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"Key" Home Runs Help Hounds Ice The Juice 16-2

June 15, 2007 - South Coast League (SCL)
Aiken Foxhounds News Release


AIKEN, S.C. - Bradley Key belted home runs over the left field wall in his first two plate appearances, driving in five of the team's first seven runs as the Aiken Foxhounds (16-9) knocked off the Bradenton Juice (15-9) 16-2 on Friday evening at Roberto Hernandez Stadium. With both teams within one game of the South Coast League lead, the Foxhounds even the three-game weekend series setting up Saturday's rubber match. Key finished with three of the team's four homers on the night.

Aiken wasted no time jumping on Juice starter Derek Hawk, as Garth McKinney and Joe Cuttone opened the game with base hits. With the series originally scheduled to take place in Bradenton, Fla. but moved to Aiken due to scheduling conflicts, the Foxhounds were the visitors on the scoreboard.

Key came to the plate in the top of the first and blasted a 2-1 pitch off the scoreboard in left field, making it 3-0 'Hounds. The former USC Aiken standout third baseman felt right at home at his old collegiate park going 3-for-5 with three home runs, eight RBI, and four runs scored.

Hawk settled down to retire Tim Sweeney and Chad Miller before Jeff Timmons smacked a solo shot over the wall in left. Hawk (1-3) tossed 39 pitches in the first inning and was chased after just 2.1 innings surrendering nine earned runs on 10 hits, striking out three in the loss.

The Foxhounds continued to set the tone in the second frame with an RBI triple off the bat of Joe Cuttone followed by Key's second long ball of the game, a two-run dinger over the left field wall. In the third, Ben Bando singled to center field, driving in two more to extend the margin to 9-0.

Aiken hurler Tim Drew sat down the Juice in order until relief pitcher Travis Kane singled to left field for Bradenton's first base runner of the evening. Drew got Luke Barganier to ground out as in his 3.0 innings of work, Drew was near perfect in 10 batters faced.

Brian Grijalva (1-0) came on in the fourth and pitched 3.0 scoreless innings, holding the Juice to the two hits and a walk in notching his first victory.

Kane calmed down the 'Hounds bats for 3.2 innings, holding Aiken to one unearned run in the sixth, but Ricky Seabolt's RBI triple highlighted a three-run eighth and Key cranked a three-run blast in the ninth over the scoreboard to cap the scoring at 16-2.

Cuttone, Sweeney, Timmons, and Scott Houin each tallied two hits for Aiken.

The two teams will meet for the final game of the series on Saturday night at Hernandez Stadium with the first pitch slated for 7:05 PM.

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