How about those Arkansas Falcons? After languishing near the bottom of the Morris Division for most of the season, the Falcons have put together a 5-game winning streak that put the club back up over the .500 mark. Yesterday's 3-1 win over Carolina pushed them to 37-36. Though they're still in 5th place, they're only 1 1/2 out of 4th and 6 1/2 out of first. Johan Santana pitched 7 solid innings to earn the win and Ivan Rodriguez had 2 RBIs in the game.
Vancouver and Philly battled it out in 16 innings with the Iron Fist earning the 10-8 victory. Vancouver rallied from a 4-0 deficit and took the lead with a 5-run 5th inning. Philadelphia tied the game at 6 in the 7th and the two teams didn't score again until the 16th inning. Michael Cuddyer, just signed off the scrap heap, hit a 2-run go-ahead home run in the top of the inning to give the Animals an 8-6 lead. But it didn't last. Frank Francisco quickly loaded the bases, then with no one out and Justin Masterson relieving Francisco, Chase Utley hit a walkoff grand slam to win the game for Vancouver. Utley ended the night with 6 RBIs.
Marietta and Newark saw a matchup of DMBL future Hall of Famers as Mike Mussina faced Randy Johnson. Mussina won the game, improving to 9-4, though it wasn't pretty, but Mussina tied Tom Glavine for #7 on the all-time win list (170). He's now one behind John Smoltz, who is sitting out this season. Of course Johnson made a little history himself - his loss tied him for the #7 spot with Kevin Appier (120).
The Sardine City Straphangers scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the 9th to steal a game from Hoboken 5-4. Carlos Quentin's double tied up the game as Alfredo Amezega scored from second. Ryan Braun won the game for the Sardines with a sac fly. Kevin Kouzmanoff was 2-4 in the game with a homer and 3 RBIs. Taking over for the injured Jorge Cantu (who was filling in for the injured Evan Longoria), Kouzmanoff has been putting up some good numbers (.348 average, 1.130 OPS, 3 HR, 7 RBI in 23 AB). The bad news for Kouz? Longoria is expected to return in time for today's match.
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