Newark finally wins, Mighty Men even series with Cats

The Sugar Bears took game 3 by a resounding 13-5 final, notching one in their column in the 2-1 series. The Sugar Bears took no chances, coming out of the gates and scoring 10 runs in the first 3 innings. Before the Hitmen could even blink, they were down 10-2. The Sugar Bears chased starter Justin Verlander early in the second. Verlander finished with 1 IP, 7 ER and 7 hits allowed. Manny Ramirez went 3-6 with 2 doubles and 4 RBIs and Jack Cust was 2-4 with a homer and 3 RBIs. Chien-Ming Wang earned the victory for Newark, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits in 7 innings. Justin Duchscherer and C.C. Sabathia take the mound for the teams today, both pitching on 3 days' rest.

Meanwhile, Marietta will host Carolina in game 3 of their tied series with Shawn Marcum and Tim Hudson taking the mound for their respective teams. The Mighty Men evened their series Saturday in an 11-inning win. The teams both finished deadlocked at 5-5 after 9 innings, when Adrian Gonzalez gave the Mighty Men a 6-5 lead on an RBI single, but the Mighty Men rally died with two runners stranded as Edwar Ramirez retired the final two batters of the inning. The Mudcats came back in the bottom half when Bengie Molina singled home Carlos Delgado. The Cats also stranded two runners in the inning. Jason Bay led off the next inning with a triple and scored on a Nick Punto base hit. After an error put Punto on second, Adrian Beltre came through with a single, but Punto was called out at home. Reliever Brian Fuentes then walked Milton Bradley and got Brian Giles to fly out, ending the inning. Carolina was once again forced to come from behind to keep the game going, but their first two batters were quickly retired. Mariano Rivera hit the next batter and gave up a single to Randy Winn. With the tying run on third base however, Vernon Wells struck out, ending the game.