Record 14-5
W: A. Munoz (1-0, 3.86); L: S. Baker (2-1, 2.40); SV: C. Booker (8)
HR: ROC: D. Deeds (1). COL: T. Batista (5).
E: Cali (1, pickoff).
From redwingsbaseball.com: Columbus put together a four-run sixth inning rally to beat the Red Wings 5-4 Thursday night, snapping Rochester's five-game winning streak. Matt Tolbert and Jose Morales each had two hits for the Wings, who led 3-0 going into the sixth inning behind the pitching of Scott Baker.
Garrett Jones clubbed a first inning triple off Emiliano Fruto to knock in Lew Ford, who had walked with two outs. Chris Heintz followed with an RBI single for a 2-0 Rochester lead.
Tolbert hit a triple for the third straight game leading off the fifth inning, and scored when Denard Span put down a sacrifice bunt to make it 3-0 Wings.
Baker was nearly unhittable, allowing one hit through five innings Thursday. At one point in the game, Baker had retired 60 out of 67 batters faced over his last three starts. But Columbus made the most of their one shot at getting to Baker in the sixth.
Darnell McDonald hit a run-scoring double with two out, the first hitter to get ball out of the infield and getting the Clippers on the board. Tony Batista followed with a three-run blast to right field off Baker, putting Columbus ahead 4-3. Baker (2-1) finished with the one bad inning out of seven total pitched, allowing five hits while walking none and fanning seven.
The Clippers added a run in the eighth off Carmen Cali, then Doug Deeds slugged his first Triple-A homer in the ninth off Chris Booker to complete the scoring.
NOTES: Morales had a pair of singles and is now hitting .390... Minnesota Twins GM Terry Ryan will be Josh Whetzel's guest on Friday night's pregame show, 7:10 pm on WHTK 1280-AM and http://www.whtk.com ...Red Wings Manager Stan Cliburn is the guest for a new weekly segment on Hot Talk 1280 WHTK's John DiTullio Show, beginning Friday May 4 at 11:20 am.....INF Alexi Casilla returned to lineup after coming down from Minnesota, hitting second and playing shortstop.
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Binghamton 3 at New Britain 4
Record: 9-10
W: T. Crawford (2-1, 6.75); L: M. Devaney (0-2, 4.50); SV: J. Martinez (1)
HR: None.
E: Plouffe (5, throw).
From rockcats.com: The Rock Cats received quality pitching and timely offense to sweep the double header against Binghamton on Thursday.
In the first game, Tristan Crawford tossed five strong innings and the offense struck early as the Rock Cats downed Binghamton 4-3. Crawford (2-1) allowed nine hits, but limited the B-Mets to three runs and walked just one. J.P. Martinez added two shutout innings in relief to pick up his first save of the year.
The Rock Cats jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Felix Molina (2-for-3) doubled and advanced to third on Trevor Plouffe's sac bunt. Garrett Guzman's groundout to second base scored Molina for the first run of the game. Binghamton starter Michael Devaney then walked the next three batters before Gil Velazquez delivered a bases clearing triple for the 4-0 lead.
In the third inning, Mark Kiger tripled and scored on Miguel Negron's single. Negron came around to score on a force out by Brett Harper. Kiger added a sac fly RBI in the fourth.
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Binghamton 2 at New Britain 7
Record: 10-10
W: N. Blackburn (2-0, 3.80); L: R. Morales (2-2, 5.14)
HR: NBR: M. Allegra (2).
From rockcats.com: In the second game, the Rock Cats topped the B-Mets 7-2. The 'Cats sent Brian Forystek to the mound in his first start of the season. Forystek threw his best game of the year, limiting the B-Mets to four hits in four shutout innings. He struck out five, but came away with the no-decision.
The Rock Cats got on the board again in the first, this time on a two-run double by David Winfree for a 2-0 advantage. In the fourth inning, Luke Hughes delivered an RBI single that scored Rashad Eldridge. The B-Mets' left fielder Caleb Stewart threw the ball away to allow Matthew Allegra to score for the 'Cats. Feiner added an RBI double.
Allegra rounded out the game with a two-run homer to left field in the sixth inning that put the Rock Cats ahead 7-1.
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Tampa 5 at Fort Myers 4
Record 10 - 17
W: W. Arias (1-0, 2.70); L: Z. Ward (0-3, 3.86); SV: E. Wordekemper (7)
HR: None.
E: Tolleson 2 (7, fielding, fielding), Tintor (3, throw).
EriK Lis hit into a double play to end the Miracle's rally hopes in the ninth, as the Yankees took game two in the three game series, 5-4.
The Miracle did however manage to avoid another shut out with Steve Tolleson going 4-5, while Whit Robbins drove in 2.
Juan Portes came home on a sac-fly by Robbins in the first, ending the most recent bout of scorelessness at a modest 10 innings.
Portes' line drive in the 3rd moved Tolleson to scoring position in the bottom of the third, where Lis' grounder was able to bring him in. Robbins drove in Portes on a single to left field, making the score 3-0 Miracle.
However, Ryan Mullins, who'd pitched brilliantly up until that point, got into trouble in the fifth. With two outs, Colin Curtis reached on a throwing error by Tolleson allowing Kevin Russo to score. Juan Miranda's single to Eli Tintor in left was enough to drive in Francisco Cervelli and Luis Nunez. Edwar Gonzalez singled out to Lis in left which drove in Curtis and put the Yankees on top.
Jose Valdez walked in Tolleson in the bottom of the inning to tie the score up again.
Tintor's overthrow in the 8th allowed Juan Miranda to advance to second. Gonzalez ground out to move him to third, and Francisco Cervelli drove him in with a single to center fielder Edward Ovalle. Tintor brought the inning to a close, catching a foul ball just short of the berm with two more yankees threating, but the Miracle offense just couldn't get the job done.
None of the Yankees runs were earned.
Justin noted that Tolley is "terrible" but all things considered, he did a pretty good job offensively. His defense (and yes, his baserunning) need work. He was better defensively at second, but the problem is, this team just doesn't have a shortstop with PK and Drew both on the DL.
One of the old timers, on the way out, said "I've been coming to these games for 15 years and this is the worst team I every saw." I'm not doubting it. While some of the guys...Gardenhire, White, Tolleson...are definately not blue chip prospects for the Twins, they group as a whole is underperforming.
The two teams finish off the series with a 10:35 AM start this morning. RHP Oswaldo Sosa (0-2, 5.59) will go to the mound for the Miracle while RHP Dan McCutchen (1-0, 3.00) steps up for the Yankees. This will be followed by the mini-golf tournament at Castle Golf at 6:30, before the team heads out on the road for 8 games.
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Fort Wayne 0 at Beloit 1
Record 14-9
W: C. Devries (2-1, 1.21); L: A. Underwood (3-2, 2.81); SV: R. Delaney (6)
HR: None.
E: Yersich (3, fielding).
From snappersbaseball.com: The Snappers gave their best pitching performance of the week on the last day of the homestand. With numerous local schools in attendance, the Snappers put on a clinic and defeated the Fort Wayne Wizards, 1-0.
The Snappers got their lone run in the bottom of the sixth inning off the bat of Danny Berg. Berg hit and RBI single to left and scored newcomer, Steve Singleton. Berg’s seventh RBI of the season proved to be all that Beloit would need.
Starter, Cole Devries, pitched a strong six innings while only allowing three hits. Devries also struck out six Wizards on the day.
Reliever, Rob Delaney, pitched around a bases loaded, no out jam in the top of the ninth inning to pick up his sixth save of the season. Delaney lowered his ERA to 0.57.
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