8th Inning Costs Catfish
June 2, 2008 - South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Columbus Catfish News Release
Columbus, GA - The Columbus Catfish (20-37) dropped their 11th straight game, this time to Savannah, by a final score of 2-1.
The starting pitching was tremendous in this game, as the teams traded zero's until the bottom of the 6th when Reid Fronk connected on a home run over the right field wall to give the Catfish a 1-0 lead, which looked very safe with Alex Cobb working on a gem.
However, the Catfish got hurt by a bad 8th inning. Cobb allowed a home run to Matt Bouchard that went between the billboard signs in left field tying the game at 1. Greg Veloz then reached on a bunt single and stole second on a bang-bang play. He then moved to 3rd on a wild pitch and scored on Michael Parker's single, giving Savannah all the runs they would need.
The Catfish were led by Greg Sexton, who was 2-4, and Seth Dhaenens, who was 2-3. Alex Cobb took his 3rd loss of the season after throwing a career high 7 and 1/3 innings and allowing 6 hits, 2 earned runs and getting 4 strikeouts.
The Sand Gnats Maikel Cleto picked up his 2nd win after allowing only 6 hits and 1 earned run in 7 innings of work. Cleto had an interesting line, as he did not allow a walk or record a strikeout. Michael Parker went 2-4 with the game-winning run batted in.
The Catfish are the Class A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays.
South Atlantic League Stories from June 2, 2008
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- Power Snap Home Losing Skid - Charleston Dirty Birds
- Drive Comeback Falls Short in Series Opener Versus GreenJackets - Greenville Drive
- Shorebirds Stop Captains 5-4 - Lake County Captains
- RiverDogs Win Sixth Straight, Burn Rome 5-2 - Charleston RiverDogs
- Tourists top 'Dads in series opener, 5-2 - Hickory Crawdads
- 'Birds Slip Past Captains, 5-4 - Delmarva Shorebirds
- Not Intimidated - Greensboro Grasshoppers
- Maday Works Career High In Augusta Win - Augusta GreenJackets
- Intimidators Open Series Against Grasshoppers With 7-1 Loss - Kannapolis Cannon Ballers
- Three Catfish Recognized as South Atlantic League All-Stars - Columbus Catfish
- 8th Inning Costs Catfish - Columbus Catfish
- Augusta Lands Three Pitchers on All-Star Team - Augusta GreenJackets
- Rome Braves Send Two Representatives - Rome Emperors
- South Atlantic League Announces 2008 All-Star Rosters - SAL1
- Abruzzo, Francisco Pena Named to All-Star Squad - Savannah Sand Gnats
- Rosters Set For South Atlantic League All-Star Game - Greensboro Grasshoppers
- Seven Tourists Players, Two Coaches Named to SAL All-Star Game - Asheville Tourists
- Tyson, Four Players to Represent RiverDogs at SAL All-Star Game - Charleston RiverDogs
- 38th Annual Irish Festival comes to FirstEnergy Park on June 14 - Jersey Shore BlueClaws
- Jason Stephens Named SAL Co-Pitcher of the Week - Charleston RiverDogs
- BlueClaws host Hagerstown and Delmarva to close out first half - Jersey Shore BlueClaws
- Drive Partner with WMYA to Televise Games - Greenville Drive
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