|
Updated: Sat Sep 06 03:15:22 EDT 2003
ATLANTA BRAVES ORGANIZATION NOTEBOOK
RICHMOND... Four pitchers combined on a three-hitter as the Braves defeated Durham, 3-0 August 24. Starting LHP JUNG BONG tossed 5 1/3 innings, yielding just one hit to get the win, RHP BUDDY HERNANDEZ retired two batters and allowed one hit, RHP MIKE ROMANO surrendered a hit over two scoreless frames and RHP JOEY DAWLEY pitched a perfect ninth inning to record his 23rd save. OF TRAVIS WILSON hit a two-run homer and a double and SS JESSE GARCIA stole four bases (3-5)...
RHP FRANK CASTILLO spun six scoreless innings (6 H, 1 BB, 4 SO) in a no-decision against Charlotte August 21...
2B NICK GREEN hit three doubles (3-5, 1 RBI) on August 22 in an 11-6 loss against Charlotte....
GREENVILLE... 3B RAMON CASTRO and LHP RAY AGUILAR both smacked a two-run homer in a 9-7 win over Jacksonville August 22. Castro belted his fifth home run of the year over the left field wall in the eighth inning to snap a 7-7 tie. Aguilar, who was the starting pitcher and allowed seven runs -- one earned -- and five hits with eight strikeouts in five frames, collected his first extra-base hit in 21 at-bats this season, driving in four runs in his last six plate appearances...
SS KELLY JOHNSON homered and drove in five runs in a 7-1 win over Jacksonville August 23...
RHP ADAM WAINWRIGHT pitched seven scoreless innings (1 H, 1 BB, 3 SO) in a 13-0 win at Orlando August 26...
SS KELLY JOHNSON had five RBI (2-4, 1 HR) on August 23 in a 7-1 win at Jacksonville....
MYRTLE BEACH... 2B AARON HERR slugged a two-run homer to highlight a six-run top of the 10th inning as the Pelicans outlasted Winston-Salem, 9-3, August 21. It was the third straight game with a home run for Herr, a first-round pick of the Atlanta Braves in the 2000 draft...
LHP MATT MERRICKS worked six scoreless innings to beat the Warthogs, 1-0, in a game called after seven innings due to rain August 23. Merricks struck out eight, including the side in order in the fourth inning, en route to his first win with the club. The win snapped his personal 11-game losing streak, including his final four losing starts with Rome of the South Atlantic League earlier in the season...
LHP MACAY MCBRIDE pitched seven scoreless innings (5 H, 1 BB, 3 SO) in a 1-0 win against Wilmington August 27. Through that start, he was leading the league in strikeouts (139)....
ROME... RHP MATT WRIGHT allowed two runs -- one earned -- and seven hits over seven innings to beat Savannah, 7-2, August 25. Wright, who struck out eight and retired 11 batters in a row at one point, improved to 9-2 with a 1.68 ERA in 75 innings. He fanned 12 batters over seven scoreless innings in his previous start...
C BRIAN MCCANN legged out a three-run triple during a seven-run second inning as the Braves beat the Sand Gnats, 10-3, August 26. McCann also produced an RBI double in the first inning...
RHP BLAINE BOYER went 8-0 with 1.81 ERA in 10 games July 9-August 26 (54.2 IP, 44 H, 16 R, 11 ER, 21 BB, 45 SO)....
DANVILLE... RHP JACOB BLAKENEY allowed no earned runs in any of his final 20 games June 26-August 22 (30.1 IP, 18 H, 1 R, 4 BB, 31 SO), going 2-0 with nine saves...
RHP SEAN WHITE allowed two runs or fewer in six consecutive starts July 29-August 24 (32 IP, 22 H, 6 R, 4 ER, 9 BB, 25 SO), going 3-1. White finished the season at 3-3 with a 2.98 ERA in 51 1/3 innings...
OF DOMINIQUE PARTRIDGE hit .369 (24-65, 3 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 16 RBI, 3 SB) in 17 games August 5-21....
© 2005 STATS, Inc
|
