Round 19:
Harrison Bullpen Lets Sweep Slip Away, Split With After The Snow Results
Game 1: After 6, Harrison 3
W-J.Lackey (6-5), L-A.Burnett (6-6), S-H.Street (10)
Burnett was cruising until the 7th. When Ron Villone and Joel Zumaya were called on to stop the bleeding, neither retired a batter and Zumaya surrendered a pinch-hit grand slam to Emil Brown.
Game 2: Harrison 5, After 4
W-D.Matsuzaka (6-3), L-D.Haren (5-6), S-R.Perez (17)
Daisuke managed to work eight innnings around a three-hit game from Ichiro and home runs by Dan Johnson and Raul Ibanez. The scoring was nickel and dime off Haren as eight Cougar starters had at least one hit.
Durbin had his best outing of the year, allowing no runs and only three hits in 7 innings. Washburn wasn't bad either, striking out eight in the defeat.
The kind of game that makes you want to give up Strat. James Shields can't get any support on the rare occasions that he does pitch well, like this game as his 8 1/3 shutout innings were rendered moot by another five-run outburst from The Snow and Perez's third blown save. Emil Brown was heroic again with a pinch-hit two run triple which tied the game.
Round 20:
Loblaw Takes Two From Amigos
Game 1: Bob 3, Santa Poco 1
W-J.Tavarez (6-4), L-E.Santana (3-6), S-M.Delcarmen (18)
Miguel Tejada's two-run homer in the 6th was the only moment worth mentioning in this one. Tejada had three hits.
Game 2: Bob 5, Santa Poco 4
W-C.Sabathia (7-5), L-G.Meche (3-6), S-M.Delcarmen (19)
Sabathia was awesome, taking a no-hitter into the 8th. The score only appears close because of HAL, allowing Travis Buck to hit a three-run homer off a fatigued Sabathia in the 9th.
Wakefield was battered around including Marco Scutaro's first bomb of the year. Scutaro also had a web gem. Garland tossed a CG four-hitter for the win.
Another unexpectedly good pitching performance as Greinke lowers his ERA to 5.52 after this three-hit, 10 strikeout outing. Putz tossed the final two hitless frames for the save. Injury replacement Ryan Shealy had his first productive game of the season, 2-for-3 with a solo HR.
Round 20:
Harrison Shows Life Taking Three From Kinnicks
Game 1: Clean-Sweep 4, Harrison 2
W-B.Bonser (4-4), L-D.Cabrera (8-2), S-F.Rodriguez (11)
Despite stacking every limited lefty in the lineup, the Cougars could not crack through against Bonser. A trio of relievers secured the victory including a two-inning save by K-Rod. Ramon Vazquez had three hits for the Kinnicks.
Game 2: Harrison 8, Clean-Sweep 3
W-A.Burnett (7-6), L-J.Santana (6-6)
Santana was damaged in a five-run 5th as Pudge Rodriguez and Jason Michaels had back-to-back 2 RBI hits. Burnett went the distance scattering nine hits in the win.
Daisuke didn't need all that offense as he tossed a complete game three-hit masterpiece. Vazquez couldn't come close to matching his previous one-hit outing as Matt Stairs took him deep twice, including a grand slam.
Miguel Batista tries to rival Joel Pineiro for least effective regular starter in JKSA history, falling to 1-11 after allowing eight runs in less than four innings in this one. Every Cougar starter had at least one hit, while Magglio had three hits and 2 RBI.
