Cutters, Buddah battle for 13

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Hoboken finally broke their 8-game losing streak, but it took some work. Starter Jon Garland battled Buddah's Joe Blanton through 8 shutout innings. The game was knotted at 0-0 until in the 13th inning, Travis Buck hit a solo home run to give the Cutters the lead. Jason Isringhausen pitched 5 innings of relief to earn the win.

Vancouver came right back from being shutdown yesterday, to post a shutout of their own. Jake Peavy held the Hired Hitmen to 2 hits, while striking out 11 to improve to 11-2 on the season. It's the third shutout for Peavy this year.

Vancouver picked up a game on Philadelphia, as their 9-game winning streak came to an end at the hands of D.C., 6-4. Adrian Beltre was 4-4 with 2 RBIs and Carl Crawford was 3-4 to lead the D.C. offense.

Newark took revenge on the Mudcats yesterday as the series shifted to Carolina. Javier Vazquez improved to 10-1 with a complete game effort, striking out 11 and surrendering only five hits and one run. Hideki Matsui was 2-4 with 3 RBI and 2 doubles.