Thursday, August 18, 2011

Wednesday's winners and losers

In Philadelphia Wednesday, the Phillies blasted the Diamondbacks, 9-2 with 7 late runs. Ryan Howard (.255) had a hit and scored a run and Antonio Bastardo (1.38) threw another 1-2-3 inning, using just 7 pitches! John Mayberry had 3 hits to pace the attack.

In Chicago, Fausto Carmona pitched the Indians to a 4-1 win over the White Sox, Lou Marson had a walk and scored a run for the Tribe......In Atlanta, Michael Bourn (.301) had a hit and scored twice for the Braves, but the Giants came out on top in that one, 7-5.......In Houston, Sergio Escalona (2.92) used just 1 pitch to retire his 1 hitter, picking up his 5th hold in the Astros' 4-3 win over the Cubs.

Tuesday night in Hagerstown, Domingo Sanatana had a hit and a walk in his debut for the Lexington Legends in the Lexington's 10-2 loss to the Suns. Domingo did not play on Wednesday......In Lancaster, Jonathan Singleton had a hit and drove in 2 runs for the JethHawks in their 7-3 loss to Modesto. Singleton now has 55 RBI on the year, 8 since the trade...........In Corpus Christi, Jonathan Villar had a walk, stole a base, and scored a run, and Josh Zeid threw a 1-2-3 9th inning in the Hooks' 7-1 win over the Travelers..................In Chattanooga, Quintin Berry (.293) had a double and walk, scoring a run and driving in another for the Mudcats in the Lookouts' 7-6 win. The hit extend's Berry's hitting streak to 8 games in a row............In Altoona, the Curve and the Fisher Cats split a doubleheader. In the opener, a 5-4 win for the Curve, Travis d'Arnaud (.323) had 2 hits and 2 RBI, including his team best 18th home run, Anthony Gose had a hit and a walk, stole 2 more bases (that's 54) and scored 2 runs, and Kevin Howard
picked up a hit and a walk, and drove in 2 runs. d'Arnaud had another hit and 2 more RBI (65) in the nightcap, a 6-3, come-from-behind win for the Cats.......In Scranton, Greg Golson (.266) hit his 7th home run of the year, but the Yankees lost to Durham, 3-2.


The streaky Lakewood BlueClaws won their third straight over Delmarva Wednesday, and are still clinging to playoff hopes. The Claws are 27-25 , and just 3.5 games behind Kannapolis. They open a 4-game set with Greensboro tonight, looking for some revenge after the Grasshoppers swept them 4 in a row last week in North Carolina.

In Clearwater, Dunedin beat the Threshers and Trevor May (9-7), 10-2. Clearwater managed just 3 hits in the game, losing their 5th straight. The Threshers, like the BlueClaws, find themselves 3.5 games out of first with the season dwindling away.

In Reading the Portland Sea Dogs took both games from the Phillies, 5-4 and 5-3. Matt Rizzotti (.285) had 2 hits in the opener, Mike Spidale (.321) had 3 hits in the second game, and Carlos Rivero homered in each contest.

In Allentown, the IronPigs defeated Andy Baldwin and the Rochester Red Wings, 3-2. Baldwin (6-11, 5.49) went 6 innings, allowing 3 runs on 7 hits and 1 walk, striking out 10 along the way. Joe Savery got the last 5 outs for Lehigh Valley, picking up his 1st save.





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