July 9, 2009 at 6:42 AM
Pressly pitches 6 scoreless innings in Spinner win
7/9 Cup of Coffee: Wednesday's action saw Lehigh Valley blank Pawtucket 12-0. Kris Johnson went 3 innings giving up 5 runs on 5 hits and 3 walks. He had a strikeout. Jose Vaquedano tossed 2 innings allowing 4 runs on 3 hits and 2 walks. He fanned 2. Rocky Cherry threw 2 innings giving up 3 runs on 4 hits. Javier Lopez pitched a clean inning with a strikeout. Travis Denker went 2 for 4.Portland swept both games of a doubleheader over Binghamton. The Sea Dogs took the first contest 3-1. Junichi Tazawa went 5 innings allowing 1 run on 2 hits. He struck out 1. Dustin Richardson threw 2 scoreless innings giving up 1 hit. He had 2 strikeouts. The offense produced 4 hits spread out among 4 different hitters. The Sea Dogs won the second game 6-2. Adam Mills threw 5 scoreless innings allowing 6 hits. He fanned 2. Chris Province went an inning giving up a run on 2 hits. He struck out 2. TJ Large pitched an inning allowing a run on 2 hits. He fanned 2. Ryan Kalish went 2 for 4 with a run scored and 2 RBI.
Winston-Salem downed Salem 8-3. Bryan Price threw 4.1 innings giving up 6 runs on 8 hits and a walk. He fanned 3. Kyle Fernandes threw 1.2 frames giving up a run on 2 hits. He had 2 strikeouts. Josh Papelbon tossed 2 innings giving up a run on 2 hits and 2 walks. He struck out 2. Anthony Rizzo went 3 for 3 with 2 runs scored. Chih-Hsien Chiang went 2 for 4 with a RBI.
Greenville edged Rome 6-5. Caleb Clay pitched 5 scoreless innings allowing 3 hits and 2 base on balls. He had 6 strikeouts. Armando Zerpa threw 2.1 frames giving up 2 runs on 2 hits and a walk. He struck out 2. Felix Ventura threw 1.2 innings allowing 3 runs on 7 hits. He fanned 1. Zach Gentile went 3 for 5 and scored a run. Mitch Dening and Ryan Dent each went 2 for 3 and scored a run.
Lowell blanked Tri-City 9-0. Ryan Pressly pitched 6 scoreless innings giving up 3 hits and a walk. He struck out 6. Kyle Rutter tossed 2 clean innings recording 3 strikeouts. Pedro Perez pitched a scoreless, hitless 9th inning allowing a walk. He had 2 strikeouts. Jed Lowrie went 2 for 3 with 2 runs scored and a RBI. Chris McGuinnes went 2 for 3 with a run scored and 2 RBI. Ryan Westmoreland went 1 for 3 with a home run, 2 runs scored and 4 RBI.
The Gulf Coast Red Sox did not play on Wednesday.
Player of the Night: Ryan Pressly who threw 6 scoreless innings. He had 6 strikeouts.