The Sugar Bears routed Blue Ridge 10-1 yesterday. In the game, Chipper Jones hit his 14th and 15th homers of the season, passing Frank Thomas and tying him with Juan Gonzalez for 8th all time with 385 in his career. Sunday, his teammate, Manny Ramirez passed Sammy Sosa and is 4th all-time with 447.
The Rat Pack evened their series with Carolina with an 8-2 drubbing of the Mudcats. Ichiro Suzuki was 3-4 and Rich Harden pitched 8 innings of 1-run ball, to improve to 9-6 on the season. Vegas is now 3 games behind Marietta for first place, while Carolina maintains a 1/2 game lead on second-place Hillsborough.
Sardine City picked up a 5-4 win in 13 innings over D.C. as Brandon Morrow pitched 4 hitless innings to earn the win. Miguel Montero and Alex Ramirez each had 3 hits for the Sardines.
The Endzone Animals rallied in the bottom of the 9th to take a 5-3 decision against Amityville. The Ant Slayers led 3-1 as late as the 8th inning, but the Animals were poised to come back. Alex Rios hit an RBI single in the 8th to narrow the lead to one-run, then Albert Pujols smacked a 3-run walkoff homer in the 9th to win the game. The win puts Philly one game over the .500 mark.
Finally, Greg Maddux continues his finale tour with a strong 8-inning effort in a 4-2 Vancouver win over Marietta yesterday. Maddux pitched 8 innings and held the Mighty Men to 1 run on 5 hits and 1 walk to improve to 4-3.
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