July 3, 2009 at 6:46 AM
Lowell rally in 9th to edge Staten Island
7/3 Cup of Coffee: Pawtucket edged Scranton/WB 4-3 on Thursday. Clay Buchholz went 7 innings allowing 3 runs on 5 hits and a walk. He struck out 7. Marcus McBeth threw a scoreless inning allowing a hit and a walk. He fanned 2. Fernando Cabrera pitched a scoreless, hitless inning giving up 2 walks. Freddy Guzman went 2 for 4. Paul McAnulty went 2 for 2 with a home run and 2 runs scored.The Portland-New Britain game was postponed due to rain.
Myrtle Beach defeated Salem 8-1. Casey Kelly went 5 innings giving up 7 runs on 6 hits and 3 walks. He had 2 strikeouts. Jose Capellan threw 3 innings allowing 1 run on 3 hits and a walk. Zach Borowiak went 2 for 3. Jason Place went 1 for 4 with a home run.
Charleston blanked Greenville 3-0. Nick Hagadone pitched 1.2 innings allowing 3 runs. He did not give up a hit but walked 4 batters. He had 2 strikeouts. Michael Lee threw 4.1 scoreless innings giving up 3 hits. He did not allow a walk while fanning 5. Mitch Herold pitched 2 scoreless, hitless frames allowing 1 walk. He struck out 5. Jared Stanley went 2 for 4.
Lowell scored 2 runs in the bottom of the ninth to stage a come from behind 6-5 win over Staten Island. Cesar Cabral went 5 innings allowing 3 runs on 5 hits and a walk. He fanned 3. Tommy Hottovy pitched an inning giving up 2 runs on 2 hits. He had a strikeout. Jeremiah Bayer threw 2 scoreless innings allowing 1 hit. He fanned 4. Dennis Neuman pitched a clean ninth. Ryan Westmoreland went 3 for 5 with a run scored and a RBI. Joantoni Garcia went 2 for 5 with a RBI.
In rookie ball, the Red Sox edged the Orioles 5-4. Manuel Rivera went 5 innings giving up 4 runs on 4 hits and a walk. He struck out 6. Charlie Rosario threw 2 scoreless innings allowing 1 hit. He had 3 strikeouts. Jason Blackey threw 2 scoreless frames allowing 3 hits. He struck out 3. Jose Garcia went 2 for 5 with a run scored and a RBI. Ivan Ochoa went 2 for 4 and scored a run. Boss Moanaroa went 2 for 4.
Player of the Night: Ryan Westmoreland who had 3 hits, including one that started the Spinner rally in the 9th inning as well as a run scored and a RBI