Tornadoes Game Notes for Saturday, July 31st
Published on July 31, 2010 under Canadian American League (Can-Am)
Worcester Tornadoes News Release
TONIGHT'S MATCHUP:
Saturday, July 31, 2010 -7:05 PM
Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field, Worcester, MA
Quebec Les Capitales (36-23, 1st place) at Worcester Tornadoes (25-34, 6th place)
#22 Matthew Rusch (8-1, 2.91 ERA) vs. #23 John Kelly (7-2, 2.70 ERA)
Probable Pitching Matchups for Rest of Series:
8/1 2:05 PM - #23 Michel Simard (4-4, 6.03 ERA) vs. #21 Justin Knoff (2-0, 1.50 ERA)
Game Notes: Worcester sends Pitching Coach/SP John Kelly to the mound to face the Capitales in game 3 of a 4 game homestand. He is 7-2 overall and 4-0 in his last 4 starts. In those games, he has gone 22 innings, giving up just 4 runs (3 earned), 12 hits, and striking out 21 batters. Kelly has also gotten run support in his past 4 starts, with the Tornadoes scoring 29 runs in those games. He is the only pitcher on the staff to have a WHIP under 1 and has the team high in strikeouts with 61. Kelly has started twice against the Capitales, picking up a win in his last appearance back on July 14th. In that game, he lasted 5 innings, giving up 1 unearned run and just 1 hit. Before that, he had a no-decision in his first decision of the season on June 1st. He went 6 innings giving up just 3 hits and 1 run. Opposing him will be 5'1" righty Matthew Rusch. After starting the season with 6 relief appearances, he has started 9 straight games for Les Capitales. Out of those 9 starts, 6 have been quality starts. Rusch is 6-0 when he goes at least 6 innings, 0-1 if he does not make it to the 5th, and the team is 8-0 when he pitches 5 complete innings. Including relief appearances, Quebec is an astounding 13-2 when he appears in a game. Rusch has started one game against Worcester, throwing 7 shutout innings of 3 hit ball back on July 5th, striking out 10 Tornadoes. Worcester has picked up one win against the Capitales in which Rusch pitched.
Last Night: After going down by a run in both the third and fourth innings, the Worcester offense exploded for 3 runs in the 7th and 7 more in the 8th to win 12-2. In the 8th, the Tornadoes 7 runs came off of just 4 hits, which included 3 run homers by Chris Colabello and Alex Trezza as well as a solo shot by Danny Santiesteban that nearly landed on I-290. The 3 homeruns in the inning tied the Can-Am League record for home runs in an inning, as both New Jersey and North Shore accomplished the feat back in 2005. SP Zach Zuercher had one of his better starts of the season, giving up just 2 runs in 6 innings of work. Shawn Gilblair picked up the win, using 15 pitches to get through 2 scoreless innings. Santiesteban also contributed in the fielding, gunning out Michael Thompson on a throw from deep center. Nick Salotti also had a big game, going 3 for 4 with 2 doubles, 2 RBI's, and 3 runs scored. Worcester's 2 through 4 hitters of Omar Pena, Colabello, and Salotti were a combined 6 for 12 with 5 RBI's and 7 runs scored.
Tornadoes:
Offense: Ryan Crespi leads the team with a .331 batting average, a .395 batting average on balls in play, and a .409 on base percentage. Chris Colabello leads the team with 40 RBI's and is tied with Danny Santiesteban for homeruns with 9 each. Santiesteban has the team lead in slugging with .623. Omar Pena leads the team with 30 walks. Stantrel Smith leads the team with 8 stolen bases.
Pitching: Shawn Gilblair has the team low ERA amongst relievers with 1.98, team low batting average against amongst relievers with .200, and the team low on base percentage against amongst relievers with .263. John Kelly has not walked a Quebec Capitales batter in two starts this season. Rick Asadoorian has the next lowest ERA amongst relievers with 2.46 followed by Albert Ayala with 3.25.
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