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June 10, 2006 - American Association (AA) News Release


Shreveport 4, Pensacola 2

@Pensacola, FL. Time: 3:04 Attendance: 2,804

W: Mal Winters (3-1) L: Jake Vose (0-2) S: NONE

HR: NONE

Shreveport starting pitcher Mal Winters scattered seven hits en route to a complete game. Winters allowed just two runs, both earned, and struck out eight to notch his third win of the season. At the plate, the Sports got 2-hit games from RF Austin Easley and SS Enohel Polanco to lead the offense. Trailing 2-1 to start the sixth inning, Easley hit a leadoff double and advanced to third on a sacrifice fly by 1B Justin Humphries. LF Al Corbeil followed with an RBI single to tie the game at two. After a walk, 3B Melvin Falu doubled home another run to give Shreveport the lead, one that they wouldn't lose. For Pensacola, C George Branch was 2-for-3 to lead the offense in the loss.

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Lincoln 7, Coastal Bend 3

@Lincoln, NE. Time: 2:30 Attendance: 3,973

W: Lindsay Gulin (5-1) L: Brandon Pello (0-2) S: NONE

HR: LN-Pichi Balet (2), Josh Patton (3)

Saltdogs' starting pitcher Lindsay Gulin allowed three runs, two earned, on nine hits through seven innings and struck out three to pick up his fifth win of the season, tying him with Coastal Bend's J.R. Pickens for the league lead. Gulin got help from 1B Pichi Balet and 2B Josh Patton who each homered. LF Jose Torres chipped in two RBIs and was 2-for-5 and C Kevin Sullivan was 2-for-4 with two runs scored to help lead Lincoln past Coastal Bend, who holds the top spot in the South Division standings. With the win, the Saltdogs become the first team in the American Association to reach 20 wins this season.

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Sioux Falls 2, St. Paul 0

@St. Paul, MN. Time: 2:24 Attendance: 5,759

W: Doug Johnson (1-3) L: Anthony Boughner (3-3) S: John Wesley (5)

HR: SF-Dennis Anderson (2)

Sioux Falls got a 3-for-4 night from 1B Dennis Anderson, including his second home run of the year. The solo shot in the eighth inning made it 2-0 and proved more than enough to stop St. Paul. Canaries' starting pitcher Doug Johnson allowed just three hits through 6.2 innings and struck out four to pick up his first victory this season. Sioux Falls CF Jason Sugden was 2-for-4 to help the Canaries' offense to 11 hits for the game, eight more than St. Paul. With the loss, the Saints dropped a game on the first place Lincoln Saltdogs who were victorious at home over Coastal Bend. St. Paul is now 3.0 GB in the North Division.

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St. Joe 6, Sioux City 5

@St. Joseph, MO. Time: 3:05 Attendance: 1,602

W: J.C. Huguet (1-1) L: Jason Howerton (0-1) S: NONE

HR: NONE

St. Joe headed into the bottom of the ninth having surrendered their one-run lead the inning before and managed to produce the winning run without recording a hit. After CF Scooter Jordan walked to lead off the inning, he moved into scoring position on a sacrifice bunt by 3B Ben Thomas. What would happen next, you certainly don't see every day. RF Wil Quintana hit a fly ball deep to right sending the outfielder on a long run to make the play. When his momentum carried him towards the corner after making the catch, Jordan, who has outstanding speed, was waved home to beat the throw on a rare, two-base sacrifice fly to win the game.

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El Paso 6, Fort Worth 4

@Fort Worth, TX. Time: 3:28 Attendance: 6,102

W: Dustin Cameron (2-0) L: Justin Garcia (1-1) S: Joslin Ramirez (2)

HR: EP-Braulio Castillo (6); FW-Marc Mirizzi (2)

After jumping out to a 4-1 lead after three innings, the Diablos would see that advantage fade as the Cats plated a run in the fifth and two more in the sixth to tie the game at four. The score would remain tied until the ninth when the Diablos came up with two runs to notch their 11th win of the season. El Paso was powered by 3-hit games from DH Jorge Alvarez and Castillo who were each 3-for-5. Castillo's home run was a 3-run blast and he would later add anther RBI to give him four for the game to lead the Diablos' offense. Fort Worth had three of their own record multi-hit games, led by 1B Jordan Foster who was 2-for-4 with two RBIs in the losing effort. The crowd of 6,102 was the biggest Fort Worth has seen this season.

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STANDINGS

NORTH DIVISION W L GB SOUTH DIVISION W L GB

Lincoln 20 8 -- Coastal Bend 19 9 --

St. Paul 17 11 3.0 Pensacola 15 13 4.0

Sioux City 13 15 7.0 Fort Worth 13 14 5.5

St. Joe 11 17 9.0 Shreveport 12 15 6.5

Sioux Falls 8 19 11.5 El Paso 11 18 8.5

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Tomorrow's Schedule (All times are Central):

Sioux Falls (Tony Cogan, 1-0) at St. Paul (T.J. Stanton, 2-2) 1:05 PM

Coastal Bend (Ricky Stover, 1-1) at Lincoln (Jeff Blitstein, 2-0) 2:05 PM

Sioux City (Trevor Marcotte, 1-1) at St. Joe (Donovan Graves, 1-2) 2:05 PM

Shreveport (T.J. Hendricks, 0-0) at Pensacola (Clark Girardeau, 2-3) 6:05 PM

El Paso (Matt Parris, 1-1) at Fort Worth (Cory Walters, 2-3) 7:05 PM

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