Written by Greg Fertel | 20 July 2008

Scranton defeats Lehigh Valley, 7-2

• Jeff Karstens started, and pitched very well.  In 7 innings of work, he gave up 2 runs on 6 hits and 1 walk, while striking out 2.
• Billy Traber struck out 2 in 1 1/3 perfect innings.
• JB Cox pitched 2/3 perfect innings.
• Alberto Gonzalez was 3 for 5 with 3 doubles, bringing his average to .265.
• Eric Duncan had a monster game, going 3 for 5 with 2 doubles and his 10th homer of the season.  Eric brought his average up to .245, and his OPS to .711.
•  Matt Carson was 1 for 3 with a double and a walk.
• Juan Miranda was 1 for 4.
• Cody Ransom was 1 for 4 with a homer.
• Ben Broussard was 2 for 4 with a double.
• JD Closser was 1 for 4 with a double.

Trenton's game against Portland was postponed, so the Austin Jackson show was put on hold for a day. Tampa falls to Brevard County, 5-3

• Zach McAllister started, and his line would have looked better if Kevin Smith didn't make a big 2-out error that led to 3 unearned runs.  In 6 innings, Z-Mac allowed 4 runs (1 earned) on 7 hits and no walks, while striking out 2.  This outing lowered his ERA to 2.50 in Tampa.
• Jon Hovis pitched a perfect inning of relief to lower his ERA to 1.19.
• Eduardo Nunez, Kevin Smith, Kyle Anson and Tim Battle were each 1 for 4.  Battle and Nunez each had a stolen base.
• Mitch Hilligoss was 1 for 2 with 2 walks to get over .250 for the first time in a while.
• Andres Perez was 2 for 3 with a solo homer.
• Seth Fortenberry was 2 for 4 with a double.

Charleston falls to Greensboro, 8-7

• Adam Olbrychowski made his return from injury, and was horrendous.  In 1 2/3 innings, Olby gave up 7 runs on 5 hits and 6 walks, while striking out 1.
• Abe Almonte continued to slump, going 0 for 5 to drop his average to .234.  He is 1 for his last 19, and 4 for his last 41.  Abe also made an error to add insult to injury.
• Brad Suttle was 2 for 5.
• Austin Romine had a huge game, going 4 for 4 with his 5th and 6th homers of the season, and also drew a walk.  With this outburst, he raised his average to .283.
• Jesus Montero, not to be overshadowed by Romine's huge game, did quite well for himself, going 4 for 5 with a double to raise his average to .306.
• Brandon Laird was 1 for 5 with an error.
• Justin Snyder was 3 for 4 with a double to raise his average to .291.
• Carmen Angelini was 1 for 5 with a double.
• Dave Williams was 2 for 5, and also threw out 2 runners trying to take an extra base.
• Austin Krum was 2 for 5 and threw out a runner at home.

Staten Island falls to Brookly, 7-4

• Luke Greinke only lasted 1 inning, giving up 3 runs on 2 hits and 3 walks.  He did strike out 2, and his ERA on the season is a solid 3.04.
• Raymond Kruml was 0 for 3.
• David Adams was 1 for 3 with a double to bring his average to .243.
• Jack Rye was 1 for 3 with a walk.
• Mike Lyon was 2 for 3 with a double and a walk, raising his average to .318.
• Ben Blumenthal was 1 for 3 with a walk.
• Addison Maruszak was 1 for 4 with a homer and 3 strikeouts.

The GCL Yanks were off tonight.

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