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We had one team only get 4 hits and another get 5, guess which one won?

Memphis is still booting the ball around behind me and I only caught the last few innings. Someone else that watched the whole game can fill this in or else I’ll have to give the review after watching it on my DVR.

Memphis 8, Portland 2

• Azru is writing this portion. Any complaints about the Memphis player writeup should be aimed in his direction.
• Tyler Greene was 1-for-4 with a triple and a walk. Did Greene learn how to make contact this year? All of the sudden we’ve seen a 5% jump in his walk rate and a 5% decline in his K rate. I’m not sure if he’s changed his approach at the plate or this is simply a nice run — either way, it’s different than what we’re used to seeing. The primary concern with Greene was always whether he’d be able to hit for enough average to be a good offensive player.
• Allen Craig was 2-for-5.
• Jon Jay went 2-for-5 with a pair of doubles.
• Matt Pagnozzi, because he hates me, hit 2 homeruns for Memphis with 5 RBIs. He’s hitting .189/.295/.372 on the year.
• Clayton Mortensen went 6 innings. He allowed 9 hits, 1 ER and walked 2. He struck out 4 but the real key was the 3 double plays generated by his 12 groundouts (of 14 total outs). Talk about a guy that fits the Cardinal mold of pitching — Mortensen probably will never have the high strikeout totals but he generates a ton of groundballs.
• Matthew Scherer pitched a pair of scoreless innings.
• Fernando Salas pitched the 9th with a walk, a K and an unearned run.

Springfield 5, San Antonio 4

• DJ Tools was 2-for-5 with an RBI.
• Matt Arburr stood tall like a mighty oak, hitting a homerun.
• Tony Cruz was 2-for-4.
• Pete Kozma was 2-for-2 with a double and 2 BBs.
• David Kopp went 1-for-2 with a double, 2 RBI and a run scored.
• David Kopp pitched 5 innings, giving up 2 runs on 3 Hits and 2 walks. He only struck out 1 while getting 8 groundouts.
• Brad Furnish moved the runners about in his 2 innings of 1 run ball. He gave up 4 hits but no walks and struck out 2.
• Tyler Norrick’s 0.1 innings 2 hits, an earned run, a walk and a strikeout.
• Pete Parise finished the last 0.2 of that inning off perfectly with a strikeout.
• Francisco Samuel picked up the save after giving up a walk, thanks to the cannon of Cruz getting the league’s best basestealer at 2nd for the last out. He also struckout a batter.

Palm Beach 3, Daytona 2

• Let’s pick the action up in the 5th, where the 3 Good Guy runs were scored.
• Colt Sedbrook was 2-for-4 with an RBI.
• Nick Derba was 1-for-1 with a double and an RBI.
• Jose Garcia was 1-for-3. Yup, that’s all your hits for today.
• Shaun Garceau was the starter and scattered 7 hits and 2 BBs over 4 innings. He yielded 2 runs and struck out 1.
• Thomas Eager certainly was to pick up the win. He pitched 3 scoreless innings, striking out 3 and giving up a hit.
• Samuel Freeman received a hold with a scoreless inning, a strikeout and a hit.
• Adam Reifer blazed the save with a 2 strikeout inning.

Quad Cities 0, West Michigan 5

• Brett Lilley and Osvaldo was an average marksman Morales were 1-for-3.
• Alex Castellanos and Charles Cutler both had doubles.
• Travis Mitchell picked up the only other hit, going 1-for-4.
• Niko Vasquez, breaking my heart, was hitless with another error.
• Adam Veres was roughed up in his 4.1 innings. Six earned runs on 5 hits and 3 walks. He did strikeout 5 while taking the loss.
• Kevin Thomas walked 3 as well in his 3.2 innings. He gave up 2 unearned runs and 2 hits, striking out 1.

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