Mighty Men pitching shuffle

Well, after Tuesday's debacle in Marietta, David Landsman had enough. Gil Meche was banished to AAA and Paul Byrd was sent packing. The Mighty Men acquired Woody Williams from Vancouver, who was himself banished to AAA after a less than stellar start to the season. Williams hopes for a new start and a change of scenery might do him well. Vancouver received an 8th round draft pick as compensation.

Hoboken kept the streak alive (seven in a row now) by sweeping Marietta, 5-3 thanks to a solid Jon Garland start. Garland held the Mighty Men to three runs, two earned, in 7.2 innings. Chris Duncan hit his 20th homer of the season.

Joe Crede and the Sardine City Straphangers almost made it exciting again in Newark yesterday. Crede was 3-4 with 6 RBIs and 2 homers in the game. The Sardines' big 4-run eighth inning had the team within one run of the Sugar Bears, but Newark's Jim Edmonds hit a 2-run bomb to dash the hopes of the Straphangers. Nick Johnson was 4-4 in the game. Cole Hamels fell to 2-11 on the season.

Yesterday was a busy day on the waiver wire. Honolulu signed up Jose Valverde and sent him to AAA. Newark picked up former South Boston farmhand Joey Gathright as a potential pinch runner. And finally, Philadelphia picked up journeyman outfielder Trot Nixon to take the spot of recently-injured Jeff DaVanon.