American Association Recap
Published on July 14, 2006 under American Association (AA) News Release
Pensacola 5, Coastal Bend 2
@ Pensacola, FL. Time: 2:45 Attendance: 1,579
W: Sam Smith (2-4) L: Tim McGough (1-4) S: Tony Pierce (14) HR: PA-Larry Bethea (6)
DH Larry Bethea went 3-for-4 with a homerun and three RBI to lead Pensacola past Coastal Bend 5-2. The homerun was Bethea's sixth of the season. Starting pitcher Sam Smith picked up the win, allowing just two runs on six hits over seven innings of work. Closer Tony Pierce pitched a scoreless ninth to pick up his 14th save of the season. C Andrew York led the Aviators at the plate with two hits in the game.
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Shreveport 8, St. Paul 4
@ Shreveport, LA. Time: 2:32 Attendance: 1,290
W: T.J. Hendricks (4-2) L: Anthony Boughner (5-5) S: NONE
HR: NONE
SS Enohel Polanco went 3-for-4 with an RBI to help Shreveport knock off St. Paul 8-4. 1B Al Corbeil added two hits and two RBI of his own to the Sports attack. Starting pitcher T.J. Hendricks picked up his fourth win of the season, allowing only one run over six innings of work. SS Brian Sprout and LF Jeremy Frost combined for five hits to lead St. Paul in the losing effort. CF Chaz Lytle drove in two of the Saints' four runs in the game as well.
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Fort Worth 1, El Paso 0
@ Fort Worth, TX. Time: 2:21 Attendance: 4,614 W: Cory Walters (8-4) L: Robbie Wachman (2-1) S: Steven C. Wilkerson (5)
HR: NONE
Starting pitcher Cory Walters pitched 8 2/3 scoreless innings to help Fort Worth win a pitching duel against El Paso 1-0. With the win, Walters' record improves to 8-4 on the season. Closer Steven C. Wilkerson recorded the final out of the game to pick up his fifth save of the season. DH Tony Mota went 1-for-4 and drove in the only run of the game to lead the Cats at the plate. El Paso managed only three hits in the game, with three different batters getting one hit apiece.
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St. Joe 8, Sioux City 0
@ St. Joseph, MO. Time: 2:32 Attendance: 3,048 W: Mark Nussbeck (5-2) L: Tom Lipari (6-4) S: NONE
HR: NONE
Starting pitcher Mark Nussbeck allowed no runs and just four hits over seven innings of work to help St. Joe past Sioux City 8-0. The win improved Nussbeck's record to 5-2 on the season. Offensively the Blacksnakes pounded out 13 hits with C Mikaela Dworken leading the way going 2-for-4 with three RBI. Five different Sioux City batters had one hit apiece to account for the all of the Explorers' offense in the losing effort.
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Sioux Falls 8, Lincoln 3
@ Lincoln, NE. Time: 3:05 Attendance: 4,246
W: Tony Cogan (6-2) L: Roger Lincoln (4-4) S: Matt Petrusek (3)
HR: SF-Dennis Anderson (5)
Starting pitcher Tony Cogan went six strong innings, allowing just two runs on four hits to help Sioux Falls past Lincoln 8-3. The win improved Cogan's record to 6-2 on the season. Relief pitcher Matt Petrusek pitched the final three innings of the game to record his third save of the season. At the plate the Canaries were led by CF Anthony Monegan, who had three hits in the game. C Dennis Anderson added a homerun and two RBI of his own to the Canaries attack as well. LF Cory Harris and SS Pichi Balet each had a hit and drove in a run to lead Lincoln at the plate in the losing effort.
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STANDINGS
NORTH DIVISION W L GB
Sioux Falls (24-24) 6 4 --
St. Joe (26-22) 6 5 0.5
St. Paul (29-19) 5 5 1.0
Sioux City (16-32) 5 6 1.5
x-Lincoln (31-17) 3 7 3.0
SOUTH DIVISION W L GB
Coastal Bend (23-25) 8 2 --
Fort Worth (24-24) 5 5 3.0
El Paso (17-31) 5 6 3.5
x-Shreveport (26-22) 5 6 3.5
Pensacola (24-24) 4 6 4.0
x-won first half. First-half record is in parentheses.
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Tomorrow's Schedule (All times are Central):
Coastal Bend (Pedro Flores, 4-2) at Pensacola (Todd Androsko, 3-2) 6:05 PM
St. Paul (T.J. Stanton, 5-4) at Shreveport (Eric Wikstrom, 7-2) 7:05 PM
Sioux City (Nate Holguin, 1-0) at St. Joe (Evan Thomas, 4-6) 7:05 PM
El Paso (Andy Torres, 5-3) at Fort Worth (Dan Grybash, 4-5) 7:05 PM
Sioux Falls (Robert Barrett, 1-0) at Lincoln (Ben Fox, 5-2) 7:05 PM
American Association Stories from July 14, 2006
- American Association Recap - AA
- Nussbeck Dominates in Opener with Sioux City - St. Joseph Blacksnakes
- Canaries win fourth in a row - Sioux Falls Canaries
- Walters wins 8th in Cats 1-0 victory - Fort Worth Cats
- Pelicans Win First of Three-Game Set Against First Place Team - Pensacola Pelicans
- NASCAR weekend is here - Pensacola Pelicans
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