Colon, Eugene Top Hawks 8-1
July 22, 2012 - Northwest League (NWL1)
Boise Hawks News Release
EUGENE, Ore. - Alexi Colon went 3-for-4 with four RBI, helping the Eugene Emeralds to their 12th win in 13 games, defeating the Boise Hawks, 8-1, before 4,269 fans at PK Park.
Colon broke open a close game in the third inning, ripping a three-run double off the centerfield wall to give the hosts a 6-0 lead.
It was enough for Juan Marcano, who allowed one run on six hits, striking out four, to pick up his second win of the season.
Eugene took a 2-0 lead in the second, as Dane Phillips scored on a James Pugliese wild pitch, with Colon following with an RBI single to left to score Alberth Martinez. The Hawks had a chance in the third, but Gioskar Amaya was thrown out at the plate by Martinez, trying to score on a Stephen Bruno single, to end the inning.
Boise got on the board in the fourth, as Willson Contreras scored on a wild pitch, but Jeremy Baltz hit his first professional homer in the bottom of the inning, with a Martinez RBI triple in the seventh capping the scoring.
Martinez went 3-for-3 with two runs scored, with Baltz and Stephen Carmon adding two hits for the Ems. No Boise hitter had a multi-hit game, with Pugliese allowing seven runs in four innings to take the loss.
The series finale is tomorrow night, with Tayler Scott meeting Brandon Alger at 8:05 p.m. (MT)
NOTES - The Hawks have lost five in a row, their longest losing streak since this time one year ago, when Boise dropped six straight from July 16-21...Mike Heesch was solid in relief, tossing two shutout innings, fanning three, to extend his scoreless innings streak to 10...former Boise Hawk lefty Jeff Beliveau ('08) made his Major League debut with the Cubs, tossing two scoreless innings in the 7-0 loss at St. Louis, becoming the 96th former Boise Hawk to play in the Big Leagues.
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