July 8, 2009 at 6:01 AM
Kelly makes last start in pitching role
7/8 Cup of Coffee: Pawtucket defeated Lehigh Valley 6-2 on Tuesday. Clay Buchholz started and threw 6 innings giving up 2 runs on 4 hits and 4 walks. He had 4 strikeouts. Marcus McBeth tossed 2 scoreless frames allowing 2 hits. He struck out 2. Randor Bierd threw a clean 9th recording 1 strikeout. Chris Carter went 2 for 3 with a run scored and 2 RBI. Travis Denker went 2 for 3 with 2 RBI.The Portland-Binghamton game was postponed due to the weather.
Winston-Salem blanked Salem 2-0. Casey Kelly in his last start as a pitcher went 6 innings allowing 1 run on 6 hits and a walk. He fanned 5. Jason Rice threw 2 innings giving up 1 run on 1 hit and a walk. He struck out 2. Yamaico Navarro went 2 for 3.
Savannah downed Greenville 5-1. Nick Hagadone pitched 3 perfect innings with 5 strikeouts. Michael Lee tossed 4.2 frames allowing 5 runs on 6 hits and 3 walks. He had 2 strikeouts. Leandro Marin pitched 1.1 innings and did not allow a hit or a walk. Jeremy Hazelbaker went 2 for 3.
Despite outhitting their opponents 10 to 6, Lowell fell to Tri-City 2-1. Cesar Cabral threw 6 innings giving up 2 runs on 4 hits and a walk. He had 6 strikeouts. Dennis Neuman tossed a scoreless inning allowing 2 hits. He fanned 3. Richard Lentz tossed 2 scoreless, hitless innings giving up 1 walk. He had 4 strikeouts.
In the Gulf Coast League, the Red Sox downed the Orioles 8-6. Manuel Rivera threw 4 scoreless innings giving up 4 hits and a walk. He fanned 3. Cesare Angeloni went 1.2 frames giving up 4 runs on 5 hits. Dustin Mercadante tossed 2 innings giving up 2 runs on 3 hits and 3 walks. He had a strikeout. Justin Erasmus pitched 1.1 clean innings. He struck out 2. Bryan Peterson went 3 for 4 with 2 runs scored and 2 RBI. Christian Vazquez went 2 for 5 with 3 RBI. Felix Sanchez went 2 for 4 and scored 2 runs. Roberto Ramos went 4 for 4 with 2 runs scored and a RBI.
Player of the Night: Roberto Ramos who was a perfect 4 for 4 at the plate with 2 runs scored and a RBI