Scoreboard for May 5, 2007

JEN RYNDA RDC staff photographer - Kevin Slowey delivers a pitch for the Red Wings against Ottawa during the Wings' 2-1 loss in the first game of doubleheader on Saturday, May 5, 2007, at Frontier Field.

Ottawa 2 at Rochester 1

Record 14-7

W: B. Mazone (3-2, 2.21); L: K. Slowey (3-1, 1.38); SV: B. Sanches (4)
HR: None.

E: Jones, G 2 (3, fielding, throw), Slowey (2, throw).

From redwingsbaseball.com: In the opener, Ottawa opened up the scoring in the top of the second inning against Wings starter Kevin Slowey. Gary Burnham hit a long double into the left field corner, Chris Coste struck out, then Jim Rushford hit a double to the gap between left and center field, scoring Burnham.

The Lynx struck again in the fourth when Burnham led off with his second double of the game, then moved to third on Coste's ground out. Two batters later, Burham scored on Brennan King's double to the right field corner.

Ottawa starter Brian Mazone held the Red Wings offense in check, allowing just a pair of singles through five innings. Rochester combined a walk, error and run-scoring sacrifice fly by Tolbert to score one run in the fifth.

Mazone (3-2) earned the win, allowing one unearned run off two hits, walking two and fanning six batters in six innings pitched. Brian Sanches earned a save (his fourth), striking out one batter in one inning pitched.

Slowey (3-1) took the loss - his first of the season - in seven innings; he allowed two runs (both earned) off seven hits and struck out three.

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Ottawa 2 at Rochester 3

Record 15-7

W: J. Miller (1-0, 1.20); L: J. Durbin (0-1, 5.79); SV: B. Korecky (6)
HR: None.

E: Korecky (1, pickoff).

From redwingsbaseball.com: In the second game, former Wing J.D. Durbin made his first appearance with Ottawa, and was in command from the outset of the game. Durbin had a three-hitter with seven strikeouts after four innings in a 1-1 tie. But the Wings knocked out Durbin in the fifth, when they staged a two-out rally.

Matt Tolbert hit a single followed by Span, who hit an RBI line drive double to the left field corner. Casilla came up next and hit a single that brought Span home from second. Casilla's hit knocked out Durbin; Matt Smith replaced him on the mound. Doug Deeds and Garrett Jones drew back-to-back walks, but Matthew LeCroy ended the inning with a strikeout.

Wings starter Jason Miller scattered five hits over five innings to pick up the win, with relief help from Julio DePaula and Bobby Korecky (sixth save).

NOTES: Tolbert went 2-for-3 in the doubleheader and is batting .400 for the season....Twins OF Lew Ford, 0-for-2 in the first game, did not play in the second game but will back in the lineup Sunday.

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Trenton 4 at New Britain 3

Record: 11-11

W: J. Marquez (4-1, 1.50); L: J. Sawatski (0-2, 7.62); SV: G. Casadiego (6)
HR: TRE: S. Garrett (3). NBR: M. Allegra (3).

E: Buscher (5, fielding).

From rockcats.com: Trenton’s Shawn Garrett went 3-for-4 with a double and home run and three RBI and Jeffrey Marquez provided another impressive start to lead the Thunder to a 4-3 win over New Britain.

Marquez (4-1) entered the game with a 1.24 ERA and 2 2/5 strikeout-to-walk ratio in five starts. He allowed seven hits on the night, but limited the Rock Cats to two runs.

Matthew Allegra put the Rock Cats on the board with a solo home run to left field in the fourth inning. Gil Velazquez then reached base on a walk and scored on Kyle Geiger’s double to center field for a 2-0 advantage.

Garrett hit a solo shot to center field in the sixth inning to cut the Rock Cats’ lead in half, 2-1.

The Thunder struck again in the seventh when Jay Sawatski came on in relief. Jamal Strong had an RBI single and Garrett added a two-run double as Trenton took a 4-2 lead.

In the eighth inning, the Rock Cats clawed back within a run when Allegra doubled and scored on Geiger’s second RBI double of the game. The ‘Cats attempted to make another comeback in the bottom of the ninth against Gerardo Casadiego. Molina led off with a single and advanced to second on a sac bunt by Trevor Plouffe. Garrett Guzman’s fly out to center field allowed Molina to move to third. Casadiego forced Brian Buscher into a ground out to end the game and pick up his sixth save.

Rock Cats’ starter Brad Baker continued to have a solid season as he finished with one run on six hits. He walked none and struck out one. Sawatski (0-2) allowed three hits and three runs in two innings to take the loss.

For the Rock Cats, Geiger finished with three hits, including two RBI doubles. Molina celebrated his 24th birthday by extending his hitting streak to 11 games with a single in the fifth.

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Fort Myers 0 at St. Lucie 8

Record 10 - 19

W: E. Brown (3-1, 4.97); L: A. Smit (0-2, 5.67)
HR: None.

E: Gardenhire (4, throw), Tolleson (9, fielding).

From miraclebaseball.com: For the fourth time in a week, the Fort Myers Miracle found themselves with a three-hit performance on offense as the St. Lucie Mets cruised to a 8-0 victory of the Miracle on Saturday night. With the loss at Tradition Field, the Miracle have now lost eight straight and 12 of their last 14.

St. Lucie wasted no time putting the Miracle in an early hole as the Mets put four runs on the board in the opening inning. Sean Henry led off the game with a groundball to short and reached safely as Toby Gardenhire’s throw to first pulled Whit Robbins off the bag. Henry would later score the first run on Dan Murphy’s double to left. After Murphy’s double, DH Jamar Hill would bring in two more runs on his double to left and later score himself on a Corey Coles base hit.

The Mets would tack on three more in the fourth as another Miracle error began the frame. This error was committed by Steve Tolleson at second allowing Emmanuel Garcia to reach and later score on a Ryan Coultas single to left. In the same inning, Jose Castro would deliver a RBI-single to right followed by a sacrifice fly from Dustin Martin.

Martin would lead off the Mets eighth with his second triple of the year and bring in the final run on Garcia’s RBI-single down the left-field line. St. Lucie starter Eric Brown moved to 3-1 on the year with a two-hit, five strikeout performance in seven innings of work.

Game two of the series will be Sunday evening at 5 p.m. Tradition Field will see the Miracle send RHP Jay Rainville (2-3, 2.63 to the mound against the Mets’ RHP Robert Parnell (1-1, 1.88).

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Beloit 8 at Great Lakes 1

Record 15-10

W: J. Manship (3-0, 0.92); L: M. Gardner (3-2, 4.38)
HR: None.

From loons.com: A huge fifth inning, and a dominating pitching performance by Beloit righthander Jeff Manship made quick work of the Loons as the Beloit Snappers came out victorious by a score of 8-1.

The Snappers scored twice in the first inning when Snappers third basemen Daniel Valencia and leftfielder Garrett Olsen drove in a pair of runs on an RBI-single and RBI groundout respectively to make it 2-0. Then a six run fifth inning put the game out of reach for Great Lakes. The inning was highlighted by a three-run triple by Snappers centerfielder Joe Benson to right field past a diving Bridger Hunt.

The Loons would get their only run in the first as Francisco Lizarraga grounded into a double play with the bases loaded scoring Trayvon Robinson to make it 2-1. On offense, the Loons could only muster up four base hits for the evening.

For the Loons, right-hander Michael Gardner started in place of an injured Clayton Kershaw and pitched 4.1 innings allowing seven hits and seven runs (six earned) while walking two and striking out three. He ran into some trouble in the fifth but wasn’t helped by his relief help as he left with the bases loaded. Miguel Sanfler gave up an infield base hit to score one and reload the bases, only to be followed by Benson’s three-run triple in the fifth inning. Sanfler pitched 3.2 innings, allowing three hits, one run, a walk and three strikeouts. Garrett White came in and pitched a scoreless ninth for the Loons. Kershaw's injury isn't considered serious and the holding out was considered a precautionary measure.

Jeff Manship started for the Snappers and was dominant as he went seven innings allowing four hits and one run without a walk and striking out nine. Jesus Carnevale pitched in relief and went the final two innings, giving up no hits with a walk and two strikeouts.

The Loons record falls to 11-17 while the Snappers improve to 15-10.

The Loons will take on these same Beloit Snappers on Sunday afternoon here at Dow Diamond where you can bring the whole family for Family Fun in the SUNday! The Midwest leader in earned run average righthander Francisco Felix gets the ball for the Loons going up against Jose Lugo for Beloit. Felix comes into the game with a record of 1-1 with a minuscule 0.36 earned run average, while Lugo is also 1-1 but with a 3.57 ERA.

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