American Association Recaps
July 8, 2006 - American Association (AA) News Release
Fort Worth 2, Shreveport 1
@ Shreveport, LA. Time: 2:09 Attendance: 1,659
W: Joel Kirsten (2-3) L: Josh Neitz (2-1) S: NONE
HR: NONE
Starting pitcher Joel Kirsten pitched a complete game allowing just one run on six hits to help Fort Worth past Shreveport 2-1. 3B Terence Green went 1-for-3 with an RBI to lead the Cats at the plate on a night when offense was scarce for both teams. Despite picking up the loss, Shreveport starting pitcher Josh Neitz was effective, allowing only two runs on four hits over eight innings. At the plate, 1B Al Corbeil went 2-for-3 to lead the Sports in the losing effort.
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Sioux City 9, St. Joe 2
@ Sioux City, IA. Time: 2:50 Attendance: 1,766
W: Billy Keppinger (5-3) L: Andrew Edwards (1-2) S: NONE
HR: NONE
3B Jake Daubert went 4-for-6 and drove in a run to lead Sioux City past St. Joe 9-2. CF Zack Pace and 1B Dan Meier combined for six hits and two RBI to add to the powerful Sioux City attack. As a whole, the Explorers pounded out 17 hits in the game. Starting pitcher Billy Keppinger picked up the win for Sioux City, pitching a complete game and allowing just two runs on seven hits while striking out 10. The win improves Keppinger's record to 5-3 on the season. C Mikaela Dworken went 3-for-3 at the plate to St. Joe in the losing cause.
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St. Paul 12, Lincoln 4
@ St. Paul, MN. Time: 2:35 Attendance: 9,251
W: Justin Lord (7-0) L: Jeff Blitstein (4-1) S: Matt Pike (3)
HR: SP-Nick Gretz (1)
DH Nick Gretz and SS Brian Sprout combined for five hits and eight RBI to lead St. Paul past Lincoln 12-4. 2B/1B Josh Renick added four hits of his own to the powerful Saints attack, which tallied 18 hits in the game. Starting pitcher Justin Lord got the win and improved to 7-0 on the season. Relief pitcher Matt Pike pitched 2 2/3 shutout innings to notch his third save of the year. Lincoln 3B Jay Yaconetti went 2-for-3 with two RBI to lead the Saltdogs offensively.
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Pensacola 4, El Paso 3
@ El Paso, TX. Time: 2:37 Attendance: 2,924
W: Carl Schaefer (1-0) L: Justin Abbott (0-6) S: Tony Pierce (12)
HR: PA-Trino Aguilar (3)
For complete game coverage go to americanassociationbaseball.com.
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Sioux Falls @ Coastal Bend (Postponed)
@ Robstown, TX.
The game was postponed due to rain. It is scheduled to be made up Saturday, July 8, at 5:05 p.m. CT as part of a doubleheader. Both games will be seven innings.
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STANDINGS
NORTH DIVISION W L GB SOUTH DIVISION W L GB
St. Joe (26-22) 4 1 -- Coastal Bend (23-25) 2 1 --
Sioux Falls (16-32) 2 1 1.0 x-Shreveport (26-22) 3 2 -- Sioux City (24-24) 3 2 1.0 Fort Worth (24-24) 2 2 0.5
St. Paul (29-19) 2 2 1.5 Pensacola (24-24) 2 2 0.5
x-Lincoln (31-17) 0 4 3.5 El Paso (17-31) 1 4 2.0
x-won first half. First-half record is in parentheses.
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Tomorrow's Schedule (All times are Central):
Sioux Falls (Alex Perez, 0-1 and Dustin Kupper, 3-2) at Coastal Bend (Jose Luis Lopez, 0-1 and Tim McGough, 1-3) 5:05 PM
St. Joe (Evan Thomas, 4-5) at Sioux City (Trevor Marcotte, 1-3) 7:05 PM
Fort Worth (Cory Walters, 6-4) at Shreveport (T.J. Hendricks, 3-1) 7:05 PM
Lincoln (Lindsay Gulin, 7-1) at St. Paul (Anthony Boughner, 5-4) 7:05 PM
Pensacola (Clark Girardeau, 2-7) at El Paso (Andy Torres, 4-3) 8:05 PM
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