Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Threshers overwhelm Tampa

The Clearwater Threshers hit 5 home runs, 4 in the 4th inning, en route to a 10-3 victory over the first place Yanks. Brandon Tripp, Cyle Hankerd (playing his first game for Clearwater), and Travis Mattair going back-to-back-to-back. Darin Ruf had homered earlier in the inning, and Jeremy Barnes had gone deep in the 1st. Everybody in the Clearwater line up had at least 1 hit, taking the pressure off David Buchanan, who made his Threshers' debut with 6 good innings, allowing 3 runs (2 earned) on 7 hits and 2 walks to earn the win, his 12th overall this year. Ebelin Lugo threw 2 scoreless innings, and Andy Loomis (1.65) finished it off.

In Reading, Tuffy Gosewisch had 3 hits, including a double and his 10th home run of the year, to lead Reading to an 8-4 win over Harrisburg. Mike Spidale (.321) had 2 more hits and stole his 17th base, and Steve Singleton hit a pinch hit grand slam home run in his first at bat for the R-Phils!! Singleton was hitting for Tyson Brummett, and his big blow gave Tyson the victory. Brummett gave up 4 runs (3 earned) on 8 hits, NO walks, and struck out 3 to improve to 3-5, 3.44 on the year.........In Scranton, the Yankees edged the IronPigs, 3-2. Domonic Brown hit his 3rd home run for Lehigh Valley, and Freddy Galvis was 1 for 4 in his AAA debut. Scott Mathieson started and went 5, giving up 2 runs on 5 hits and 3 walks, while striking out 7. Andrew Carpenter (1.66) took the loss, allowing a rare run in his 2 innings.


Jarred Cosart made his debut for Corpus Christi and threw 6 shut out inning at San Antonio, giving the home team just 2 hits, NO walks, and struck out 4. Josh Zeid threw a scoreless 7th, before being ambushed for 4 runs on 4 hits in the 8th, and the Missions took a 4-0 decision from the Hooks. Jonathan Villar had a hit and a walk for the Hooks......In Bakersfield, Jonathan Singleton hit his first home run for Lancaster (#10 on the year), and his 2 hits make him 5 for 11 (.455) since joining the JetHawks. The Blaze routed Lancaster, 20-7.

In Richmond, Travis d'Arnuad (.326) had 3 hits, 2 doubles and his 15th home run and Anthony Gose added 2 doubles as the New Hampshire Fisher Cats held on for a 7-6 win over the Flying Squirrels............In Tulsa, the Drillers beat Northwest Arkansas 6-2, and got to Edgar Garcia (4.26) for 2 runs on 2 hits and 3 walks in just 1.2 innings of work.......In Charlotte, Joe Bisenius (2.98) was hit hard by the Durham Bulls, giving up 7 runs on 5 hits and 5 walks in just 3 innings of work, and suffered his first loss for the Knights.............In Sacramento, Adrian Cardenas (.296) had a triple, an RBI and scored a run, and Michael Taylor (.283) had a single and 2 walks, also scoring a run as the River Cats defeated Colorado Springs, 8-6.

The Blue Jays have promoted Bobby Korecky from New Hampshire to Las Vegas, and Bobby made his debut for the 51s Tuesday, and recorded a save in Las Vegas' 6-2 win in Tacoma. Korecky retired all 9 hitters he faced, striking out 5 of them........Robinson Tejeda also got a 3-inning save for Omaha in the Storm Chasers 13-2 win in Oklahoma City. Robinson (3.48) allowed a run on 3 hits, NO walks, and struck out 4.

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