August 28, 2007 at 5:56 AM
Portland pulls into tie in wild card race
8/28 Cup of Coffee: On Monday, Rochester doubled the score on Pawtucket 10-5. Clay Buchholz (1-3) started and went 5 1/3 innings. He gave up 5 runs on 5 hits and 3 BB. He had 4 Ks. Edgar Martinez went 1 2/3 innings and did not allow a run. He have up 3 hits and a BB. He had 2 Ks. Abe Alvarez did not retire a hitter but gave up 4 runs on 3 hits. Lincoln Holdzkom went 1 inning and gave up 1 run on 1 hit. He had 1 K. Jacoby Ellsbury went 2 for 5 with a home run and 2 RBI. He raised his BA to .300. Jeff Bailey went 2 for 4 with a run scored and a RBI.
Portland got back into a tie position in the wild card race by defeating Trenton 5-2. Jon Lester (1-0) went 6 innings allowing 1 run on 5 hits and 4 BB. He had 4 Ks. He was named the Big Dog Player of the Game. Barry Hertzler threw a clean inning and had 1 K. Andrew Dobies went 1 inning and gave up 1 run on 2 hits. Mike James pitched a perfect 9th. He had 1 K. Iggy Suarez went 2 for 4 with 2 runs scored and a RBI. John Otness went 2 for 4.
Augusta defeated Greenville 7-5. Daniel Bard went 4 1/3 innings and allowed 1 run on 5 hits and 6 BB. He had 3 Ks. Chris Jones threw 1 1/3 innings and gave up 3 runs on 4 hits. He had 1 K. Chris Province (3-2) blew the save and took the loss. He allowed 3 runs on 2 hits and 2 BB in 2 1/3 innings. He had 2 Ks. Argenis Diaz went 2 for 5 and scored a run. Mike Jones went 2 for 5 with 2 runs scored and a RBI. Matt Sheely went 2 for 4 with a run scored. Chih-Hsien Chiang went 2 for 3 with 3 RBI.
Staten Island edged Lowell 2-1. Jordan Craft started and went 6 innings allowing 1 run on 2 hits. He did not allow a walk and had 6 Ks. Tony Bajoczky (0-1) went 2 1/3 innings allowing 1 run on 2 hits and 2 BB. He had 1 K. Carlos Gonzalez retired the 2 batters he faced. Rafael Cabreja went 2 for 3 with a RBI. David Marks went 2 for 4.
Player of the Night: Jordan Craft who although his team did not win had an impressive outing going 6 innings. He allowed just 1 run on 2 hits. He did not give up a BB and had 6 Ks.