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The Indianpolis Indians struggled in the cold and the fog tonight at Fifth Third Field in Toledo, Ohio, as they lost to the Mud Hens, earning a split of the 4-game series. Starter Rudy Owens (photo) suffered his first loss of the season, after having won his first two starts.
The Mud Hens attacked Owens as soon as they came to the plate in the bottom of the 1st. CF Andy Dirks led off with a grounder to first. Tribe 1B Matt Hague made a diving stop, but he had to wait for Owens to move to first, and by the time Owens got there, Dirks was safe. After a strikeout, LF Timo Perez and 1B Ryan Striekby both singled, and Dirks came in to score. A sacrifice fly by RF Clete Thomas brought in Perez, and the Mud Hens had a 2-0 lead.
Owens put the Mud Hens down in order in the 2nd, and that was the only inning in which he did that. Toledo picked up another run in the 3rd, when Perez singled to the right side of the mound, just out of reach of Owens. Strieby doubled over RF Andrew Lambo's head and off the wall, and by the time Lambo was able to chase down the ricochet, Perez had scored easily. The bottom of the 4th began with a triple by DH Danny Worth. That ball also hit the wall over CF Alex Presley's head, and the throw came back in to the infield, but was cut off by 2B Brian Friday, as Worth slid into third. Owens threw a wild pitch, and Worth scored easily. Owens gave up a double to Perez (his third hit of the game) in the 5th, and walked Strieby, but kept them from scoring. Owens finished up with 5 innings of work, allowing 4 runs on 7 hits and 2 walks, with 7 strikeouts. He threw 87 pitches, of which 59 were strikes.
Friday night game action in the Pirates' lower minor leagues:
The West Virginia Power were rained out in Kannapolis tonight. The Power and the Intimidators will play two on Saturday beginning at 6:05 pm. The Power are expecting the Pirates' first round pick from the 2010 draft, Jameson Taillon, to be joining the team this weekend. He should be making his pro debut for the Power sometime early next week.
The Curve broke a 5.5-inning-long 5-5 tie in the top of the 15th, to win this game in dramatic fashion. They must have all been tired and ready to end it by then. With one out, 1B Miles Durham singled and moved to second base on a balk. LF Quincy Latimore also singled, and Durham scored the go-ahead run from second base. But the Curve were not satisfied yet -- 3B Jeremy Farrell singled, and DH Eric Fryer doubled, driving in Latimore. After a strikeout, 1B Brock Holt walked to load the bases, and CF Starling Marte blasted a triple into right field, clearing the bases for 3 more runs. The Richmond right fielder made a wild throw in, allowing Marte to score too, and the Curve had a 6-run inning. All that remained was for Noah Krol to take the mound in the bottom of the inning and finish off the Squirrels with a ground out, a walk, and a double play.
Richmond had the early lead in the game. Curve starter Jared Hughes retired the first 6 batters he faced, but began the 3rd by giving up 4 singles with only one out, scoring one run. A walk forced in the second run of the inning, and another single added two more, for a 4-0 lead. A double and a single gave the Squirrels one more run in the 5th, and that was all for Hughes.
The Curve had only one hit over the first 5 innings, and that was a double by Fryer to lead off the 3rd. They also had two walks (Holt and Latimore) and C Tony Sanchez was hit by a pitch in those innings, though none of them came around to score. They got two runs back in the top of the 6th. Marte led off with a walk, and after two outs, Durham's single brought in Marte. Latimore doubled, plating Durham, and the Curve had cut the lead to 5-2.
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The Pirates have claimed Wood.
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