4/19 games

[maurice]

They're under way in Toledo with McCarthy on the bump for the Knights. He struck out two batters in the first inning.

Haigwood starts today for W-S.

[maurice]

Borchard singled, stole second, and scored on Toca's HR. McCarthy now has 5 Ks through 4 shutout innings.

Collaro spots Haigwood an early lead with a 3-run HR in the 2nd inning.

[BigEdWalsh]

Charlotte lost as McCarthy fell to 0-2, 4.76 ERA. Toca and Lopez homered. Borchard Watch: (He's climbing .190) 1-3, R, BB, SO. Anderson was 2-4, 2B, R.

Birmingham won 4-1. Bullard improved to 2-1, 3.46 ERA. Fields hit his 1st homer and is batting .300. Rogo, 1-3, .350.
The Barons have won 6 in a row to improve to 8-3 and are 1/2 game out of 1st.

Winston-Salem won 8-5 and pounded out 15 hits. Collaro hit his 3rd homer, Schnurstein his 1st. Haigwood evened his record at 1-1, 2.81 ERA. Wasserman got his 4th Save. So far this season, 6G, 5.1 IP, 1 H, 0 BB, 7 SO, 0.00 ERA.

Kannapolis lost 2-1. g. Hansen fell to 0-3, 5.02 ERA. Since scoring 17 in a win against Asheville, Kannapolis has scored 1 in the last 2 games combined.

[Randar68]

Originally Posted by BigEdWalsh

Charlotte lost as McCarthy fell to 0-2, 4.76 ERA. Toca and Lopez homered. Borchard Watch: (He's climbing .190) 1-3, R, BB, SO. Anderson was 2-4, 2B, R.

Birmingham won 4-1. Bullard improved to 2-1, 3.46 ERA. Fields hit his 1st homer and is batting .300. Rogo, 1-3, .350.
The Barons have won 6 in a row to improve to 8-3 and are 1/2 game out of 1st.

Winston-Salem won 8-5 and pounded out 15 hits. Collaro hit his 3rd homer, Schnurstein his 1st. Haigwood evened his record at 1-1, 2.81 ERA. Wasserman got his 4th Save. So far this season, 6G, 5.1 IP, 1 H, 0 BB, 7 SO, 0.00 ERA.

Kannapolis lost 2-1. g. Hansen fell to 0-3, 5.02 ERA. Since scoring 17 in a win against Asheville, Kannapolis has scored 1 in the last 2 games combined.

Some notes worth mentioning.

Fields' HR was hit to dead CF and was estimated at 458 feet! WOW!

In W-S, Valido continues to tear the cover off the ball. He was 2-5, now hitting .370

Hansen was snake-bitten by his own throwing error in the Kanny loss.

[maurice]

Other particulars:
- Hansen's full line was 6 IP, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 4 BB, 6 K; Little and Zaleski followed with 2 scoreless innings.
- Lamura and Reynoso pitched in relief of Bull and combined for 4 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 BB, 5 K.
- Schnurstein was 3-for-5, and Nanita was 1-for-3 with 2 BB and a Run.
- Pretty good day for the SSs. In addition to Valido's hot bat, Lopez went 2-for-3 with a HR (!), and Gonzalez was 1-for-2 with a BB, Run, and RBI.