August 30, 2008 at 5:20 AM
Matsuo tosses 7 scoreless, 2 hit innings in Drive win
9/30 Cup of Coffee: Buffalo blanked Pawtucket 2-0. Charlie Zink (14-6) went 8 innings allowing 2 runs on 7 hits and 3 BB. He had 3 Ks. Kyle Snyder threw a scoreless 9th allowing 2 hits. He fanned 2. The Paw Sox managed only three hits in the game.
Portland downed New Hampshire 9-2. Kris Johnson went 4.2 frames giving up 2 runs on 5 hits and 3 BB. He had 5 Ks. Chad Rhoades threw 2 scoreless hitless innings allowing 1 BB and fanning 2. Daniel Haigwood pitched 2.1 scoreless, hitless innings. He walked 1 while striking out 3. Aaron Bates went 2 for 4 with a home run and 3 RBI. Lars Anderson went 2 for 4 with 2 RBI. John Otness went 2 for 5 and scored 2 runs.
Stockton edged Lancaster 8-7 in 10 innings. Chris Province went 4 innings allowing 6 runs on 6 hits and 3 BB. He had 1 K. Kyle Fernandes went 2 innings allowing 1 run on 3 hits. He fanned 4. Josh Papelbon pitched a clean inning. Bryce Cox threw 2 scoreless, hitless innings allowing 1 BB. He had 4 Ks. Cody McAllister took the loss going 0.2 innings and giving up 1 run on 2 hits. He had a K. Jason Place went 2 for 5 with 2 home runs and 6 RBI. Yamaico Navarro went 2 for 5 and scored a run.
Greenville blanked Asheville 16-0. Terumasa Matsuo (7-5) tossed 7 scoreless innings. He allowed 2 hits and 1 BB. He had 8 Ks. Eammon Portice pitched 2 scoreless innings allowing 3 hits. He had 2 Ks. David Mailman went 3 for 6 with a home run, 3 runs scored and 2 RBI. Carlos Fernandez-Oliva went 2 for 6 with 3 RBI. David Marks went 2 for 4 with 2 homers, 3 runs scored and 3 RBI. Michael Almanzar went 4 for 6 with 2 runs scored and a RBI. Manny Arambarris went 3 for 6 with 2 runs scored and a RBI. Will Vazquez went 2 for 6 with 2 runs scored and a RBI. Tom DiBenedetto went 2 for 5 with a run scored and 2 RBI.
Hudson Valley downed Lowell 4-1. Stolmy Pimentel pitched 5 innings allowing 1 run on 6 hits and 2 BB. He had 6 Ks. Charlie Rosario went 2 scoreless frames giving up 2 hits and a BB. He had 2 Ks. Mitch Herold (3-1) pitched 1 inning allowing 3 runs on 3 hits and 2 BB. The Spinners offense produced 8 hits scattered among 8 different players.
Player of the Night: Terumasa Matsuo who threw 7 scoreless innings allowing just 2 hits while fanning 8