posted on Thursday, August 28, 2008 12:54 AM
by
Jim
A painful night for General Soreness
I wasn't around for the 1973 World Series, but watching Ken Griffey Jr. playing center field
Wednesday night, I think I now have an idea of what it must've looked like to see
a 42-year-old Willie Mays falling down in the outfield.
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Minor league roundup:- Jacksonville 5, Birmingham 4 (10 innings)
- Lucas Harrell struggled with control (five walks) but pitched a quality start, allowing three runs on three hits over six innings.
- Jon Link blew the save, giving up two runs for the third straight outing.
- Kanekoa Teixeira threw two scoreless innings of relief.
- Javier Castillo hit a two-run homer; Robert Hudson went 2-for-4 with a double.
- Kinston 7, Winston-Salem 4 (Game 1, 7 innings)
- Anthony Carter allowed five runs over 4 1/3 innings for the loss.
- C.J. Retherford had two hits and two RBI.
- Ronnie Gaines went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
- Winston-Salem 0, Kinston 0 (Susp. 3rd inning)
- Jacob Rasner had thrown 2 2/3 scoreless innings.
- Great Falls 7, Helena 2
- Daniel Hudson struck out 12 over 6 2/3 innings, allowing two runs on two hits.
- Jordan Cheatham went 2-for-3 with a double, two walks, an RBI and his 17th steal.
- Kent Gerst, Tyler Kuhn and Johny Celis also had two-hit games.
- Charlotte vs. Norfolk PPD
- Kannapolis OFF
- Bristol OFF