Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Scoreboard for May 1, 2007

Rochester 9 at Columbus 4

Record 13-4

W: J. Cummings (2-0, 2.65); L: F. Diaz (1-2, 5.16)
HR: ROC: M. Moses 2 (2), L. Ford (1). COL: A. Nunez (5), T. Batista (4)

E: Watkins (3, fielding).

From Milb.com: Matt Moses ripped a pair of homers and Tommy Watkins collected three hits and two RBIs as visiting Rochester defeated Columbus, 9-4, on Tuesday.

Moses led off the third inning with a solo shot to tie the game, 1-1. The 22-year-old shortstop added a two-run blast in the fourth, lifting his batting average to .203.

Watkins smacked a pair of run-scoring doubles to snap an 0-for-15 slump.

Red Wings starter Jeremy Cummings (2-0) got the win after surrendering three runs on five hits while striking out three without a walk in five frames. Reliever Jason Miller allowed a run on two hits and a walk, fanning two in three innings, and Carmen Cali tossed a perfect ninth. Rochester (13-4) has won nine of its last 10 games.

Clippers starter Felix Diaz (1-2) allowed eight runs on eight hits, fanning one and walking one in four innings.

Tony Batista belted a run-scoring single in the first and launched a two-run homer in the fourth for Columbus (10-14). Abraham Nunez cranked a solo homer in the seventh, and Darnell McDonald added three hits and scored two runs.

Clippers manager John Stearns was ejected in the third for arguing with umpire Kevin Causey.

redwingsbaseball.com appears to be down at the current time.

Boxscore
Log
Wrap
Democrat
Dispatch

Binghamton 4 at New Britain 12

Record: 8-9

W: N. Blackburn (1-0, 3.97); L: J. Sanchez (0-1, 6.46)
HR: NBR: R. Eldridge (1).

E: Geiger (2, missed catch), Plouffe (4, fielding), Buscher (4, throw).

From MiLb.com: Rashad Eldridge smashed a grand slam as New Britain pounded out 17 hits en route to a 12-4 victory over visiting Binghamton on Tuesday.

Brian Buscher lined an RBI single in the third inning and scored when Eldridge hit his first home run of the season to give the Rock Cats (8-9) a 5-3 lead. Eldridge, who went 4-for-5, doubled twice, singled and fell a triple shy of hitting for the cycle.

Buscher also had run-scoring singles in the sixth and seventh, finishing with four hits and three RBIs. Trevor Plouffe was 2-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBIs, and Felix Molina chipped in two hits, two runs scored and an RBI.

Every Rock Cat had at least one hit and scored at least one run, except Luke Hughes, who was 0-for-5 with a strikeout.

New Britain starter Nick Blackburn (1-0) picked up the win, allowing four runs -- one earned -- on six hits while striking out five and walking one in six frames.

Boxscore
Log
Wrap
Rock Cats
Herald
Courant
PressConnect

The New Britain Rock Cats and Binghamton Mets will play a rare daytime doubleheader on Thursday to make up a game that was lost to weather in Binghamton April 16-18, the Rock Cats announced Monday. Herald

Jay Rainville
Jay Rainville


Fort Myers 4 at Clearwater 6

Record 10 - 15

W: Z. Stott (1-1, 1.42); L: E. Morlan (1-1, 3.75); SV: B. Harker (4)
HR: None.

E: White (3, fielding).

From miraclebaseball.com: The Fort Myers Miracle were in control for most of Tuesday night at Bright House Networks Field but a four-run eighth inning by the Clearwater Threshers would seal the deal as the Threshers went on to sweep the three-game series from the Miracle with a 6-4 victory on Tuesday night.

Clearwater struck first as a sacrifice fly from Greg Golson scored Lou Marson on a close play at the plate giving the Threshers a 1-0 lead in the third. After 27 scoreless innings, the Miracle would tack on three in the fifth to grab a 3-1 lead.

Toby Gardenhire would deliver a RBI-single scoring Juan Portes from third before Erik Lis would connect on a two-run double to center scoring Steve Tolleson and Caleb Moore. Tolleson drew a two-out walk and Moore kept the inning alive with a single to right.

Clearwater would cut it to a one-run game in the seventh as Welinson Baez and Marson would smash doubles to center shrinking the Miracle lead to 3-2. After a RBI-single from Portes in the Miracle eighth that scored Whit Robbins, the Threshers would strike for their four runs a half inning later.

With one out and runners at first and second, Jeremy Slayden would slap a single to right scoring Golson from second. On the Slayden base hit, Dwayne White had problems fielding the ball in right, allowing Matt Thayer to third and Slayden to reach second.

Clay Harris would promptly follow sending a 2-2 pitch from Miracle reliever Eddie Morlan to the wall in centerfield, scoring Thayer and Slayden, giving the Threshers a 5-4 lead. Harris would later come around on Brad Harman’s run-scoring single to center for the sixth and final Clearwater run.

After finishing 1-6 on the road trip, the Miracle will return home beginning Wednesday night for a three-game series against the Tampa Yankees. Home cooking will be short lived as the Miracle will start a season-long eight-game road trip beginning Saturday. First pitch Wednesday night is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. at Hammond Stadium. It will be RHP Kyle Waldrop (3-0, 3.08) for the Miracle against the Yankees’ RHP Ian Kennedy (1-1, 2.22).

Boxscore
Log
Miracle
News Press
Breeze

Danny Santiesteban
BDN Staff photo by Jim Franz
Beloit’s Danny Santiesteban


Fort Wayne 9 at Beloit 1

Record 12-9

W: N. Culp (3-1, 1.42); L: A. Burnett (1-2, 3.41)
HR: FTW: J. Rivera (1).

E: Santiesteban (2, fielding), Benson (3, fielding), Vais (1, throw).

From snappersbaseball.com: One bad inning from the Snappers proved to be a costly one. Fort Wayne scored seven runs in the top of the eighth inning to put the game out of reach on Tuesday night.

The Snappers took an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the fourth inning off the bat of Danny Santiesteban. Santiesteban had an RBI triple to center, scoring Johnny Woodard from second. Woodard singled earlier to lead off the inning.

That would be all the damage that the Snappers would do, however. After Fort Wayne scored one run in both the sixth and seventh innings, they erupted for seven runs in the top of the eighth. The Wizards scored their seven runs off of five hits and two errors. Fort Wayne took a 9-1 lead after the outburst and went on to win by that score.

Beloit’s Alex Burnett pitched seven strong innings, allowing only two runs off six hits. He had five strikeouts but picked up his second loss of the season.

Boxscore
Log
Snappers
Wizards
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
Beloit Daily News

From a Beloit Snappers Press Release:

The Beloit Snappers and the Minnesota Twins announced today that they have released outfielder Mark Robinson and pitcher Adam Revelette. The Twins have also placed Snappers' pitcher Sean Land, on the 7-day Disabled List with a left elbow injury.

With the three empty spots on the roster the Twins have called up three players from Extended Spring Training:

- Right Handed Pitcher Aaron Craig
- Left Handed Pitcher Jesus Carnevales
- Shortstop Steven Singleton

Both Singleton and Craig spent 2006 in Elizabethton, while 2007 will be Carnevales' first season in professional baseball.

Singleton batted .340 with 24 RBI’s and 26 runs scored in 41 games for Elizabethton. Steven also led the Appalachian League in Triples with 5.

Craig was 2-1 with a 5.11 ERA in 20 games last season. Aaron had 17 strikeouts in 24 and 2/3's innings pitched.

Carnevales signed with the Twins as a non-drafted free agent on November 6, 2006.

All three players will be joining the Snappers in time for Tuesday night's game. The Snappers will play game two of four with the Fort Wayne Wizards on Tuesday, at 6:30 pm.

No comments: