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Johnson Again Leads Express To Victory

August 11, 2009 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Portland Beavers News Release


ROUND ROCK, Texas - Chris Johnson homered for the second straight night and scored twice as the Round Rock Express defeated the Portland Beavers for the third consecutive game, taking Tuesday night's contest 2-1 at The Dell Diamond.

Brian Bogusevic recorded a pair of hits and former Beaver Yordany Ramirez tallied an RBI double for the Express (52-66), who will go for the four-game sweep Wednesday night.

Express starter Mark McLemore (4-8) gave up just one run over six innings on four hits and three walks to snap a personal four-game losing streak.

Valentino Pascucci had two hits and Russ Adams supplied a fourth-inning RBI single for the Beavers (50-68), who tied a season-high with their fourth straight road loss.

Josh Banks (6-5) rebounded from his rough outing at Albuquerque on Thursday with six innings of two-run ball in which he allowed six hits and walked none while fanning four, though he took his second straight loss.

Back-to-back doubles by Johnson and Ramirez plated the first run of the game in the second.

The Beavers tied it with a two-out RBI single by Adams in the top of the fourth, only to give up Johnson's solo shot in the bottom half of the inning.

Portland got a pair of runners in scoring position with one out in the eighth inning but failed to push the tying run across against Casey Daigle.

Chad Paronto pitched a perfect ninth for his 18th save of the season.

The Beavers will try to avoid a sweep by the Express Wednesday night at 5:05 p.m. (Pacific).

NOTES: Before the game, catcher Michael Collins was transferred to Class AA San Antonio, where he began the 2009 season ... neither team has recorded a sweep of the other in the five seasons since the Express moved from Edmonton in 2005.

Beavers Game File

TUESDAY'S GAME: Round Rock 2, Beavers 1

WINNING PITCHER: McLemore (4-8)

LOSING PITCHER: Banks (6-5)

SAVE: Paronto (18)

HOME RUNS: Johnson (10)

WEDNESDAY'S GAME: Portland (Wade LeBlanc: 2-8, 4.15) at Round Rock (Polin Trinidad: 3-3, 4.91), 5:05 p.m. (Pacific); live audio broadcast on KKAD AM-1550 and www.portlandbeavers.com. Follow the Beavers on Twitter: www.twitter.com/PortlandBeavers



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