Portland uses five-run first, ninth innings to cruise past Fresno
April 17, 2010 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Portland Beavers News Release
FRESNO, Calif. - Dusty Ryan, Craig Stansberry and Chris Denorfia all homered as the Portland Beavers slugged their way past the Fresno Grizzlies 13-6 at Chukchansi Park Saturday afternoon.
The Beavers (5-5) started the day with five runs in the first and ended it with five in the ninth while collecting a season-high 16 hits.
Stansberry had three hits, as did Craig Cooper, who tallied a pair of run-scoring doubles. Denorfia had two hits despite not entering the game until the sixth inning.
Mark Worrell (1-0) earned the win, fanning two and holding Fresno without a hit or walk over the sixth and seventh innings.
Ryan Rohlinger had three hits while Joe Borchard and Steve Holm each drove in two runs for the Grizzlies (5-5).
The Beavers scored five runs in the first off Fresno starter Matt Kinney (0-2) on RBI doubles by Lance Zawadzki, Cooper and Aaron Cunningham and Ryan's two-run homer to left.
The Grizzlies got on the board with two in the bottom of the frame on a bases-loaded walk and a sac fly.
Portland plated a run in each of the second and third innings. Luis Durango, after swiping his second of two bases on the day, took advantage of a pair of wild pitches by Kinney in the second and Stansberry went deep for his first home run of the season in the third.
Fresno came back with three runs in the fourth, thanks in part to RBI singles by Rohlinger and Borchard, then added another in the fifth on Holm's solo homer to make it 7-6.
The Beavers poured on five more runs in the ninth, highlighted by Denorfia's three-run homer.
Neither starting pitcher made it out of the fourth inning, as Portland's Radhames Liz gave up three runs in three innings and Kinney allowed seven runs (6 earned) over three frames for the Grizzlies.
The two teams meet again Sunday afternoon at 2:05 p.m.
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