Philadelphia executed their second deal of the season today, trading reliever Rafael Perez, second baseman Aaron Hill, and two picks to the Hoboken Cutters for Jason Isringhausen, second baseman Kelly Johnson, and a late draft pick. Isringhausen, who had been with the Cutters since their inception in 2001, will likely move into a setup role on the Endzone Animals, as J.J. Putz has the closer role locked down.
Zack Greinke improved to 9-0 on the season with a 3-2 win over Philadelphia yesterday. Greinke pitched 8 innings of 2-hit ball, surrendering 2 runs and striking out 7. Vancouver's first round pick in this year's draft is now second in the league in ERA (2.93) and is now the sole undefeated pitcher in the league (Tampa Bay's Andy Pettitte lost his first game last week).
D.C. and Hillsborough took turns shutting each other out. In the first game, Kelvim Escobar had an incredible game, shutting out the Hitmen on 7 hits in 7.1 innings and striking out 14. The Hitmen pitchers also pitched well, despite John Lackey being ejected for throwing at Jeff Kent and triggering a benches-clearing brawl. "I probably wouldn't have minded so much" said Kent after the game "if the ball wasn't laced with explosives." Kent will miss the next three weeks recuperating and reliever Mike Timlin, who tried to dive over the combustible device, will miss two weeks. Hillsborough came back and shut out D.C. 7-0 in the second game. Justin Verlander pitched 7.2 innings of 3-hit ball to improve to 9-7. D.C. got some vengeance by taking out third baseman Mark Reynolds. Catcher Brian McCann snuck up behind Reynolds as he was taking practice swings and hit his knees with a lead pipe. Why would the Slappers intentionally target one of the worst producers in the lineup? "I thought it was [Ryan] Howard" said McCann. "They look so alike."
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Vancouver earns tough win against Sugar Bears
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Vancouver pulled off a huge win against Newark at the Cereal Bowl. The loss is only the second loss on the season at home for the Sugar Bears. The game was a ping pong match of high scoring. Newark started it off with a 3-run second inning. Vancouver got the lead back in the fifth, scoring four runs to take a 5-3 lead, highlighted by a David Ortiz two-run bomb. Nick Swisher and Jack Cust hit back to back home runs in the bottom of the inning to retake the lead, 6-5. But Vancouver scored two runs in each of the next two innings to claim a 9-6 lead, then extended it to 12-6 with a 3-run eighth. But Newark wasn't done. Nick Swisher hit his second home run of the night, a three-run shot to bring the Sugar Bears to within three. Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit yet another two-run dinger in the ninth to bring Newark to within one, but Mike Fontenot hit a towering pop up that catcher Victor Martinez hauled in for the final out.
Sardine City kept their hot streak alive with a 5-2 win over Hillsborough. Kurt Suzuki hit a key two-run single in the eighth that broke the game wide open for the Straphangers. Fausto Carmona pitched a brilliant 6.1 innings, allowing only one earned run on three hits, but did not factor into the decision. The Sardines have now won six of their last seven games.
Mike Redmond extended his hitting streak to 16 in Carolina's 10-9 loss to New Jersey. Redmond was 2-4 and is now one game shy of B.J. Upton for the season's longest streak. New Jersey's Garrett Anderson was 3-5 with three runs scored. Anderson has been filling in for the injured Alfonso Soriano and Melky Cabrera and doing an admirable job there. Anderson is hitting .326 with a .775 OPS in 11 games so far. Soriano is expected to return Sunday, though Anderson may continue to replace Cabrera in the lineup.
Kelvim Escobar tallied 13 strikeouts against his former team and outduelled Matt Garza to pick up a 2-1 win for the Bushslappers in Hoboken. Adrian Beltre doubled in the winning run in the seventh to give D.C. their third straight win.
Jason Hirsh pitched a solid game in place of the injured Orlando Hernandez against Blue Ridge yesterday. Hirsh did not get the win as the Rat Pack waited until the eighth inning to rally, but the effort boosted manager Eric Wickstrom's confidence in the youngster.
Vancouver pulled off a huge win against Newark at the Cereal Bowl. The loss is only the second loss on the season at home for the Sugar Bears. The game was a ping pong match of high scoring. Newark started it off with a 3-run second inning. Vancouver got the lead back in the fifth, scoring four runs to take a 5-3 lead, highlighted by a David Ortiz two-run bomb. Nick Swisher and Jack Cust hit back to back home runs in the bottom of the inning to retake the lead, 6-5. But Vancouver scored two runs in each of the next two innings to claim a 9-6 lead, then extended it to 12-6 with a 3-run eighth. But Newark wasn't done. Nick Swisher hit his second home run of the night, a three-run shot to bring the Sugar Bears to within three. Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit yet another two-run dinger in the ninth to bring Newark to within one, but Mike Fontenot hit a towering pop up that catcher Victor Martinez hauled in for the final out.
Sardine City kept their hot streak alive with a 5-2 win over Hillsborough. Kurt Suzuki hit a key two-run single in the eighth that broke the game wide open for the Straphangers. Fausto Carmona pitched a brilliant 6.1 innings, allowing only one earned run on three hits, but did not factor into the decision. The Sardines have now won six of their last seven games.
Mike Redmond extended his hitting streak to 16 in Carolina's 10-9 loss to New Jersey. Redmond was 2-4 and is now one game shy of B.J. Upton for the season's longest streak. New Jersey's Garrett Anderson was 3-5 with three runs scored. Anderson has been filling in for the injured Alfonso Soriano and Melky Cabrera and doing an admirable job there. Anderson is hitting .326 with a .775 OPS in 11 games so far. Soriano is expected to return Sunday, though Anderson may continue to replace Cabrera in the lineup.
Kelvim Escobar tallied 13 strikeouts against his former team and outduelled Matt Garza to pick up a 2-1 win for the Bushslappers in Hoboken. Adrian Beltre doubled in the winning run in the seventh to give D.C. their third straight win.
Jason Hirsh pitched a solid game in place of the injured Orlando Hernandez against Blue Ridge yesterday. Hirsh did not get the win as the Rat Pack waited until the eighth inning to rally, but the effort boosted manager Eric Wickstrom's confidence in the youngster.
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