Phillies fall in 9th

Friday night in Washington, the Nats shocked the Phillies with 6 in the 9th to take an 8-4 win. Ryan Howard (.256) had a single and a walk, scored a run and drove in #96, and Carlos Ruiz (.263) had a single and a double and drove in a run. Kyle Kendrick pitched the first 6 innings after a 2-hour delay knocked Roy Oswalt from the start. Kendrick (3.24) allowed just 2 runs on 5 hitys and a walk, and left the game with a 4-2 lead. Antonio Bastardo (1.32) threw another 1-2-3 frame, picking up his 14th hold..........In Atlanta, Michael Bourn (.303) led off the game with his 2nd home run, 1 of his 2 hits on the night, giving the Braves a lead they never gave up in Atlanta's 4-2 win over the Diamondbacks.

COSART BRILLIANT, BUT STILL WINLESS

Jarred Cosart threw 6 1-hit innings of shut out ball, walking 2 and striking out 5 for Corpus Christi in the Hooks' 4-1, 12-inning loss to Arkansas. Cosart has been fantastic since being traded, throwing 4 times for the Astros' affiliate, 3 of those being brilliant. He has yet to pick up a victory. Josh Zeid (7.88) has not enjoyed the same success. Josh recorded the final 2 outs in the game, allowing a run on a hit and 2 walks. Jonathan Villar (.227) was 0 for 6 on the day for the Hooks.............In Hickory, Domingo Santana hit his 8th home run of the season, and his first with the Legends, as Lexington won the second game of a doubleheader with the Crawdads, 4-2. Domingo had 3 hits and 2 RBI on the night, and is hitting .375 in 4 games since joining the Legends earlier this week..........In Lakeland, Jeremy Barnes hit his 9th home run of the year in the 11th inning to give the Threshers a 1-0 victory over the Flying Tigers. Julio Rodriguez dropped his ERA to 2.99 with 7 shut out innings, scattering 6 hits and striking out 9 in the process. Colby Shreve (1.50) struck out 4 in his 3 scoreless frames to pick up the win, his first since his promotion. Clearwater stays 2.5 games behind front-running Dunedin.


HYATT WINS #11

In Reading, Mike Spidale (.321, 3 runs), Steve Singleton (.292, 2 doubles, 2 runs, 2 RBI) and Derrick Mitchell (.272, 3 doubles, RBI, run scored) all had 3 hits for Reading. Tuffy Gosewisch belted his 13th home run, and Matt Rizzotti drove in 2 runs to take his team leading total to 71 in Reading's 11-1 win over visiting Altoona. Austin Hyatt (11-6, 3.94) was great, allowing just 2 hits and 1 UNearned run in his 6 innings, walking 2 and striking out 6 before giving the ball to Mike Cisco, who finished the game. Cisco earned his 3rd save with 3 shut out frames, just 1 hit and 1 walk allowed.

In Rochester, Freddy Galvis (.317) had 2 more hits and scored a run for the IronPigs, in Lehigh Valley's 8-5 loss to the Red Wings. Andrew Carpenter tossed 2 shut out innings and Mike Zagurski added another for the Pigs.

In Chattanooga, Quintin Berry (.298) extended his hitting streak to 10 games with 2 more hits for the Mudcats. Berry also had a walk, scored 2 runs and stole his 34th base of the year, but the Mudcats lost to the Lookouts, 6-5. Will Savage (12-4, 3.63) started for the Lookouts, and lasted 5 innings, allowing 3 runs on 3 hits and 3 walks, and picking up no decision.

In Sacramento, Adrian Cardenas (.306) had 3 more hits for the River Cats, scoring 2 runs and stealing his 6th base of the year, helping the Cats to a 7-0 win over the Isotopes.

In New Orleans, Jesus Merchan came back with the Colorado Springs Sky Sox and had a hit against his former team. Jesus was traded from the Zephyrs on August 6, and has caught on with the Sox, hitting .395 in 12 games since moving over.


Kyle Drabek's season to deteriorate. Kyle made it just 3.1 innings in Memphis Friday, allowing 6 runs on 5 hits and 6 walks, falling to 3-3 with a 7.10 ERA since reporting to Las Vegas. Maybe the Blue Jays rushed him a bit. DUH!!