April 18, 2008 at 5:46 AM
Doubront's 5 scoreless innings lead Greenville to win
4/18 Cup of Coffee: Indianapolis edged Pawtucket 5-4 Thursday night. Michael Tejera (0-2) threw 5 2/3 innings allowing 5 runs on 6 hits and a BB. He had 1 K. Lincoln Holdzkom pitched the final 2 1/3 frames. He did not give up a run on 2 hits. He had 1 K. George Kottaras went 2 for 4 with a home run and 2 RBI. He is now hitting .304. Dusty Brown went 2 for 3 and scored a run. Jon Van Every went 2 for 4 with 2 runs scored and a RBI.
Portland edged Binghampton 5-4. Kris Johnson went 4 1/3 innings allowing 3 runs on 5 hits and 3 BB. He had 3 Ks. Chad Rhoades went 2 2/3 frames giving up 1 run on 3 hits and a BB. He had 2 Ks. Kyle Fernandes (1-0) threw the final 2 innings. He did not give up a run or a hit. He allowed 1 BB and had 2 Ks. Jeff Corsaletti went 2 for 4 with a home run and 2 RBI. Iggy Suarez went 3 for 4 with a RBI.
Lancaster got by Bakersfield 5-3. James Russ went 4 2/3 innings giving up 1 run on 1 hit and 4 BB. He had 6 Ks. Carlos Vasquez (1-0) went 2 1/3 frames giving up 1 run on 2 hits. He had 1 K. Brian Steinocher closed out the final 2 innings allowing 1 run on a hit and a BB. He had 3 Ks. Jon Still went 2 for 4 with a home run and 2 runs scored. Jorge Jimenez went 2 for 4 with a home run and 3 RBI. He is now hitting .444.
Greenville blanked Greensboro 6-0. Felix Doubront (3-0) went 5 2/3 innings and did not allow a run or a BB. He gave up 5 hits while fanning 8. Chad Povich went 2 1/3 innings and did not allow a run on 2 hits. He fanned 1. Felix Ventura threw a perfect final frame recording 2 Ks. Yamaico Navarro went 2 for 5 and scored a run. Mike Jones went 3 for 5 with a run scored and 3 RBI. Manny Arambarris went 2 for 3. Ty Weeden went 1 for 3 with a home run.
Player of the Night: Felix Doubront who picked up his third win without a loss tossing 5 2/3 scoreless innings. He did not allow a BB while fanning 8.