losses across the board

In Allentown, the Gwinnett Braves swept a doubleheader from the IronPigs. The Braves won the opener, 6-3. Chance Chapman pitched the last 2 innings, allowing 2 runs on 2 hits and a walk. Chance has made 10 appearances for Lehigh Valley, posting a 2-2, 4.95 mark for the first place Pigs. The Braves completed the sweep with a 2-hit 7-0 beating in game 2. Drew Carpenter (2.22) retired all 6 hitters he faced, striking out 3 of them, before Mike Schwimer (2.10) allowed a run on 3 hits in his 2 innings of work. The IronPigs are now 27-18, still 3 games ahead of the Yankees.

In Reading, the R-Phils managed just 6 hits in their 5-2 loss to Trenton. Cody Overbeck had the only 2-hit game, and his 2 run home run accounted for all the Reading scoring on the day. For Cody, it was his league leading 13th dinger, and his 35 RBI is also tops in the Eastern League. Austin Hyatt was the starter and loser for Reading. Hyatt went 5 innings, allowing 3 runs on 3 hits and 4 walks, striking out 8, and is now 5-3, 4.31 for the year. Chris Kissock, who has pitched himself out of the rotation, came on in the 6th and tossed 2 innings, giving up a run on 3 hits. Jordan Ellis gave up a run in his inning, and his ERA ballooned to 9.75. Ouch!! Jacob Diekman was the only one not to give up a run in his inning. Reading is 24-19, and slips past Trenton into 4th place, only 3.5 behind first place New Hampshire.

In Jupiter, the day after a 23-inning, 5 hour and 35 minute marathon, the Threshers found only 4 hits in a 2-1 loss to the Hammerheads. Darin Ruf (who pitched 2 scoreless innings in the aforementioned 23-inning affair) and Jeremy Barnes each had a double and a walk, and the RBI went to D'Arby Myers. Once again, Julio Rodriguez was up to the task, throwing 6 strong innings, giving up just 2 runs on 5 hits and 3 walks, keeping Clearwater in the game. The Threshers are 28-18, in second place, 6 games behind Daytona.