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July 17, 2010 - International League (IL1)
Buffalo Bisons News Release


Buffalo Bisons (47-45, 3rd(-7.5), North) vs. Gwinnett Braves (43-50, 3rd(-12.5), South)

Saturday, July 17, 2010 (7:05 p.m.) - Coca-Cola Field

LHP Oliver Perez (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Cristhian Martinez (2-1, 4.54)

TV: Time Warner Cable SportsNet 13 Radio: WWKB AM 1520, WGR SportsRadio 550 AM, bisons.com

TODAY'S GAME: Tonight, the Bisons take on the Gwinnett Braves in the third game of a four-game series at Coca-Cola Field (7:35 p.m.). The Herd defeated the Braves 10-9 in 11 innings last night on a walk-off RBI-single by OF JESUS FELICIANO. Following Sunday's game, the Bisons will take on Rochester in a four-game home-and-home series.

vs. BRAVES: With last night's win, the Bisons are 3-3 against the Braves this season. The teams split a four-game series at Gwinnett, June 21-24 with the Braves outscoring the Herd, 24-17. The two teams have split each of the three, four-game series they've played since Gwinnett's inaugural season in 2009.

TURN THE PAGE: Yesterday, INF JUSTIN TURNER was called-up to New York. Turner batted .297 (52-175) with three home runs and 16RBI for the Herd. In his place, RHP RYOTA IGARASHI has joined Buffalo from St. Lucie (A). The new Bison hurler was 0-1 with a 7.91ERA for the Mets this season.

PITCHING PEREZ: LHP OLIVER PEREZ will be making his second major league rehabilitation start with Bisons tonight. In his first outing, the southpaw did not get a decision. He tossed five innings against Rochester, allowing only three hits and one unearned run on July 11.

HOMERING HERD: The Bisons homered again last night. The Herd now leads the IL with 102 blasts on the season, three more than any other team. Buffalo has 21 homers in 13 games this month and the team has left the yard at least once in each of its past six games. The Bisons already have 22 more home runs than they hit all of last year (80).

JOLTIN' JACOBS: In his last six games, INF MIKE JACOBS has hit .320 (8-25) with a double, four home runs, eight RBIs and eight runs scored. Jacobs has a slugging percentage of .840 while maintaining a .414 on-base percentage.

SERVIN CERVENAK: Since June 30, INF MIKE CERVENAK has hit .354 (17-48) with three doubles, nine RBIs, seven runs scored and five walks in twelve games. Cervenak's on-base percentage during the stretch is a productive .407 and his slugging percentage is .417.

METS UPDATE: The Mets (48-42) were shutout by the Giants again last night, losing game two of the four-game series 1-0. Former Bison LHP JON NIESE was the tough-luck loser, pitching seven innings and allowing only one run. The Mets are still five games back of Atlanta in the NL East division. New York plays game three in San Francisco tonight at 9:05 p.m.

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