July 17, 2009 at 5:37 AM
Lavarnway has 2 homers and 6 RBI in Drive win
7/17 Cup of Coffee: On Thursday, Indianapolis downed Pawtucket 9-5. Kris Johnson went 5 innings giving up 4 runs on 11 hits and a walk. He had 6 strikeouts. TJ Large threw a scoreless, hitless inning allowing 2 walks. Hunter Jones tossed 2 innings allowing 3 runs on 4 hits. He fanned 3. Marcus McBeth pitched an inning giving up 2 runs on 3 hits and a walk. He had a strikeout. The PawSox offense had 7 hits spread out among 7 different players.Trenton defeated Portland 9-6. Felix Doubront threw 4 innings allowing 3 runs on 5 hits and 3 walks. He struck out 2. Blake Maxwell went 1.1 innings giving up 3 runs on 3 hits. He had a strikeout. Andrew Dobies went 0.2 of an inning allowing 3 runs on 4 hits. Ryne Miller pitched 2 scoreless, hitless innings allowing 1 base on balls. He struck out 2. John Otness went 2 for 4 with a home run and 4 RBI.
Salem downed Winston-Salem 5-1 in 10 innings. Stephen Fife went 6 innings giving up 1 run on 6 hits. He fanned 5. Dave McKae threw 2 scoreless frames allowing 2 hits and a walk. He had a strikeout. Robert Coello tossed 2 scoreless innings allowing 1 hit. He had 2 strikeouts. Che-Hsuan Lin went 4 for 5 and scored 2 runs. Daniel Nava went 2 for 4 and scored a run. Yamaico Navarro went 2 for 5 with a home run and 5 RBI. His home run was a walk off grand slam in the bottom of the 10th inning.
Greenville defeated Hagerstown 8-5. Stolmy Pimentel threw 5 innings giving up 3 runs on 5 hits and a walk. He struck out 5. Leandro Marin tossed 2 scoreless innings allowing 1 hit and 3 walks. He fanned 3. Lance McClain pitched 2 innings giving up 2 runs on 4 hits. He had 2 strikeouts. Jeremy Hazelbaker went 2 for 4 and scored 2 runs. Ryan Lavarnway went 2 for 5 with 2 homers including a grand slam and 6 RBI. Mitch Dening went 3 for 5 and scored a run. Jared Stanley went 2 for 4.
Lowell got past Aberdeen 6-4. Yeiper Castillo went 4.2 frames giving up a run on 7 hits and a walk. He had 5 strikeouts. Richard Lentz threw 1.1 scoreless innings allowing 1 hit. He fanned 4. Pedro Perez pitched 1.1 frames giving up 3 runs on 3 hits and 3 walks. He struck out 3. William Latimer threw 1.2 clean innings and had a strikeout. Shannon Wilkerson went 2 for 4 with a run scored and 2 RBI. Derrik Gibson went 2 for 5 with a RBI.
In rookie ball, the Twins edged the Red Sox 1-0. Roman Mendez went 5 innings allowing a run on 3 hits. He fanned 4. Charlie Rosario tossed 3 scoreless innings giving up 3 hits. He struck out 2. The Sox offense managed 3 hits in the contest.
Player of the Night: Ryan Lavarnway who had 2 homers and 6 RBI in Drive win