August 27, 2007 at 6:21 AM
Anderson scores 4 times and drives in 5 in Jethawk win
8/27 Cup of Coffee: On Sunday, Rochester edged Pawtucket 4-3. Charlie Zink (2-2) went 6 innings giving up 4 runs on 5 hits and 3 BB. He had 6 Ks. Craig Hansen pitched a perfect inning and had 1 K. Craig Breslow threw a clean inning as well with 1 K. Jacoby Ellsbury continued his consecutive game hitting streak going 2 for 5. Joe McEwing went 2 for 5 and scored a run. Jed Lowrie went 2 for 3. Chris Carter went 2 for 4 with a run scored and a RBI. Bobby Scales went 2 for 4 with 2 RBI.
New Hampshire took over the lead for the wild card by blanking Portland 3-0. Justin Masterson (4-3) went 5 innings allowing 2 runs on 4 hits and 2 BB. He had 5 Ks. Hunter Jones threw 2 innings allowing 1 run on 1 hit and a BB. He had 3 Ks. Kyle Jackson pitched a scoreless inning allowing 1 hit and a BB. He had 2 Ks. Jeff Natale went 2 for 3.
Lancaster bombed Stockton 20-5. Adam Cox (1-1) went 5 innings allowing 5 runs on 7 hits and a BB. He had 5 Ks. TJ Large threw a scoreless inning allowing 1 BB. Jason Blackey threw 2 clean innings with 2 Ks. Chad Rhoades threw 1 scoreless inning giving up 1 hit and a BB. Zach Daeges went 3 for 4 with a home run, 2 runs scored and 6 RBI. Brad Correll went 2 for 5 and scored 3 runs. Jon Still went 3 for 5 with a home run and 4 runs scored. Lars Anderson went 2 for 3 with a home run, 4 runs scored and 5 RBI. He also walked 3 times.
Kannapolis defeated Greenville 3-1 in the first game of a twin bill. Jimmy James (2-5) went 5 innings giving up 3 runs on 9 hits and 3 BB. He had 2 Ks. Bryce Cox threw a scoreless inning giving up 2 hits. Jason Place had the only hit for the Drive. He went 1 for 3. Kannapolis completed the sweep by taking the second game 6-5. Ryan Phillips pitched 5 innings giving up 5 runs on 6 hits and 2 BB. Richie Lentz (0-1) went 1 1/3 innings allowing 1 run on 1 hit. Argenis Diaz went 2 for 5. Paul Smyth went 2 for 3 with a run scored and a RBI. Chih-Hsien Chiang went 1 for 3 with a home run and 2 RBI.
Staten Island defeated Lowell 9-6. Nick Hagadone threw 3 scoreless innings allowing 2 hits. He had 4 Ks. Adam Blackley went 3 innings and allowed 2 runs on 4 hits. He had 4 Ks. Ryne Lawson (4-4) blew the save and took the loss. He went 1 1/3 innings giving up 5 runs on 5 hits. He went 1 K. Felix Ventura went 1 2/3 innings giving up 2 runs on 3 hits and 2 BB. He had 2 Ks. Oscar Tejeda went 3 for 5 with a run scored and 2 RBI.
The Gulf Coast Red Sox completed their season on a losing note losing to the Blue Jays 3-2. They ended up 3rd in the Southern Division. Brock Huntzinger threw 2 innings allowing 1 run on 1 hit. He had 4 Ks. Hunter Strickland went 2 innings giving up 3 runs on 6 hits. He had 4 Ks. Dan Buller went 2 innings allowing 1 run on 4 hits. He had 3 Ks. Argenis Paulino threw 2 scoreless innings. He had 1 K. Anthony Rizzo went 2 for 4. Pete Gilardo went 2 for 3.
Player of the Night: Lars Anderson who was on base 5 times, had a home run, scored 4 times and drove in 5 more.