April 10, 2007 at 5:31 AM
Ellsbury scatters 4 hits in Sea Dogs opener
4/10 Cup of Coffee: On Monday, Durham shutout Pawtucket 5-0. Abe Alvarez started and took the loss. He went 5 innings allowing 5 runs on 4 hits and 3 BB. He had 2 Ks. Bryan Corey pitched 2 scoreless innings. He had 1 BB and struck out 4. Craig Hansen threw the final inning giving up 1 hit and a BB. Chad Spann went 1 for 3 recording the only hit for the Rhode Island team. Portland lost their opener 8-6 to New Britain. Tommy Hottovy started and took the loss. He went 5 innings and allowed 3 runs on 3 hits and 2 BB. He had 3 Ks. Scott Shoemaker went 1 inning giving up 4 runs on 5 hits. Kyle Jackson threw 1 2/3 innings giving up 1 run on 1 hit and 3 BB. He had 2 Ks. Jacoby Ellsbury went 4 for 6 with a run scored and an RBI. Jed Lowrie went 2 for 4 and scored twice. David Bacani went 2 for 5 with a home run, 2 runs scored and 2 RBI. Cory Keylor went 2 for 5 with a RBI. Lancaster outslugged Lake Elsinore 11-10. Mike Rozier went 3 innings giving up 7 runs on 9 hits and a BB. He had 1 K. Tim Cox went 3 innings allowing 3 runs on 6 hits. He had 2 KS. Ismael Casillas picked up the win going 3 scoreless innings. He allowed 1 hit, 3 BB while recording 1 K. Iggy Suarez went 2 for 3 with 2 runs scored and 3 RBI. Bubba Bell went 1 for 4 with a run scored and 3 RBI. Ryan Khoury went 2 for 4 with 2 runs and a RBI. Jay Johnson went 3 for 5 with 3 runs scored and a RBI. Greenville edged Columbus 6-5. Jordan Craft started and went 3 innings giving up 4 runs on 3 hits and 4 BB. He had 3 Ks. Miguel Socolovich picked up the win going 4 innings. He gave up 1 run on 4 hits. He did not allow a BB and had 3 Ks. Josh Papelbon picked up the save pitching a scoreless final frame. He allowed 2 hits. Kris Negron went 2 for 4 with a run scored. Carlos Fernandez-Oliva went 2 for 5 with a run scored and a RBI. Lars Anderson went 2 for 4 and scored a run. Zak Farkes and Argenis Diaz both were 2 for 4 with a run scored and a RBI.
Player of The Night: Jacoby Ellsbury who had a four hit game with a run scored and a RBI for the Seadogs.