Record 14-6
W: M. Bacsik (1-2, 3.16); L: D. Gassner (0-1, 5.49)
HR: None.
E: Moses (6, throw), Jones, G (1, pickoff).
From redwingsbaseball.com: Mike Bacsik struck out five over 5 2/3 innings and Darnell McDonald ripped an RBI triple to lead Columbus over Rochester 7-2 on Friday at Cooper Stadium. Alexi Casilla had two hits and stolen base for the Wings, who return home for a 5:05 pm doubleheader Saturday against Ottawa, to open a six-game homestand after a 5-3 road trip.
Bacsik (1-2) picked up the win, allowing two unearned runs on six hits and a walk. Chris Schroder, Billy Traber and Jermaine Van Buren combined for 3 1/3 innings of scoreless relief.
McDonald lined a two-run triple to center field in the bottom of the third, then scored on Tony Batista's single to make it 7-2.
Bernie Castro had two doubles and Abraham Nunez drove in two runs with a pair of singles to lead the Clippers (12-15).
Jose Morales singled in the fourth with Chris Heintz scoring on the play for Rochester; Morales later scored on an errant pickoff attempt.
Starter Dave Gassner (0-1) took the loss, giving up seven runs on 10 hits, walking three and fanning four in 3 2/3 innings. Brian Bass and Bobby Korecky combined for 4 1/3 scoreless relief innings.
NOTES: Friday's loss marked the first time Rochester has lost two straight games this season...Infielder Glenn Williams was placed on the disabled list Friday, retroactive to May 2, with a sore left shoulder. Williams was injured in Toledo April 27, when he left the game in the third inning after falling on his shoulder while diving for a ground ball...LHP Ricky Barrett and infielder Ken Harvey will be activated from the disabled list on Saturday. Both players have been on the DL since the beginning of the season - Barrett with a sore left elbow, Harvey recovering from right knee surgery. The added players brings the Rochester roster up to the International League limit (24 players)...Matt Tolbert (25) and Kevin Slowey (23) celebrated birthdays Friday...Tolbert led the International League in slugging percentage (.684) entering play Friday, and was second (.386) to teammate Jose Morales (.390) in the IL batting race.
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Trenton 1 at New Britain 2
Record: 11-10
W: D. Powers (1-2, 7.59); L: J. Kennard (0-1, 2.57)
HR: None.
From rockcats.com: New Britain starter Brian Duensing crafted eight masterful innings and Felix Molina delivered an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth as the Rock Cats downed first-place Trenton on Friday night.
Korey Feiner reached first base to start the ninth inning and was replaced by pinch runner Rashad Eldridge. Brandon Roberts delivered a sac bunt to move Eldridge to second before Molina laced a single to left field to score Eldridge and hand the Rock Cats another walk-off win.
Duensing allowed four hits and one run. He struck out six and walked none, but came away with the no-decision. Danny Powers (1-2) tossed a scoreless ninth with two strikeouts to pick up the win.
Korey Feiner reached first base to start the ninth inning and was replaced by pinch runner Rashad Eldridge. Brandon Roberts delivered a sac bunt to move Eldridge to second before Molina laced a single to left field to score Eldridge and hand the Rock Cats another walk-off win.
Rock Cats’ starter Brian Duensing allowed four hits and one run in eight masterful innings. He struck out six and walked none, but came away with the no-decision. Danny Powers (1-2) tossed a scoreless ninth with two strikeouts to pick up the win.
Duensing retired the first 13 Trenton batters until Justin Christian sent a single into left field that was nearly stopped by a diving Brian Buscher at third base. Duensing came back to strike out the next batter before Carlos Mendoza and Matt Carson delivered back-to-back singles. Carson’s hit scored Christian for a 1-0 Thunder lead.
The Rock Cats got on the board in the sixth inning. Trevor Plouffe and Garrett Guzman started the inning off with consecutive singles. Both runners moved up on a wild pitch by Michael Gardner with Brian Buscher at bat. Buscher then delivered a sac fly to left field that scored Plouffe and tied the game 1-1.
Trenton’s Scott Patterson, who started in place of Chase Wright after the top prospect was called up to Triple-A Scranton, struck out four and limited the Rock Cats to two hits in four innings. Michael Gardner allowed one run on five hits in 2 1/3 innings. Jeff Kennard (0-1) suffered the loss with two hits and one run in two innings.
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Tampa 7 at Fort Myers 1 (13 Innings)
Record 10 - 18
W: Z. Kroenke (2-2, 0.00); L: A. Garcia (0-2, 5.02)
HR: None.
E: Tolleson (8, throw).
From miraclebaseball.com: Friday afternoon’s Florida State League ball game at Hammond Stadium needed 13 innings to decide a winner. The Tampa Yankees put a six-spot on the board in the top of the 13th to pick up a 7-1 win over the Fort Myers Miracle. Most of the 2,379 young fans on “Education Day II” were unable to stick around through the 3.5 hour marathon as the Miracle lost their seventh-straight game.
Tied 1-1 entering the 12th, Luis Nunez would lead off the inning with a single to left. Mario Holmann followed with a sacrifice attempt that he popped up to Miracle reliever Angel Garcia for the first out. After a Reegie Corona walk, Colin Curtis would slap a single to center, scoring Nunez, giving the Yankees a 2-1 lead. After Jose Tabata’s RBI-single also to center, Juan Miranda followed with a one-out walk to load the bases.
The next hitter, Edwar Gonzalez, blew the game open a few pitches later with a bases-clearing triple to right-center field giving the Yanks a 5-1 lead. On the play, Gonzalez would be awarded home as Steve Tolleson’s throwing error to third sailed into the Miracle dugout.
Way back in the third inning is when the Miracle grabbed a 1-0 lead. Tolleson led off the inning being drilled by Tampa starter Dan McCutchen and would later cross the plate on a Juan Portes RBI-single to left.
With two outs in the Yankee fifth, catcher Joe Muich chopped a two-hopper to Portes at third that would have ended the inning. The ground ball ricocheted off of the third-base bag allowing Muich to reach safely. Holmann would pick up the run-scoring single to left two batters later.
The Miracle will now head out on a season-long eight-game road trip beginning with the first of four games at St. Lucie tomorrow night. Game time at Tradition Field is 5 p.m. with LHP Alexander Smit (0-1, 5.40) battling the Mets RHP Eric Brown (2-1, 6.55).
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ECHL Hockey: The Florida Everblades defeated the Texas Wildcatters, 4-3 in overtime to progress to the American Conference finals where they will face the Dayton (Ohio) Bombers. The Bombers, the Columbus Blue Jackets ECHL affilate, defeated Cincinnati four games to three in the North Division Finals. The first two games of the series will be played Tuesday and Thursday night at Germain Arena before switching to Dayton for game three on Saturday May 12th.
Beloit 6 at Great Lakes 3
Record 14-10
W: A. Hawes (1-2, 3.71); L: J. Wall (1-4, 5.04); SV: A. Craig (1)
HR: None.
From loons.com: An impressive offensive showing early on was the key Friday night as the Loons fell to the Beloit Snappers by a score of 6-3.
The Snappers scored early on in this one when the first four snapper hitters reached base to lead off the game. A pair of RBI singles by Johnny Woodward and Chris Parmelee made the score 2-0. Then a two-run single by Allan De San Miguel doubled the lead to make it 4-0 before the Loons even had a chance to bat. Beloit would add a pair of runs in the top half of the seventh inning thanks to two Loons errors by Preston Mattingly and Elian Herrera.
The Loons would get the first of their 3 runs in the first as Eduardo Perez grounded into a double play with the bases loaded scoring Trayvon Robinson to make it 4-1. In the seventh, catcher Carlos Santana doubled into the right-field gap scoring Josh Bell and David Sutherland to make it 6-3.
For the Loons, right-hander Josh Wall started and pitched five innings as the youngster settled down nicely after the four run first inning. He allowed five hits and four runs while walking three and striking out two. Joe Jones made his first appearance of the season after coming off the disabled list. Coming on in relief, Jones pitched three innings, allowing three hits, two unearned runs and struck out five.
Adam Hawes started for the Snappers and went six innings allowing seven hits and three runs while walking three and striking out five. The right hander also hit three Loon batters during the game. Aaron Craig came on in relief and went three solid innings, allowing three hits and a walk and struck out six.
The Loons record falls to 11-16 while the Snappers improve to 14-10.
The Loons will take on these same Beloit Snappers on Saturday night here at Dow Diamond where two great pitchers will try to outduel each other in a matchup that will see left hander Clayton Kershaw take the mound for the Loons going up against Jeff Manship for Beloit. Kershaw comes into the game with a record of 2-0 with a 1.08 earned run average, while Manship is also 2-0 but with a 0.84 ERA.
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