June 10, 2009 at 6:30 AM
Strickland tosses 5.2 scoreless innings in Drive win
6/10 Cup of Coffee: Pawtucket scored a run in the bottom of the 9th inning to edge Durham 2-1. Clay Buchholz threw 5 innings allowing 1 run on 5 hits and 3 walks. He fanned 2. Marcus McBeth pitched 2 scoreless, hitless innings. He gave up a walk and had 3 strikeouts. Hunter Jones threw a scoreless inning giving up 2 hits. He had a strikeout. Rocky Cherry pitched a scoreless, hitless inning giving up a walk. He had a strikeout. Chip Ambres and Chris Carter each went 2 for 4. Angel Chavez went 2 for 3 and scored a run.Erie trounced Portland 11-2. Ryne Lawson threw 4.1 innings allowing 6 runs on 6 hits and 3 walks. He struck out 4. Dustin Richardson pitched 1.2 scoreless innings giving up a hit. He had 3 strikeouts. Chad Rhoades tossed a clean inning recording a strikeout. Richie Lentz retired 2 hitters but not before giving up 4 runs on 2 hits and a walk. Blake Maxwell got the final out but gave up a run on a hit and 2 walks. Jorge Jimenez went 3 for 4 and scored a run.
Wilmington blanked Salem 2-0. Seth Garrison went 5.2 innings allowing 1 run on 3 hits and 2 walks. He struck out 2. Robert Coello threw 2 innings giving up a run on 3 hits and a walk. He fanned 2. Kyle Fernandes faced 1 hitter and retired him. Che-Hsuan Lin went 2 for 4. Matt Sheely went 2 for 3.
Greenville pounded out 17 hits on way to a 12-0 rout of Bowling Green. Hunter Strickland pitched 5.2 scoreless innings allowing 4 hits. He fanned 5. Fabian Williamson threw 3.1 scoreless innings of relief. He allowed 3 hits and 2 base on balls. He struck out 2. Tim Federowicz went 3 for 5 with a home run, 3 runs scored and 2 RBI. Anthony Rizzo went 3 for 5 with a home run, 2 runs scored and 2 RBI. Ryan Lavarnway went 2 for 5 with 3 runs scored and a RBI. Kade Keowen went 3 for 6 with a run scored and 2 RBI. Will Middlebrooks went 2 for 5 with a home run and 4 RBI. Zach Gentile went 2 for 4 and scored a run.
Player of the Night: Hunter Strickland who threw 5.2 scoreless innings allowing 4 hits. He did not give up a walk while recording 5 strikeouts.