Vancouver swept Marietta yesterday after a 4-1 decision, knocking the Mighty Men out of first place. Ben Sheets pitched 8 innings, giving up only one unearned run, while striking out 6. The Mighty Men doubled the Fist's hit output (12-6), but could only bring one run across the plate thanks to an error by Sheets in the 2nd. Mike Mussina went the distance in the loss, falling to 10-5 on the season.
Taking over the #1 slot in the Hanover is Newark, who completed a three game sweep of Blue Ridge that saw the Sugar Bears outscore the Bombers 33-9. J. D. Drew and Bobby Abreu each had 4 RBIs in the Sugar Bears' 15-5 rout.
Hillsborough jumped atop the Morris Division yesterday with a 7-6 12-inning edging of Hoboken. Hillsborough rallied to tie the game up in the 8th after blowing their own lead the inning before. Hoboken took a 6-5 lead in the top of the 12th on a Jason Bartlett double, but the Hitmen tied the game on an error by Ryan Madson, then won it on a double by Carlos Lee.
Carolina was knocked out of the first spot by Las Vegas, who beat the Mudcats 5-4, despite a rally that almost brought the Cats back in the late innings. John Baker was 3-4 for the Rats, while Derek Lowe took the win, evening his record to 6-6. To add injury to insult, the Cats lost starter John Maine for at least 2 weeks when he was attacked by a flock of deranged seagulls.
Two young hurlers who had been struggling battled it out in Philly yesterday. Neither Armando Galarraga nor Johnny Cueto factored into the decision but both only gave up one earned run (and one unearned) in their time (Galarraga in 7 IP, Cueto in 8). Cueto struck out 10, but his team lost 3-2. Jose Lopez's solo home run in the 9th against his former team was the difference in the game.
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