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Rochester's Matt Garza delivers a pitch in the Wings 4-0 win over Columbus Thursday. He allowed four hits through seven innings.
Columbus 0 at Rochester 4
Record 36-33
W: M. Garza (4-6, 3.41); L: E. Fruto (3-3, 3.48)
HR: None.
E: Span (2, fielding), Tolbert (8, fielding).
From redwingsbaseball.com: The Red Wings finished at .500 over their eight-game homestand with a 4-0 win over the Columbus Clippers Thursday night at Frontier Field. Matt Garza (4-6) returned to his old form after giving up no runs on four hits while striking out eight in seven innings pitched. Tommy Watkins, Trent Oeltjen and Denard Span--the bottom three batters in the lineup--each had two hits to give Garza some much-needed run support. The Wings hit the road for 10 games over the next eight days, before returning to Frontier Field Saturday night June 30.
The Clippers threatened in the first inning but were unable to score any runs. Bernie Castro led off with a double to left field and was moved to third on a groundout by former Red Wing Brent Abernathy. Alexi Casilla then saved a run on a diving play on a grounder to second in which the runner didn't advance home. Garza then struck out cleanup batter Kory Casto to get out of the inning unscathed.
The Wings did all their damage in the third. After Watkins' bunt single led off the inning, Oeltjen executed a hit-and-run with a high-chopping single over first baseman Larry Broadway's head. Span followed with a run-scoring single to give the Wings a 1-0 lead. Casilla then reached out and slapped a 1-2 fastball to left field to score Oeltjen, and two batters later Jose Morales grounded into a force out at second base that scored Span, making it 3-0. A passed ball by catcher Brandon Harper scored Casilla to extend the lead to 4-0.
Garza continued to baffle the Clippers following the Wings run support, showing great command of his fastball while mixing in an effective curve ball to throw hitters off balance.
Carmen Cali replaced Garza in the eighth, finishing off the final two innings by giving up no runs on one hit and striking out one.
Columbus starter Emiliano Fruto (3-3) took the loss after giving up three earned runs on seven hits in five innings pitched.
NOTES: Tolbert went 0-3, lowering his average to .367... Tolbert is now second in the IL batting race behind Louisville's Jeff Keppinger, who went 2-for-4 tonight to raise his average to .369... Garza was named to the United States team for the MLB Futures Game Sunday July 8... The 2007 Futures Game will be held at AT&T Park in San Francisco and will be broadcast live at 4 p.m. ET on ESPN2.
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New Hampshire 2 at New Britain 0
Record: 33-34
W: E. Fowler (1-0, 0.00); L: K. Waldrop (1-4, 5.14); SV: J. Machi (2)
HR: None.
E: Molina, F 2 (14, fielding, fielding).
PB: Geiger (9).
From rockcats.com: New Hampshire’s Eric Fowler impressed in his Double-A debut as the Fisher Cats downed the Rock Cats 2-0 at New Britain Stadium.
Fowler (1-0) fired six shutout innings. The Rock Cats managed just five hits off of the 24-year-old lefthander, who is ranked as Toronto’s 11th best prospect. Jean Machi picked up where Fowler left off and fired three shutout innings of his own to notch his second save.
Rock Cats’ starter Kyle Waldrop (1-4) allowed ten hits, but limited the Fisher Cats to one run through six innings. The Fisher Cats broke through in the fifth inning with an RBI single by Sergio Santos for a 1-0 lead.
In the ninth, the Fisher Cats’ Dustin Majewski doubled off reliever J.P. Martinez (3IP, 3H, 1R) to open the inning. Majewski advanced to third on a passed ball by catcher Kyle Geiger. Ryan Klosterman’s sac fly to center field scored Majewski.
The Fisher Cats pounded out 13 hits, led by a three-hit night by Chip Cannon. For the Rock Cats, Trevor Plouffe and Brock Peterson had two hits apiece.
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Fort Myers 9 at Sarasota 7
Record 1 - 0
W: A. Smit (1-3, 5.44); L: J. Rojas (0-1, 9.00); SV: E. Morlan (10)
HR: SAR: J. Piepkorn (5).
E: Ugueto (11, throw).
From miraclebaseball.com: Kicking off the second-half of the season right where the first half began in Sarasota, the Fort Myers Miracle wanted to make sure the second 70 games didn’t start off the way the first 70 did. The season-opener began with a 2-0 loss in a quick pitcher’s duel, but that wasn’t the case on Thursday night. The Miracle cranked out nine runs on eleven hits in a back-and-forth 9-7 win over the host Sarasota Reds at Ed Smith Stadium.
Erik Lis’ RBI-double and Danny Dorn’s RBI-single accounted for each team’s run in the first inning. The Miracle followed with RBI-singles from Matt Betsill and Steve Tolleson in the second, before a Reds error, Eli Tintor sacrifice-fly and Betsill’s second-RBI of the night shot the Miracle out to an early 6-1 lead.
Sarasota’s top-ranked offense kicked into gear in the third as Jeremiah Piepkorn smashed a three-run shot to left bringing his Reds to within two. After Caleb Moore’s RBI-single to right in the fourth gave the Miracle another brief, three-run cushion, the Reds would quickly cut into the lead with two more in the fourth.
Eric Eymann’s run-scoring double and Josh Holden’s RBI-single brought the contest to a 7-6 Miracle advantage. Sarasota would tie the ballgame in the seventh as Mike DeJesus’ double, followed by Craig Tatum’s double, would bring in the Reds seventh, and tying run.
After Tolleson led off the Miracle eighth with a walk and later move to second on a groundout from Luis Ugueto, Tolleson would pick up his second stolen base of the night, swiping third with one out. Juan Portes promptly followed with a sac-fly to right giving the Miracle their third run of the night.
Insurance in the form of Tintor’s RBI-single in the ninth brought home Dwayne White with the ninth and final Miracle run of the night. Six of the nine innings on Thursday night saw the Miracle leadoff man reach base with four of those six to reach, resulting in four of the nine runs.
The Miracle and Reds now shift venues back to Hammond Stadium for a 12:05 p.m. matinee on Friday afternoon. The Miracle send RHP Oswaldo Sosa (2-4, 2.65) to the mound on “Big Splash” day at the ball park.
Notes: The SaraReds (43-27) promoted five players to Double-A Chattanooga after they closed out the first half Wednesday with a 7-4 victory over the Clearwater Threshers (39-31).
Cincinnati director of player development Terry Reynolds said outfielder Jay Bruce, infielder Adam Rosales along with right-handed pitchers Johnny Cueto, Ramon Ramirez and Josh Roenicke were called up Wednesday.
Diamond Dogs: The answer to yesterday's trivia question is Jackson. Jericho begat Toucan, who begat Jackson, who begat Rutgers. And Rutgers fled Fort Myers to be replaced by a big, orange, ugly Pom-Pom-aranian.
Interestingly enough, while the Mircle got out of the live animial act, there is a golden, Jake the Diamond Dog, that tours parks as a special show and does all the things the Jericho did for the Miracle, many, many, years ago. Chase, another golden, is the mascot for the AA Trenton Thunder.
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Peoria 1 at Beloit 3
Record 1-0
W: T. Robertson (2-1, 1.80); L: R. Hernandez (2-2, 4.64); SV: R. Delaney (23)
HR: BEL: B. Dinkelman (7), W. Ramos (4).
From snappersbaseball.com: Back to back homers propelled the Snappers to a 3-1 victory over the Peoria Chiefs on Thursday night. Brian Dinkelman and Wilson Ramos started the game off for the Snappers in the bottom of the first inning with back to back home runs, giving Beloit an early 2-0 lead.
Peoria scored a run of their own in the top of the second inning to draw to within one run. That would be all that the Beloit pitching staff would allow for the night.
The Snappers added one more to stretch the lead to 3-1 in the bottom of the sixth inning. Chris Parmelee tripled home Johnny Woodard, who walked earlier, to give Beloit the two run advantage.
Tyler Robertson pitched six innings of five hit, one run baseball to pick up his second win of the season. Robertson also added another six strikeouts on the night.
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GCL Twins 2 at GCL Reds 6
Current Record: 1 - 1
W: B. Rice (1-0, 6.00); L: T. Wright (0-1, 6.00); SV: R. Nickols (1)
HR: None.
E: Waltenbury (1, fielding).
PB: Hernandez (1).
The GCL Twins fell 2-6 to the GCL Reds in the game at the Ed Smith Training Complex in Sarasota, Florida Thursday.
Thomas Wright took the start for the Twins, allowing 3 runs (2 earned) on 4 hits and 4 walks in 3 innings while striking out 4.
The Reds got on the board in the second inning. Rafael Sanchez singled his way onto base and was brought home on a Jordan Wideman double with one out. Alexis Oliveras then hit a sac-fly that plated Nettali Soto. Justin Reed would walk before Madhames Moreta struck out to end the inning.
Sanchez got on base in the third as well, this time on a passed ball by catcher David Hernandez. Soto would double him home on a fly to center field.
Arias Santos pitched one inning of relief before Jakub Toufar came in for 3 innings, allowing 3 more runs on 7 hits and 1 walk while striking out 2.
Alexis Oliveras reached on a fielding error by Jon Waltenbury at 1st, which allowed Sanchez to score again in the bottom of the 7th. It was a big day for the Reds 1st baseman, who was 3-for-4 with 3 runs. Soto batted in 3 for the rookie Reds.
The Twins would not get on board until the 8th inning, when Yangervis Solarte walked. Hernandez and Nick Biagini followed suit. Catcher Daniel Rehlfing, who was taken by the Twins in the 14th round of this years draft, ground out, but Solarte was able to cross the plate safely. Hernandez scored on a James Beresford ground out.
Looking a bit like the FSL Fort Myers Miracle, only Beresford and Hernandez recorded hits for the Twins, who are now 1-1 on the season.
The Twins play the Red Sox tomorrow at noon at the Red Sox Player Development Complex on Edison Street in Fort Myers.
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