Scoreboard for April 7, 2007

And on the third day, there was baseball....

Ottawa 11 at Rochester 12

Record 1-0

W: B. Korecky (1-0, 40.50); L: K. Davis (0-1, 27.00)
HR: None.

E: Garza (1, throw), Moses 2 (2, fielding, fielding), Morales, J (1, pickoff).

(I see MosEs is off to a fine start...)

From www.redwingsbaseball.com: Tommy Watkins drew a walk with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth, and the Rochester Red Wings beat the Ottawa Lynx 12-11 Saturday afternoon at Frontier Field in the season opener for both clubs. Jeremy Cummings pitched three shutout innings of relief for the Wings, who pounded out 11 hits - including key two-RBI hits by Garrett Jones and Matthew LeCroy. Both clubs struggled with the wintry weather conditions, committing four errors each.

After a postponement due to snow and cold on Friday, the teams lined up for introductions under partly sunny skies and 32 degree temperatures. The contest matched up Matt Garza, USA Today's 2006 Minor League Player of the Year, and last season's International League ERA leader Brian Mazone. Garza allowed a pair of first inning baserunners, but used a pair of strikeouts to escape trouble. In the Ottawa second, Garza loaded the bases with none out. Shortstop Watkins made a nice running play to snag a foul pop-up from Jason Jaramillo for the first out, but Chris Roberson's sacrifice fly brought in the game's first run for a 1-0 Lynx lead.

More trouble for Garza in the third, as his pitch count rose after issuing a pair of walks to open the frame. An error by Matt Moses set the stage for two more Lynx runs, when catcher Jose Morales tried to pick Jim Rushford off first with the bases loaded. Morales' throw went into right field, and both scored to make it 3-0 Ottawa.

Watkins led off the bottom of the Red Wings third, scorching a 1-0 Mazone pitch to left for Rochester's first base hit of the season. Jones drilled a two-out 1-2 pitch to center field for a two-run single, bringing the Wings back to within a run at 3-2. LeCroy followed Jones with another two-run single, and the Wings grabbed the lead 4-3.

Garza struck out Roberson to start the fourth, then gave way to Cummings. Garza's Opening Day line: 3 1/3 innings, two hits, three unearned runs and five walks to go with three strikeouts.

Fabio Castro relieved Mazone to start the Red Wings fifth, and quickly ran into a jam. After Alexi Casilla reached on an error, Jones punched a single to right and Casilla hustled around to third base. LeCroy plated Casilla with a run-scoring sacrifice fly for the fifth Red Wing run. In the fifth, the Wings knocked around reliever Yoel Hernandez for four hits and four more runs - highlighted by Josh Rabe's two-run opposite field single.

Cummings tossed three scoreless innings against his former teammates, allowing a pair of hits and fanning three. Mike Venafro pitched two innings and was charged with five runs; Bobby Korecky came on in the ninth inning with one out, two on, and two runs in. Korecky (1-0) allowed an RBI single to Lou Collier that brought the Lynx to within two at 9-7. Veteran Pedro Swann followed with a pinch-hit, first pitch double over the head of Trent Oletjen in center field that tied the score at 9-9. When Jason Jaramillo followed with a triple to left, the Lynx re-took the lead and then made it 11-9 on a run-scoring sacrifice fly.

Rabe struck out but reached first on a wild pitch to start the ninth. Jones lofted an RBI double to left-center that plated Rabe and made it 11-10 Ottawa; Kane Davis came out of the Ottawa bullpen to face LeCroy with the tying run on second. Davis skipped a wild pitch to the backstop to move Jones to third, then walked LeCroy. Glenn Williams tied the game at 11-11 when his sacrifice fly to left scored Jones. Davis walked Moses and Morales to load the bases with one out. Manager John Russell pulled Davis (0-1) and brought in Justin Miller to face Watkins, who worked Miller for the walk and run batted in, capping a wild back and forth contest.

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New Britain 6 at New Hampshire 7

Record: 0-1

W: M. MacDonald (1-0, 5.40); L: A. Swarzak (0-1, 10.12); SV: L. Gronkiewicz (1)
HR: NBR: G. Guzman (1). NHM: C. Cannon (1), E. Kratz (1), W. Lydon (1).

E: Peterson (1, fielding).

Korey Feiner went 3-for-4. I don't believe Korey Feiner has EVER gone 3-for-4 in his career before.

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Fort Myers 6 at Sarasota 7

Record 0 - 3

W: T. Wood (1-0, 7.20); L: J. Hill (0-1, 10.12); SV: R. Ramirez (1)
HR: SAR: M. Griffin (1).

E: Tintor (1, fielding), Betsill (1, throw).
Outfield assists: Portes (DeJesus at home), Tintor (Bruce at 2nd base).

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Cedar Rapids 1 at Beloit 2 (Seven Innings)

Record 1-0

W: D. Leatherman (1-0, 0.00); L: W. Madrigal (0-1, 13.50)
HR: CED: H. Conger (1).

(Dan Leatherman is listed in the Miracle program. Unfortunately, like more than half of the other guys, they have someone else's picture next to his stats.

He would also whine that the stats are wrong because he SWEARS he pitched an additional 3 innings in GCL which aren't showing up.)

This was supposed to be a double header, the second game was postponed due to cold weather.

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