Record 10-4
W: S. Baker (2-0, 1.57); L: R. Chiavacci (1-1, 4.44); SV: B. Korecky (3)
HR: ROC: M. Tolbert (2).
E: Watkins (2, fielding), DePaula (2, throw), Tolbert (5, fielding).
From mudhens.com: Mother Nature has been unkind to the Rochester Red Wings, having caused them to postpone eight games thus far in 2007 and Saturday night her merciless ways continued, in Toledo.
Rochester escaped the weather and the Hens, holding on for the 3-1 victory.
Red Wings righty Scott Baker, continued to stifle hitters, he struck out seven Hens, in seven innings, and allowed just one run, on four hits. RHP Ron Chiavacci pitched well in defeat for the Hens, going six and a third innings, allowing seven hits, and three runs. It was the second consecutive quality start for Chiavacci.
The Red Wings broke a scoreless tie in the fourth, as Tommy Watkins scored from third base on an infield single by Jose Morales. Watkins walked to lead off the inning and reached third on a groundout by Chris Heintz.
The Hens and CF Brent Clevlen answered in the home half of the fourth. Cleven laced a one out triple off the wall in right centerfield and scored on a sac fly by DH Jack Hannahan.
Matt Tolbert’s second home run of the season put Rochester back in front in the fifth, a solo shot that just cleared the wall in left field.
The sixth inning brought another Rochester run and another RBI for Morales, driving in Garrett Jones this time around, on a liner to the left field gap. Jones one out double earlier in the inning allowed him to score easily on the Morales single.
Toledo threatened in the seventh, when Hannahan extended his hitting streak to a team best five games and moved to third base on a 1B Chris Shelton single. However, RF David Espinosa was called out on strikes, ending the Hens opportunity.
Toledo pitchers allowed 10 hits in the game, compared to Rochester allowing only four. Bobby Korecky closed out the Hens in the ninth in route to picking up his third save of the year.
Toledo and Rochester will continue their four game set tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 PM.
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From the Strib: Lew Ford, who had arthroscopic knee surgery March 12, will join Class AAA Rochester for an expected 10-day rehabilitation assignment, beginning today or Monday. Ford played nine innings in an extended spring training game Saturday and was cleared to take the next step.
New Britain 1 at New Britain 6
Record: 6-9
W: C. Begg (2-0, 2.10); L: T. Crawford (1-1, 9.00)
HR: None.
E: Velazquez (1, fielding), Geiger (1, throw).
From ctdefenders.com: The Connecticut Defenders, coming off a win in the opener of the series, took on the New Britain Rock Cats in game 2 of the three game set on Saturday. The Defenders would send their ace to the mound in RHP Chris Begg and he’d be opposed by recently acquired Rock Cats RHP Tristan Crawford. Begg would win the battle from the get go as the Defenders cruised to their second consecutive victory 6-1.
The Defenders got the hits flowing early in the game. They’d strike in the bottom of the first inning against Crawford. SS Jake Wald would bat in the leadoff spot and walk to start the action. OF John Bowker and OF Brian Horwitz would follow with back-to-back singles to load the bases. Eddy Martinez-Esteve would step to the plate with the bases juiced and be hit on the shoulder by a Crawford pitch, pushing the first run across for the Defenders. 1B Travis Ishikawa would reach base on an error by 1B Gil Velazquez, allowing Bowker and Horwitz to come around and score. Ishikawa would pick up 1 RBI on the play. The very next batter, red-hot hitting 3B Simon Klink would single in the hole between first and second, driving in Eddy Martinez-Esteve to complete the 4 run inning.
Chris Begg would retire 8 out of the first 10 batters he faced and the Defenders would lead it 4-0 after 2 1/2 innings. After Crawford labored through the first two innings throwing a lot of pitches, scheduled starter for game 3, Brad Baker would come on in relief for the third. In the bottom of the third inning the Defenders would tack on another run courtesy of an RBI groundout by Ishikawa to drive in Horwitz who led off the inning with a double. After a scoreless top of the fourth inning, they’d get right back at it in the bottom half. C Stephen Holm would lead off with a single and two batters later, SS Jake Wald would drive him in with an RBI single of his own. It would be 6-0 in favor of the Defenders after 4 full innings.
The score would remain that way until the top of the ninth inning. With Jeff Peterson on in relief for his second inning of work, he’d surrender a leadoff single to OF Garrett Guzman. Guzman would be erased on a fielders choice by next batter 3B Brian Buscher. Buscher would reach second on a groundout by 2B Felix Molina and OF Rashad Eldridge would drive him in on a single to right field for the Rock Cats first run of the game. It would be the only run as Peterson would retire OF Matt Allegra on a strikeout swinging to end the game with a final score of 6-1.
Starter Chris Begg (W, 2-0) has now tossed 21 consecutive scoreless innings and picked up the win on the day. He tossed 7 innings of scoreless, 6 hit ball, without surrendering a single walk and striking out a game high 6 batters. Tristan Crawford (L, 1-1) absorbed the loss pitching just 2 innings, giving up 4 runs (3 earned) on 3 hits, with 1 walk and no strikeouts. Jeff Peterson pitched 2 innings, surrendering 1 run on 3 hits, while striking out 1 batter. He did not factor in the decision. The finale of the series will take place on Sunday April 29th with a 2:05 start time. Following the game will be Edy’s Sundae Fun Day Run Day, as youngsters 12 and under will be invited on the field after the game to run the bases and receive a free ice cream sundae.
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Fort Myers 4 at Dunedin 6
Record 10 - 12
W: J. Thomson (1-0, 4.09); L: Z. Ward (0-2, 4.50); SV: C. Falkenbach (7)
HR: FTM: E. Ovalle (2). DUN: J. Kreuzer (1).
John Thomson threw seven solid innings to lead host Dunedin over Fort Myers, 6-4, on Saturday.
Thomson (1-0) gave up four runs -- one earned -- on five hits while striking out five in his second rehab start for the Blue Jays (8-13). The veteran right-hander, who spent the last three seasons with the Atlanta Braves, was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a sore pitching shoulder on March 31.
Dunedin trailed, 4-2, when Brian Jeroloman drew a bases-loaded walk in the sixth. David Shinskie replaced reliever Zachary Ward (0-2) and hit Anthony Garibaldi to force home Eric Nielsen with the tying run before Adam Calderone lifted a sacrifice fly to left field.
Edward Ovalle cranked a two-run homer in the fourth to give the Miracle (10-11) a 4-2 lead.
Fort Myers starter Ryan Mullins went four innings, allowing two runs on three hits and three walks while striking out five. Ward (0-2) was charged with three runs on four hits and a walk while recording only four outs.
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ECHL Hockey: This may well be a series that goes down to the seventh game. Texas defeated Florida 3-1 to even the series at two games each. Minnesota native and All-time Everblades goal leader Reggie Berg had the lone tally for Florida.
Dayton 11 at Beloit 1
Record 10-8
W: D. Thompson (4-0, 0.39); L: C. Devries (1-1, 1.65)
HR: DAY: J. Francisco 2 (4). BEL: B. Dinkelman (2).
E: Santiesteban (2, fielding), Dinkelman 2 (4, fielding, throw).
From snappersbaseball.com: The Dayton Dragons had fourteen hits and eleven runs on their way to an 11-1 victory of the Snappers on Saturday. Beloit was only able to muster four hits during the game while compiling three errors.
Dayton scored in five of the nine innings and was powered behind the bat of Juan Francisco. Juan went 3 for 5 with two home runs and four RBI’s.
The Snappers lone run came in the bottom of the ninth inning off the bat of Brian Dinkelman. Dinkelman hit his second home run of the season with one out and nobody on. Dinkelman improved his record to .268 on the season.
Starter, Cole Devries picked up the loss going four innings while giving up seven hits and six runs (four unearned). The Snappers dropped to 10-8 on the season.
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