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June 30, 2007 - American Association (AA) News Release


Shreveport 10, Coastal Bend 9 (Game 1 - completion of suspended game from June 29)

@Robstown, TX. Time: 3:01 Attendance: 1232

W: Brandon Hudson (1-0) L: Tom Atlee (1-1) S: Matt Clayman (3)

HR: S-Tommy Bryant (4)

About 19 hours after throwing his final pitch of the game, Sports reliever Brandon Hudson picked up his first win of the season. Hudson pitched a hitless bottom of the eighth inning before the game was suspended due to electrical failure with Coastal Bend holding a 9-8 lead over Shreveport. The game was resumed at 5:05 Saturday with Tom Atlee taking the mound for the Aviators. Atlee promptly retired the first two Shreveport batters and was on his way to his ninth save of the season. But the Sports had something to say about that. After a single by 1B Tommy Bryant and an Atlee hit batsman, Sports 3B Malvin Falu hit a two-run double and give the Sports a 10-9 lead. Sports reliever Matt Clayman then pitched a perfect bottom of the ninth inning to seal the deal for Shreveport and give them their 22nd win of the season.

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Shreveport at Coastal Bend (Regulary scheduled game - Postponed - Power failure)

@Robstown, TX.

The game was postponed due to power failure. It will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Sunday, July 1 beginning at either 1:05 or 5:05 PM. Both games will consist of seven innings.

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Pensacola 2, Sioux City 1

@Sioux City, IA. Time: 2:10 Attendance: 1507

W: Jesen Merle (2-2) L: Brad Guy (1-6) S: Oscar Montero (1)

HR: P-Napoleon Calzado (1); SC-Pete Pirman (2)

After Explorers starting pitcher Brad Guy pitched eight innings of two-hit baseball, the Pelicans finally got to him in the top of the ninth inning. Trailing 1-0, newly acquired Pensacola LF Napoleon Calzado hit a pinch-hit home run to open the inning and tied the score at 1-1. Calzado arrived just an hour earlier in a taxi from the airport. Four batters later, DH Bo Williams got the go-ahead RBI on a groundout to third base. Pelicans reliever Oscar Montero entered in the bottom of the ninth inning and put together a three-up-three-down inning that included two strikeouts to earn his first save of the season. Starting Pelicans pitcher Jesen Merle brought his record to an even 2-2 on the season with a solid eight inning performance. Merle allowed one run on four hits and two walks with five strikeouts.

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Sioux Falls 5, St. Joe 1

@St. Joseph, MO. Time: 2:35 Attendance: 424

W: Kevin Cheppenko (3-4) L: Kellen Raab (4-3) S: NONE

HR: NONE

The Canaries never trailed Saturday against St. Joe en route to their 30th win of the season. Sioux Falls took an early 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning, thanks in large part to two St. Joe errors, and never looked back. The Blacksnakes threatened to make a comeback in the bottom of the sixth inning, but trailing 2-0 could manage only one run to cut the Sioux Falls lead in half. The Canaries got the run back in the top of the seventh and added two more the following inning to make the final score 5-1. Starting Canaires pitcher Kevin Cheppenko pitched a solid seven innings, allowing one run on four hits with thre strikeouts.

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Lincoln 6, St. Paul 3

@Lincoln, NE. Time: 2:48 Attendance: 3906

W: John Thompson (1-0) L: Marcus McKenzie (0-1) S: Matt Varner (10)

HR: NONE

Despite their best efforts on the base pads, the Saints couldn't beat Lincoln Saturday night. St. Paul base runners stole an American Association record eight bases but stranded 10 men on base to spell their demise in a 6-3 loss to Lincoln. The Saints started on the right foot, scoring the game's first run in the top of the first inning. But that was the only time St. Paul would lead in the game. The Saltdogs scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning, highlighted by a two-run double by 1B Brett Cooley, and led the rest of the way. Leading 4-3 in the bottom of the eighth inning, the Saltdogs picked up two insurance runs on run-scoring singles from 3B Jay Yaconetti and 2B Cody Lusero.

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Fort Worth 7, El Paso 1

@El Paso, TX. Time: 2:06 Attendance: 3233

W: Joel Kirsten (3-4) L: Andy Torres (4-2) S: NONE

HR: FW-Marc Mirizzi (6)

The Cats and Diablos entered the top of the seventh inning in a 1-1 deadlock. But Fort Worth struck for a huge seventh inning in which they scored six runs, two on Marc Mirizzi's sixth home run of the season, and took a commanding 7-1 lead over the first-half winning Diablos. Starting Fort Worth pitcher Joel Kirsten earned his third win of the season in a complete-game effort in which he allowed one unearned run on five hits and no walks with four strikeouts. The Cats will try to take the series three games to one in their first-half finale against El Paso Sunday at 5:05 PM MT.

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