Indians Launch Three Homers in Win
Published on July 23, 2007 under International League (IL1)
Indianapolis Indians News Release
INDIANAPOLIS -- Left-hander Micheal Tejera scattered six hits over seven innings, while third baseman Russ Johson, designated hitter Michael Tejera and left fielder Chris Aguila each blasted home runs in a 7-4 win over Durham in front of 9,481 Monday night at Victory Field.
The Indians improve to 51-50 overall and 30-24 at home, while the Bulls fall to 54-48 on the season and 26-24 on the road. Indianapolis now trails Buffalo (55-45) by 4.5 games in the International League's Wild Card race.
Tejera (7.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 SO) earned earned his first win in over a month, improving to 4-2. The last time he earned a "W" was June 2 against Charlotte when he pitched four scoreless innings. Tejera was coming off his longest outing of the season (7.2 IP, 8 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO) on July 18 vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
The Tribe cracked the scoreboard with three runs in the second. 1B Brad Eldred (1-for-4, 1 R) roped a base knock to center before 3B Russ Johnson (1-for-4, 1 R, 2 RBI) clobbered his sixth dinger of the year -- a shot to left. CF Luis Matos (1-for-2, 2 R) then drew a free pass and eventually scored on C Carlos Maldonado's (2-for-4, 2 RBI) single to left.
Indianapolis added a run in the fourth when Matos led off with a single to right, stole second, advanced to third on a wild pitch and came plateward on Maldonado's base knock to center.
Durham trimmed the deficit in the fifth when 2B Elliot Johson (2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI) and C Josh Johnson (1-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI) crushed back-to-back homers, making it 5-2.
The Indians padded their advantage with two runs in the sixth and one in the eighth. DH Michael Ryan (2-for-3, 1 R, 2 RBI) highlighted the sixth with his 10th roundtripper of the season -- a two-run bomb to left -- before LF Chris Aguila (2-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI) belted his third long ball of 2007 -- a solo-shot to left -- in the eighth.
The Bulls scored their final two runs of the contest in the ninth when CF Jeremy Owens led off with a double to left and eventually crossed the plate on J. Johnson's groundout to third. SS Ben Zobrist (1-for-5, 1 R, 1 RBI) followed with his seventh home run of the season over the right field wall.
Durham RHP Mitch Talbot (4.0 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 2 SO) suffered the loss, falling to 7-8.
The Tribe is now 23-0 when scoring at least seven runs and 35-8 when recording at least 10 base knocks.
Indianapolis opens a four-game road trip at Columbus on Tuesday 7:05 p.m. RHP Marty McLeary is expected to take the hill for the Indians, while RHP Emiliano Fruto is scheduled to get the nod for the Clippers.
The contest will be carried by ESPN-950 AM and IndyIndians.com with Howard Kellman and Scott McCauley. The pre-game show begins at 6:45 p.m.
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