Lincoln Park @ Erie County and Mang Park @ Hershey (Week 4)

Lincoln Park @ Erie County

Game1 -

Lizards......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 6 1 Kluber, Webb
Avengers........ 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 1 Kershaw

Clayton Kershaw mowed down 10 Lincoln Park batters as the Erie County Avengers
outscored the Lincoln Park Lizards 3 to 1.

Kershaw(2-0) was on top of his game. He didn't allow much, just 6 hits and 1
walk in 9 innings reducing his ERA from 2.84 to 2.25. Erie County finished
with 7 hits in the victory.


Game 2 -

Lizards......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0 Lester, Davis, Webb
Avengers........ 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 - 4 11 0 Carrasco, Giles

Carlos Carrasco went 8 solid innings and left fielder Stephen Piscotty went
deep and had 2 RBI at Great American Bpk where the Erie County Avengers beat
the Lincoln Park Lizards 4 to 0.

Lincoln Park never recovered after Erie County took the lead in the bottom of
the 2nd inning scoring a single run using 3 hits. That early run support was
enough for Carrasco(1-1) and Erie County. Overall Erie County out-hit
Lincoln Park 11 to 4.

Jon Lester(0-1) suffered the loss. He pitched 5 innings allowing 7 hits and
no walks.


Game 3 -

Lizards......... 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 - 4 10 2 Buchholz, Capps, Miller
Avengers........ 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 8 0 Odorizzi, Manship, Ramos, Giles, Robles


Left fielder Starling Marte smacked 2 homeruns and had 3 RBI at Great American
Bpk where the Lincoln Park Lizards beat the Erie County Avengers by the score
of 4 to 2.

Marte provided much of the offense. He cleared the fences for a two-run home
run in the 6th inning and blasted a solo shot in the 8th inning. Andrew
Miller earned the save with a perfect ninth, his 1st save.

Clay Buchholz(1-0) went 6 innings allowing 1 run for the victory. Jake
Odorizzi(2-1) was charged with the loss. He pitched 5 and 2/3 innings
allowing 6 hits and 1 walk.


Game 4 -

Lizards......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 - 5 9 0 Eickhoff, Davis, Capps, Webb
Avengers........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 0 Heaney, Geltz, Tolleson, Ramos

Josh Donaldson lofted one into the 'cheap seats' and had 2 RBI as the Lincoln
Park Lizards topped the Erie County Avengers by a score of 5 to 0 at Great
American Bpk.

Wade Davis(1-0) slammed the door shut in an excellent relief performance. No
one was able to reach base in his 1/3 of an inning. Lincoln Park had a total
of 9 hits for the game.

Andrew Heaney(1-2) was hit with the loss. He allowed 1 run and 5 hits in 6
and 2/3 innings


Split

No carryover injuries


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Mang Park @ Hershey

Game 1 -

Mashers......... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 11 0 Tanaka, Gilmartin, Strickland, Osuna
Squirts......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 6 0 Cueto

At Tropicana Field, the Hershey fans witnessed a great pitcher's duel.
Masahiro Tanaka(1-0) finally bested his Hershey opposite, Johnny Cueto(2-1),
by the score of 2 to 1.

Mang Park jumped on top to stay in the top of the 3rd inning plating one
baserunner on 2 base hits. Mang Park had 11 hits for the game and Hershey
had 6.

Tanaka got help from Roberto Osuna who was credited with his 1st save. Cueto
was the loser. He pitched 9 innings and surrendered 11 hits and 1 walk.


Game 2 -

Mashers......... 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 - 5 7 0 Sheilds, Grilli, Gilmartin
Squirts......... 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 - 6 6 0 Miller, Jansen

Joey Votto rocketed 2 homeruns and had 3 RBI as the Hershey Squirts won a
heart-stopping victory over the Mang Park Mashers, 6 to 5.

The game was decided in the 9th inning. Wil Myers drew a walk. Hamilton
stole second with some aggressive base running. Johnny Cueto then laid down
a sacrifice bunt. Elvis Andrus stepped in and he worked the squeeze play to
perfection making Hershey the winners and sending the 41,295 fans home happy.
Hershey had only 6 hits for the game.

The winning pitcher was Kenley Jansen(1-0) who allowed no runs in 1/3 of an
inning. The losing pitcher was Sean Gilmartin(0-1) in relief. He surrendered
no hits and 1 walk in 1/3 of an inning.


Game 3 -

Mashers......... 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 3 6 0 McHugh, Papelbon, Strickland, Osuna
Squirts......... 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 8 0 Richards, Betances, Chapman, Uehara

The Mang Park Mashers nipped the Hershey Squirts 3 to 2 at Tropicana Field in
a hard fought contest.

Mang Park did all the necessary damage in the 6th inning when they scored 3
runs on 3 hits. The key at-bat was by Randal Grichuk who deflated the mood
of the partisan fans when he doubled bringing home two baserunners. The
teams had been locked in a scoreless duel until the 6th inning.

Collin McHugh(1-0) got credit for the victory, pitching 5 innings and allowing
1 run. McHugh was helped out by Roberto Osuna who recorded his 2nd save. The
loss was charged to Garrett Richards(1-3).


Game 4 - 12 Innings

Mashers......... 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 8 0 Harvey, Gilmartin, Osuna, Papelbon
Squirts......... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 6 0 Stroman, Benoit, Chapman, Jansen, Uehara

Matt Harvey racked up an impressive total of 11 strikeouts as the Mang Park
Mashers topped the Hershey Squirts in 12 innings by a score of 3 to 2 at
Tropicana Field.

The game was deadlocked at 2 after nine full innings. Mang Park came out the
victor in the 12th inning. After an out was recorded, Kevin Kiermaier lined
a one-base hit. Kiermaier swiped second base. Koji Uehara then fired a
sharp breaking ball that appeared to cross-up the catcher. In any event, it
got by him and was ruled a passed ball. Jake Marisnick followed, but he was
set down on strikes. Andres Blanco came up to bat and doubled scoring the
run. Mang Park totaled 8 hits on the night.

Jonathan Papelbon(1-0) got credit for the victory, pitching 2 innings and
allowing no runs. Kenley Jansen(1-1) was given the loss in relief.


Mang Park 3 - 1


Thanks for making the trip Kevin....

No carryover injuries