Scoreboard - July 25, 2007

JAMIE GERMANO RDC staff photographer
Red Wings shortstop Alexi Casilla can’t hide his dejection after an inning-ending double play in the fourth inning against Syracuse on Wednesday.

Syracuse 8 at Rochester 1

Record 55 - 48

W: J. Cummings (4-6, 3.80); L: D. Gassner (3-12, 5.74)
HR: SYR: K. Barker (12).

From redwingsbaseball.com/Milb.com: Ex-Red Wing Jeremy Cummings pitched eight dominant innings as the Red Wings were defeated by the Syracuse Chiefs 8-1 on Wednesday night at Frontier Field. The Chiefs pounded out 18 hits off four combined Wings pitchers, including at least one hit from every Syracuse starter. Dave Gassner (3-12) took the loss after giving up four earned runs on 10 hits despite striking out eight. The Wings remain 1/2 game behind Buffalo in the wild card race after Buffalo was defeated by Charlotte 5-3.

Syracuse got on the board in the second after top prospect Adam Lind and Sal Fasano started the inning with consecutive hits. Gassner struck out John Hattig and Ray Olmedo, but Olmedo reached first base on a wild pitch to load the bases. Ryan Roberts hit a single to center field to give the Chiefs a 1-0 lead, but on the same play center fielder Denard Span threw out Fasano at home to prevent further damage.

The Chiefs added to their lead in the third inning. Kevin Barker led off with a home run to right field on the first pitch to give Syracuse a 2-0 lead. Chad Mottola then hit a double down the left field line, followed by a run-scoring double by Mike Vento to extend Syracuse's lead to 3-0.

In the fifth inning Syracuse continued their hitting onslaught. Mottola led off with a single and Vento followed with a walk to put runners on first and second with no outs. After getting the next two batters to fly out, Gassner gave up a run-scoring single to Hattig to make it 4-0.

Jason Miller relieved Gassner in the sixth but could not solve Syracuse's hitting attack. Vento led off the seventh with a double and later scored on Hattig's run-scoring single and extend their lead to 5-0.

Brad Baker fared no better after coming in for Miller in the eighth. Roberts began the inning with a double and Barker followed with a single. Mottola then hit a two-run triple to left-center to put the game out of reach at 7-0. A sacrifice fly by Vento made the game 8-0.

The Wings got some offense in the eighth but it would prove meaningless. Garrett Jones led off with a double and was plated by Chris Heintz's run-scoring single to put Rochester on the board trailing 8-1, providing the only highlight of Rochester's three-hit night

NOTES: Wings RHP Kevin Slowey (#17) and Beloit LHP Tyler Robertson (#18) appear on this week's Baseball America Prospect Hot Sheet ranking of the 20 hottest minor league prospects. About Robertson, BA says "Still only 19, the athletic 6-foor-5 lefthander has a 1.71 ERA through 58 innings, including 64 strikeouts and 19 walks. Robertson's 2-to-1 groundout-to-flyout ratio has helped him allow only one home run on the year"....The Twins lost to the Blue Jays 13-1 Wednesday afternoon in the finale of a three-game series in Toronto. After the game, Minnesota optioned OF Darnell McDonald to the Wings; the Twins will call up Wings 3B Brian Buscher on Friday. Boof Bonser (5-6, 4.53 ERA) is scheduled to take the mound for Minnesota when the Twins open a three-game series against the Indians on Friday night in Cleveland... The Red Wings held a ceremony Wednesday afternoon to unveil a statue of Morrie Silver, who organizaed the stock drive to save baseball in Rochester in late 1956. Click here for coverage of the ceremony in the Special Events section.

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New Britain 0 at Connecticut 3

Record: 47 - 51

W: R. Sadowski (2-2), L: J. Martinez (3-6), S: K. Pichardo (2)
HR: CT: Sosa (5)

From ctdefenders.com: The Connecticut Defenders and the New Britain Rock Cats woke up bright an early to face off in a morning special on Wednesday July 25. The Defenders looked to sweep the short two game set against their cross-state rivals and did just that, picking up a late inning blast to give them a 3-0 victory.

Rock Cats starter Anthony Swarzak, after missing most of the season due to violating the league’s substance abuse policy, showed no ill effects in his return on the mound. Swarzak was in the zone and the Defenders could not figure him out. Only four batters reached base against him in his first five innings of work and not one of them advanced to second base.

Geno Espineli did a great job in his best attempts to match Swarzak. After working himself into trouble and loading the bases in the first inning, he was able to escape the inning unscathed. He’d settle down thereafter to retire 18 of the next 21 batters he faced. Both starters went seven full innings and departed with the game scoreless.

In the bottom of the eighth inning, J.P. Martinez entered for the Rock Cats and after retiring the first batter on a fly out to right field, he struggled against the next two batters. He walked SS Jake Wald and gave up a bloop single Trey Webb. The Rock Cats pulled Martinez and went to their all star closer Jose Mijares. The move backfired though as Mijares delivered a 1-1 pitch to OF Carlos Sosa that was hit down the left field line and just squeaked inside the foul pole for a 3-run HR (5). The big blow sent the crowd into a frenzy and put the Defenders up 3-0 heading into the top of the ninth.

Reliever Kelvin Pichardo entered in the ninth and retired 3 of 4 batters to pick up the save and nail down the victory for the Defenders, 3-0. Both starting pitchers dazzled in their outings despite neither factoring in the decision. Anthony Swarzak went 7 scoreless innings, surrendering just 2 hits without walking a batter and striking out 11 Defenders. Geno Espineli pitched 7 scoreless innings as well, gave up 4 hits, walked 1 and struck out 5 batters. J.P. Martinez (L, 3-6) picked up his sixth loss of the year after lasting just a third of an innings, surrendering 2 runs on 1 hit and walking a batter. Ryan Sadowski (W, 2-2) picked up the win after working a scoreless inning and allowing a hit. Kelvin Pichardo (S, 2) notched his second save of the season after working around a hit in the final frame. Carlos Sosa went 1 for 4 in the game with a home run and 3 RBI. Trey Webb went 2 for 4 with a run scored in the victory.

The Rock Cats travel to New Hampshire for a 5 game series against the Fisher Cats starting Thursday at 7:05 PM.

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Jay Rainville

Fort Myers 2 at Lakeland 3

Record 16 - 18

W: E. Aponte (3-8, 5.19); L: J. Rainville (5-10, 3.60); SV: F. Dolsi (20)
HR: FTM: B. Dinkelman (5).

E: Gardenhire (8, throw).

Diek Scram doubled in Rafael Mendez and Joel Roa in the 5th inning to lead the Lakeland Flying Tigers past the Fort Myers Miracle Wednesday evening at Joker Marchant Stadium.

Brian Dinkelman opened the scoring when he walked, then came across the plate on a Juan Portes ground out in the first inning. An Erik Lis double in the same inning though would only get Portes as far as 3rd base.

The Tigers tied it up in the second when Mark Haske reached on a throwing error by shortstop Toby Gardenhire, then moved to 3rd on a Rafael Mendez ground out. Shawn Roof plated him with a single to 2nd.

Dinkelman would hit his fifth home run of the season in a Miracle uniform at the top of the 5th, but that was all the Miracle could manage against the Lakeland squad.

Eleazar Aponte would allow both Fort Myers runs on 6 hits and 2 walks in 5 innings while striking out 7. Freddy Dolsi picked up his 20th save of the season for Lakeland allowing a Jeff Christy single and issuing walks to Luis Ugueto and Steve Tolleson, but Portes hit into a double play to end the Miracle's late inning rally attempt.

Jay Rayville saw his record drop to 5-10, allowing only 2 runs on 5 hits and 1 walk while striking out 4 in 5.2 innings. Kyle Aselton allowed only 1 hit to finish off the game for Fort Myers.

The Miracle return home to take on the division leading Tampa Yankees who defeated Clearwater Wednesday, 7-4. Zach Ward (2-14, 3.09) will take the start for Fort Myers.

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BDN Staff photo by Jim Franz
Beloit manager Jeff Smith was on top of the action as Garrett Olson slid safely into third in the third inning. Carlos Santana couldn’t handle the throw.

Beloit Snappers

Record 18-12

League Day Off

The Snappers being a 4-game series against the Silver Bend Silver Hawks at Pohlman Field Thursday at 7:00 PM Central Time.

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* Article published Wednesday, July 25


Photo courtesy of the Elizabethton Star

Elizabethton at Kingsport (Doubleheader)

Record 24 - 8

From MiLB.com: Wednesday's Appy League doubleheader between Elizabethton and Kingsport was postponed due to rain.

The first game of the twinbill will be made up Thursday as part of a doubleheader. There is information yet on the makeup date for the second game.

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Catching up with the E-Star

Wednesday


Jon Waltenbury

GCL Twins 6 at GCL Pirates 2

Current Record: 20 - 7

W: D. Berlind (4-0, 0.87); L: R. Paulino (1-1, 8.00)
HR: TWI: J. Waltenbury (2).

Yangervis Solarte, Juan Richardson and Jon Waltenbury all went 2-for-4 at the plate including the ball Waltenbury ripped yard in the 8th, to lead the GCL Twins to a 6-2 victory over the GCL Pirates at Pirate City Wednesday afternoon.

The Twins wasted no time getting onto the board. With two outs in the first inning, Solarte singled his way on base, moved to 2nd on a wild pitch by Eddy Nunez and came home a Richardson line drive to right.

Daniel Berlind walked Thomas Hagen in the second inning. Hagen moved to second on Josue Peley's single, and to 3rd when Berlin walked Victor Alvarez to load the bases. A wild pitch sent Hagen home, but Berlind then took out Juan Garcia on strikes to end the inning.

It would be all the Pirates would get out of the stingy Berlind, who allowed only 4 more hits to go with single and 2 walks in the second and struck out 4 over six innings to keep the Pirates at bay.

Nunez tried to match Berlind's pace, allowing 6 hits but striking out only 1 in five innings. Ricardo Paulino got through the sixth inning unscathed, but found double trouble in the seventh.

Waltenbury singled his way onto first and moved to second on Wang-Wei Lin's walk. Andrew Schmiesing would double the pair in, putting the Twins up by 2 in the contest.

Ben Revere greeted Paulino with another double at the top of the 8th, and Solarte brought the speedy Revere home on his own double. Gary Amato was brought in, and got Richardson and Danny Rams to ground out, but Waltenbury sent a ball over the right field wall to make it 6-1.

Tom Stuifbergen made his first start of the season, allowing only a Quincy Latimore single in the bottom of the inning.

Michael Mopas came on for the 9th. A Victor Alvarez single, a Caleb Fields walk and line drive by Ciro Rosero gave the Pirates hope of a late inning rally, but Mopas induced Quincy Latimore to hit into a force out to end the game.

Lin was 2-for-3 in the contest with a walk. Waltenbury and Solarte both had 2 runs and the Waltenbury and Schmiesing had 2 RBIs each.

The Twins will face the Reds Thursday at the Lee County Sportsplex and will play the conclusion of Saturday's rain suspended contest at 10 Am, followed by a 7 inning game. The Twins were leading 2-1 at the bottom of the 4th with 2 outs before lightning caused the game to be haulted.

The Reds are in last place in the GCL South Division, 14 games behind the Twins and have lost their last 7.

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DSL Cubs 2 at DSL Twins 7

Current Record: 21 - 22

W: M. Garcia (5-2, 2.15); L: M. Perez (1-1, 2.77)
HR: None.

E: Caro (17, fielding), Sanchez, J (13, fielding).

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VSL Cubs/Twins 4 at VSL Pirates 5

Current Record 29 - 30

W: J. Ramos (5-3, 2.57); L: R. Navarro (1-4, 5.10); SV: E. Gutierrez (2)
HR: VSL PIT: R. Noris (8), M. Trinidad (4).

E: Lara (7, fielding).

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