Michael Bourn (.302) was 1 for 4 as the Braves shut out the Cubs, 3-0 behind Jair Jurrjens, solidifying their hold on the wild card lead.............In Philadelphia, Carlos Ruiz (.273) had his 3rd consecutive 2-hit game, driving in 2 runs in the Phillies' 10-0 beating of the Mets. Cliff Lee won his 14th game, and John Mayberry and Hunter Pence homered.


In Salisbury, the BlueClaws defeated the Shorebirds, 4-2. Carlos Alonoso (.327, double RBI) , Zack Collier ( single, double, walk, 2 RBI, stole home!) and Anthony Hewitt (2 stolen bases for team leading 34) had 2 hits each for Lakewood. Lisalberto Bonilla went 6 solid innings, allowing just 1 run on 6 hits and 1 walk to improve to 4-4, 2.83 on the season. Lendy Castillo surrendered an UNearned run on 1 hit in 2 innings, and Ryan Duke and Jay Johnson finished it off. The BlueClaws are now 30-26 in the second half, 4 games behind Kannapolis, with 13 games left.

In New Britain, Reading won their 5th straight game, 7-3 over the Rock Cats. The R-Phils scored 4 in the top of the 1st and never looked back. Tuffy Gosewisch (.261, single, double, RBI), Mike Spidale (.317), Matt Rizzotti (single, double, RBI # 72), and Brent Clevlen all had 2 hits for Reading, who have pulled tho within 3 game of first place New Hampshire, who dropped their 4th game in a row. Anthony Gose hit his 14th home run for the Fisher Cats, who were 4-3 losers at home to Trenton. Trenton trails Reading by 1.5 games for the final playoff spot.

In Lexington, Domingo Santana hit his 9th home run of the year, a 2-run shot, in the Legends' 5-4 loss to Asheville..............In Zebulon, Quintin Berry (.301) extended his hitting streak to 13 games in a row with a hit and an RBI for Carolina, but the Mudcats lost to the Suns, 8-4...........In Huntsville, the Stars were edged out 3-2 by the Barons. Darren Byrd (3.30) threw 3 solid innings in relief, allowing just 1 hit and striking out 3 for Huntsville.............In Colorado Springs, Jesus Merchan did not start for the SkySox, but came on later, and had a walk and scored a run in the 3-run 10th inning rally to give the Sox a 9-7 win over Salt Lake...............In Tucson, Josh Outman won his 8th game for Sacramento with 5 good inning, allowing just 1 earned run (4 overall) on 6 hits and 1 walk, striking out 7 in the River Cats' 11-9 win over the Padres. Adrian Cardenas (.313) had a single, a double, drove in a run and scored 2 more, and Michael Taylor added a hit, a walk, a stole base, and an RBI for Sacramento.