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| Felix Sterling (Photo: IPI) |
Lake County scored two runs in the top off eleventh inning on Tuesday night defeating South Bend 4-3. The Captains snapped an eight game losing streak with the win.
In the first inning, Giovanny Urshela doubled down the right field line scoring LeVon Washington giving Lake County a 1-0 lead. With Luigi Rodriguez on third, Ronny Rodriguez hit a sacrifice fly to center to make it 2-0.
In the second, Felix Sterling hit the Hawks’ Yazy Arbelo with an off-speed pitch. Arbelo charged the mound and threw his helmet at Sterling before being wrapped up by Captains catcher Alex Monsalve. The benches cleared and the coaches had to separate the two clubs. Arbelo was tossed immediately and after a long discussion the umpires ejected Sterling. Lake County pitching coach Jeff Harris was irate and was ejected for arguing with home plate umpire Billy Cunha.
The Silver Hawks scored a run in the bottom of the second inning after the melee on a sacrifice fly by Gerson Montilla to make it 2-1.
South Bend tied the game up in the bottom of the ninth. Raywilly Gomez and Ramon Castillo reached on back to back hits putting runners on first and third. A double play ball scored Gomez third to send it into extras.
Captains’ infielder Ronny Rodriguez singled to start the eleventh. Carlos Moncrief walked to put runners on first and second. With one out, Chase Burnette grounded to second to move the runners over. A wild pitch to Nick Bartolone scored Rodriguez from third. Then Bartolone delivered a single to right to score Moncrief and Lake took a 4-2 lead.
Dale Dickerson (3-3) picked up the win despite blowing the save, going two innings allowing two runs on two hits, walking three. Kyle Petter worked an innings and struck out a batter for his second save of the season. Jeremy Erben (3-3) took the loss allowing two runs on three hits, walking one and striking out three. Joey Mahalic was huge in relief for the Captains tossing five scoreless innings allowing just one hit and walking two.
Lake County returns home for the final home stand of the season and will host West Michigan Wednesday night at 7:00PM. The Captains will start RHP Danny Salazar (0-1) against LHP Brian Flynn (6-2) for the WhiteCaps.
Bats push past Clippers
Louisville won a pitcher's duelover the Clippers 2-1 at Slugger Field Tuesday night.
It would be the Bats getting on the board first in the bottom of the fourth. Chris Valaika and Juan Francisco started off the inning with back-to-back singles. After a Devin Mesoraco flyout to right, Jeremy Hermida singled to left field, driving in Valaika to give Louisville a 1-0 lead. Joe Martinez got Danny Dorn to ground out to 1st base and Mike Costanzo to ground out to second to end the Bats scoring threat.
The Clippers would come right back in the top of the fifth. Chad Huffman led off the inning with a double off of the left field wall. After Huffman advanced to third on a Beau Mills flyout to center, Luke Carlin came to the plate determined to drive in the runner at third anyway he could. He put the ball in play in the form of a grounder to third. Bats third baseman Mike Constanzo threw home to try to get Huffman at the plate, but Huffman was called safe as the Clippers got the benefit of the doubt on a close play at home plate. The fielder's choice allowed Columbus to tie the contest at 1-1.
In the bottom half of the 5th, the Bats would snatch back the lead. Jose Castro singled on a line drive to center. Two batters later, Chris Valaika singled to left field. The next batter, Juan Francisco, hit a single of his own to right field, driving in Valaika and helping Louisville regain the lead 2-1.
After the fifth inning, Matt Maloney continued his dominance on the mound, pitching eight innings while striking out three and only allowing the one run scored in the top of the fifth inning. Joe Martinez was not too shabby for Columbus as he struck out seven in seven innings of two run, 8 hit baseball. Unfortunately for Columbus, they only managed two base runners and one hit in the final four innings of play as Louisville won 2-1.
Four-run second does in Aeros
Right-handed pitcher Brett Brach allowed four runs in the top of the second inning as the Akron Aeros lost game two of a four-game series against the Reading Phillies 7-1 Tuesday at Canal Park.
Brach suffered the loss for Akron pitching six innings, giving up six hits and walking four while striking out none.
Right-hander Austin Hyatt recorded the win for Reading tossing six innings, allowing one earned run on seven hits and striking out eight while walking one.
Matt Rizzotti led off the second with a solo home run to give the R-Phils (69-67) a 1-0 lead. Derrick Mitchell followed with a single and advanced to second on a John Suomi walk. Mitchell and Suomi pulled off a double steal to move to second and third. Mitchell scored on a Tuffy Gosewisch double to make it 2-0. Later in the frame, Steve Singleton rapped a two-RBI single to increase the lead to 4-0.
Chun Chen hit a solo home run in the home half of the second to cut the Reading lead to 4-1.
It remained 4-1 until Rizzotti hit his second solo shot of the game in the top of the eighth inning to make it 5-1. Reading added two more runs in the inning and went on to the win.
The Aeros (69-67) and R-Phils play game three of this four-game set on Thursday. Akron will give the ball to right-handed pitcher Steve Wright, who is 2-3 with a 5.66 ERA in 2011. He will face fellow right-hander Tyson Brummett, who is 3-8 with a 4.69 ERA this season. First pitch is at 7:05 p.m.
Kinston gets a walkoff 2-1 win
The Kinston Indians ushered in the final home stand of 2011 in dramatic fashion Tuesday night, beating the Keys 2-1 in walk off fashion at Historic Grainger Stadium.
Marty Popham was cruising early, retiring the first 12 men he faced in a perfect first four innings. With two outs in the fourth, however, his night came to a close. Popham was drilled in the left leg on a comebacker to the mound off the bat of short stop Manny Machado. Popham finished the play to end the inning but never returned.
The Indians snapped the scoreless tie in the seventh. Keys starter Scott Copeland started the inning and with one out, gave up a single and walked a man before departing. Reliever Justin Moore did not offer much help, walking the bases full and walking in the K-Tribe’s first run before getting a fluke double play to end the inning. A squeeze bunt attempt went bad for Kinston. Argenis Martinez popped the bunt to Moore, who caught the ball, turned and fired to third to double off Casey Frawley, who was moving on the play.
Kinston’s Trey Haley entered in the eighth for his second inning of work and gave up a single to leadoff man Miguel Abreu. Haley was promptly pulled for lefty Chris Jones. Jones could not get out of the inning before allowing an rbi double from Brian Ward to tie the game. The K-Tribe was held scorless by Frederick’s Ashur Tolliver in the eighth. Tolliver would not benefit from the same luck in the ninth.
Casey Frawley began the frame by singling. Justin Toole promptly laid a sacrifice bunt down in front of the mound and saw Tolliver opt to try to get Frawley at second. Frawley slid in safely on a close play, leaving the Keys defense without a play at first. Roberto Perez drew a walk and with the bases loaded Tyler Cannon came to the plate in a pinch hitting role for Argenis Martinez. Cannon drew a 2-2 count before lacing the game winner, a deep drive to center field that easily cleared a drawn in outfield.
Chris Jones picked up the victory with two innings of one hit baseball.
The K-Tribe gained a half game on Winston-Salem to draw within one game of the idle first place Dash.
Game two in the final four game home series in Kinston’s regular season starts Wednesday night at 6:30 pm.
Scrappers lose, playoff chances all but gone
Mahoning Valley lost 4-2 on Tuesday night to Williamsport, and the setback to the team directly in front of them in the wildcard hunt probably ends all chances for the Scrappers to make the playoffs. With just five games to play they are 3.5 games behind co-wildcard leaders Brooklyn and Williamsport.
Joseph Colon struggled and went just four innings and allowed four runs (two earned) on five hits, three walks, and five strikeouts. The combination of Nate Striz and Harold Guerrero tried to keep the Scrappers in it with very good relief as they combined to throw four shutout innings.
Once again the lineup struggled as only John Barr had a multi-hit game, and the lineup as a whole had struck out 13 times.
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