Virginia Uniforms - Orlando Uniforms
Notes
Frustrating game for the Bums. A big pitching duel happened, and the Bums' offensive woes continued. The action started early Everett walked, and two batters later, Toby Hall in his new batting spot. In the second, the game shifted. The Bums' would get ousted in 1-2-3 fashion, and Ben Grieve led off the inning with a solo homer. The next inning, the top 2 batters got on base after a walk and a double. Grieve came up again, and hit his second homer of the day. 4 RBIs would be enough, ultimately. On the other side of the ball, Wells retired 12 strait batters from the 1st to 5th. The Bums rallied, but Everett couldn't drive any in and the Bums fell again.
Batters
VIR
Everett 0-2 BB, 1R
Byrnes 0-2
Hall 1-2 HR, 1R, 1RBI
Blalock 0-2
Stokes 0-2
Greenberg 0-2 K
Bigbie 0-1 BB
Crosby 1-2 1B
Holliman 0-2
ORL
Freeman 0-2 BB, 1R
Simms 1-3 2B, 1R
Abernathy 0-2 K
Grieve 2-2 2HR, 2R, 4RBI
Crede 0-1 BB
Hillenbrand 0-2
LaForest 1-2 1B
Inglett 2-2 1B, 2B
Robels 0-2
Pitchers
VIR
Looper- 4 IP, 5 ERA, 1 Ks, 4 ER, 2 BB L
ORL
James- 5 IP, 2 ERA, 1 Ks, 2 ER, 2 BB W
Player of the Game- Ben Grieve
Omaha Uniforms - Austin Uniforms
Notes
A great game of power and hitting. The Roughnecks scored first, with Dukes on second, Rocco Baldelli tripled to take the lead. Gabbard held the game down getting 2 Ks, and got out of the inning. Bobby Crosby got a base hit with Atkins at third, to tie the game for Omaha. But the lead didn't last. Rodriguez walked, and Chris Burke homered, his 2nd homer of his 2 hits this year. Then Bobby Bradley let the game go. Javier Valentin lined a pitch up and homered with Mathews on 3rd, and Vidro at 2nd after a double. So a 4-3 Omaha lead is what the Roughnecks were looking at. That didn't last long. The first batter of the inning, Brendan Irons hit a solo homer. Chad Bradford came in to hold the game, and he really did. He had his first two batters in scoring position, then retired 3 strait to end the inning. The game was tied, for Chris Burke. Another home run for the DH, and is 3 for 6 with 3 home runs on the season. Khalil Greene homered for good measure, and Bradford shut down Omaha and got the Roughnecks a win.
Batters
OMA
Mathews Jr. 1-1 2B, 2 BB, R
Vidro 2-3 1B, 2B, K, R
Valentin 1-3 HR, K, R, 3RBI
Monroe 0-3
Hermida 1-3 2B
Atkins 1-3 2B, K, R
Ensberg 0-2
Bo. Crosby 1-2 R, RBI
Ellison 1-2 1B
AUS
Dukes 2-3 2B, 1B, R
Greene 1-3 HR, R, RBI
Baldelli 1-3 3B, K, RBI
Irons 1-2 HR R, RBI
Spivey 0-1 K, BB
Munson 0-2 K
Rolls 0-2
Rodriguez 0-1 K, BB, R
Burke 2-2 2HR, 2R, 3RBI
Pitchers
OMA
Gabbard- 4 IP, 7.5 ERA, 4 Ks, 6 ER, 2 BB L
AUS
Bradley- 3 IP, 6.66 ERA, 1 Ks, 4 ER, 3 BB
Bradford- 2 IP, 0 ERA, 2 Ks, 0 ER, 0 BB W
Player of the Game- Chris Burke
Portland Uniforms - Montreal Uniforms
Notes
The Trappers are trying to avoid the sweep at home, but they would have to get some offense going against Ben Sheets. The first batter for Montreal, Joey Gathright, homered and that would be enough. Sheets gave up a single to Richie Sexson, and that was the only hit given up by him. Kurt Ainsworth pitched good, and only gave up his second run with a walk. But they put in Calero, hoping to hold the game down. Sheets didn't let up and he shut the team down for the 5th and earned a win.
Batters
POR
Bracket 0-2
Burroughs 0-2 K
Encarnacion 0-2
Pena 0-1 BB
Sexson 1-2
Giles 0-1 BB
Brown 0-2
Berroa 0-2
Horwitz 0-1
MON
Gathright 2-3 HR, 2B, K, R, 1RBI
Guzman 1-2 2B, K
Church 0-1 BB
Aybar 0-1 BB
Phelps 0-2
Butler 0-2
Bowen 1-2 K, HR
Ortmeier 0-2
Tyner 1-2 1B, R
Pitchers
POR
Ainsworth- 3 IP, 3.33 ERA, 1 Ks, 2 ER, 2 BB L
Calero- 1 IP, 5 ERA, 2 Ks, 1 ER, 0 BB
MON
Sheets- 5 IP, 0 ERA, 1 Ks, 0 ER, 2 BB W
Player of the Game- Ben Sheets
