Record 20-14
W: R. Barrett (1-0, 0.00); L: F. Beltran (0-4, 6.97)
HR: NOR: M. Cervenak (6), J. Knott (4). ROC: T. Watkins (2).
E: Tolbert (2, fielding), Barrett (1, fielding).
From milb.com: Glenn Williams ripped a game-winning double in the bottom of the 14th inning to give Rochester a 3-2 victory over visiting Norfolk, 3-2, in the completion of a suspended game on Saturday.
Doug Deeds started the decisive frame with an infield hit, but was erased when Garrett Jones bounced into a forceout. Matt LeCroy smacked a base hit up the middle before Williams sent a drive to center field for his first RBI since April 23.
Tommy Watkins slugged his first homer, a solo shot in the first, and Jones lifted a sacrifice fly in the sixth for the Red Wings (20-16), who snapped a three-game losing streak. Williams had three of Rochester's eight hits.
Ricky Barrett (1-0) gave up a hit and struck out two over three scoreless innings for the win. Red Wings starter Dave Gassner surrendered a run on three hits while fanning one and walking two over five innings on April 11 before the contest was suspended by rain after 11 frames.
Francis Beltran (0-1) gave up one run on four hits while striking out two in 3 1/3 innings. Tides starter Jon Leicester yielded one run on four hits with three strikeouts and two walks in five frames.
Mike Cervenak went 3-for-5 with a homer for Norfolk (16-25), which got a solo shot from Jon Knott.
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Rochester 4 at Norfolk 10
Record 20-15
W: G. Olson (2-4, 3.83); L: D. Gassner (0-3, 7.39)
HR: NOR: C. Crespo (2), T. Tiffee (2).
From MiLB.com: Cesar Crespo homered and drove in a season-high three runs as Norfolk beat visiting Rochester, 10-4, to sweep Saturday's doubleheader.
Crespo's two-run shot gave the Tides a 5-1 lead in the fourth inning. The 27-year old left fielder capped Norfolk's scoring with an RBI single in the seventh.
Terry Tiffee launched a solo homer and added an RBI single in the fifth for Norfolk (17-25). Jason Dubois chipped in a two-run double in the fourth and Mike Cervenak went 3-for-5 with two runs and an RBI.
Tides starter Garrett Olson (2-4) tossed seven strong innings, giving up two runs -- one earned -- on eight hits while fanning three without a walk. Over his last five starts, spanning 35 innings, the 23-year-old lefty has allowed nine earned runs, striking out 27 and walking two.
Red Wings starter Dave Gassner (0-3) surrendered five runs on five hits while walking one in four innings. Reliever J.P. Martinez allowed four runs on five hits while striking out two and walking two in two frames.
Gil Velazquez went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and Garrett Jones lifted a sacrifice fly for Rochester (20-17).
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Connecticut 1 at New Britain 2
Record: 21-14
W: T. Crawford (4-2, 5.70); L: B. McNiven (1-2, 4.13); SV: F. Mata (1)
HR: None.
From milb.com: Tristan Crawford tossed 5 2/3 strong innings as New Britain edged visiting Connecticut, 2-1, on Saturday.
Crawford (4-2) surrendered one run on five hits and three walks while striking out four. The 24-year-old right-hander began the season as a reliever for Triple-A Rochester but has won three of his five starts for the Rock Cats (19-16).
Jay Sawatski replaced Crawford and yielded a hit and a walk in 1 2/3 innings, striking out two. Frank Mata earned the save in his Double-A debut, fanning two in 1 2/3 frames. He posted a 1.33 ERA in 20 1/3 frames at Class A Advanced Fort Myers.
New Britain took an early lead when Luke Hughes led off the game with a walk, stole second, advanced to third on Trevor Plouffe's flyout and scored on Garrett Guzman's groundout.
After Connecticut's Brian Horwitz singled home Mark Minicozzi to tie the game in the fourth, the Rock Cats plated the go-ahead run in the bottom of the frame when Kyle Geiger doubled home Brock Peterson.
Horwitz went 3-for-4 for the Defenders (15-22).
Connecticut reliever Brooks McNiven (1-2) took the loss after giving up one run on four hits with two strikeouts in three innings. Starter Alexander Hinshaw allowed a run on one hit while striking out six and walking two in three frames.
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From rockcats.com: Brock Peterson led New Britain with two hits and scored the eventual game winning run as the Rock Cats downed the Defenders 2-1 on Saturday night.
Meanwhile, the Rock Cats received a quality start from Tristan Crawford and shutout relief from its bullpen. Crawford (4-2) tossed 5 2/3 solid innings, limiting the Defenders to five hits and one run. He (4-2) struck out four. Frank Mata, in his AA debut, fired 1 2/3 scoreless innings to pick up the save. Jay Sawatski added 1 2/3 innings of shutout relief.
The Rock Cats took a 1-0 lead in the first inning without even putting a hit on the board. Luke Hughes opened the inning by walking and stealing second. Trevor Plouffe advanced Hughes to third on a fly ball to center field before Garrett Guzman’s grounder to shortstop allowed Hughes to score. Plouffe broke through with the Rock Cats’ first hit of the game with a single in the third inning.
The Defenders tied the game in the fourth on Brian Horwitz’ single that scored Mark Minicozzi, who reached base on a double. Horwitz finished the game with three hits.
The ‘Cats quickly regained the lead in the bottom of the inning. Peterson (2-for-4) doubled and scored on a double to center by Kyle Geiger for a 2-1 advantage.
Defenders starter Alexander Hinshaw exited the game after giving up just one hit and one run and striking out six in three innings of work. Brooks McNiven (1-2) came on in relief and allowed the winning run to take the loss.
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Fort Myers 8 at Tampa 3
Record 16 - 26
W: R. Mullins (2-3, 2.31); L: K. Igawa (0-1, 0.00)
HR: None.
From miraclebaseball.com: The Fort Myers Miracle pounded out a season-high 14 hits on Saturday night cruising to an 8-3 win over the Tampa Yankees. For the second-straight night, the Miracle faced a Tampa Yankee on the mound with big-league experience. Left-hander Kei Igawa got the start on Saturday tossing four innings, allowing two unearned runs on three hits in front of 6,491 fans at Legends Field.
Both teams traded a run in the first inning as Edward Ovalle scored on Erik Lis reaching on an error while the Yankees tallied on Kevin Russo being plunked with the bases-loaded. The Miracle would grab a 2-1 lead an inning later and never look back.
Toby Gardenhire's ground out to third brought in Javi Sanchez with the second Miracle run on the night. The first multi-run lead of the evening would come in the Miracle fifth as Ovalle tripled in Gardenhire, who led off with a double, while Lis followed with a ground out to second plating Ovalle.
After the Yankees cut the 4-1 lead in half in the seventh, the Miracle would break away with a pair of runs in the eighth and ninth to wrap it up. A four-hit eighth inning by the Miracle led to a Matt Betsill RBI-single to left, followed by a Luis Ugueto sacrifice fly to right sending the lead to 6-2.
The Yankees would score in their eight slicing the deficit to 6-3, but a wild pitch and sac-fly from Whit Robbins would bring home Lis and Juan Portes for the final two Miracle runs on the night.
With the win, the Miracle pick up their second-straight series and take two of three from the Yankees in Tampa for the second time this season. The Miracle return home Sunday night to face the Palm Beach Cardinals at 5 p.m. The season-long eight game homestand will begin with RHP Oswaldo Sosa (0-2, 3.00) toeing the rubber for the Miracle.
Softball will take place between at Hammond Stadium beginning at 2:30 p.m. as the Lee County Sheriff's Department will battle against the area's firefighters. One ticket will get you into both contests on Sunday with gates opening at 2 p.m. Tickets are available by calling the Miracle office at (239) 768-4210 or by visiting http://www.miraclebaseball.com.
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Peoria 1 at Beloit 4
Record 25-14
W: C. Devries (4-1, 1.35); L: R. Hernandez (0-1, 3.60); SV: R. Delaney (13)
HR: None.
E: Ortiz (7, throw).
From peoriachiefs.com: Despite a great effort from the young Robert Hernandez, the Chiefs bats stayed quite in a 4-1 loss to Beloit at Pohlman Field Saturday night. The loss, their fourth straight, drops the Chiefs to 20-20 on the half and they currently sit 5.5 games behind first place Beloit .
For the fourth day in a row, Beloit jumped out on top of the Chiefs. Robert Hernandez, making his 2007 debut, hit the leadoff man Steven Singleton and gave up a jam shot single to Danny Santiesteban. Both runners moved up on an error by rightfielder Yusuf Carter and Singleton scored on a basehit by Danny Valencia. A sacrifice fly by Johnny Woodard gave the Snappers a 2-0 lead although the run was ruled an unearned run when Hernandez got the next batter Joe Benson to ground into a double play and end the inning.
Peoria put runners on first and second with nobody out in the second but again failed to get a hit with runners in scoring position. After Russ Canzler singled to start the inning, Wellington Castillo was hit in the left wrist by a high fastball. Castillo rolled on the ground in pain before sitting up and then leaving the contest. He was replaced by pinch runner Matt Canepa. With two on, Cole Devries struck out Yusuf Carter swinging on a curveball, got DJ Lewis to popout and struck out Jonathon Mota looking to end the inning.
Peoria gave up another unearned run in the fourth inning. led off with a bloop single to right that just got down in front of Carter. Woodard then lined to Carter and it appeared Yusuf made the catch and dropped the ball taking it out of his glove. However, the umpires ruled Carter never caught the ball putting runners on first and second with nobody out. After a foul out, Chris Parmelee gave the Snappers a 4-0 lead with a double down the right field line.
The Chiefs got runners to first and second in both the fifth and sixth innings but failed to score. Back to back hits with two outs in the fifth gave the Chiefs chance against Devries, but Ryne Malone flew out to end the inning. Alfred Joseph and Josh Lansford picked up back to back singles in the sixth with nobody out. Canzler smoked a ball down the line that was caught by the third baseman and Joseph was doubled off second. Canepa then grounded out to end the inning with the Chiefs down 4-0.
Peoria finally got on the board in the eighth inning against reliever Dan Leatherman. Malone led off with a walk and Lansford doubled down the left-field line with one out. Canzler got the Chiefs on the board with a sac fly to deep left as Malone scored for a 4-1 deficit.
Hernandez (0-1) took the loss giving up two earned and two unearned runs over five innings. The 18 year old gave up just four hits without walking a batter and he struck out three. Jayson Ruhlman threw two hitless innings with a walk and a strikeout while Rocky Roquet threw a scoreless eighth with one strikeout and one hit.
Notes… The two teams will play their sixth straight game Sunday at 2:00 PM…In a rematch of Tuesday’s starters, Peoria will throw RH Alex Maestri (3-0, 1.88) against Beloit’s RH Adam Hawes (1-4, 4.06)…Peoria won Tuesday’s game 3-1 with two unearned runs off Hawes…The game can be heard live beginning with the pre-game show at 1:45 PM online at http://www.peoriachiefs.com or on WOAM 1350.
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Pohlman Field in Beloit, WI
Final Score: Beloit 4, Peoria 1
Inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
PEO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 2
BEL 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 4 5 0
Winning Pitcher: C. Devries (W, 4-1)
Losing Pitcher: R. Hernandez (L, 0-1)
Save: R. Delaney (13)
Home Runs for Beloit: None
Home Runs for Peoria: None
Triples for Beloit: None
Triples for Peoria: None
Doubles for Beloit: Lansford (7)
Doubles for Peoria: Parmelee (7)
Notes: The Snappers won on the first fireworks night of the year, defeating the Peoria Chiefs, 4-1. With the largest crowd of the season in attendance, the Snappers did not disappoint.
Beloit got going in the bottom half of the first inning with an RBI single by Danny Valencia and a sacrifice fly off the bat of Johnny Woodard. Valencia and Woodard's RBI's gave the Snappers a 2-0 lead after the first inning.
The Snappers struck again in the bottom of the fourth inning. Beloit's Chris Parmelee, doubled home Danny Valencia and Johnny Woodard to give the Snappers a 4-0 lead.
Beloit only allowed one run in the top of the eighth inning, and was able to hold on for the 4-1 victory. Starter, Cole Devries, pitched seven innings of no run, six hit baseball to pick up his fourth win. Midwest League Leading, Rob Delaney, picked up his thirteenth save of the season in the win.
Peoria Manager, Ryne Sandberg, was ejected from the game in the top of the seventh inning for arguing with base umpire, Adam Hamari.
Upcoming schedule: The Snappers play the final game of a six game series with the Chiefs at Pohlman Field on Sunday at 2:00 PM. Beloit's Adam Hawes goes against Peoria's Alex Maestri. Tickets are still available!
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