The Lakewood BlueClaws won their 5th game in a row on Monday, and improved to 10-3 in the last 13, by besting the Delmarva Shorebirds 4-1 to claim sole possession of first place. Jason Knapp picked up the victory, hurling 6 strong innings for Lakewood, and giving up just 1 run on 3 hits and 1 walk, notching 7 Ks to increase his lead-leading total to 37, and drop his ERA to 1.85. Walter Tejeda (6 up, 6 down) and Brian Rosenberg (2nd save) finished off the Shorebirds.
Anthony Gose had 2 hits, Travis D'Arnaud scored 2 runs and Moose Mattair had 2 RBI in his first game back since letting the hamstring heal. D'Arby Myers had a hit, stole a base and scored a run.
Lakewood will face Delmarva again tonight, Rob Roth (1-0, 3.38) will have the assignment.
In Clearwater, Dunedin shut down the Thresher's attack with an 8-0 win. Carlos Monasterios pitched well, battling through 6 innings. He gave up 3 runs, 2 earned, on just 2 hits and 3 walks, striking out 8. Carlos' record is now 1-2, 2.55. Joe Rocchio (1 IP, 3 runs) and Dan Brauer (1.1 IP, 2 runs) had no fun in their efforts, and Zack Sterner retired the last 2 hitters. The Threshers made 5 errors and Tim Kennelley (.345) had 3 of their 6 hits. The teams will slide over to Dunedin Tuesday for the next game, Drew Naylor (1-1) will pitch.
Lehigh Valley took a 2-1, 12 inning contest from Pawtucket. John Mayberry had a double and a home run and scored the winning run. Drew Carpenter was great, throwing 7.1 innings and allowing just 1 UNearned run on 4 hits, and 3 walks, striking out 3. Jason Donald (.243) and Jeremy Slayden (.182) were each 0 for 4.
In Omaha, the Royals and Oklahoma City split a doubleheader, Omaha winning the opener, 8-1 and the RedHawks claiming the split, 2-1. Greg Golson played both 7 inning games, going 2 for 6 in the doubleheader. In Salt Lake City, the Bees took 2 games from Portland, 4-3 and 5-3. Kevin Howard was 2 for 7 on the day, playing in both games for Portland. In Sacramento, Randy Ruiz had a double and drove in a run (#22) for Las Vegas in the 51s' 7-4 loss to the River Cats.
In Midland, Texas, Adrian Cardenas had a double and 2 RBI in the Rock Hound's 7-5 win over Corpus Christi. "AC" is hitting .333 for Midland with 12 RBI.
The Phillies scored 6 times in the bottom of the 8th inning to make a winner of J.A. Happ in the come-from-behind 13-11 win over the Nationals. Happ threw a scoreless inning and was the pitcher of record when his team had their explosion. Raul Ibanez had a grand slam in the game-winning 8th inning rally, matching Ryan Howard, who hit a long one to straight away center field in the 5th inning. Howard is hitting .292, with 4 HR and 15 RBI so far. Lou Marson also walked and scored in big rally.
In Milwaukee, the Brewers beat the Pirates, 10-5. Jason Jaramillo was 1 for 4 and scored a run for Pittsburgh. The Brewers activated Trevor Hoffman from the DL, and sent R.J. Swindel back to AAA Nashville. In Cincinnati, the Astros beat the Reds, 4-1. Michael Bourn (.290) had a double in 4 at bats for Houston.
In addition to the games I already mentioned, Joe Savery will pitch tonight in Reading, and Carlos Ruiz will play in that one. Andy Baldwin will get the assignment for Tacoma at Colorado Springs and Cole Hamels will throw for the Phillies.
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