American Association Recaps
Published on July 9, 2006 under American Association (AA) News Release
Lincoln 4, St. Paul 3
@ St. Paul, Minn. Time: 2:27 ATT: 5,933
W: Roger Lincoln (4-3) L: T.J. Stanton (5-4) S: NONE
HR: SP-Nick Gretz (3)
RF Bryan Warner and LF Cory Harris led the way as Lincoln beat St. Paul to snap their five-game losing streak. Warner and Harris both got two hits on the afternoon with Harris driving in a run. Roger Lincoln picked up his fourth win of the year as he pitched a solid game for the Saltdogs, going the distance allowing three runs, all earned, on six hits with four strikeouts. St. Paul was led by DH Nick Gretz, who had a 1-for-4 outing and hit his third dinger of the season.
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Coastal Bend 6, Sioux Falls 0
@ Robstown, Texas. Time: 2:45 ATT: 1,099
W: Pedro Flores (4-2) L: Tony Cogan (5-2) S: B.J. Litchfield (2)
HR: None
Pedro Flores and B.J. Litchfield combined on a seven-hitter as Coastal Bend completed the sweep of Sioux Falls with a 6-0 victory. Up 1-0, the Aviators added two in the seventh on RF Rodney Medina's RBI double and an error by Canaries SS Angelo Fermin, and another three in the ninth on a sacrifice fly, an RBI fielder's choice, and a bases-loaded walk to CF Ryan Ruiz. Sioux Falls 1B Abner Arroyo was the only player on either team with more than two hits, going 2-for-4 with a double.
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St. Joe 4, Sioux City 0
@ Sioux City, Iowa. Time: 2:16 ATT: 1,638
W: Donovan Graves (6-2) L: Tom Lipari (6-3) S: Jamie Tricoglou (8)
HR: SJ - Jake Whitesides (5)
St. Joe got solid performances from starter Donovan Graves and reliever Jamie Tricoglou to defeat Sioux City 4-0. The two pitchers limited the Explorers, who had tallied 22 runs on 31 hits in the previous two games between the two teams, to no runs on six hits in Sunday's contest. The Blacksnakes scored one run in the second on 2B Denver Kitch's RBI single, and got another three in the ninth on DH Jake Whitesides' two-run home run and 3B Ben Thomas' RBI single.
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Shreveport 11, Fort Worth 5
@ Shreveport, La. Time: 2:40 ATT: 737
W: Bert Snow (5-3) L: Dan Grybash (4-5) S: None
HR: None
Shreveport built a 9-0 lead after three innings and cruised to an 11-5 victory over Fort Worth. The Sports tallied three runs in the first inning, two in the second, and another five in the third on a sacrifice fly, 3B Melvin Falu's two-run single and LF Todd Self's two-run double. It was more than enough for Shreveport starter Bert Snow, who gave up four runs on eight hits in seven innings of work for his fifth victory. Cats LF Tony Mota went 3-for-5 and drove in 4 of Fort Worth's five runs.
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El Paso 3, Pensacola 2
@ Pensacola, Fla. Time: 2:39 ATT: 2,872
W: Andy Torres (5-3) L: Sam Smith (1-4) S: Chris Trevino (1) HR: None
STANDINGS
NORTH DIVISION W L GB
St. Joe (26-22) 5 2 --
Sioux City (24-24) 4 3 1.0
St. Paul (29-19) 3 3 1.5
Sioux Falls (16-32) 2 4 2.5
x-Lincoln (31-17) 1 5 3.5
SOUTH DIVISION W L GB
Coastal Bend (23-25) 5 1 --
x-Shreveport (26-22) 4 3 1.5
Fort Worth (24-24) 3 3 2.0
El Paso (17-31) 3 4 2.5
Pensacola (24-24) 2 4 3.0
x-won first half. First-half record is in parentheses.
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Tomorrow's Schedule (All times are Central):
Shreveport (Eric Wikstrom, 7-2) at Coastal Bend (Ricky Stover, 2-4) 7:05 PM
Sioux City (Karsten Gaarder, 1-2) at Lincoln (Brian Rodaway, 4-2) 7:05 PM
Pensacola (Todd Androsko, 3-2) at El Paso (David McWatters, 2-6) 8:05 PM
American Association Stories from July 9, 2006
- American Association Recaps - AA
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- X's drop game four to 'Snakes - Sioux City Explorers
- Canaries shut out, 6-0, by strong pitching, defense - Sioux Falls Canaries
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