American Association Recap June 23
Published on June 23, 2009 under American Hockey League (AHL) News Release
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* AMERICAN ASSOCIATION RECAP 6/23/09 *
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Wichita 1, Sioux City 0
@ Sioux City, IA. Time: 2:31 Attendance: 1,042
W: Will Savage (2-3) L: Ty Marotz (2-5) S: None
HR: W-Greg Porter (7)
Wichita Wingnuts starting pitcher Will Savage threw the second no-hitter in American Association history tonight as he and the Wingnuts beat the Sioux City Explorers 1-0. Savage threw 124 pitches giving up four walks while fanning seven Sioux City batters and also did not allow a runner past second base. Savage picks up his second win of the season. The only run of the game came off the bat of Wichita's LF Greg Porter who hit a third inning solo home run, his seventh of the season. Porter was 2-for-4 on the night.
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St. Paul 12, Sioux Falls 3
@ St. Paul, MN. Time: 2:30 Attendance: 6,273
W: Mitch Wylie (5-2) L: Ben Moore (3-5) S: None
HR: SF-Patrick Reilly (2); SP-Jacob Butler 2 (9), Todd Self (3)
The St. Paul Saints scored 11 big runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to wipe out a 3-1 deficit and easily defeat the Sioux Falls Canaries. Saints LF Jacob Butler had a monster game going 2-for-4 with two home runs and five runs batted in. 2B Tony Mansolino was 2-for-5 with two runs scored and two RBI and 1B Todd Self was 1-for-3 with a home run, two runs scored and three RBI. St. Paul starter Mitch Wylie collects his fifth win of the season allowing three earned runs on five hits in six innings of work. Sioux Falls DH Cory Harris was 1-for-4 on the night and extended his on-base streak to 30 games.
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Lincoln 6, El Paso 3
@ Lincoln, NE. Time: 3:02 Attendance: 2,423
W: Jonathan Figueroa (2-4) L: Nick Martin (1-4) S: Chris Thompson (11)
HR: None
1B Phil Hawke and C Shawn McGill had solid games at the plate in leading the Lincoln Saltdogs past the El Paso Diablos. Hawke and McGill combined to go 6-for-8 at the plate with three runs scored and a run batted in. Lincoln starting pitcher Jonathan Figueroa picked up his second win of the season allowing one unearned run on a hit while fanning nine El Paso batters in a six inning performance. 3B Mike Provencher was 1-for-3 and drove in all three of the Diablos' runs.
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Shreveport-Bossier 16, Fort Worth 7
@ Fort Worth, TX. Time: 3:16 Attendance: 2,645
W: Jakob Cunningham (1-0) L: Justin Garcia (1-2) S: None
HR: SH-Chris Garcia (1)
The Fort Worth Cats led the Shreveport-Bossier Captains 7-2 after five innings and seemed to have things well in control. However, the Captains scored 14 runs over the final four innings and rolled by the Cats to victory. The Captains 2-3-4 hitters of LF Dwayne White, DH Rodney Medina and 1B Andres Rodriguez combined to go 10-for-18 at the plate with two doubles, six runs scored and eight runs driven in. Shreveport-Bossier reliever Jakob Cunningham pitched three shutout innings to get his first win of the year.
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Grand Prairie at Pensacola (Postponed - Rain)
@ Pensacola, FL.
The game between Grand Prairie and Pensacola was postponed due to rain. It will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Wednesday, June 24th beginning at 5:30 PM.
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FIRST HALF STANDINGS
NORTH DIVISION W L GB
Wichita 24 13 --
St. Paul 19 17 4.5
Sioux City 19 18 5.0
Sioux Falls 15 22 9.0
Lincoln 13 23 10.5
SOUTH DIVISION W L GB
Fort Worth 26 10 --
Grand Prairie 18 18 8.0
El Paso 17 20 9.5
Pensacola 16 20 10.0
Shreveport-Bossier 15 21 11.0
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Tomorrow's Schedule (All times are Central):
Sioux Falls at St. Paul - 1:05 PM
Grand Prairie at Pensacola - 5:30 PM [DH]
Shreveport-Bossier at Fort Worth - 7:05 PM
Wichita at Sioux City - 7:05 PM
El Paso at Lincoln - 7:05 PM
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