Wrong kind of funk. That's what happens when you stay at home on a Saturday night. The farm affiliates went 1-3 for the second straight night, with only Lansing ending up on the winning end.
Columbus 16 @ Syracuse 7
The
Chiefs broke out to a 6-0 lead with 4 runs in the first and 2 runs in
the second, behind homers from Chad Mottola and Kevin Barker, but the
wheels came off for David Purcey in the 3rd inning. The Clippers
started the inning with a homer and then two singles. Two walks,
a hit by pitch and a single later, Purcey was gone from the game.
When the inning was done, Columbus had put up a nine spot. Four
more in the 5th inning put the game out of reach. Jason Phillips went
3-3 with a walk, and drove in a run with a double. Mottola added
a double to his homer, and Russ Adams went 1-5. Purcey's 7 earned
runs in 2.2 innings is a little deceptive. He gave up 6 hits and
walked 2, while striking out 4. Jordan DeJong followed Purcey and
was roughed up even worse. Ryan Houston restored order for 2.1
shutout innings, before Ben Weber closed out the game and was tagged
for 3 earned runs in 2 innings on 4 hits and a walk.
Altoona 7 @ New Hampshire 3
Three
Fisher Cat errors led to 4 early Altoona unearned runs, and the Cats
couldn't claw their way back into the game. Ismael Ramirez had a
rough outing, giving up 6 runs (2 earned) in 4 innings on 5 hits and 1
walk with 4 strikeouts. Brian Wolfe, Danny Hill and Connor
Falkenbach held the Curve without losing grip the remainder of the
game. The Cats banged out 13 hits with two each by Adam Lind,
Curtis Thigpen (who was back behind the plate), Ron Davenport and Brad
Hassey, but left 12 men on in the game.
Tampa 10 @ Dunedin 8
It's
a bad omen to give up an exponential sequence of runs allowed in
consecutive innings. The D'Jays gave up 1 in the 5th inning, 2 in
the 6th inning and 4 in the 7th inning, as they fell behind 8-1.
A 5 run rally in the bottom of the eighth left them a run short, and
two Tampa runs in the top of the ninth put the game out of reach.
Ryan Klosterman doubled, tripled, was hit by a pitch and stole a base,
and scored 3 runs to lead the offence, while Ryan Patterson doubled,
singled and walked and drove in two. Eric Fowler started and went
5.1 innings, allowing 4 runs, 3 earned on 8 hits and 1 walk with 4
strikeouts. The relief crew had a tough night with Danny Core,
Derek Tate and Milton Tavarez all struggling.
Wisconsin 2 @ Lansing 4
The
Lugnuts scored a run in the 7th inning to break a 2-2 tie on a
Jesus Gonzalez walk, stolen base and a Brian Bormaster double, and
added an insurance marker in the 8th inning on a Brian Pettway double
and Anthony Hatch's 4th hit of of the night. Chi-Hung Cheng
started and went 6 innings, and allowed 2 earned runs on 4 hits and 2
walks with 7 strikeouts. Sean Stidfole pitched 2 perfect innings
with 2 strikeouts to celebrate his brother's signing and garnered the
win. Paul Phillips surrendered a hit and nothing more in the
ninth for his 11th save. Pettway doubled twice and walked in 4 plate
appearances.
3 star selection
3rd star- Ryan Klosterman
2nd star-Anthony Hatch
1st star- Sean Stidfole
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