Syracuse 4 Pawtucket 5
Shaun Marcum was the scheduled starter for Syracuse yesterday but for some unexplained reason Jamie Vermilyea got the start. Vermilyea allowed the first three hitters he faced to reach but he escaped the inning with one run in. Pawtucket added another run in the second and Vermilyea was pulled in the third with a line of 2.2 3 2 1 3 1 . Francisco Rosario pitched 3.1 excellent shutout innings allowing only one hit. John-Ford Griffin hit a two run home run in the sixth to tie the game. Jason Arnold pitched a scoreless seventh but gave up three runs in the bottom of the eighth on two home runs to take the loss. The Chiefs added a pair of runs in the top of the ninth, the second run driven in by Ken Huckaby who reported to Syracuse after clearing waivers. Kevin Barker was the only Chief with two hits to keep his average above 300 at .303.
Box scoreBinghamton 5 New Hampshire 3
Josh Banks pitched five excellent innings, only allowing one hit, but in the sixth Binghamton registered five straight hits and four runs. Banks line was 5.2 6 4 4 0 8. New Hampshire scored two runs in the second, Chip Cannon doubled, Brad Hassey singled to score one, and Raul Tablado doubled Hassey home. The Fisher Cats were shutout from the second until the ninth when Tablado drove in the third run. Cannon, Hassey and Tablado had two hits each.
Box scoreDunedin 10 Clearwater 1
Davis Romero started and was OK, his line was 6 7 1 1 0 2. Romero was shaky in the first giving up the only run on three hits, but settled down after that. Dunedin got on board with three in the second on homers by Joey Reiman and Eric Arnold. Dunedin tacked on two in the fifth and five in the sixth. Scott Dragicevich went 3-5 with a home run and a double. Carlo Cota, Rodney Medina, Adam Lind and Arnold had two hits each.
Box scoreFort Wayne 3 Lansing 7
Danny Core started and wasn't at his best but he went five, allowing three runs, on six hits and four walks. Lansing scored single runs in each of the first three innings, the biggest blows came in the first when Christian Snavely hit a triple and Eric Nielsen doubled him home. Snavely also walked to lead off the fifth in a tie game and scored on an Aaron Mathews single, and he drove in the seventh run with a double in the eighth. Snavely was 2-3 with a double a triple and two walks. Mathews, Ryan Klosterman and Josh Lex had two hits.
Box scoreJamestown 1 Auburn 14 - Game 1
Jamestown 2 Auburn 6 - Game 2
In game one Auburn scored eight runs in the second inning and Kristian Bell cruised to the win. Bell went 5 innings, allowing one run on five hits to lower his ERA to 3.27. Cory Patton homered to lead off the second inning and Joey Metropoulos followed with another homer. Auburn tacked on six more runs in the second thanks, in part, to four doubles. Patton hit another jack in the fourth and finished going 2-4 with two homers, 3 runs and four RBI's. Brian Bormaster went 3-3 and Metropoulos was 2-2.
Having been beaten up in game 1, Jamestown had to face Mr. no-hitterRobert Ray in game 2. Ray lost the no-hitter in the first inning of this game but pitched five shutout innings with a line of 5 4 0 0 1 5 to lower his ERA to 2.34. Auburn had only four hits in this game but they made them count, Jacob Butler hit a 3 run home run in the third, Brian Pettway hit a two run shot in the fourth, and Nick Thomas hit a solo shot in the seventh. Adrian Martin once again followed Ray but this time he allowed two runs before Paul Phillips came on to finish it off.
Pulaski - Finito
Your Three Star Selection
Third star - Scott Dragicevich
Second Star - Chris Snavely
First Star - Cory Patton
