The Providence Journal
John Wagner - PawSox 3, Mud Hens 2 -- Pauley's pitching, Carter's power lead the way
PawSox starter David Pauley allowed only five hits and one run in 7 2/3 innings to avenge a loss to the Mud Hens in his last start. Pauley walked one and struck out nine to beat Toledo, which snapped Pauley’s personal nine-game winning streak by beating him and the PawSox, 8-4, on July 20. Pawtucket scored all of its runs last night on home runs. Joe Thurston cracked a solo shot in the first, his eighth homer of the season, and Chris Carter slammed a two-run homer in the sixth. Carter now has 21 homers this year.
Pauley was in command throughout the game. He retired the first 10 hitters he faced and had a no-hitter until Mike Hessman led off the fifth by beating out a slow roller down the third-base line.
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David McDonough - Dogs close in on Thunder; Portland wins 2-1 on a night Trenton loses two starting pitchers in the Yankees' trade.
Phil Coke, who has dominated the Sea Dogs this season, struck out the side in the first inning, walking Mark Wagner. But that was it. The trade with the Pirates was finalized, and Coke, no longer a member of the Yankees' organization, was removed from the game.
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In the top of the ninth, with one out, Hall struck out but took first on a passed ball by Muich. Granadillo singled to right and when Gonzalez fumbled the ball, Hall scored and Granadillo went to third.
Beau Vaughn pitched a perfect inning for his 14th save.
"We take them any way we can get them," said Beyeler. "Mills threw the ball real well, Haigwood did a real nice job, and Richie (Lentz) did a real nice job of getting out of the jam.
Dan Goldberg - The passive approach doesn't work out well
The JetHawks were uncharacteristically passive at the plate, consistently falling behind in the count, and striking out five times looking at fastballs.
"That wasn't the plan going in," hitting coach Carlos Febles said. "It's something I am going to address tomorrow."
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The JetHawks seem to save their sloppiest ball for High Desert, the team with the worst record in the California League. The JetHawks have committed 32 errors in the 18 contests with the Mavericks, including four Friday night at The Hangar.
The most costly was Jason Place's fourth inning blunder. The center fielder attempted to check the runners, who were darting off first and second, and catch a fly ball at the same time. The ball bounced off his glove and the Mavericks would score two unearned runs in the inning. They have scored 21 off the JetHawks this season.
The Lowell Sun
Sumoza & Co. power Lowell
BURLINGTON, Vt. -- Luis Sumoza, Ryan Dent and Will Middlebrooks slammed home runs to power the Lowell Spinners past Vermont last night, 11-3, before 3,263 fans at Centennial Field.
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It was Sumoza's sixth home run. Dent, a shortstop, slammed his fifth home run in the fifth, while Middlebrooks collected his first professional home run with a solo shot in the eighth.
Dent and Sumoza were the only Spinners with more than one hit. Sumoza has now driven in 24 runs.
Brock Huntzinger, Lowell's most consistent pitcher, improved to 5-0. He was Boston's fourth pick (114th overall) in the 2007 entry draft out of Pendleton Heights High School in Pendleton, Ind.
Huntzinger went 5 innings, allowing 5 hits and 1 run, moving his earned run average to a microscopic 0.64.
Sumoza & Co. power Lowell
BURLINGTON, Vt. -- Luis Sumoza, Ryan Dent and Will Middlebrooks slammed home runs to power the Lowell Spinners past Vermont last night, 11-3, before 3,263 fans at Centennial Field.
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It was Sumoza's sixth home run. Dent, a shortstop, slammed his fifth home run in the fifth, while Middlebrooks collected his first professional home run with a solo shot in the eighth.
Dent and Sumoza were the only Spinners with more than one hit. Sumoza has now driven in 24 runs.
Brock Huntzinger, Lowell's most consistent pitcher, improved to 5-0. He was Boston's fourth pick (114th overall) in the 2007 entry draft out of Pendleton Heights High School in Pendleton, Ind.
Huntzinger went 5 innings, allowing 5 hits and 1 run, moving his earned run average to a microscopic 0.64.
Drive Pitching Hooks Catfish in 4-1 Victory
Doubront's (11-6) evening began by fanning the side in the bottom of the first. The southpaw did not allow a Catfish hit until the bottom of the third, when Columbus used three to plate their only run of the ballgame. Greg Sexton doubled with two outs and scored on Stephen Vogt's single two batters later.
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Manny Arambarris extended Greenville's lead to three runs in the top of the fourth with a two-out, solo homer, his sixth of the season. From there the Drive continued to rely heavily on their pitching, which did not allow another Columbus run or hit over the final five innings of the game.
The duo of Kyle Fernandes and Felix Ventura limited the Catfish to just a base on balls, while facing one batter over the minimum. Fernandes tossed 3.0 scoreless innings, striking out two before Ventura added a perfect ninth inning to record his 14th save of the season.
Chris Umpierre - Boston’s top draft pick plays against Dad
Kelly, 18, began his professional career last week with the Gulf Coast League’s Red Sox in Fort Myers.
Kelly’s first game was against the Sarasota Reds, who are managed by his father.
“It was weird, really weird,” Casey Kelly said.
“Usually I’m the little kid in my dad’s dugout being the batboy.”
Father and son met for the second time Friday afternoon on sun-scorched field No. 1 of the Red Sox’s minor league complex. The duo didn’t greet each other before the game and Pat Kelly even cheered for his pitcher — “Let’s go Andrew” — during his son’s first at-bat.
Sumoza smacks Spinners to win
Sumoza continued his hot hitting for the Spinners (16-18) as he stroked a 2-run single in the first inning and followed that up with a 3-run homer in the seventh, with both clutch hits coming with two outs. Now hitting .299, the 20-year old Venezuelan has homered in four of his last five games and has driven in runs in five of his last six.
Ryan Dent did his part with a solo shot in the fifth inning and an RBI double in the sixth. Will Middlemiss capped Lowell's scoring with a 2-run bomb in the eighth.
Brock Huntzinger worked five innings of five-hit, one-run ball for the victory, striking out three. Jorge Rodriguez and Mitchell Herold closed out the contest for the Spinners.
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