American Association Recap
August 12, 2006 - American Association (AA) News Release
Shreveport 8, Coastal Bend 1
@ Shreveport, LA. Time: 2:37 Attendance: 1,480
W: Ryan Snyder (6-6) L: Jose Lopez (2-5) S: NONE
HR: CB-Pat O'Sullivan (1); SH-Melvin Falu (5)
Four different Shreveport batters had at least two hits and two RBI in the game to help the Sports past Coastal Bend 8-1. 3B Melvin Falu led the way for the powerful Sports offense, going 3-for-5 with a homerun and two RBI. Starting pitcher Ryan Snyder was as equally impressive as the offense, pitching a complete game and allowing just one run on eight hits. This was the third straight complete game pitched by a Shreveport pitcher. With the win Snyder improves to 6-6 on the season. DH Pat O'Sullivan went 3-for-4 with a solo homerun to account for all the Coastal Bend scoring.
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St. Joe 6, Lincoln 1
@ St. Joseph, MO. Time: 2:24 Attendance: 1,906 W: Donovan Graves (8-5) L: Lindsay Gulin (11-2) S: NONE
HR: NONE
St. Joe starting pitcher Donovan Graves pitched a complete game, allowing just one run on seven hits, to help the Blacksnakes knock off Lincoln 6-1. With the win, Graves improves to 8-5 on the season. At the plate, DH Mark Burke and C Mikaela Dworken combined for five hits and five RBI. For Lincoln, 3B Jay Yaconetti went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
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Fort Worth 3, Sioux Falls 1
@ Sioux Falls, SD. Time: 2:49 Attendance: 3,101
W: Cory Walters (12-4) L: Doug Johnson (5-7) S: Steve Wilkerson (16)
HR: NONE
Fort Worth pounded out 13 hits to take a 3-1 victory over Sioux Falls. Five different Cats' batters had at least two hits in the game, with SS Marc Mirizzi leading the way. Mirizzi went 3-for-4 and scored a run in the game. Starting pitcher Cory Walters was effective, allowing just one run over seven innings to pick up his 12th win of the season. Closer Steve Wilkerson pitched a scoreless ninth to notch his 16th save.
CF Anthony Monegan went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI to lead the Canaries at the plate.
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Sioux City 9, St. Paul 7 (Bottom 12)
@ St. Paul, MN.
This game is still in progress with Sioux City leading St. Paul 9-7 in the bottom of the 12th inning. For complete game coverage go to americanassociationbaseball.com.
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Pensacola 12, El Paso 2
@ El Paso, TX. Time: 2:44 Attendance: 4,261
W: Nick Maness (2-3) L: Chris Trevino (2-2) S: NONE
HR: PA-Tim Dorn (8), Juan Rocha (11)
For complete game coverage go to americanassociationbaseball.com.
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STANDINGS
NORTH DIVISION W L GB
x-Lincoln (31-17) 25 11 --
St. Paul (29-19) 17 17 7.0
St. Joe (26-22) 17 18 7.5
Sioux City (24-24) 15 19 9.0
Sioux Falls (16-32) 14 20 10.0
SOUTH DIVISION W L GB
Fort Worth (24-24) 24 11 --
x-Shreveport (26-22) 20 15 4.0
Coastal Bend (23-25) 17 16 6.0
Pensacola (24-24) 12 23 12.0
El Paso (17-31) 10 21 12.0
x-won first half. First-half record is in parentheses.
If one club should win both halves, then its playoff opponent shall be the team with the second-best winning percentage during the entire season, in that division.
WILD CARD STANDINGS
NORTH DIVISION W L GB
St. Paul 46 36 --
St. Joe 43 40 3.5
Sioux City 39 43 7.0
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Tomorrow's Schedule (All times are Central):
Fort Worth (Danny Valentin, 3-1) at Lincoln (Ben Fox, 8-2) 5:05 PM
Sioux Falls (Matt Petrusek, 1-3) at Sioux City (Karsten Gaarder, 1-4) 5:05 PM
St. Paul (Anthony Boughner, 7-6) at St. Joe (Andrew Edwards, 1-4) 7:05 PM
Shreveport (T.J. Hendricks, 6-3) at El Paso (Joslin Ramirez, 1-3) 8:05 PM
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