Cats win first of a six game trip
August 4, 2004 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Tri-City ValleyCats News Release
Niles, OH- The Tri-City ValleyCats beat the Mahoning Valley Scrappers 2-0 in a briskly moving two hour, twenty-seven minute game at Eastwood Field. The ValleyCats received outstanding pitching from Ronnie Martinez, who pitched seven scoreless innings; and timely hitting from Hunter Pence, who smacked two home runs.
Tri-City jumped out to an early 2-0 lead and the lead held up for the rest of the game. Drew Sutton doubled to lead off the game and advanced to third base when Hunter Pence grounded out against Scrappers starter Nelson Hiraldo. Then Ben Zobrist came up to the plate and hit a ground ball to shortstop Brian Finegan. Finegan threw the ball past first base. Zobrist ended up at second and Sutton scored. Zobrist was credited with a hit and an RBI, as the ValleyCats had a 1-0 lead.
In the third inning, Hunter Pence drilled a home run over the left-field wall and into the trees at Eastwood Field. The absolutely towering line-drive home run gave the ValleyCats all the runs they would need at 2-0.
Ronnie Martinez went seven innings of scoreless baseball. He yielded just three hits, walked one batter, and struck out four Scrappers.
In the ninth inning, the ValleyCats pulled ahead with a four-run inning. James Cooper reached on first base with an error. Lou Santangelo hit a weak infield single that pushed Cooper to second base. After Edgar Babilonia was thrown out on a successful sacrifice bunt, there were runners on second and third base for Drew Sutton.
Mahoning Valley decided to intentionally walk Sutton to load the bases for Hunter Pence. Now Pence, who hit a towering home run over the left-field wall earlier in the game, smashed another home run to left. The grand slam shot gave Tri-City a 6-0 lead.
Bo Edmiston relieved Martinez in the eighth inning and pitched two scoreless innings to earn his second save of the season. He struck out four including
The ValleyCats and Scrapers continue their series in Ohio tomorrow night. Andrew Alvarado gets the start for Tri-City. The game begins at 7:05 and can be heard in the Capital Region starting at 6:45 on AM 1160 WABY Mechanicville and AM 900 WUAM Saratoga Springs as well as on the Internet at sportsjuice.com.
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