A bitter Pill for the RockCats to swallow and..
somewhere Earl Weaver is smiling as the Defs use a three run homer off the bat of Brett Pill and score an insurance run late on a Brad Boyer (welcome back) triple and a NB error to win tonight 4-2.
Jese English (7-6) improves to 4-0 against the RockCats this season as he threw a solid six innigs. Matt Yourkin (1.88 REA) threw two scoreless innings before turning the game over to Joe Paterson and Dan Otero in the 9th. Otero gets the final two outs to record his 19th save.
CT got the three run homer in the first as Brock Bond (2 for 3) singled and Mike McBryde walked before Pill hit his team leading 12th homer and accounted for his EL leading 72 RBIs to left field.
RockCats starter Matt Fox settled down after Pill's homer to retire 14 in a row and recorded 9 Ks in his 6.1 IP.
Misc fan notes: Nice crowd on hand tonight--5081. An even bigger one is on tap for tomorrow's game for Military Appreciation Day.
Would have loved to see Yourkin pitch the 9th tonight.
Frank in an earlier post today is reporting that both AR and Brooks McNiven have been released. I didn't see AR in the dugout tonight...and I just checked the link Frank provided and indeed both have been released.
Pics are Boyer at third and Brandon Crawford (as Hondo points out...batting third tonight?) at short and Pill's homer.
posted by greg8370 at 9:28 PM
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English was recalled from extended spring training, and Rafael Cova, called up from Rookie ball
Pitched in 2 games this year, 1sv 4Ks
Pichardo is now listed on milb.com as a Fresno Grizzly, but status says Reassigned to new team or level
Good to see a long ball at Dodd for once, and a win at home!
10:28 PM
I'm very disappointed that Brooks McNiven was released from the team. I was thinking of inviting him to Hershey Park while the Defenders are in Harrisburg, PA at the end of August.
11:42 PM
greg,
i hope that someday, the milb honors you in some fashion, with creating and maintaining the best blog ever on the sport that is minor league baseball.
your hard work and passion need to be recognized
no matter where the defenders end up next season...ill keep coming back here
12:15 AM
I'll miss my man, Flash. He'll do fine in or out of the game of baseball.
10:59 AM
thanks Dfensfan for the info
I hear you Jarred
Bacci--thanks for the kind words
AR--the feel the pain with you
4:30 PM
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