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Nowak, Biscuits Spoil Cortes' Debut with a Setback

July 17, 2009 - Southern League (SL1)
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MONTGOMERY, ALA. (July 17, 2009) - Dan Cortes' Jaxx debut did not go well as Cortes lasted just 4.1 innings in the Diamond Jaxx (15-8) 11 to 3 loss to the Montgomery Biscuits (11-12) on Friday night. Chris Nowak led the Biscuits going 2-for-3 at the dish with a double and a Biscuits season high five RBI in one game. Aneaury Rodriguez (5-10) had a no hitter through 5.2 innings and earned his fifth victory of the season. After splitting the first two games at Riverwalk Stadium, the Biscuits take a two to one series lead with the blowout victory in front of 5,987 fans. Johan Limonta's nine game hitting streak also was snapped in the process, as Limonta goes 0-for-3 in the loss. David Espinosa provided the Jaxx only multi-hit game tallying two hits and an RBI.

Jaxx starter, Dan Cortes (0-1) got off to a shaky start walking three and giving up a two-RBI base hit to Chris Nowak in the top of the first. Cortes threw 38 pitches in the bottom of the first inning.

Mike Wilson reached on an error to start the top of the second inning. Aneury Rodriguez walked Johan Limonta then hit Matt Mangini and Guillermo Quiroz which plated Mike Wilson. Jimmy Mojica provided a sacrifice fly scoring Limonta to knot the score at two each.

Dan Cortes sat down six in a row in the second inning and the first two outs of the third. That is when he ran into more trouble. After a two out single by Fernando Cortez, Matt Fields drove in Cortez with a double and Cody Cipriano followed with a two-run homer, lifting the Biscuits on top 5-2. The homer for Cipriano was his first at the Double-A level.

Cortes left the game in the fifth inning, lasting just 4.1 innings in his Jaxx debut. Cortes allowed five runs on four hits, while walking four and fanning five. Mumba Rivera came out of the pen in the fifth and escape the inning unscathed. Rivera gave up three runs in relief in 2.1 innings.

Biscuits starter, Aneury Rodriguez left the game in the sixth inning and taking a no hitter through 5.2 innings. David Espinosa's single in the sixth was first hit allowed, although Rodriguez walked three, hit three and struck out six. The two runs given up by Rodriguez were unearned.

In the seventh inning, the Biscuits put away the Jaxx by getting a controversial two out, two RBI double from Matt Fields down the third base line. Two hitters later, Joe Gaetti drove in Matt Fields giving Montgomery an 8-2 advantage.

David Espinosa drove in the Jaxx third and final run of the game in the top of the eighth inning. Espinosa plated Greg Halman with a single to make the score 8-3.

The Biscuits added some butter to the batter in the bottom of the eighth when Chris Nowak drove in three with a double down the left field line. The double by Nowak capped off a 2-for-3 day at the plate and season high for a Biscuit player, five RBI's. The Biscuits beat the Jaxx 11-3.

RHP Steve Bray (2-4, 3.08) starts on Saturday night as the Jaxx look to even the series at two. RHP Jeremy Hellickson (2-1, 2.49) will get the ball for the Biscuits trying to win their second series of the season at home.

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