Jose Morales
Rochester 4 at Toledo 1
Record 12-4
W: J. DePaula (2-2, 2.84); L: Y. Bazardo (1-2, 4.10); SV: B. Korecky (5)
HR: None.
E: Slowey (1, missed catch).
(Thanks Kevin. You've now completely blown my mental image of you as a baseball god. Gods to not miss catchs. Ever. Work on that for me, would you please.)
From redwingsbaseball.com: Matthew LeCroy's two-out, pinch-hit double plated the go-ahead runs, and the Wings used a ninth inning rally for the second straight day to defeat Toledo 4- Monday night. LeCroy's hit, on a 1-1 pitch from Jason Karnuth, was crushed to left-center, landing on the warning track and bouncing up off the fence. Wings starter Kevin Slowey struck out eight in seven innings, allowing five hits, a run and a walk to lower his ERA to 1.05.
The score was tied at one in the top of the ninth with runners on first and second for Rochester. Toledo went to the Hen pen and brought in LHP Tim Byrdak. Byrdak got the job done and struck out Matt Moses to give the Red Wings two outs. The Hens went back to the pen to bring in RHP Jason Karnuth, but he gave up a two-run double to LeCroy who came in to pinch hit for Trent Oeltjen to put Rochester up 3-1. The Red Wings added one more run on Matt Tolbert's RBI single.
Bazardo recorded three strikeouts and retired the first six batters he faced to shut the Red Wings down 1-2-3 in the first two innings.
Rochester struck first though in the bottom of the third. Moses cracked a lead-off double down the left field line for the first Red Wing hit of the night. With runners on the corners, Tolbert hit into a fielder’s choice to score Moses from third base to give the Red Wings a 1-0 lead.
The Hens answered quickly in the bottom of the third. With Dane Sardinha on second base, Hannahan crushed a double into the gap in left center field to drive in Sardinha and even the score, 1-1.
Both teams had chances to take the lead over the next five innings but neither team could push a run across the plate.
Lew Ford, Chris Heintz and Jose Morales all singled to load the bases with one out in the top of the fourth frame, but Toledo’s pitching coach Britt Burns made a trip to the mound to calm Bazardo down, and he got Moses and Oeltjen to both pop out to end the Rochester threat.
In the top of the sixth the Red Wings threatened again. Garrett Jones and Heintz connected on back-to-back singles to put runners on the corners with one out, but Bazardo got Morales to ground into a 4-6-3 double play to get the Hens out of another jam and keep the game tied, 1-1.
The Mud Hens had their chance to take the lead in the bottom of the seventh. Mike Hessman and Ramon Santiago were on the corners but Slowey stuck out two and Morales threw out Santiago attempting to steal second base to end the Toledo scoring chance.
Julio DePaula (2-2) got the winning decision, and Bobby Korecky struck out the side in the ninth to record his fifth save.
Twins outfielder Ford was 1-for-4 in the second game of his minor league rehab assignment with the Wings.
NOTES: The game started late after an 40-minute rain delay, game played in an occasional light misting rain...
On Monday Morales was named the International League Batter of the Week, becoming the first member of the Wings to receive the award since Heintz (June 27-July 3, 2005). Morales more than doubled his hit total (from 9 to 19) and increased his batting average from .276 to .413. Morales hit at an amazing .647 clip in five games this week, more than 50 points better than anyone else in the International League...
Sunday afternoon’s ninth inning rally was the largest ninth inning rally by Rochester since August 22, 1997 - when the Red Wings scored six times in the bottom of the ninth inning to defeat Toledo 11-10 at Frontier Field. In the 1997 game Toledo scored five runs in the top of the ninth inning. First baseman Tommy Davis singled home catcher Tim Laker (who pulled a hamstring while running out his two-run, game-tying triple) with the winning run with two outs. The start of the game was delayed 2 hours and 56 minutes due to rain (10:11 p.m. start) and didn’t finish until 1:17a.m. in the morning....
Sunday was only the fourth time since at least 1975 that Rochester has rallied for five or more runs in their final at-bat to win a game: the 1997 game, July 19, 1992 (Rochester rallied from an 8-0 deficit with five runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to beat Scranton 10-9 at Silver Stadium), and May 9, 1978 (Rochester scored seven runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat Columbus 11-10 at Silver Stadium). The 1978 game was the managerial debut for Frank Robinson, who took over in-season for Ken Boyer.
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Alex Smit
Fort Myers 0 at Clearwater 5
Record 10 - 14
W: D. Brauer (3-1, 2.16); L: A. Smit (0-1, 5.40)
HR: None.
E: Portes (3, fielding), Tintor (2, fielding).
From miraclebaseball.com: Different night, same result for the Fort Myers Miracle as the Clearwater Threshers limited the Miracle offense to just three hits and one base runner reaching third on their way to a 5-0 shutout victory over the Miracle on Monday night at Bright House Networks Field.
Clearwater would put their first two runs on the board in the third as Fidel Hernandez reached on a fielder error by Juan Portes at second base. After a bunt single from Victor Hall, Greg Golson would follow with a RBI-double to left scoring Hernandez and giving the Threshers a 1-0 lead. Michael Spidale would immediately follow with a groundout to first scoring Hall from third.
The final three runs would come across in the sixth as another Miracle error, this one by Eli Tintor in center, would allow the first two runners to reach. Jeremy Slayden would score on Brad Harman’s RBI-single down the left-field line after leading the inning with a walk.
After a second-straight single from Lou Marson, Fidel Hernandez would deliver a two-run single to left scoring Harris, who reached on Tintor’s dropped fly, and Harman from second.
The first hit of the night for the Miracle came off the bat of Caleb Moore with a lead-off double in the fifth. The final two hits came in the ninth as Steve Tolleson and Erik Lis each had singles in the frame. Jeff Cirillo on a rehab assignment from the Minnesota Twins finished the night 0-for-3 testing out his left knee.
The Miracle have not scored a run in the last 23 innings dating back to Saturday night at Dunedin. The Miracle will wrap up the seven-game in six-day road trip on Tuesday night at Bright House Networks Field. RHP Jay Rainville (2-3, 2.84) will get the start for the Miracle at 7 p.m.
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ECHL Hockey: The Florida Everblades took a 4-2 win over the Texas Wildcatters in Game 5 of their best-of-7 series Monday night at Ford Arena. The series now returns to Germain Arena in Southwest Florida for game six on Friday night and if necissary, game 7 on Saturday.
Fort Wayne 0 at Beloit 3
Record 11-9
W: J. Manship (2-0, 0.84); L: A. Miller (1-2, 3.66); SV: R. Delaney (4)
HR: None.
From snappersbaseball.com: Jeff Manship continued his domination and helped the Snappers to a 3-0 win over the Fort Wayne Wizards on Monday. Manship dazzled again, going seven innings while only allowing one hit. Jeff also picked up another eight strikeouts on the night.
Beloit got things going in the bottom of the first inning. Johnny Woodard doubled home Brian Dinkelman from third base. Brian singled earlier to lead off the inning. Woodard's RBI double made it a 1-0 Snappers lead after one.
The Snappers scored two more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. Garrett Olson doubled to lead off, followed by a triple by Danny Berg, and a single by Alan de San Miguel. Alan's RBI single made it a 3-0 Snappers lead.
That was all that Manship would need. The right hander from Notre Dame improved his record to 2-0 and regained the Midwest League strikeout lead.
Reliever, Rob Delaney, pitched two innings of scoreless relief to pick up his fourth save of the season. Beloit improved their record to 11-9.
Upcoming schedule: The Snappers are in the middle of an eight game homestand. They will play game two of four with the Fort Wayne Wizards on Tuesday at 6:30 pm.
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