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Garrett Jones, left, scrambles for the ball as pitcher Matt Garza rushes toward first. Garza struck out eight in four-plus innings, but was rocked for seven runs.
Toledo 9 at Rochester 4
Record 15-9
W: V. Vasquez (4-2, 2.88); L: M. Garza (1-2, 4.66)
HR: TOL: R. Raburn (6). ROC: T. Oeltjen (1).
E: Casilla (1, throw).
From redwingsbaseball.com: The Toledo Mud Hens beat the Red Wings Monday night at Frontier Field, 9-4. Denard Span went 2-for-5 with a double and two RBI, Trent Oeltjen hit his first Triple-A home run, a solo shot to right center field, and Matt Tolbert was 1-for-3 with two runs scored. Starting pitcher Matt Garza (1-2) took the loss for Rochester, pitching four innings and allowed seven runs (all earned). The teams meet again Tuesday morning for an 11:05 am start.
For Toledo, Virgil Vasquez (4-2) earned the win in five and one-third innings. He allowed three Rochester runs off five hits and fanned nine Wings. Ramon Santiago hit two RBI triples and finished with three RBI. Jack Hannahan finished 2-for-4 with four RBI, Ryan Raburn was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and one RBI, and Henry Mateo was 2-for-4 with two runs scored.
The Mud Hens combined five hits to jump out to a 4-0 lead in their half of the third. Mateo led off with a bunt towards first that caused confusion between Garza and Garrett Jones, allowing Mateo to reach first safely. Brent Clevlen hit a bloop single to center field and Mateo made it safely to third. Mateo and Clevlen scored on Santiago's triple to the right field corner. Chris Shelton walked, then moved to second as Santiago crossed home on Timo Perez's RBI single to the gap between Jones and Tolbert. Shelton advanced to third on Ryan Raburn's long fly ball; Span caught it at the wall. Jack Hannahan came up next and hit a lined a single to center field, scoring Shelton, but Span came up firing and his throw beat Perez attempting to take two bases on the hit. Hannahan moved to second on the throw and Mike Hessman struck out looking to end the inning.
Oeltjen got the Wings on board with his home run to right center in the bottom of third, his first of the season and first of his Triple-A career.
In the fourth inning, Mateo hit a single, advanced on a wild pitch, then scored on Santiago's second RBI triple of the day. He hit this one to the right center field wall to put the Mud Hens up, 5-1.
In the fifth, Span drilled a two-out RBI double to plate Tolbert. An inning later the Wings added another run and knocked Vasquez out of the game. Lew Ford led off with a double, and two batters later Jose Morales doubled in Ford - prompting Vasquez' exit for reliever Corey Hamman.
Perez and Raburn hit back-to-back singles in the fifth, and Brian Bass came in to relieve Garza on the mound. Both runners scored on Hannahan's double. The Mud Hens added another run in the seventh inning by way of Raburn's solo home run to left center field.
Ford led off the bottom of the sixth inning with a double, then eventually scored on Morales' RBI double. In the seventh, Tolbert hit a double down the right field line, then sped around the bases to score on Span's RBI single to make it 8-4, Mud Hens.
Carmen Cali relieved Bass on the mound to get the last out of the seventh inning, then Toledo scored again in the top of the ninth. Casilla's throw to Jones pulled the first baseman off the bag, allowing Shelton to reach first safely. Shelton advanced to second on a past ball, moved to third on Perez's sacrifice bunt, and tagged up and scored on a long sacrifice fly to the left field corner by Hannahan. Oeltjen made an excellent running catch to rob Hannahan of his third hit.
NOTES: Both Vasquez and Garza struck out the side in the first inning...Twins Farm Director Jim Rantz, who was inducted into the team's Hall of Fame Saturday at the Metrodome, watched the game. Rantz is in town to see the Wings this week, joined by another Twins Hall of Famer: World Series winning manager (and former Red Wing) Tom Kelly... Minor League Baseball teams drew 5,905,069 fans during the month of April, the highest total in the 106-year history of the industry. The total represented an increase of 2.1% over the 2006 total, when the Minor Leagues set their all-time record season total of 41,710,357. The record April total was achieved despite unseasonable snow storms in the Northeast and Midwest during the opening weekend. The leagues hardest hit by weather - –the International, Eastern and Midwest - collectively lost 82 playing dates through postponements....The Red Wings pitching staff hadn't allowed a single run in the fifth inning this season, outscoring their opponents 14-0 in the fifth frame - until Toledo scored two in the fifth Monday...Last week’s series win in Toledo was the Red Wings first series win in Toledo since August 23-25, 1996 (2 games to 1). It was also the first four-game series win in Toledo since July 4-7, 1994 (12 road four-game series). If the Red Wings can win this four-game series at Frontier Field it would be the first series win in Rochester since July 28-31, 2001. In addition, if Rochester can at least split this four-game series it would be the first time since 1997 that Rochester has won a season series from Toledo.
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New Britain 4 at Harrisburg 3
Record: 12-12
W: J. Sawatski (1-2, 6.75); L: M. Hinckley (4-2, 2.97); SV: J. Mijares (4)
HR: HAR: M. Dorta (1).
From senatorsbaseball.com: The Senators returned home on Monday night, and fell to the New Britain Rock Cats 4-3. The Senators had a 3-0 lead, but couldn't keep in, in falling.
Mike Hinckley started for the Senators and was looking for his fifth win in a row. The Senators scored a run in the second on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Tony Blanco. Then in the third, Melvin Dorta hit a two run home run to give the Senators and Hinckley a 3-0 lead.
But the Rock Cats scored a pair of runs in the fifth and sixth innings to take a 4-3 lead. A two-run single in teh fifth off the bat Brian Buscher made it 3-2. Then in the sixth, Felix Molina had a two-run double to give the Rock Cats the lead.
Jay Sawatski picked up the win and is now 1-2 and Mike Hinckley fell to 4-2. Jose Mijaris picked up his fourth save of the year.
The Senators had chances later in the game but couldn't score. In the fifth, they had runners at first and second with one out; in the sixth a lead off double, and in the seventh, they put runners at second and third with no outs, but didn't score in any of those situations.
Game two of the series is on Tuesday night with Beltran Perez on the mound against RH Tristan Crawford for New Britain. Harrisburg falls to 7-22 while New Britain improves to 12-12.
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Fort Myers 1 at St. Lucie 0
Record 11 - 20
W: K. Waldrop (4-1, 2.92); L: J. De La Torre (2-3, 4.61); SV: E. Morlan (4)
HR: None.
E: Betsill (5, fielding), Christy (3, throw), White (5, fielding).
From miraclebaseball.com: Fort Myers Miracle second baseman Steve Tolleson came up with a game-saving, diving catch in the bottom of the ninth as the Miracle survived the St. Lucie Mets snapping their nine-game losing streak with a 1-0 win at Tradition Field. After Tolleson’s diving catch at second, he then flipped to Matt Betsill at the second base bag to double off Jamar Hill ending the game.
In the contest, the Mets would have quality scoring chances in eight of the nine innings played on Monday night. The St. Lucie ninth began with déjà vu from Sunday as Jamar Hill’s fly ball to right popped in and out of Dwayne White’s glove allowing Hill to reach on the two-base error. Pinch-hitter Jonathan Malo would then follow with a base hit bunt that failed to move Hill to third. After Miracle closer Eddie Morlan fanned Sean Henry for the first out, he then retired Jose Castro on a screaming line-drive to second that Tolleson snared to his right preserving the 1-0 win.
The lone run of the ball game came in the Miracle fourth as Erik Lis drew a lead-off walk to begin the inning. After a strikeout by Edward Ovalle and a pop out by White, it was catcher Jeff Christy coming through with a two-out double to right-center scoring Lis and giving the Miracle their 1-0 lead.
St. Lucie stranded 11 base runners in the loss on Monday night. The Mets had runners at the corners in the second before Miracle starter Kyle Waldrop got the Mets Josh Petersen to roll a ground ball to short ending the inning. In the Mets fourth, Drew Butera led off with a walk followed by Emmanuel Garcia’s single to right putting runners at first and second with nobody out. After a failed sacrifice attempt and strikeout by Corey Coles, Waldrop would then get Hill to pop out and Petersen to ground out ending the threat.
Relievers Frank Mata and Eddie Morlan pitch shutout ball in the final 3.1 innings to preserve Waldrop’s fourth win of the season. Mata tossed 1.1 innings allowing just one hit and fanning two while Morlan picked up his fourth save of the year with two innings of work also allowing one hit with four strikeouts.
The Miracle and Mets will wrap up the four-game series Tuesday night at Tradition Field with the Miracle sending LHP Ryan Mullins (0-2, 2.76) to the rubber against RHP Deolis Guerra (1-3, 3.60) for the Mets.
4 hits, 3 errors is hardly a receipe for success. They were lucky this time.
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Beloit 0 at Great Lakes 4
Record 16-11
W: C. White (1-4, 3.38); L: J. Lugo (1-2, 3.77)
HR: GLL: A. Gonzalez (1), P. Mattingly (1).
E: Yersich (4, fielding).
From snappersbaseball.com: Beloit’s road trip hit a bit of a snag today as they were defeated by the Great Lakes Loons, 4-0, in the final game of the four game series. The Snappers were only able to muster three hits in their only loss of the series.
The Loons’ Preston Mattingly highlighted a three run first inning for Great Lakes. Preston hit the first pitch he saw over the left field wall to help the Loons get an early 3-0 lead. The three runs would prove to be more than enough for Great Lakes.
Singles from Danny Berg, Brian Dinkelman, and Yancarlos Ortiz were the only hits the Snappers were able to get all day long. The loss dropped the Snappers to a 16-11 overall record.
Jose Lugo picked up his second loss of the season as he went six innings, allowing three runs on nine hits. Lugo’s ERA is now 3.77.
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