May 23, 2009 at 5:40 AM
Greenville pounds out 19 hits in win over Augusta
5/23 Cup of Coffee: Pawtucket edged Scranton/WB 2-1 behind the 8 inning performance of Charlie Zink. He allowed just 1 run on 3 hits and 2 walks. He struck out 3. Fernando Cabrera earned the save pitching a scoreless 9th allowing 1 hit. He fanned 1. Mark Kotsay went 2 for 3. Dusty Brown went 2 for 3 with a home run.Connecticut edged Portland 3-2. Junichi Tazawa threw 6 scoreless innings allowing 3 hits and 2 walks. He had 5 strikeouts. Chris Province went 2 innings giving up 3 runs on 5 hits. He fanned 2. Chad Rhoades pitched a clean 9th inning recording a strikeout. Aaron Bates went 2 for 4 with a RBI.
Winston-Salem defeated Salem 8-7. Eammon Portice threw 6 innings giving up 4 runs on 8 hits and 2 walks. He fanned 7. Kyle Fernandes went an inning allowing 3 runs on 3 hits and a walk. He struck out 2. Ryne Miller tossed 1 inning giving up a run on 2 hits and a walk. e had 2 strikeouts. Chih-Hsien Chiang went 2 for 5 with a run scored and a RBI. Jason Place went 2 for 4 with a run scored and a RBI. Mike Jones went 2 for 4 with a home run, 2 runs scored and 2 RBI.
Greenville outscored Augusta 13-10. Caleb Clay tossed 6 innings giving up 6 runs on 7 hits and 2 base on balls. Yeiper Castillo went 1.2 innings giving up 4 runs on 3 hits and 3 walks. He had a strikeout. Armando Zerpa pitched the final 1.1 frames and gave up just 1 hit. Oscar Tejeda went 2 for 5 with a run scored and 2 RBI. Tim Federowicz went 4 for 6 with 2 runs scored and 2 RBI. Ryan Lavarnway went 4 for 6 with a home run, 2 runs scored and 3 RBI. Kade Keowen went 2 for 5 with 2 runs scored and a RBI. Will Middlebrooks went 2 for 4 with 2 runs scored and a RBI. Zach Gentile went 3 for 4 with a run scored and a RBI.
Player of the Night: Ryan Lavarnway who had 4 hits, a homer, 2 runs scored and 3 RBI