7/12 Minor League Report

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We are lucky enough to have a SWB report from BigGuy tonight. He won't be doing these all the time by when he does I will post them. Thanks BG for the great contributions.

* Sorry this wasn't posted earlier.

(AAA) Scranton (56-41) beat Columbus 4-0: Box Score - Recap

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Scranton/WB	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0		4	15	0
Columbus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	6	0

W: J. Karstens (4-4, 3.86); L: M. Hinckley (0-1, 3.00)
HR: SWB: M. Carson (5).

PITCHING: Jeff Karstens got the start and picked up the win (4-4). Karstens pitched very well throwing 7 shutout innings on 5 hits. He had 6 strikeouts, no walks. Karstens threw 96 pitches--68 strikes--28 balls. He had 9 groudouts--5 flyouts.

Chris Britton pitched a scoreless 8th inning giving up a double. ... J B Cox pitched a perfect 9th inning.

OFFENSE: SWB broke scored a run in the first inning on singles by Alberto Gonzalez, Eric Duncan, and RBI single by Juan Miranda. ... In the 3rd, SWB added another run on a Matt Carson walk, Miranda single, and Jason Lane RBI single, to make it 2-0 SWB. ... In the 7th inning, Matt Carson hit a solo homer (5) to make it 3-0 SWB. ... The final run came in the 8th inning on singles by Chirs Basak, Chris Stewart, and RBI single by Nick Green.

Matt Carson --solo homer, single, stolen base. ... Juan Miranda---double, 2 singles, RBI. ... Jason Lane---2 singles, RBI. ... Nick Green---double, 2 singles, RBI. ... Eric Duncan, Alberto Gonzalez, and Chris Basak each added a single.

NOTES: SWB pitching coach Rafael Chavez will perform that duty for the World Team in the Futures Games Sunday (12:30pm ESPN-2). ... SWB manager Dave Miley was ejected for arguing a 3rd strike on Eric Duncan.

(AA) Trenton (57-37) lost to Binghamton 3-1: Box Score - Recap

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Binghamton	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2		3	7	1
Trenton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	9	1

W: T. Lavigne (2-1, 3.62); L: B. Bruney (0-1, 6.75); SV: E. Kunz (25)
HR: None.

(High A) Tampa (44-46 overall; 7-13 in 2nd half) beat Vero Beach 3-1: Box Score -
Recap

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Tampa	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0		3	11	2
Vero Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	10	0

W: R. Pope (5-4, 2.32); L: M. Walker (4-7, 4.87); SV: J. Schmidt (7)
HR: None.

(Low A) Charleston (53-38) lost to West Virginia 5-4: Box Score - Recap

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
West Virginia	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	10	0
Charleston	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		4	7	1

W: R. Mercedes (4-4, 5.23); L: L. Pendleton (6-5, 3.04)
HR: CHA: B. Laird 2 (11).

(Low A Short-Season) Staten Island (16-9) beat Tri-City 4-3: Box Score - Recap

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Staten Island	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0		4	12	1
Tri-City	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		3	6	2

W: T. Dennehy (1-0, 0.00); L: S. Wolf (0-1, 2.86); SV: P. Venditte (7)
HR: TRI: D. Flores 2 (4).

(Rookie) GCL Yankees (9-9): Game was suspended.