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Garza Dominates, Gets Help in Win

June 21, 2007 - International League (IL1)
Rochester Red Wings News Release


The Red Wings finished at .500 over their eight-game homestand with a 4-0 win over the Columbus Clippers Thursday night at Frontier Field. Matt Garza (4-6) returned to his old form after giving up no runs on four hits while striking out eight in seven innings pitched. Tommy Watkins, Trent Oeltjen and Denard Span--the bottom three batters in the lineup--each had two hits to give Garza some much-needed run support. The Wings hit the road for 10 games over the next eight days, before returning to Frontier Field Saturday night June 30.

The Clippers threatened in the first inning but were unable to score any runs. Bernie Castro led off with a double to left field and was moved to third on a groundout by former Red Wing Brent Abernathy. Alexi Casilla then saved a run on a diving play on a grounder to second in which the runner didn't advance home. Garza then struck out cleanup batter Kory Casto to get out of the inning unscathed.

The Wings did all their damage in the third. After Watkins' bunt single led off the inning, Oeltjen executed a hit-and-run with a high-chopping single over first baseman Larry Broadway's head. Span followed with a run-scoring single to give the Wings a 1-0 lead. Casilla then reached out and slapped a 1-2 fastball to left field to score Oeltjen, and two batters later Jose Morales grounded into a force out at second base that scored Span, making it 3-0. A passed ball by catcher Brandon Harper scored Casilla to extend the lead to 4-0.

Garza continued to baffle the Clippers following the Wings run support, showing great command of his fastball while mixing in an effective curve ball to throw hitters off balance.

Carmen Cali replaced Garza in the eighth, finishing off the final two innings by giving up no runs on one hit and striking out one.

Columbus starter Emiliano Fruto (3-3) took the loss after giving up three earned runs on seven hits in five innings pitched.

NOTES: Tolbert went 0-3, lowering his average to .367... Tolbert is now second in the IL batting race behind Louisville's Jeff Keppinger, who went 2-for-4 tonight to raise his average to .369... Garza was named to the United States team for the MLB Futures Game Sunday July 8... The 2007 Futures Game will be held at AT&T Park in San Francisco and will be broadcast live at 4 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

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