August 14, 2009 at 6:50 AM
Perez tosses 5 scoreless innings in Spinner win
8/14 Cup of Coffee: On Thursday, Charlotte defeated Pawtucket 5-3. Kris Johnson started the game and went 3.2 innings allowing 4 runs on 5 hits and 3 walks. He struck out 3. Rocky Cherry tossed 1.1 frames allowing a run on 4 hits. He had a strikeout. Hunter Jones pitched 1.2 scoreless innings giving up 2 hits and a walk. He fanned 2. Marcus McBeth pitched the final 1.1 frames and did not allow a run. He gave up a hit and 2 base on balls. Angel Chavez went 2 for 3 with a RBI.Altoona edged Portland 9-8 in 10 innings. Kason Gabbard went 2.2 innings allowing 5 runs on 4 hits and 7 walks. He fanned 5. Chris Province threw 2.1 scoreless frames allowing 2 hits and a walk. He had a strikeout. Tommy Hottovy threw 1.2 scoreless frames giving up 1 hit. He struck out 2. Andrew Dobies went 1.1 innings giving up 2 runs on 3 hits and a walk. He fanned 1. Bryce Cox went 1.2 innings allowing the tying run in the bottom of the ninth and the winning run in the tenth. He allowed 3 hits and 3 walks while striking out 3. Iggy Suarez went 3 for 6 and scored 2 runs. Daniel Nava continued to swing a hot bat going 3 for 4 with a home run, 2 runs scored and 3 RBI.
Salem got by Myrtle Beach 7-4. Dave McKae threw 6 innings allowing 1 run on 2 hits and a walk. He fanned 4. Jason Rice threw 2 scoreless frames giving up a hit and 2 walks. He struck out 3. Kyle Fernandes pitched the ninth and allowed 3 runs on a hit. He struck out 2. Jon Hee went 2 for 5 with a RBI.
Greensboro downed Greenville 8-2. Caleb Clay went 5 innings giving up 3 runs on 5 hits and 4 walks. He had 2 strikeouts. Felix Ventura threw 2 innings giving up 4 runs on 5 hits. He struck out 2. Chad Povich pitched 2 innings allowing a run on 3 hits. He fanned 3. Ryan Lavarnway went 2 for 4 with a run scored and a RBI.
Lowell defeated Jamestown 5-1. Pedro Perez started and threw 5 scoreless innings allowing 3 hits and a walk. He had a strikeout. Tom Ebert threw 2 innings giving up a run on 5 hits. He had a strikeout. Jeremiah Bayer threw 2 clean innings recording 3 strikeouts. Ryan Westmoreland went 2 for 4. Mike Almanzar went 2 for 5 and scored a run. Alex Hassan went 2 for 5 and scored a run. Wilfred Pichardo went 3 for 4 and scored a run.
In the Gulf Coast League, the Reds downed the Red Sox 4-3. Roman Mendez went 3.1 frames giving up 3 runs on 4 hits and a walk. He had 2 strikeouts. Michael Lennox went 1.2 innings allowing a run on 3 hits. Jordan Flasher tossed 2 scoreless innings giving up a hit and a walk. He had a strikeout. Swen Huijer pitched 2 clean frames recording 1 strikeout. Reymond Fuentes went 3 for 5 with a RBI. Jordan Sallis went 2 for 4 with a run scored and a RBI.
Player of the Night: Pedro Perez who tossed 5 scoreless innings allowing 3 hits and a walk in the Spinner win