IronPigs Game Notes
Published on July 17, 2012 under International League (IL1)
Lehigh Valley IronPigs News Release
The IronPigs (54-42) will play Game Two of a four-game against the fourth-place Durham Bulls (43-54) at Durham Bulls Athletic Park... With a 6-3 win last night, the Pigs snapped a mini two-game skid and improved to 3-5 on this eleven-game road trip. Despite going just 4-7 in their last 11 games, the Pigs have gone 23-16 in their 39 contests to go from 4.5-games out to 1.0-game up in the North... The Bulls -- Tampa's top affiliate -- have lost seven straight games and have gone just 2-9 in their last 11 affairs after a going 15-7 from June 10 to July 2.
RHP Scott Elarton (5-7, 5.21) will start for LHV against RHP Jim Paduch (4-7, 5.45).
First-pitch tonight is 7:05 p.m...
TO THE MOON... FOR LUNA!:
Last night, DH Hector Luna went 3-4 with a 2B, 2 HR and 5 RBI -- becoming just the 2nd Pig with a multi-HR game in 2012 (Domonic Brown, 6/5 @ GWN); and the 16th occurrence in LHV history... The 10 total bases were LHV season-high and a career-high for Luna.
* After going 0-4 in his first game down from PHI (7/12), Luna has hit safely in his last 4 G (6-15, .400-2-6, 2 2B, 3 R).
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