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Published on July 26, 2007 under International League (IL1) News Release


INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE

IL TO CELEBRATE 125TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2008: At a press conference Tuesday in Rochester, executives from the International League announced plans to celebrate the League's 125th consecutive season in 2008. The IL traces its roots back to 1884, making it the second-oldest League in professional sports (behind baseball's National League). A 125th Anniversary logo was unveiled Tuesday which will adorn official game balls, uniforms, ballparks, merchandise, and much more all of next season. Plans also call for an updated version of Bill O'Neal's book on the history of the International League to be released, as well as several online and in-ballpark contests, features, and memorabilia auctions to be held. More information can be found at www.ILBaseball.com.

INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE HALL OF FAME TO BE REVIVED: Another exciting component of the anniversary celebration will be the revival of the IL Hall of Fame, dormant since 1963. A special induction will be held August 20, 2007 in Columbus for longtime executives and former League Presidents Harold Cooper, Jr. and George Sisler, Jr. (the latter to be inducted posthumously). Next season, up to 28 new inductees will be enshrined into the IL Hall of Fame, with plans calling for an induction ceremony to be held in each of the League's 14 cities. A complete list of the original 51 members of the IL Hall of Fame can be found at www.ILBaseball.com.

BUFFALO BISONS

LOOK NO FURTHER: The Cleveland Indians may be looking for some middle relief as the trading deadline nears, but there are several Bisons making their own cases for promotion. RHP Matt Miller has throw 20 consecutive games without allowing an earned run (19.1 IP, 10 H, 2 R, 22 K). RHP Mike Koplove has posted a 1.63 ERA over his last 12 outings (11.0 IP, 10 H, 2 ER, 12 K). On the left side, LHP Juan Lara has thrown 12 consecutive scoreless outings (12.2 IP, 6 H, 2 BB, 12 K).

LET'S PLAY TWO: Playing two games in one day has been just fine for Buffalo this season. On Monday, the team completed their third doubleheader sweep by defeating Syracuse 7-1 and 3-1. The Bisons also swept Columbus on April 15 and Louisville on June 20. The Herd also won two games on May 5, but that wasn't technically considered a doubleheader because one game was the completion of a suspended contest. If that was included, the Bisons would be 9-4 in doubleheaders this year.

COOPER CLIMBING THE CHARTS: Outfielder Jason Cooper is starting to make a serious dent among the Bisons Modern Era leaders. Cooper has now played in 274 games with the team, 14th most since the team returned to Triple-A Baseball in 1985. He's also 9th in RBI (160 -3rd most for a lefty) and 13th in home runs (36 -4th for a lefty). In his last nine games, Cooper is hitting .333 (10-33) with 2 HR and 8 RBI.

CHARLOTTE KNIGHTS

MR. EVERYTHING: Jason Bourgeois seems to find his way into the lineup everyday. He also seems to move around to different positions and different spots in the batting order. Yesterday, Bourgeois batted second and played left field going 2-4 with 2 runs scored. Bourgeois has played second base, third base, all three outfield positions and has also been the designated hitter for the Knights since being recalled on June 1 from Double-A Birmingham. He has played well when in the lineup, hitting .293 through 45 games with 20 RBI and 12 stolen bases.

CHASING SUCCESS: David Aardsma's second stint with the Knights is going far better than expected. After Knights closer Ehren Wassermann was promoted to Chicago, Aardsma was moved into the closing spot of the bullpen. Aardsma had blown two saves during his first stint with the Knights in June. After being optioned back to Charlotte on July 5, Aardsma has been brilliant. He has converted all four save opportunities and has pitched 8.0 consecutive scoreless innings. Hitters are struggling against him, hitting just .179. He also has had great control. Since being sent back to Charlotte, Aardsma has allowed just 1 walk and stuck out 9.

PLENTY OF TRANSACTIONS: Rehabbing outfielder Scott Podsednik was reinstated to the White Sox roster after a brief five-game stint with Charlotte. It was Podsednik's second rehab assignment with the Knights this season. He has appeared in 20 games at Charlotte hitting .288. The White Sox also recalled starting pitcher Gavin Floyd from Charlotte. Floyd will start the second game of a doubleheader for the White Sox tonight against the Detroit Tigers. Floyd had made a similar start for the White Sox on July 6 against Minnesota. Floyd took the loss in the start. Floyd had a 7-3 record with a 3.12 ERA for the Knights. The Knights received pitcher Dewon Day from the White Sox in correspondence to Floyd's promotion. Day appeared in 3 games for the Knights while on Major League rehab earlier this year. Day was 0-1 with an 11.25 ERA in 13 games for the White Sox. The Knights also activated pitcher Paulino Reynoso from the disabled list. Reynoso has been on the DL since June 11 with arm trouble. Reynoso was 3-0 with a 3.68 ERA in 20 games before being placed on the DL. The Knights also received pitcher Mike MacDougal on a Major League rehab assignment. MacDougal pitched in 4 games for Charlotte earlier this season.

TIDBITS: The Knights continue to play well of late. They have won 18 of their last 28 games and are now 9.5 games back of 1st place Richmond...Due to a "laundry incident", infielder Tomas Perez was forced to wear number 16 in Wednesday night's game at Buffalo...Knights Stadium will host the final game of a friendship series between the U.S national baseball team and the Chinese national baseball team.

COLUMBUS CLIPPERS

ABERNATHY JOINS THE CLUB: Tuesday night Brent Abernathy swiped his 10th base of the season, making him the fourth Clipper with at least 10 stolen bases this year. Bernie Castro leads the club with 19, followed by Brandon Watson with 17 and current Minnesota Twin Darnell McDonald, who had 14 steals during his time with Columbus this year. The last time a quartet of Clippers had double digits in stolen bases was in 2000 when Kerry Robinson (37), Alfonso Soriano (14), Darnell's brother Donzell McDonald (12) and Ryan Thompson (10) turned the trick.

WELCOME TO COLUMBUS, JONATHAN: Jonathan Albaladejo won in his Clippers debut with 2.0 hitless innings against the Indians on Tuesday. He became the fourth Columbus player to win in his Clippers debut this season, following Billy Traber (April 8 at Indianapolis), Anastacio Martinez (May 8 at Buffalo) and John Lannan (June 22 vs. Ottawa).

LANNAN CALLED TO THE BIGS: The Washington Nationals purchased the contract of LHP John Lannan today and will give him the nod in tonight's game against the Phillies in Philadelphia. Lannan is having career year, combining to go 11-3 with a 2.35 ERA over 20 appearances (19 starts) between Potomac, Harrisburg and Columbus. With the Clippers he has proven to be the ace of the staff, going 3-1 with a 1.75 ERA in six starts. All six of his starts had come following a Clippers loss, with Columbus going 5-1 when he took the hill. He played his college ball for Siena College in Loudonville, NY and will be just the fourth Saint ever to make it in the Majors (Billy Harrell in 1955 with Cleveland, Gary Holle in 1979 with Texas, Tim Christman in 2001 with Colorado).

DURHAM BULLS

HIGH POINT: Durham won 3-0 yesterday over Norfolk, the ninth victory in 11 games for the Bulls. Durham now is eight over .500 for the first time this season (55-47). The Bulls are 15-7 in July, tying the season-high mark for most wins in a month. Durham now is 24-14 (.621) over the last 38 games, part of a stretch where 35 of 36 games were against clubs with .500 records or better. The last two games against Norfolk are the first against a club with a sub-500 mark since July 4 (Charlotte).

NEIMANN NUMBER ONE: Jeff Niemann now leads the International League with 11 wins, earning number 11 last night. He's also tops in strikeouts with 108. The Durham Triple-A record for victories in a season is 13, set in 1998 by Dave Eiland, now the pitching coach for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

CANTU CAN DO: Jorge Cantu homered yesterday in a 3-0 win over Norfolk, his first this season. Cantu went homerless in 58 at-bats with Tampa Bay, and his long ball came in at-bat number 85 with Durham, or number 143 overall. Cantu hit 14 last year for Tampa in an injury-plagued season, and 28 in 2005 as the Rays' MVP.

PLAYOFF STORY: With yesterday's win, Durham still lost ground in the division race, but gained in the Wild Card hunt. The Bulls are 3.0 games behind the Richmond Braves, 2nd in the South Division. The Braves yesterday swept a double header from Ottawa. Meanwhile, the Bulls are one percentage point behind Buffalo in the Wild Card hunt, while Rochester is 0.5 games back. The Bisons fell 5-3 yesterday to Charlotte.

HERNANDEZ KEEPS HITTING: Catcher Michel Hernandez went 2-4 yesterday, and now has hit in 16 straight games. It's the longest streak this year by a Bull, and Hernandez is 26-61 (.426) over the run, with multi-hit games in five straight contests and seven of eight games.

INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS

STAYING ABOVE .500: Indianapolis is currently one game above the .500 mark at 52-51. In three seasons as a Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate, the Tribe has spent 408 of 415 days (98%) at .500 or better.

BIG GAMES, BIG CROWDS: The Indians have averaged 10,012 fans per game over their last 18 home dates. The Tribe now ranks 5th in the 14-team International League with an attendance average of 7,960 through 52 openings this season.

NO. 2 IN THE WEST: Toledo (59-46) paces the International League's West Division, while Indianapolis (52-51, 6.0 GB), Louisville (50-53, 8.0 GB) and Columbus (46-58, 12.5 GB) trail the leader. Buffalo (55-47) and Durham (56-48) lead the International League's Wild Card race over Rochester (56-49, 0.5 GB) and Indianapolis (52-51, 3.5 GB).

THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN: Indianapolis will suffer back-to-back losing months for the first time since June (9-19) and July (8-23) of 2004. The Indians posted a 13-15 mark in June and are currently 7-15 in July.

LOUISVILLE BATS

THE BOSS: The Reds No. 1 pick in the 2005 draft, Jay Bruce, has played at three Minor League levels in 2007. At Class-A Sarasota, Bruce hit .325 in 67 games with 11 HR and 4 RBI. At Double-A Chattanooga in 16 games he hit .333 with 4 HR and 15 RBI. Through 13 games with Louisville Bruce has swatted 4 HR with 9 RBI while hitting .267. His combined numbers on the season: .319 with 19 HR and 73 RBI. Bruce was named mid-season Minor League Player of the Year by Baseball America.

MOVES APLENTY: With two moves on Tuesday, July 24, Louisville has now made 132 roster changes this season, the most in the International League. The next closest team in terms of roster moves is Indianapolis with 109. Louisville has used 51 different players on the year.

SWINGING AND MISSING: Through play on Wednesday, July 25, Bats hitters have struck out 804 times on the year, 3rd most in the IL. The Bats are averaging 7.81 strikeouts/game as a team. At the current pace, Louisville would strikeout 1,124 times on the year, breaking the previous franchise record of 1,069 set in 2005.

NORFOLK TIDES

TIFFEE ON A TEAR: Terry Tiffee, who is the reigning IL Batter-of-the-Week, is hitting .361 (26-72) with five home runs and 21 RBI over his last 18 games. Tiffee has hit safely in 15 of those 18 games, and the 28-year-old switch-hitter has seven different multi-RBI games this month, having driven in two runs in a game four times, three runs in a game twice, and four runs in a game once. His 21 RBI in July are tied for the International League lead (Scranton/Wilkes-Barre's Shelley Duncan also has 21), and the 21 runs driven in are just one RBI shy of his total from the first three months of the season (10 in April, 8 in May, 4 in June).

THE CLOSER: Norfolk closer Cory Doyne was recalled to Baltimore Wednesday night, taking the roster spot of Chris Ray, who was placed on the disabled list with a right elbow ulnar collateral injury. Doyne had converted 24 straight save opportunities with the Tides, and was tied with Fort Myers' Robert Delaney and Tulsa's Steven Register for the overall Minor League lead with 29 saves when he was promoted. Doyne is just nine saves shy of matching the International League record of 38 saves, set by Richmond's Matt Whiteside in 2004.

HIT MAN: With another hit last night, Mike Cervenak has now hit safely in 25 of his last 27 games. The 30-year-old infielder ranks 2nd in the International League with 118 base hits this season, trailing former Tide Timo Perez, who has 122 base hits. The last Tides player to lead the League in hits was Matt Franco, who led the League with 164 hits in 1996.

OTTAWA LYNX

THURSTON TOPS PHILLIES MINOR LEAGUERS AGAIN: Lynx 2B Joe Thurston was named the Philadelphia Phillies Minor League Player of the Week for the week of July 16-22. This is Thurston's second time winning the weekly honor this season, having topped Phillies Minor Leaguers for the week of June 11-17. Thurston, 27, hit safely in seven of eight Lynx games last week, accumulating a .314 average (11-35) with one home run and four runs batted in. He is 2nd in the International League with eight triples and is hitting .341 for July. This is the fourth weekly honor for the Lynx this season. In addition to Thurston's two honors, C Jason Jaramillo was the Phillies Minor League Player of the Week for the Week of April 16-22 and

OF Lou Collier took home the honor for the week of May 7-13.

DOUBLE TROUBLE: This has been a tough week for the Lynx in doubleheaders. Ottawa has been swept in three twin bills in less than a week, having dropped a pair of doubleheaders to Rochester over the weekend and last night's sweep in Richmond. The team is 3-11 in doubleheader games this season, including four sweeps.

CHARITY STARTS AT HOME PLATE: The Lynx have spent the last two weekends looking back at the past while helping the National Capital Amateur Athletics Association work toward the future. The Lynx have held silent auctions in conjunction with the 15th Anniversary Celebration July 14 and the Gowlings Tribute to the Expos July 22. These two auctions, featuring jerseys and memorabilia from former Lynx and Expos players, combined to raise $5,240 for the NCAAA.

LIGHTS, CAMERA, TRANSACTION: The Philadelphia Phillies have released Lynx INF/OF Randy Ruiz. Ruiz, 29, hit .219 with 4 HR and 11 RBI in 22 games since being transferred from Double-A Reading June 26. Taking his place on the Lynx roster is OF Javon Moran. Moran, 24, hit .298 with 2 HR and 19 RBI in 67 games with Double-A Reading. The speedy outfielder leads the R-Phils with 24 stolen bases.

PAWTUCKET RED SOX

THE ROAD TO RESPECTABILITY: The Pawtucket Red Sox are playing .500 ball on the road this season (currently 24-24). The Sox are one of only six teams in the IL to be playing .500 on the road - Richmond (32-21), Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (30-23), Buffalo (28-23), Durham (27-24), and Toledo (28-26) are the others. Sox pitching has been outstanding on the road, going 24-24 with a 3.68 ERA. The Sox are hitting .265 on the road with 34 HR in 48 games. Pawtucket has struggled at home for one of the few times in recent years as they are 24-29 at McCoy. Sox pitchers are 24-29 with a 4.34 ERA at home and batters are hitting only .243 in 53 games at McCoy with 43 HR.

STOLEN GOODS: In their last 13 games the PawSox have stolen a total of 20 bases while being caught just 4 times. The PawSox have never had a player lead the IL in SB. OF Jacoby Ellsbury, who didn't even join the PawSox until May 4, is currently tied for the League-lead with 27 SB (along with Rajai Davis, formerly of Indianapolis, now with Pittsburgh). The PawSox have had five players with 40 SB or more in a season including a club-record 51 SB by Lee Graham in 1983 (unfortunately the same year that Otis Nixon stole 94 bases for Columbus). Graham also had 46 SB in 1982 followed by 42 SB by Chico Walker in 1984, and 40 each from Jeff McNeely in 1993 and Anton French in 2003.

VETERANS ON BOARD: The PawSox yesterday added RHP Joel Pineiro who accepted an optional assignment from Boston. Pineiro, who was designated for assignment by the Red Sox on Monday, went 1-1 with a 5.03 ERA in 31 relief appearances for Boston this season. He pitched 3.0 perfect innings as the PawSox starter last night in Toledo. Prior to signing with the Red Sox as a free agent in January, Joel had spent his entire 10-year career in the Seattle organization and was 58-55 with a 4.48 ERA in 185 games (148 starts) for the Mariners from 2000-06. Today the Red Sox signed free agent OF Brady Clark and sent him to Pawtucket. Clark was the Opening Day starting RF for the LA Dodgers this season but hit just .224 in 47 games before being released June 18. The 34-year-old, who played for Louisville and Cincinnati from 2000-02, had some fine seasons for Milwaukee the past three years including 2005 when he hit .306 with 13 HR and 53 RBI in 145 games.

RICHMOND BRAVES

DOUBLE DIPPING: The Braves have played five doubleheaders in 2007 and swept four. All five doubleheaders have been at The Diamond but three of the five included make-ups of games postponed on the road. The Braves won all three games in which they were the "visiting team" at The Diamond. Richmond is 9-1 in doubleheader games this season. They have at least one more doubleheader in 2007 (August 1 vs. Indianapolis).

BRAVES SET WORLD RECORD: The Richmond Braves set an unofficial Guinness Book of World Records mark for the largest number of people simultaneously donning Groucho Marx glasses. 2,513 fans signed the roll denoting participation in the mass wearing of the Groucho specs at the end of the 5th inning of last Saturday's game between the Braves and Toledo Mud Hens at The Diamond. The current record of 1,463 people wore the glasses at the Goreham, Maine Family Festival on July 30, 2006. According to the Guinness Record Book, participating fans had to wear the glasses for a minimum of 10 minutes. The Braves have signatures of participants, video and photos of the event, and notarized witness statements to Guinness for verification of the record.

D-FENCE: The Braves lead the International League in fielding percentage (.984), fewest errors committed (60), and highest percentage of opponents caught stealing (59-131 .450). Corky Miller leads the League's catchers in throwing would-be base stealers out (36-77 .468). Martin Prado has committed one error in 331 chances over 66 games at second base. Braves outfielders have 29 assists this season. The Braves have three of the League's 16 outfielders with six or more assists (Doug Clark, T.J. Bohn, and Gregor Blanco).

ROCHESTER RED WINGS

JULIO DEPAULA ON A ROLL: RHP Julio DePaula has been lights out his last 10 games, going 4-0 with a 1.31 ERA. In 20.2 innings of work, DePaula has allowed just three runs on 13 hits while walking just three and striking out 22. Opponents are batting just .188 (13-69) against him during this 10-game stretch.

KING OF THE SAVES HILL: Red Wings closer Bobby Korecky record his 27th save of the season Tuesday night. His 27 saves are a new Red Wings all-time record for saves in a season. Korecky is on pace to record 37 saves. The Red Wings bullpen has 35 saves this season and needs just 7 more to tie the 1997 Red Wings for most saves (42) by a Red Wings team in one season.

MORRIE SILVER LEGACY CARRIED ON: The Rochester Red Wings unveiled a life size statue of the late Morrie Silver Wednesday afternoon at Frontier Field. Silver, a very successful and civic-minded local businessman, spearheaded a community stock drive on November 26, 1956 to buy the Red Wings baseball franchise and stadium from the St. Louis Cardinals and in this effort, saved baseball for Rochester. Silver launched the stock drive which became known as "The 72-Day Miracle" to preserve professional baseball in his hometown when the St. Louis Cardinals announced that they would no longer operate their franchise in Rochester. In the end, 8,222 shareholders bought stock in the team in order to keep them in Rochester. Silver covered the shortfall with his own dollars and bank loans and on February 27, 1957 Silver presented the Cardinals with a check for $500,000. The statue unveiling is part of the Red Wings season-long 50th anniversary celebration of being a community owned team.

SCRANTON/WILKES-BARRE YANKEES

HUGHES, WHITE STYMIE BATS: The performances by RHPs Phil Hughes and Steven White on Tuesday night were no doubt dominating, but they also set a pair of team-best marks for 2007 in the process. The duo combined to allow just two hits and four base runners all night, which both set season-best marks for the SWB pitching staff. In fact, only one of those four base runners advanced past second base. The highlight of Hughes' rehab performance came in the 5th inning, when Louisville loaded the bases without any outs. After getting Anderson Machado to hit a shallow fly ball to right field, Hughes struck out the next two batters to end the threat. He struck out seven and walked one in six innings of work. White was just as impressive, tossing three perfect innings and whiffing one to notch his first save in his first relief appearance of the year.

101 DOWN, 42 TO GO: The Yankees are now through 100 games of the 143 (Monday night's rainout against Charlotte will not be made up) they'll play in the regular season this year. They reached the century mark of the season with a flourish, winning eight of their last nine and 12 of their last 14 games. Through the same number of games, the Yankees are two games ahead of last year's Red Barons, who went on to win an International League-best 84 games. The Red Barons' playoff push packed punch down the stretch, as they played .690 ball (29-13) after game No. 100 in 2006.

FRANCIA GETS BACK TO BUSINESS: INF Juan Francia showed just what he had to offer-again-to SWB's lineup in his first game back since being placed on the disabled list on July 8. Francia tripled in the 2nd inning to score 3B Chris Basak from third with two outs and gave the Yanks an early 2-0 lead. Francia has been especially good in the clutch, batting .500 (8-16) with nine RBI with runners in scoring position and two outs.

YANKEE DOODLES: With their 6-3 win and Buffalo's 5-3 loss to Charlotte, the Yankees are now in 1st by 3.5 games, the largest cushion that SWB has had all year. The Yanks also boast the International League's best record, at 58-43 (.574)...RHP Jim Brower notched his 19th save of the year for SWB with two scoreless innings on Wednesday. The right-hander now sits just six shy of Chuck Ricci's single-season franchise record of 25 saves, which was set in 1995. With the save, Brower, who has appeared in 32 games for SWB, also moved past Peter Zamora into the No. 10 spot on the SWB career saves list....SWB is now 16-5 this month and has won 12 of its last 14 games.

SYRACUSE CHIEFS

BIG TIME OFFENSE: Wednesday night became an offensive performance to remember for the Chiefs. Syracuse pounded out a season-high 18 hits against its Thruway rival Rochester. Six Chiefs had multi-hit performances including a trio of three-hit ballgames from Ryan Roberts, Ray Olmedo and Chad Mottola.

TURNABOUT IS FAIR PLAY: Last Thursday the Chiefs scored ten runs in the first four innings and held on to knock off the Red Wings 10-7. Five days later Syracuse gave up eight runs in the first three innings and the comeback bid fell short 9-6 against Rochester. Coincidentally enough the home team won on each occasion and the same pitching matchup was on the mound for each ballgame. The Chiefs started Ty Taubenheim against Rochester's Ryan Mullins. Taubenheim gave up a total of 13 earned runs in the two games and Mullins yielded 14 earned runs in the two starts.

LEADERSHIP BY ABSENTEEISM: With the recent promotions of Toledo's Mike Hessman and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre's Shelley Duncan to the Major Leagues, Chiefs OF John-Ford Griffin has become the International League's home run leader among current players. Griffin has 20 home runs on the season, the most of any player still in the IL.

ANOTHER REHABBER MAKES HIS WAY THROUGH THE SALT CITY: The Chiefs welcomed their sixth Major League rehabber of 2007 when LHP Gustavo Chacin took the mound on Monday at Buffalo. Chacin pitched three innings and took the loss in his first appearance since April 28. He makes the fourth pitcher to pitch for the Chiefs on a MLB rehab assignment this year. The others are RHP John Thomson, RHP Brandon League and RHP Victor Zambrano. OF Reed Johnson and C Gregg Zaun are the other Blue Jays to make a pit stop in Syracuse.

TOLEDO MUD HENS

HESSMAN AND RABURN SHINING WITH DETROIT: Third baseman Mike Hessman and OF Ryan Raburn each have earned a trip to the Detroit Tigers and are red hot. Hessman, who leads the IL in home runs, RBI and slugging percentage, joined the Tigers on Monday, July 23 and went 2-4 with two RBI in his debut. In his second game on Tuesday, Hessman had two more RBI and hit his first career home run as a Tiger in the 2nd inning. Raburn walloped two home runs and drove in seven runs on yesterday at Chicago. Raburn is now 10-20 at the plate with Detroit with 3 HR and 10 RBI.

SCHILLING TO MAKE REHAB START AGAINST HENS: The Mud Hens will face Major League veteran RHP Curt Schilling on Thursday, July 26 at Fifth Third Field. Schilling will be added to the list of Major League veteran pitchers the Mud Hens have come across in the 2007 season. On May 28, the Hens faced RHP Roger Clemens at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. After that, on June 10, LHP Kenny Rogers made a rehab appearance at Fifth Third Field and pitched 3.2 scoreless innings for the Hens. Finally, RHP Joel Pineiro, the long-time Seattle Mariner and former 16-game winner (2003), pitched for Pawtucket on July 25 against the Hens at Fifth Third Field and did not allow a hit in three innings of work.

WE'VE GONE BATTY: The Toledo Mud Hens will present their 3rd annual "We've Gone Batty Night" on Friday, July 27. The Hens will be auctioning off game-used bats via a silent auction and limited edition autographed pink Louisville Slugger bats. Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Susan G. Komen for the Cure - Northwest Ohio Affiliate.

AWESOME ANDRES: OF Andres Torres, who was promoted to Toledo from Double-A Erie on July 19, had a solid debut with the Hens in the 2007 season. Through his first six games with the Hens, Torres is batting .519 (14-27), with five runs, a double, a home run, four RBI, and a stolen base. Torres was batting .292 (89-305), with 53 runs, 15 doubles, 11 triples, six home runs, 35 RBI, and 17 stolen bases with the SeaWolves in Erie before he joined the Hens. The 29-year-old also played for the Hens during the 2002 and 2003 seasons.

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