What a difference a day makes for Adam Loewen.
Colorado Springs 11 Las Vegas 6
Marc Rzczynski took a small step towards not sucking on Sunday. While he allowed six earned runs (7 total) in six and two thirds, he struck out seven against just one walk. Though on the flip side, he nailed three batters. His GO:FO was 8:2 so that was good. Look, I said it was a small step, ok. Oh, and he made an error. Ok, no steps. He stood still.
The 51s scored 6 runs and all came courtesy of 3 RBI days from Brian Dopirak and Jorge Padilla. Dopirak's was part of a 3 hit day. Brad Emaus and Brett Wallace each had a hit while Jarret Hoffpauir was 2-for-5 with a double.
Remember yesterday when we were falling all over Adam Loewen's 5-for-5 day? Well, he took a ride to the other end of the spectrum with a Golden Sombrero on Sunday. That's quite a swing. Crazy game, this baseball.
Darin Mastroianni, Shawn Bowman, and Callix Crabbe each had two hits while David Cooper picked up three including a double and a homer. He's hitting .194 over his last ten games but slugging .528. Weird.
Zach Stewart started this one and was quite good in moving his record to 4-1. He went seven innings, allowing a run on three hits and two walks while striking out five. Tim Collins finished things off with a two-strikeout ninth.
Dunedin- Off; All-Star Break
The Lugnuts managed just three hits but pulled one out thanks in large part to Ryan Goins who had two hits, including a double and two RBI. Bradley Glenn had the other base hit while Kevin Ahrens was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts. He'll be in my slo-pitch league by August at this rate.
Ryan Shopshire pitched very well in going seven frames and allowing a run on five hits with three strikeouts. Steve Turnbull had his 16th save.
Lots of offense in this one. Tanguard Perez swung the big bat with three hits and 4 RBI while Gonzalo Gonzalez had two hits and scored three runs. Cesar Barazarte was six months old when Joe Carter touched 'em all. On Sunday he had two hits, a homer, stole a base and had three RBI.
Richard Rodriguez started and wasn't good. But Luis Zerpa was brilliant in relief allowing an unearned run on two hits while striking out six in four innings.
Three Stars:
3rd Star: Ryan Shopshire- 7 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 3 K
2nd Star: Zach Stewart- 7 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
1st Star: David Cooper- 3-for-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
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