IL1 Indianapolis Indians

Hart, Hendrickson Lift Tribe

Published on June 17, 2004 under International League (IL1)
Source: Indianapolis Indians News Release


GAME HIGHLIGHTS:

Indianapolis bats came to life (11 hits) Thursday night as the Tribe defeated Durham, 7-4, snapping a four-game losing streak.

Corey Hart ignited the Tribe offense in the fourth inning with his 10th homer of the season and Ben Hendrickson (6-2) pitched six solid innings to earn the victory. Jose Veras (1-2) was pinned with the loss.

The Bulls collected three home runs in the loss and added 10 hits.

Indianapolis improves to 33-32, Durham falls to 35-30.

QUOTES:

Chris Michalak, Indians reliever on bases loaded strike out of Jorge Cantu:

"I've faced Cantu many times over the years," said Michalak. "Right away, I wanted to get ahead of the count. I knew that he's had success with offspeed pitches. I started him out with a hard sinker, then worked in a curve ball. He hit the curve ball about two feel foul. It's nice to something go our way for once. I knew that he would be looking for a breaking ball, so I came back with another hard sinker and he swung over the top of it. It worked out well. We battled tonight and kept the pressure on them."

Manager Cecil Cooper on the win:

"This is a game that we needed to win," said Cooper. "From the outset, we were very aggressive on the bases. Corey had some big hits tonight and Ben pitched well enough for the victory. Our team responds well when Hendrickson is pitching. Michalak and Childers also threw well tonight."

NOTES:

RHP Ben Ford joined the Tribe Thursday night from Milwaukee on a rehab assignment and made his first appearance for Indianapolis since he pitched for the Tribe in 2003. Matt Erickson has hit .419 in his last 10 games. Alex Delgado has hit .308 in his last 10 games. Indianapolis has never played under .500 this season.

Cecil Cooper is three wins shy of earning his 100th victor as skipper of the Indians.

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