Tornadoes Game Notes

Published on July 9, 2010 under Canadian American League (Can-Am)
Worcester Tornadoes News Release


TONIGHT'S MATCHUP:

Saturday, July 10, 2010 - 7:05 PM

Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field, Worcester, MA

Brockton Rox (23-16, 2nd place) at Worcester Tornadoes (15-25, 6th place)

#41 Buster Lussier (1-2, 3.09 ERA) vs #32 Chris Farley (4-3, 4.96 ERA)

Next Series Probable Pitching Matchups:

7/12 7:05 PM - Quebec TBA vs #34 Jon Hollis (1-3, 4.78 ERA)

7/13 7:05 PM - Quebec TBA vs #17 Zach Zuercher (0-1, 6.43 ERA)

7/14 11:05 AM - Quebec TBA vs #23 John Kelly (4-2, 2.86 ERA)

Game Notes: On the mound for the Tornadoes will be Chris Farley. After going 3-1 from June 13th to June 29th, he got hit hard his last time out on July 4th against Quebec. In that game, he gave up 8 earned runs and 7 hits in 2 1/3 innings while walking 5 batters. He has started twice against Brockton this season, going 1-1 in those games. He has given up 8 hits, 5 runs, and struck out only 2 batters in 13 innings against the Rox. For Brockton, RHP Buster Lussier will get the nod. He has appeared in 9 games this year, 6 as a reliever and 3 as a starter. In the three starts, he has gone 1-2 giving up 10 earned runs and 22 hits in 17 1/3 innings. Lussier has also faced Worcester three times this season, once as a starter and twice as a reliever. He picked up his lone win of the season against the Tornadoes, going 5 innings allowing just 1 earned run back on June 19th. All of Lussier's 6 relief appearances have been 2 innings or more and has given up just 1 earned run in relief.

Last Night: The Tornadoes took an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first on an RBI single by Mark Minicozzi, but Brockton answered with a 5-run top of the 2nd off of Worcester starter Matt Giusti and didn't look back as they took the game 11-7. Worcester did make it interesting in the 9th, getting 5 runs and having the bases loaded with 2 outs before getting a diving catch by OF Keith Brachold to end the game. Brockton pounded out 18 hits against the Tornadoes pitching staff while Worcester managed 10 against the Rox. Melvin Falu and Chris Valenica each had a home run for the Rox, bringing the total number of home runs to 8 in the first 2 games of the series. With an 0 for 5 night, Tornadoes OF Stantrel Smith did not get a hit for the first time in 10 games.

Tornadoes:

Offense: 2B Mark Minicozzi leads the team with 31 singles. 3B Chris Colabello leads the team with 16 extra base hits and 5 home runs. OF Stantrel Smith leads the team with 2 triples. Minicozzi and OF Ryan Crespi are second on the team with 4 home runs each. SS Omar Pena leads the team with 18 walks. Colabello also leads the team with 27 runs scored and 12 2 out hits. C Alex Trezza leads the team with 13 doubles.

Pitching: Tonight's starter Chris Farley is tied with SP John Kelly for the team lead with 4 wins each. Farley also has gotten more groundball outs than any other pitcher on the team with 61 and opponents are hitting .274 against him. RP Albert Ayala has made the second most appearances with 15 and has a .259 batting average against. Through 4 appearances, RP Rick Asadoorian has yet to give up a run and has only given up 5 total bases.

Interesting Facts and Random Stats: The Tornadoes are 8-12 at home, 0-22 when trailing after 7 innings, and 2-6 in JulyWorcester is batting .263 (343 for 1305) as a team and .304 (95 for 312) with runners in scoring positionThe Tornadoes are 73 for 187 (.390) when putting the first pitch of an at bat into playColabello, 1B Nick Salotti, and Trezza have all been hit by a team leading 4 pitchesSmith has the team lead with 3 stolen bases and has played just 10 games this seasonSalotti leads the team with 25 RBI's.

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