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Canaries lose 8-4, but stay in first

July 24, 2006 - American Association (AA)
Sioux Falls Canaries News Release


Sioux Falls, SD - The Sioux Falls Canaries (9-8) were defeated 8-4 by the St. Joe Blacksnakes (7-11) on Monday night at Phil Welch Stadium. The Canaries remain in a tie for first place as the Lincoln Saltdogs defeated the St. Paul Saints, but Lincoln's win moves them into a three-way tie for first.

The Blacksnakes took an early 1-0 lead. In the bottom of the first inning, Mark Burke hit his 20th double of the season to score Ben Thomas from third base.

The Canaries wasted no time to take the lead from St. Joe. The Birds started the second inning with three straight singles to load the bases. John Schmitz added a fourth straight single to score Abner Arroyo and Edgard Clemente for a 2-1 lead. After Chris Hall walked to reload the bases, Anthony Monegan hit a groundball to shortstop Jimmy Mojica. Mojica misplayed the ball, and the error allowed Dennis Anderson to score for a 3-1 lead. John Schmitz scored on a groundout by Ralph Santana, and after an inning and a half the Canaries led 4-1.

The Blacksnakes got two runs back in the bottom of the second. Cody Nowlin led off the inning with a walk and advanced to second base on a wild pitch. Misha Dworken singled to score Nowlin to cut the Canaries lead to 4-2. Denver Kitch singled and Jimmy Mojica walked to load the bases for Scooter Jordan. Jordan hit a groundball to shortstop, but Mojica was called safe on a close play at second base. The failed fielder's choice allowed Misha Dworken to score. After two innings the Canaries led 4-3.

St. Joe tied the game in the fourth. Scooter Jordan walked and advanced to third on an errant pickoff attempt by Canaries starter Sean Donlin. Jordan later scored on a wild pitch to even the score, 4-4.

The Blacksnakes took the lead in the sixth inning. Denver Kitch singled to start the inning. Jimmy Mojica laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance Kitch to second. Kitch then stole third base, his third stolen base of the season. Scooter Jordan hit a sacrifice fly to left field to score Kitch and give St. Joe a 5-4 lead.

St. Joe added three insurance runs in the eighth. Jimmy Mojica reached on a throwing error by Angelo Fermin, Scooter Jordan was hit by a pitch, and Ben Thomas walked to load the bases. Mark Burke cleared the bases with a double for the 8-4 final.

Shingo Mitsumori (1-3) picked up the win for St. Joe and Jamie Tricaglou recorded his ninth save of the season. Jabe Beard (0-1) suffered the loss for Sioux Falls despite allowing only one run on two hits in three innings of work.

The Canaries and Blacksnakes will wrap-up the three-game series on Tuesday night at 7:05 p.m. Robert Barrett gets the start for the Canaries and Mark Nussbeck takes the mound for St. Joe.

Bird Seeds: Edgard Clemente singled in the fourth inning to extend his current hitting streak to nine games. ... Angelo Fermin stole a base in the fourth inning; his fourth steal of the season. ... The win for St. Joe snapped a six-game losing streak.

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