May 22, 2006 at 6:43 PM
5/20 Cup of Coffee
After being rained out on Thursday the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Buffalo Bisons played a doubleheader on Friday. The Bison took the first game 1-0. Jimmy Serrano went 4 innings giving up 6 hits and striking out 1 and walking 1. Hee-Seop Choi had the only hit for the Pawsox in the game. The Pawsox came back and won Game 2 5-4. Charlie Zink started for the Pawsox and went 2 2/3 innings giving up 3 earned runs on 6 hits while walking 4. Manny Delcarmen pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings striking out 4 and Jermaine Van Buren pitched 2 innings striking out 4 on 2 hits. Jeff Bailey went 2-3 with a walk and 2 RBI's in the win. In Portland the Seadogs beat the Fishercats 5-2 behind the strong pitching of Chris Smith who went 7 innings giving up 2 runs on 6 hits while striking out 3 and walking 2. Jeremy West went 3-4 with 1 RBI and David Bacani went 2-4 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI's in the win. In Wilmington the Blue Rocks shutout Myrtle Beach 2-0 behind the solid pitching of Mario Pena who started his first game of the season. He pitched 4 shutout innings on 3 hits while striking out 4 and walking 2. Iggy Suarez went 2-4 and Andrew Pinckney went 2-3 to provide the offense. And finally Greenville fell to West Virginia 6-2. Chris Jones started for the Drive and went 5 innings giving up 2 runs on 5 hits while striking out 4 and walking 4. Mark Wagner went 1-3 with a double and drove in 2 runs.
Player of the night: Jeremy West who went 3-4 with an RBI in Portland's win over New Hampshire.