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The Herd:
It had been weeks since the Buffalo Bisons scored more than four runs in a game and more than a month since they had a four-run inning.
One might say they were due to break out, and they did just that Saturday night at Victory Field.
The Bisons put up a four spot in the fifth inning to break a scoreless tie en route to a 6-3 triumph over the Indianapolis Indians. Andy Green’s three-run triple did the most damage in the inning, as the six runs are the most the Herd has scored in a game since beating Rochester, 8-3, on July 4.
Buffalo hadn’t scored more than four runs in a game since scoring five in a pair of contests on July 5 — a span of 16 games. The Bisons hadn’t scored four runs in an inning since a June 19 win at Charlotte.
Sunday, July 26 at Erie 1:05 pm RHP Dylan Owen (3-6, 5.55) vs. LHP Jon Kibler (6-5, 3.71)
Monday, July 27 at Altoona 7:05 pm LHP Eric Niesen (1-5, 7.36) vs. RHP Michael Crotta (4-6, 5.12)
Tuesday, July 28 at Altoona 7:05 pm RHP Brad Holt (2-3, 5.45) vs. RHP Derek Hankins (2-3, 4.50)
Wednesday, July 29 at Altoona 7:05 pm RHP Eric Brown (4-12, 6.73) vs. LHP Daniel Moskos (7-8, 3.90)
It was after Thursday night's game, in which he threw six innings for the B-Mets and got a no decision in the B-Mets' come-from-behind victory over the Connecticut Defenders. Holt, the Mets' No. 4 prospect, gave up four home runs - including one to Connecticut pitcher Tim Alderson."It's never a good feeling when they take you hard, but when the pitcher does it, you're just like, 'Oh, my God!" Holt said with a slow, easy smile. "There's really not much you can say about it."Holt had an odd night. Four home runs is nobody's idea of a good night for a pitcher. However, he had three strikeouts and no walks. Of his 96 pitches he threw, 69 were for strikes. That's a pretty remarkable number."It was definitely not one of my better (starts)," Holt said. "I guess, in a way, it's not a bad thing that these kinds of outings happen. The last couple have gone really well, and in a way, it humbles you. It makes you keep focused and not get comfortable and allowed to realize there are some things I need to work on."
Gnats:
SEEING STARS: Sean Ratliff extended his hitting streak to 11 games while Josh Satin and Jefry Marte each hit two-run home runs, but it wasn't enough as the Power rallied from a 5-2 deficit to win in the ninth. West Virginia's Quincy Latimore went 3-for-5 at the plate, including a pair of triples, a walk-off double, two RBIs and two runs scored.
DECISION MAKING: Savannah's pitching staff would like to forget the eighth inning. The Gnats squandered a three-run lead by surrendering four walks, hitting a batter and giving up one hit (one of Latimore's triples). Manuel Olivares started the inning, in relief of starter Jeurys Familia (seven innings, eight hits, two earned runs, one walk, one strikeout), and gave up two walks, and Latimore's triple before being pulled in favor of Rhiner Cruz. Cruz walked his first batter, hit the second with a pitch and walked another before being pulled for John Church. Church finally got the Gnats out of the inning, but suffered the loss in the ninth when he walked the lead-off batter who scored three batters later on a double by Latimore.
Don’t blame the rain delay. Don’t blame the umps for refusing to call it after five. Mostly, blame Michael Gonzales.
The brawny Elizabethton first baseman went 4-for-5 with two doubles, a triple and five RBIs as the Twins took a 6-5 Appalachian League win over the Kingsport Mets at Hunter Wright Stadium on Saturday night.
“I was just hitting it where it was pitched,” said Gonzales, whose batting rhythm wasn’t disrupted in the least by the violent thunderstorm that sent him back to the clubhouse to play cards for 45 minutes.
“That’s the first time we’ve ever had a rainout. And for me, personally, being from California, we don’t see rain like that,” Gonzales said.
Saturday wasn’t the first time the K-Mets (10-21) put together an early lead and gave it back only to finish the game clawing and scratching within striking distance.
Prentice Redman, Seattle Mariners (OF)
Minor League Team: Tacoma Rainiers, Pacific Coast LeagueAge 29 (Turns 30 on August 23rd)
‘09 Stats — .289/.342/.523, 15 HR, 39 RBI
Redman was drafted in the 10th round of the ‘99 draft by the New York Mets and got a brief Major League look in ‘03 but struggled in his 15 games.
After the ‘05 season, Redman left the Mets organization for the Cardinals organization but didn’t make an entire season there and spent the rest of the year in the Washington Nationals minor league system. For the past three years, Redman has been with the Mariners and worked his way back into Major League consideration over the past three years.
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