Navarro leads Salem to win over Lynchburg

7/2 Cup of Coffee: On Wednesday, Pawtucket was idle and the Rookie League Red Sox were rained out.

New Britain took both games of their doubleheader against Portland. The first game saw New Britain down the Sea Dogs 3-1. Junichi Tazawa threw 5 innings giving up 3 runs on 6 hits. He struck out 6. Dustin Richardson threw 2 perfect innings recording 2 strikeouts. The offense managed just 2 hits in the game. New Britain took the second contest by an identical 3-1 score. Ryne Lawson pitched a complete 7 inning game. He allowed 3 runs on 6 hits. He fanned 2. Jon Still went 2 for 3 and scored a run. Interestingly Sea Dog pitchers did not allow a walk in either game.

Salem edged Lynchburg 5-4. Seth Garrison threw 7 innings giving up 4 runs on 9 hits and a walk. He had a strikeout. Kyle Fernandes pitched a scoreless inning allowing 2 hits. He struck out 1. Derrick Loop tossed a scoreless, hitless inning allowing a walk. He struck out 2. Yamaico Navarro went 3 for 4 with a home run, 2 runs scored and 2 RBI. Chih-Hsien Chiang went 2 for 4 with a run scored and a RBI.

Although outhit 11 to 5, Greenville doubled the score on Charleston 10-5. Stolmy Pimentel pitched 5 innings giving up 5 runs on 8 hits. He fanned 7. Lance McClain threw 2.1 scoreless frames. He allowed 2 hits and a walk. He had 4 strikeouts. Armando Zerpa threw 1.2 scoreless frames allowing 1 hit. He fanned 3. Will Middlebrooks went 1 for 5 with a grand slam home run.

Lowell trounced Staten Island 11-0. Jose Alvarez pitched 6 scoreless innings allowing 3 hits and a walk. He had 2 strikeouts. Chad Povich tossed 2 scoreless innings allowing 1 hit. He had a strikeout. Anatanaer Batista threw a clean 9th inning and had a strikeout. Michael Almanzar went 3 for 3 with a run scored and 3 RBI. Ronald Bermudez went 2 for 3 with a RBI.

Player of the Night: Yamaico Navarro who had 3 hits including a home run, 2 runs scored and 2 RBI.

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