Arms Lift Hawks to 5-0 Victory
July 17, 2012 - Northwest League (NWL1)
Boise Hawks News Release
BOISE, Idaho - James Pugliese and two relievers combined on a three-hit shutout, as the Boise Hawks won their second-straight game, stopping the Yakima Bears, 5-0, at Memorial Stadium.
Pugliese tossed five innings of one-hit ball, walking two, and striking out five - picking up his first win of the year. The right-hander worked out of a two-on, no-out jam in the fourth - the only time in the game that Yakima had a runner reach third.
Boise grabbed a quick 1-0 lead in the first on a Willson Contreras RBI single, pushing the lead to 2-0 an inning later on a Marco Hernandez run-scoring base hit. Trey Martin hit his third homer of the season in the fourth to give the Hawks a 3-0 lead, as the hosts added single runs in the fifth and eighth innings to cap the scoring.
Martin went 3-for-3 in the victory, with Hernandez going 2-for-5 with two RBI, and both Contreras and Rock Shoulders adding two hits. Kyle Owings took the loss for the Bears, allowing three earned runs on seven hits in five innings of work.
The Hawks go for the series sweep tomorrow night, as Tayler Scott meets Alex Carreras at 7:15 p.m.
NOTE - After going 96 games between shutouts, the Hawks have shutout Yakima twice in the last 10 days...Hernandez extended his hit streak to seven games, while Shoulders has hit safely in eight of his last nine...a night after going 0-for-5, Martin reached base in all five of his plate appearances...Mike Heesch tossed two shutout innings, extending his consecutive scoreless innings streak to eight...Kevin Medrano had a bunt single in the third inning for Yakima, extending his hit streak to 11 games...the Hawks made a roster move prior to the game, as Bijan Rademacher was promoted to Class A Peoria, while Caldwell native Izaac Garsez was promoted to Boise from the Mesa Cubs, going 0-for-4 in his debut...it marked the first back-to-back wins for Boise since June 21-22.
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