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Flores Ties Can-Am Strikeout Record in Win

August 12, 2011 - Canadian American League (Can-Am)
Pittsfield Colonials News Release


PITTSFIELD, MA - Miguel Flores tied a single-game Can-Am League record with 14 strikeouts and the Pittsfield Colonials scored four runs over the final three innings as the Colonials matched their season high with their sixth consecutive win, a 5-2 victory over the Brockton Rox.

The win was Pittsfield's 12th in their last 13 games.

After Brockton tallied a run in the top of the third inning on an RBI groundout by Keith Brachold, Flores struck out Trey Hernandez to end the inning. Pittsfield tied the game on an Angel Molina ground rule double in the bottom of the frame.

It was then the Flores (3-8) started to rack up the strikeouts. He fanned two in the fourth and whiffed the side in the fifth to push his total to eight. After getting out of the sixth inning with the help of a double play ball, the righthander struck out two batters in each of the seventh, eighth and ninth innings to tie the single-game league record. He nearly set a new record when Rox catcher, Chris Grossman, checked his swing on a 1-2 pitch with two outs in the ninth, but the appeal to first base was denied. The 14 strikeouts also vaulted him into the league lead with 88 on the year.

The Colonials provided Flores with the offense he needed in the sixth with a two out rally that saw Peter Fatse single in front of Chris Torres' third homerun of the year to give Pittsfield a 3-1 lead. The Colonials would add single runs in the seventh and eighth on a single by Fatse and a groundout by Edmondson respectively to push the advantage to 5-1.

Brachold would homer in the ninth to create the final margin.

Julian Sampson (7-4) took the loss for Brockton. Cruising through the fifth, Sampson ran out of gas in the seventh, ending with 6.1 inning, giving up four runs on eight hits.

The second game of the Brockton series comes up on Saturday at 7 p.m. with a battle of veteran righthanders on tap. Chad Paronto (7-5, 4.10) gets the start for Pittsfield against John Kelly (0-0, 1.29) for the Rox. For tickets or information visit pittsfieldcolonials.com or call (413)-236-2961.

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