Gustavo Chacin was rusty, and didn't make it out of the first inning, but Ty Taubenheim, Jamie Vermilyea and Luis Figueroa made sure the Chiefs got the win. The Lugnuts got three runs in the bottom of the ninth to win. Shawn Scobee broke out of a slump to propell the Doubledays to victory. Pulaski extended their losing streak to nine games.
Gustavo Chacin started and didn't get out of the first inning, he allowed four runs on four hits and a walk. Chacin threw 38 pitches, 22 for strikes and although he had a 60 pitch limit was pulled due to the high number of pitchers he threw in one inning. Ty Taubenheim came on in relief and pitched 2.1 innings allowing just one hit. Jamie Vermilyea pitched the fourth through eighth innings, that's five innings for you math-challenged readers. They were five shutout innings with three hits allowed, another good outing for Vermilyea who lowered his ERA to 3.74. Vermilyea is a sinker, slider pitcher and AAA hitters have hit .302 off time this season, .286 in July. Vermilyea compensates by inducing a lot of double play balls. Will that recipe work in the major leagues? We might see in September.
Meanwhile the Chiefs mounted a come back against Ozzie Guillen's favourite pitcher, Sean Tracey, primarily due to a pair of two runs home runs by Luis Figueroa. Adam Lind went 2-3 with a walk to bump his average to .357. Lee Gronkiewicz recorded the save.
New Britain outhit the Fisher Cats by 12-2. The Fisher Cats only run came in the ninth and was unearned. Michael MacDonald started and dodged trouble all day. MacDonald allowed two baserunners in the first; one in the second; three in the third; one (a homer) in the fourth; three in the fifth; and three more in the sixth.
Dunedin - scheduled day off
Kristian Bell was outstanding for the Lugnuts, he didn't allow a hit until the sixth inning. Bell was pulled after six, he had four walks and four K's in addition to the one hit. Sean Stidfole gave up a run in the eighth and two in the ninth to put Lansing down 3-1. But in the bottom of the ninth, with two outs, Joey Metropoulos, who homered earlier in the game, got it started with a single. Josh Bell and David Hicks also singled to make it 3-2 and after a walk to Brian Bormaster, Yuber Rodriguez singled in two runs. "Metro" went 3-4 with two runs scored.
Auburn led 2-1 heading into the seventh thanks to a couple of solo home runs from Shawn Scobee. Auburn tacked on four more runs in the seventh, Jonathan Diaz' double was the biggest hit. Scobee went 3-4 to get his batting average over .200.
Princeton scored early and often as Pulaski used seven pitchers. For Pulaski Baron Frost went 3-4, Chris Emanuele and Travis Snider each went 2-4 with Snider driving in both runs.
Stars
3 Joey Metropoulos
2 Shawn Scobee, 2 HR's
1 Luis Figueroa, 2 HR's
Standings
Pulaski have lost nine in a row
Syracuse are 48-60, and are in sixth and last place, 14 games behind Scranton
New Hampshire are 47-61, and are in sixth and last place, 12 games behind Portland
Dunedin are 19-18, and are in fourth place, two and a half games behind Clearwater and Tampa
Lansing are 15-22, and are in sixth and last place, 14 games behind West Michigan
Auburn are 19-19 and are in third place, one and a half games behind Jamestown
Pulaski are 19-20 and are in third place, five games behind Danville
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