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Game Notes: IronBirds at Tigers

August 18, 2013 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Aberdeen IronBirds News Release


Connecticut Gets the Series Even...

The Tigers brought the bats to the park for last night's game. They used 11 hits to score five runs and never trailed en route to a 5-3 victory over the IronBirds last night. Pat Leyland, son of Detroit Tigers' Manager Jim Leyland, went 3-4 with three singles and two runs scored. Duncan McAlpine and Curt Powell also registered doubles and runs scored. Austin Urban took the loss for the IronBirds. He went four innings, allowing seven hits, four runs (all earned), and one walk. He struck out three. For the IronBirds' offense, Sam Kimmel smashed his first home run of the season down the right field line and Jeff Kemp and George Barber hit RBI singles to account for the IronBirds' three runs.

...But the News Isn't All Bad

Even though the IronBirds lost last night, they maintained a two game lead for first place in the McNamara Division. Brooklyn lost, 1-0, to the Vermont Lake Monsters. The Hudson Valley Renegades, lost to the Lowell Spinners by a score of 5-3. Staten Island lost to the Try-City ValleyCats, 6-3. Aberdeen will see Hudson Valley for four consecutive games this week. The first two are at Ripken Stadium, before the IronBirds make their final regular season visit to Dutchess Stadium Wednesday and Thursday.

Power Outage

After scoring ten runs in back-to-back games, the IronBirds managed just five hits last night. Besides the Kimmel round-tripper, Conor Bierfeldt, Jeff Kemp, and George Barber each registered singles, while Hector Veloz hit a one out double in the second inning. It was Veloz's fifth double of the season.

On the mound this afternoon...

The IronBirds will send RHP Alex Santana to the mound this afternoon. Santana earned his first win of the season in his last outing, which came on Thursday. He has a 1-1 record, with a 2.39 ERA. He has pitched 26.1 innings this season, allowing 17 hits, seven runs, 11 walks, and 39 strikeouts so far this season. Today will be his first start of the season. He will be opposed by LHP Joe Mantiply. He has an 0-1 record with a 2.36 ERA. In ten previous games-nine starts-he has pitched 26.2 innings, allowing 25 hits, ten runs, eight walks and 21 strikeouts. He last pitched on August 11th, and has not pitched longer than three innings in any outing this season.

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