So, on to the Jamie Ramsey Express:
COLUMBUS 5, LOUISVILLE 3: LHP Travis Wood (4-2) started for Louisville and allowed 4 runs on 9 hits in 6.0 innings (1bb, 3k)...the Bats scored 3 runs on 6 hits...SS Chris Valaika paced the offense with 2 hits (double, 1r, 1rbi).
CAROLINA 1, MONTGOMERY 8: RHP Jerry Gil (2-4) started for Carolina and was reached for 5 runs on 4 hits in 4.0 innings (3bb, 2k, 1hr)...RHP Zach Ward pitched 2.0 scoreless innings of relief (1h, 1bb, 2k)...the Mudcats scored 1 run on 6 hits...3b Jose Castro went 2-for-4 with a run scored...SS Zack Cozart drove in Carolina's lone run.
SARASOTA 0, CHARLOTTE 1
SARASOTA 0, CHARLOTTE 3: The Reds were swept in a doubleheader at Charlotte...G1: Sarasota was blanked on 5 hits...Charlotte scored the only run of the game in the top of the 9th (extra-innings)...LHP Travis Webb started for the SaraReds and fired 6.0 shutout innings (2h, 1bb, 5k)...RHP Justin Freeman (2-5) suffered the loss in relief (3.2ip, 3h, 1bb, 2k)...G2: The Reds were blanked on 3 hits...RHP Lance Janke started for Sarasota and gave up 3 runs (2er) on 5 hits in 6.0 innings (0bb, 6k)...the Reds haven't scored a run in 26 innings.
LANSING 6, DAYTON 10: The Dragons exploded for 10 runs on 18 hits...CF Alexis Oliveras paced the offense with 4 hits including 2 doubles, 2 runs and an RBI...2b Cody Puckett went 3-for-5 with a 2-run homer (#19) and 3 RBI...RF Tony Brown added 3 hits and 2 runs scored...LF Kevyn Feiner (2-for-4) ripped a 3-run homer, scored 2 runs and drove in 4...RHP J.C. Sulbaran (4-5) started for Dayton and allowed 4 runs on 7 hits in 5.1 innings (1bb, 9k, 2hr)....RHP Scott Gaffney fired 2.0 scoreless innings of relief (0h, 2bb, 2k).
MISSOULA 8, BILLINGS 3: RHP Leonardo Astorga (2-7) started for Billings and suffered the loss (4ip, 8h, 5r, 1bb, 2k)...RHP James Walczak pitched 2.0 perfect innings of relief (3k)...C Petr Cech paced the offense with 2 hits, a run and an RBI.
GCL REDS 4, GCL TWINS 5: The GCL Reds lost to the GCL Twins in their penultimate game of the season...RHP Dallas Buck (injury rehab) started for the Reds and allowed 2 runs on 5 hits in 2.0 innings (0bb, 5k)...CF Juan Silva went 2-for-4 with a triple and an RBI.
MINOR LEAGUE NEWS
BATS ARE DIVISION CHAMPS
Even with last night's loss, the Lousville Bats clinched their second consecutive International League West Division championship when Indianapolis defeated Toledo, 12-0...At 77-56, the Bats have the best record in the IL and will play either Durham or Gwinnett in the opening round of the Governor's Cup playoffs on 9/9.
ONE BAT = 17 HITS
In last night's 10-6 win vs Lansing, the Dayton Dragons pounded out 18 hits, 17 of which came off of 1 bat - Josh Fellhauer's...the entire Dragons lineup used Fellhauer's bat until it broke in the 8th inning...the 18 hits marked the second-most Dayton has collected in a game this season and the first time the Dragons scored in double digits since 8/9...it should also be noted that Fellhauer didn't even play in the game. (thanks to Dayton Daily News' Marc Katz for the info).
"QUOTE BOAT"
"We play 142 ballgames, so whether we win it by winning tonight or by them losing tonight, it's still ours. We worked very hard all year to get ourselves in this position, so it will be nice to win back-to-backs." - Louisville manager Rick Sweet prior to the Bats winning their second straight IL West title. (Louisville Courier-Journal)
"Our clubhouse manager said it was the 10th
anniversary of the Angels using one bat to break out of a slump. We picked out
a bat and a back-up bat." - Dayton hitting
coach Tony Jaramillo (Dayton Daily News)
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