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| Tom Owens |
August 16: Jersey 2, Eureka 1. It's youth vs. age! Jersey's
Tom Owns (2-2) is 20-year-old rookie making his seventh major league start. Eureka's
Jeff Williams (1-1) is a 38-year-old veteran. He went 13-13 with the Quakes last season, was claimed off waivers by Eureka in the off-season, and spent most of 2013 injured—in fact, this marks just his third start of the year. This odd couple pitch dueling shutouts for seven innings. In the eighth, the Jesters finally get to Williams:
Bill Flynn doubles in
Luis Castro for the game's first run.
Stan Cheslin adds a solo home run in the ninth. Owens, meanwhile, pitches eight shutout innings.
August 16: Jacksonville 3, San Francisco 0. Edgar McNeal (2-3) and three relievers combine to shutout the Quakes. McNeal goes 7 1/3 innings, striking out four without walking a batter. The Jacks score a run in the first on a bases-loaded walk, then tack on two in the ninth when
Joe MacKnight homers.
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Roberto
Martínez |
August 16: Maple 3, Kansas City 0. With so many of the Marauder pitching staff spending the season on an all-expenses paid vacation on the Disabled List, the Canadians have had to lean on ace
Roberto Martínez. Tonight Martínez (15-6) pitches 8 2/3 innings of shutout baseball: he allows five hits, no walks, strikes out four, and lowered his season ERA to 2.69. Backup catcher
Greg Hammond provides the game's big blow, tripling in a pair of runs in the sixth.
The Barn Owls take a big lead, 9-4, into the bottom of the ninth, but the Hops rally. With the bases loaded and two outs,
Darryl Bradshaw hits
Jason Clemons with a pitch, bringing up
Bryan Caldwell. On a 2-2 count, Caldwell hits a deep fly ball to opposite field that ... carries out for a tying grand slam! But the Hops can't find the winning run, and Ann Arbor scores three in the top of the 11th: the winning run scores when
Mike Chase walks
Michael Frost with the bases loaded.
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| Charles Luce |
August 18: Cabo San Lucas 1, Mile High 0. Charles Luce (13-7) pitches seven shutout innings and strikes out seven. Four relievers complete the shutout. The game's only run comes in the second:
Keiran Simmons doubles and later scores on a
Clarence Sutton sac fly.
August 19: New York 5, San Diego 6. San Diego's
Truman Madison burnishes his presidential résumé by hitting a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 13th.
August 19: Dallas 3, Seattle 4. Texan
Francisco García hits a pair of doubles and drives in three. Ace
Rich Bussell pitches eight innings, strikes out 12, and allows one run—scored on a first inning wild pitch. Bussell leaves the game with Dallas leading, 3-1, and Seattle batters, happy to see someone else on the mound, come back in the ninth inning by hitting back-to-back-to-back home runs!
Oliver Davis,
Salvador Salgado, and
Blake Reynolds win the game for the Sasquatch in dramatic fashion.
August 20: Eureka 6, Boston 9. The Hornets sprint to a big lead, 6-0:
Eduardo Gómez hits a three-run homer. The Cardinals come back. In the fifth,
Javier Ramón hits a two-run homer, and
Dave Lane hits a two-run triple. In the seventh,
Will Bauer doubles in the tying run, and, a few batters later,
John White singles in two runs.
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| Eric Black |
August 20: Mile High 10, South Carolina 1. Mustang
Eric Black is normally death to flying things, being the best defensive center fielder in baseball, but tonight he wins the game with his bat, hitting a pair of home runs and driving in five. Recently promoted
Danny Hardy hits his first major league home run, and it's a grand slam.
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| Tony Ross |
August 21: Ann Arbor 8, Montgomery 0. The Barn Owls are suddenly flying high. Junkballer
Tony Ross (9-12) shuts down the powerful Cats offense: his screwball and changeup keep the Owls off balance all night, allowing five hits, walking none, and striking out only one.
Brooks Davis goes 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs, and Ann Arbor wins their ninth in a row.
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| Larry Thomas |
August 22: San Diego 0, Seattle 10. Larry Thomas (2-3) returned from injury earlier in the week and was knocked out in the second inning. His second game went just a bit better: Thomas walks six but still manages to pitch a shutout.
Oliver Davis provides him with plenty of runs, hitting a grand slam in the first inning.
August 22: New York 1, Minnesota 2. Chris Wine (10-8) gives the Berserkers some much-needed pitching help. He pitches all nine innings, striking out nine and allowing only one run.
Peter Blanchard hits his 39th home run—a walk-off solo blast deep into the right-center bleachers.
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