June 16, 2006 at 5:57 AM
6/16 Cup of Coffee
Last night was a busy one with the four teams involved in six games including two doubleheaders. Pawtucket split a twinbill with Norfolk. They lost the first contest 2-1. Mario Pena started and took the loss going 4 innings. He gave up 3 runs on 4 hits and 2 BB. He had 4 Ks. Craig Hansen pitched a scoreless inning of relief allowing 1 hit. He struck out 1. Adam Stern went 1 for 3 with a home run. Alex Machado went 1 for 2. They came back, however, to win the nightcap 5-1 behind the pitching of Charlie Zink. He went 6 innings and allowed just 1 run on 4 hits and 3 BB. He had 3 Ks. Craig Breslow threw 1 inning of perfect relief striking out 2. Corky Miller went 1 for 3 with a home run and 3 RBI. Dustan Mohr went 1 for 1 and scored twice. Alex Machado went 1 for 2 and had a RBI. Portland blanked Bowie 2-0. Kason Gabbard went 7 innings allowing 0 runs on 4 hits and 2 BB. He had 5 Ks. Edgar Martinez picked up the save throwing 1 inning of scoreless relief. He allowed 1 hit and struck out 2. Chris Durbin went 2 for 5. Jeremy West went 2 for 4. Chad Spann went 1 for 4 with a home run. Wilmington got by Potomac 7-5. Jacoby Ellsbury went 2 for 5 with a run scored and a RBI. Bryan Pritz went 4 for 5 with a run scored and 2 RBI. John Otness went 2 for 4 with a run scored. Gary Galvez went 5 1/3 innings giving up 5 runs on 9 hits and 2 BB. He had 1 K. Kyle Jackson blew the save and picked up the win going 1 2/3 innings. He allowed 0 runs on 1 hit. He gave up 0 BB and had 3 KS. Greenville took the first game of their doubleheader doubling Charleston 4-2. Clay Buchholz went 5 innings allowing 1 run on 3 hits. He walked 2 and struck out 7. Jason Blackey blew the save and then picked up the win. He allowed 1 run on 3 hits. He walked 1 and struck out 1. Logan Sorensen went 2 for 3 with a run scored and a RBI. Tony Granadillo went 1 for 3 with 2 runs scored and a RBI. Charleston took the nightcap 1-0. Tim Cox started and went 5 innings allowing 1 run on 5 hits. He did not walk a batter and had 4 Ks. Bubba Bell, Mark Wagner, Mike Leonard, and Chris Turner were all 1 for 2.
Player of The Night: Bryan Pritz who went 4 for 5 with a run scored. He had 2 RBI.