Record 29-27
W: J. Wasdin (1-0, 5.19); L: J. Cummings (3-4, 4.47)
HR: ROC: G. Jones (10). IND: R. Johnson (3), L. Matos (2).
E: Feiner (1, throw).
From MILB.com: Russ Johnson homered and doubled home the go-ahead run as Indianapolis defeated Rochester, 8-3, on Thursday night at Victory Field.
With the Indians (37-22) trailing, 3-0, Johnson led off the bottom of the second inning with his third homer of the season to spark a three-run rally.
One inning later, Yurendell DeCaster led off with a double and scored on a one-out double by Johnson to give Indianapolis a 4-3 lead.
DeCaster hit two doubles and Johnson was 2-for-3 with two runs scored. Luis Matos went 3-for-4 with a double, a homer and three runs scored, while Luis Ordaz went 2-for-3 with two RBIs to extend his hitting streak to 12 games and help Indianapolis post its sixth straight win.
Major League veteran John Wasdin (1-0) picked up the win after limiting the Red Wings (29-27) to three runs on seven hits over 5 2/3 innings. In nine relief appearances with the Pittsburgh Pirates this season, the 34-year-old right-hander went 1-1 with a 6.92 ERA.
Jeremy Cummings (3-4) took the loss, giving up seven runs on 11 hits in five innings. He walked two and struck out four before Julio DePaula pitched two perfect innings.
Garrett Jones went 2-for-4 with his team-leading 10th home run for the Red Wings. Matthew LeCroy and Matt Tolbert also went 2-for-4.
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Altoona 13 at New Britain 6
Record: 30-24
W: J. Shortslef (1-6, 3.88); L: B. Baker (2-3, 3.99); SV: J. Roach (1)
HR: None.
E: Winfree 2 (7, fielding, fielding), Plouffe 2 (16, fielding, fielding).
From altoonacurve.com: Steven Pearce's five runs batted in highlighted the Curve's most prolific offensive game of the season as they blitzed the New Britain Rock Cats, 13-6, to take the series finale from New Britain Stadium.
Pearce and Neil Walker each had four hits, Brett Roneberg tied the franchise record by scoring four runs and Jason Bowers set new franchise records by walking five times and reaching base six times. All told, Altoona collected a season-high 13 runs and 19 hits.
The onslaught began immediately against Rock Cats' starter Brad Baker in the top of the first inning. Bowers led off with a triple and scored on an Andrew McCutchen single as the Curve grabbed the lead for the first time, 1-0. Two batters later, Walker doubled to score a second Curve run. Walker then scored on a double for Adam Boeve and Altoona led, 3-0.
The run-support was a refreshing change for Curve starter Josh Shortslef. Shortslef (1-6) was successful as he attempted to avoid equalling the worst start for a starting pitcher in franchise history. The left-hander worked six innings allowing three earned runs to collect his first win of the season.
The Rock Cats forced a run across in the second inning, but the Curve put the game away with another outburst in the fourth. Brandon Chaves singled to start the inning and stole second base. Milver Reyes, who would tally three hits on the day, sacrificed Chaves to third. Bowers then walked and McCutchen reached on an error to score Chaves. Baker was removed the ballgame in favor of Jay Sawatski who promptly walked Brett Roneberg to load the bases. Pearce followed with a bases-clearing double to give the Curve a 7-1 advantage. Another New Britain error allowed another Curve run to score and Altoona led, 8-1.
Brandon Roberts pulled the Rock Cats to within five runs in the bottom of the inning with a two-run single off of Shortslef.
The Curve again responded in their next at-bat. With Sawatski still in the game, the Curve scored three more times to run the lead to 11-3. Again it was Pearce who did the most damage, singling home both Reyes and McCutchen. Walker added his second double of the ballgame to score Pearce and the Curve led, 11-3.
The Rock Cats scored their fourth run off of Shortslef in the bottom of the inning, but the Curve tacked on two more runs and capped their scoring in the seventh against Brian Forystek.
Jason Roach earned his first save of the season, allowing a pair of New Britain runs over three innings of relief to finish the ballgame.
Baker (2-3) allowed six runs and was saddled with the loss for New Britain.
The Curve also established a new franchise record for men left on base with 16 in the game, but scored more than enough runs to help them win the series by taking two-of-three games from the Rock Cats in their only visit to New Britain Stadium this season.
The team will travel now travel to Harrisburg to open a three-game series with the Senators beginning Friday night at 6:35 p.m. RHP Kip Bouknight (5-2, 3.34) will make the start for Altoona against RHP Dan Foli (0-0, 8.78) for the Senators.
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Vero Beach 8 at Fort Myers 2
Record 25 - 34
W: C. Kelly (2-1, 5.19); L: J. Rainville (2-7, 3.36)
HR: VER: E. Andrus (8).
E: Ugueto (8, fielding), Sanchez, J (3, throw).
Matt Betsill had just hit a double when the skies started weeping with gladness. That also pretty much ended the game in the 7th inning, as Vero Beach pounded Fort Myers 8-2.
The game started out okay, with Luis Ugueto and Erik Lis drawing walks and Edward Ovalle tripling them in for an early Miracle lead. This was in part due (again) to a dropped ball, this time by the Devil Rays' Jackson Brennan.
But Lis misplayed a ball in the top of the second inning which drove in Patrick Cottrell and led to the start of a Vero Beach offensive onslaught.
Jay Rainville lasted only 3 innings, after giving up 5 runs (3 earned) on six hits while striking out 3. He was replaced by southpaws Kyle Aselton and Alex Smit who surrended 1 and 2 runs respectively.
Betsill, batting in the 9th spot, was 2-for-3 on the night, Ugueto was 1-for-1 with 2 walks, Lis walked 3 times, Ovalle was 1-for-3 with the 2 RBIs and Juan Portes was 1-for-4 with a double.
Kevin Boles spent the night on the Miracle bench wearing a pair of dark glasses, while Jim Dwyer handled the on field duties.
Yohan Pino (1-2, 1.87) will take to the Miracle mound tonight against Vero Beach's Jeff Kamrath as 2007, the year of the bat boy, continues and Fort Myers attempts to get back into the win column.
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The Twins took a high school outfielder, Ben Revere, in the first round of MLB ameture's draft yesterday. David Rawnsley of Perfect Game said Revere is "a performer from a sports family with baseball skills and tools. Not only does he have stopwatch speed, he has baseball speed and his bat has that hidden pop in it that Jimmy Rollins’ had."
Danny Rams, a catcher/1B from Gulliver Prep in Miami was taken 92nd overall in round 2, Angel Morales, a Puerto Rican outfielder in round 3, Reggie Williams, a 3b from Bellflower HS in California in the fourth round and Nathan Striz, a right-handed pitcher from Santa Fe Catholic high school in Lakeland, Florida, was taken by the Twins in the fifth round.
All of these players will likely begin their careers in Fort Myers in the Gulf Coast League should they sign with Minnesota. The draft continues today in Orlando, Florida.
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Beloit’s Brian Dinkelman (12) congratulates Wilson Ramos, right, after he stroked a two-run homer in the first inning of Thursday’s 10-4 win over Burlington.
Burlington 4 at Beloit 10
Record 36-22
W: J. Manship (6-1, 1.52); L: E. Teaford (1-6, 5.22)
HR: BUR: M. Thompson (11), J. Turner (5). BEL: J. Woodard (9), J. Benson (2), W. Ramos 2 (2).
E: Woodard (10, fielding).
From snappersbaseball.com: Newly acquired Wilson Ramos provided Snappers’ ace Jeff Manship with more than enough offense in Thursday’s 10-4 victory over the visiting Burlington Bees. Following a Brian Dinkelman single in the bottom of the first, Ramos launched the first pitch he saw over the left field fence for a two-run homer.
Starter Jeff Manship, making his first start after a hamstring injury sidelined him, continued to befuddle opposing hitters. Manship went five strong innings allowing a single earned run while fanning 4 batters.
Providing Manship and the Snappers’ staff with even more support was second baseman Brian Dinkelman, who was 4 for 5 on the day. Also taking the home run trot with Ramos was Johnny Woodard with a laser to left center and Joe Benson, who added his second homer of the season in the seventh.
The Snappers’ bullpen closed out the game to earn Manship his sixth victory of the season. Matthew Fox and Aaron Craig combined for three scoreless innings while Rob Delaney, despite allowing three unearned runs in the ninth, ended a late Burlington rally.
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