The Florida Marlins outlasted the Phillies Sunday afternoon, 5-4 in 14 innings. Ryan Howard (.251) had 2 hits and 3 walks, driving in 2 runs (106), and Carlos Ruiz (.281) added a hit and scored a run. Mike Schwimer allowed a run on a hit and 3 walks in his inning, and Mike Stutes (3.59) threw 2 shut out frames, strikingout 4.................In Kansas City, Lou Marson (.232) had 3 hits and a walk, and scored a run for the Indians in Cleveland's 9-6 win over the Royals. Jason Donald (.291 since recall) had 2 hits, stole a base and drove in a run, to contribute to the Tribe's cause........In Oakland, Josh Outman threw a scoreless inning of relief for the Athletics, in their 8-5 win over the Mariners.
In Syracuse, the IronPigs rallied for 6 runs in the final 3 innings to come from behind to top the Chiefs, 7-4. Scott Mathieson was good, throwing 3 shut out innings before running into trouble in the 4th. In the end, Scott went 4.1 innings, and allowed all 4 runs on 6 hits and 6 walks, and really, it could have been worse. Mike Zagurski (2.65) got the next 5 out (2 walks, 2 Ks), and Joe Savery threw the final 2 innings to notch his 2nd save. A win today, or a loss by Gwinnett, and Lehigh Valley will make the playoffs for the first time! The assignment will go to Nate Bump in the finale.
In Binghamton, Brent Clevlen (.333) had 3 hits, including his 5th home run since joining the team, and Tim Kennelly hit a game winning home run in the 9th inning to give Reading a 5-4 win over the Mets. Austin Hyatt started for the R-Phils, and went 6.1 innings, allowing 4 runs on 8 hits, NO walks, and struck out 6. Jacob Diekman (3.05) got the next 4 outs, and B.J. Rosenberg got the final 4, picking up his 5th win of the year. Reading remains 1 game ahead of New Britain with 1 game left. If the teams end up tied after Monday's game, there will be a 1-game playoff to decide who will face New Hampshire in the Eastern League's Eastern Division playoffs.
In Scranton, the Yankees and the Bisons split a doubleheader. Buffalo won the opener, 5-1, and Scranton came back for a 2-0 win in the nightcap. Greg Golson (.263) had 3 hits in 5 at bat, including a triple and a home run, scored twice and drove in 2 more on a day where runs were hard to come by..............In Colorado Spring, Adrian Cardenas (.315) had 3 hits, stole a base, and scored 2 runs for the River Cats as Sacramento beat the SkySox, 8-7 in 13 innings.........In Chatanooga, Will Savage made just his 2nd relief appearance of the year, throwing 4 innings for the Lookouts, allowing 2 runs on 6 hits, NO walks, and 4 Ks. Will picked up a save to go with his 12 wins, and the Lookouts clinched a spot in the Southern League playoffs...........In Tulsa, Edgar Garcia got a rare start for the Naturals, and picked up a win with 5 good innings. Garcia (2-3, 3.47) allowed just 1 runs on 4 hits, NO walks and 3 Ks to lead Northwest Arkansas to the 6-4 win over the Drillers...............In San Antonio, Jarred Cosart was hit hard in his final start for the Hooks. Cosart (1-2, 4.71 since his trade and promotion) allowed 10 runs (9 earned) on 8 hits (4 home runs) and 4 walks in the Hooks' 10-3 loss to the Missions. Jonathan Villar (.231) was 1 for 4 for Corpus Christi.
In Clearwater, 19-year old Gustavo Gonzalez belted a walk-off 3-run home run in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Threshers a 5-4 win over Dunedin. Julio Rodriguez finished his season with 5 strong frames, giving up 2 runs on 3 hits, and striking out 8. J-Rod ends up 16-7, 2.76 for 2011.
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