Scoreboard for April 19, 2007

Rochester 3 at Pawtucket 0 (7 Innings)

Record 4-2

W: K. Slowey (2-0, 0.00); L: D. Hansack (1-1, 1.69); SV: M. Venafro (1)
HR: ROC: M. Tolbert (1).

From redwingsbasball.com: Kevin Slowey recorded nine strikeouts in 5 2/3 scoreless innings as Rochester blanked Pawtucket 3-0 in the first game of a doubleheader Thursday afternoon. The Paw Sox topped the Wings 4-0 in the second game. The Wings played for the first time since Saturday afternoon.

Slowey (2-0) scattered three hits and did not walk a batter. The 22-year-old has allowed only six hits over 11 2/3 shutout frames this season, and opponents are batting .130 against him. Mike Venafro worked 1 1/3 scoreless innings in relief and picked up his first save of the season.

Matt Tolbert led off the third inning with a home run, giving the Red Wings all the offense they would need. Trent Oeltjen doubled to lead off the fifth and eventually scored on Denard Span's infield single. Span later scored on second baseman Chad Spann's throwing error. Pawtucket's best chance to score came in the third inning, when Spann doubled and Ed Rogers singled to put runners on first and third with two outs. Slowey then struck out Alex Ochoa to end the threat.

Devern Hansack (1-1) took the loss after yielding three runs -- two earned -- on eight hits over 5 1/3 innings. The native Nicaraguan whiffed three batters and now leads the International League with 23 strikeouts on the season. Craig Hansen followed with 1 1/3 scoreless frames.

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Rochester 0 at Pawtucket 4 (7 Innings)

Record 4-3

W: C. Breslow (1-0, 2.45); L: M. Garza (0-1, 2.77); SV: E. Martinez (1)
HR: PAW: B. Moss (2).

E: Tolbert (4, fielding), Span (1, throw), DePaula (1, throw).

From redwingsbasball.com: In the second game Brandon Moss went 2-for-3 with a home run, double and two runs scored for Pawtucket. Moss homered to lead off the fourth inning, but it was a play that occurred two batters later that generated more excitement. Luis Jimenez circled the bases on a ground ball to second base, as Tolbert and Span both made throwing errors on the play.

Moss struck again in the sixth inning. The 23-year-old doubled to lead off the frame and eventually scored on a single by Jimenez.

Pawtucket (6-7), which snapped a five-game losing streak, received a strong effort from a quartet of relievers. Mike Burns started the game and tossed two perfect innings, and Craig Breslow (1-0) followed with three shutout frames of his own. Edgar Martinez recorded the last four outs of the ballgame and picked up his first save.

The Red Wings' best chance to score came in the sixth when they loaded the bases with two outs. Martinez struck out Doug Deeds on a full-count breaking ball to escape the jam.

Matt Garza (0-1) took the loss, yielding three runs -- two earned -- on six hits over five innings while striking out five. The Red Wings dropped to 4-3 on the season.

NOTES: INF Glenn Williams will not be with the team the next two days, so he can attend a funeral for a family friend. Williams will rejoin the club for Saturday night's home game... LHP Jon Lester, who went 7-2 in 15 games as a rookie for Boston last season, is tentatively scheduled to start for Pawtucket on April 25 at Frontier Field according to MiLB.com. Lester was diagnosed with anaplastic large cell lymphoma near the end of last season, and underwent six chemotherapy treatments. Lester starts for Class A Greenville Friday.

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Connecticut 4 at New Britain 5

Record: 3-4

W: B. Duensing (1-0, 2.16); L: B. Cox (0-2, 6.30); SV: J. Mijares (2)
HR: CT: S. Holm (1). NBR: B. Peterson (1).

From rockcats.com: Brian Duensing tossed 5 2/3 strong innings and Brian Buscher drove in two runs as New Britain edged visiting Connecticut, 5-4, on Thursday.

Duensing (1-0) allowed two runs on five hits and a walk while striking out four. The left-hander, who threw 2 2/3 scoreless innings in his first start against Portland on April 9, went 5-10 with a 3.49 ERA between Class A Beloit, Class A Advanced Fort Myers and New Britain last year.

Jose Mijares retired all five batters he faced, striking out two, to pick up his second save.

Buscher and David Winfree hit consecutive RBI doubles in the first to give the Rock Cats (3-4) a 2-0 lead. Brock Peterson hit his first homer of the season in the fourth, while Garrett Guzman lifted a sacrifice fly and Buscher delivered an RBI double in the fifth to cap the scoring for New Britain.

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Fort Myers 3 at Tampa 4

Record 6 - 7

W: J. Valdez (1-0, 1.50); L: A. Garcia (0-1, 2.57)
HR: None.

Steven Tolleson coaxed a two-out walk out of Tampa starter Chien-Ming Wang, then stole second and went to third on Dwayne White's infield single.

Whitney Robbins' single and a double by Erik Lis staked Fort Myers (6-7) to a 3-1 lead, but that was about all the Miracle got against Wang, a Cy Young runner-up who was making a rehab start for the Class A Tampa Yankees.

Miracle starter Alex Smit struck out seven while giving up two runs on six hits and a walk. Robbins led Fort Myers at the plate with a 2-for-3 night.

Angel Garcia (0-1) suffered the loss, giving up two runs on two hits and one walk in 1 2/3 innings. With runners on second and third, Reggie Corona pulled a pitch from Garcia to right field deep enough to score both runners and get Tampa to a .500 record.

Ticket Errata: Monday, April 23rd Miracle vs Clearwater Threshers - this game IS NOT at Terry Park

Wednesday, May 16th Miracle vs Clearwater Threshers - we are NOT playing the Palm Beach Cardinals

Friday, June 22nd Miracle vs Sarasota Reds at 12:05pm - this game IS NOT at 7:05pm (it is are annual Big Splash game)

Tuesday, July 3rd Miracle vs Lakeland Flying Tigers - we are NOT playing the Tampa Yankees

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Video (not mine):
Video: Meet Javi Sanchez

Although I'm thinking of doing something like this with the GCL boys.

The 2007 Miracle program is a study in bad printing and we've been playing Mystery Miracle since the start of the season. The picture shown next to Javi's profile information is actually Danny Santiesteban. My innital reaction was to blame the printer, but now I've decided it's not just them. Without Sean Arenson around, I doubt that anyone proof-read anything (witness all the printing errors on the tickets).

Wisconsin 2 at Beloit 3

Record 5-5

W: D. Hernandez (2-0, 0.00); L: J. Kantakevich (0-1, 1.08)
HR: None.

From snappersbaseball.com: The Snappers returned home and returned to their winning ways with a 3-2 victory over the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers on Thursday. Catcher, Greg Yersich, was the deciding factor again for the Snappers as he reached on a throwing error by third baseman Leury Bonilla in the bottom of the ninth inning. With Yersich reaching on the error, Joe Benson was able to score the winning run from third base.

Chris Parmelee got things going for Beloit in the bottom of the second inning with a double to left. Parmelee later reached third on a pick off attempt gone bad by pitcher Ricky Orta. Chris, however, had to leave the game after injuring himself on the play. One batter later, Mark Robinson had an RBI sacrifice fly, scoring pinch runner, Danny Santiesteban, from third. Robinson's RBI made it a 1-0 Snappers lead.

The game would remain scoreless until the eighth inning, when the Timber Rattlers would get on the board. Alex Liddi singled, Leury Bonilla double, and Jair Fernandez had a sacrifice fly to make it a 2-1 Wisconsin lead.

The Snappers would not lie down, however. They battled back to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth with a two-out, Johnny Woodard RBI single to right. Woodard's single opened the door for Yersich, as he was the hero at Pohlman Field for the second straight home game.

Jeff Manship pitched a strong seven and two third's innings of two run, three hit baseball. Manship recorded another seven strikeouts in the Snappers' win. Danny Hernandez pitched an inning and a third of scoreless relief to pick up his second win of the season.

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