IL1 Lehigh Valley IronPigs

IronPigs Game Notes

Published on July 22, 2010 under International League (IL1)
Lehigh Valley IronPigs News Release


The fifth-place IronPigs (41-57) play the finale of a four-game series (and of an eight-game road trip) against the West's second-place Indianapolis Indians (50-49) -- Pittsburgh's top affiliate. With a 12-8 win yesterday, the 'Pigs have tied their season-high with a three-game winning streak. They've also won four of their last five contests to improve to 4-3 on this West Division swing... Indianapolis has dumped three straight after winning a pair at Rochester. The streaky Indians have gone just 6-15 (.286) in their last 21 affairs since going a season-high, 10-games above .500 on June 28.

RHP Brandon Duckworth (4-3, 3.56) will start for LHV against RHP Charlie Morton (2-3, 4.78).

First-pitch is at 7 p.m. The Pigs next return home for eight games starting tomorrow against Norfolk at 7:05 p.m.

WITH A WIN TODAY, THE PIGS WILL...:

Have a season-high, four-game winning streak -- something LHV has not done since 8/20-8/23/09... Their last 5-game streak was during a franchise-long, 7-gamer 6/14-6/20/09

BEE-BEES BY BOCOCK!:

The amazing run for SS Brian Bocock continues... He now has a career-high, 9-game hit streak (13-33, .394-3-14) -- passing his prev/ career-high of 8 (done twice, last: 7/17/09-7/25/09 w/ Advanced-A San Jose)... The streak also includes: [1] His first career multi-HR game -- and a career-high 9 total bases -- on 7/17 @ LOU... [2] A career-high 6 RBI on 7/21 @ IND -- which also ties the LHV single-game record (Tracy)... [3] His second career Grand Slam on 7/21 @ IND... [4] One game-tying hit (7/17 @ LOU)... One go-ahead hit (7/21 @ IND)... One game-winning hit (7/19 @ IND).

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