April 24, 2008 at 6:12 AM
Tejeda makes impressive debut for Greenville
4/24 Cup of Coffee: Yesterday Pawtucket defeated Syracuse 3-1 behind the strong start of Michael Tejera (1-2). He allowed 1 run in 6 innings of work giving up 4 hits and a BB. He had 4 Ks. Eric Hull went 1/3 of an inning giving up 1 hit and a BB. Bryan Corey went 2/3 of an inning retiring the 2 hitters he faced fanning 1 of them. Jon Switzer and Lee Gronkiewicz each threw a clean inning. Switzer had a K. Dusty Brown went 2 for 4. George Kottaras went 1 for 3 with a home run.
New Hampshire doubled the score on Portland 4-2. Dustin Richardson (3-1) threw 4 innings and gave up 3 runs on 4 hits and 4 BB. He had 6 Ks. Daniel Haigwood went 1 2/3 frames giving up 1 run on 1 hit and 3 BB. He had a K. Hunter Jones lowered his ERA to 1.42 throwing 2 scoreless innings. He allowed 2 hits and fanned 2. Beau Vaughn pitched the final 1 1/3 innings. He did not allow a run or a hit. He walked 1 and struck out 1. Sean Danielson went 3 for 5 and scored a run. Jeff Corsaletti went 2 for 5 with a RBI. Sandy Madera went 2 for 5 with a RBI. Mark Wagner went 2 for 3.
Modesto blanked Lancaster 3-0. Chris Jones (1-2) threw 5 2/3 innings and gave up 1 run on 3 hits and a BB. He had 8 Ks. Carlos Vasquez pitched the final 2 1/3 frames. He gave up 2 runs on 3 hits. He fanned 3. Dennis Blackmon went 2 for 4.
Greenville got by Asheville 5-3. Felix Doubront (4-0) went 5 innings allowing 1 run on 4 hits. He fanned 7. Ryan Colvin went 1 inning and gave up 1 run on 2 hits. Bryce Cox threw 2 scoreless innings allowing 1 hit while fanning 1. Felix Ventura pitched the final inning giving up 1 run on 1 hit. Anthony Rizzo went 2 for 3 with a run scored and a RBI. Oscar Tejeda went 2 for 3 with a run scored and a RBI. Luis Exposito went 1 for 3 with a home run and 3 RBI.
Player of the Night: Michael Tejera who won his first game of the season going 6 innings giving up just 1 run