The World Baseball Softball Confederation Premier12 tournament started this weekend, with round-robin group play that has Team USA in action down in Mexico.
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The DSL Pirates teams ended their seasons this week, which brings the rookie-level affiliates to an end.
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Jeff Karstens was yanked from the rotation favor of newly acquired Charlie Morton. Hamstring issues forced Morton from the game after just one inning....
A pitching duel between Power starter Gabriel Alvarado and Grasshopper starter Johnny Dorn ended in the Power's favor. �Alvarado pitched 7 innings, allowing only one run on 8 hits, no walks, plus 7 strikeouts. �He worked around runners on base in 5 of the 7 innings, and allowed the one run in the 7th. �That inning began with three consecutive singles to load the bases, followed by a ground out RBI. �With runners still on second and third bases, Alvarado got a strikeout and a fly out to end the inning. �Ryan Kelly pitched 2 perfect innings, with 2 strikeouts in the 8th, to earn his 3rd save of the season.
The Power were held to only 5 hits, though they made them count. �They scored both their runs in the 3rd inning. �With one out, 2B Adenson Chourio walked and stole second base (his 11th steal of the season) � A passed ball advanced Chourio to third base, and he scored on LF Quincy Latimore's RBI single. �SS Chase D'Arnaud doubled into right field, scoring Latimore. �That was the only big threat the Power made in the game. �CF Robbie Grossman, 1B Calvin Anderson, and DH Marcus Davis each had singles. �
WVA NOTES: �
The roster for the South Atlantic League All-Stars teams have been announced, and the Power will have three representatives on the Northern Division squad: �
LHP Rudy Owens -- has a 5-1 record and a 2.80 ERA in 11 starts. �Over 54.2 innings, Owens has allowed 46 hits, 17 earned runs, 11 walks, and 48 strikeouts. �
SS Chase D'Arnaud -- hitting .300 with 14 doubles, 2 triples, 2 homers, and 26 RBI in 52 games. �He also has 9 stolen bases. �
DH Calvin Anderson -- hitting .292, with 13 doubles, 2 triples, 7 home runs, and 34 RBI.
In addition, Power manager Gary Green will serve as a coach for the Northern Division team, as will Power pitching coach Jeff Johnson.
The "Cardiac 'Cats" pulled off another win, coming from behind to score 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th. �The Hillcats came into the inning trailing 2-1. �3B Pedro Alvarez made the first out with a strikeout, then 1B Matt Hague walked. �RF Miles Durham lined a double into left field, scoring Hague all the way from first base to tie the score. �C Kris Watts was intentionally walked, bringing up LF Jared Keel. �That was a mistake -- Keel singled to load the bases. �Then with DH Kent Sakamoto at the plate, a wild pitch allowed Durham to score the winning run. �
The Hillcats had been held to just two hits, a single by Durham and a double by Alvarez, over the first 4 innings. �They scored their first run in the 5th, when Sakamoto tripled to bring in Keel from first base. �The next three innings were also dry -- �a single by Hague gave them their only base runner over the next 3 innings. �
Newcomer Jeff Locke made his Pirates' organizational debut with a 4-inning start. �He gave up 2 runs on 5 hits and 3 walks, while striking out 4 batters. �A lead-off walk, a stolen base, and a 2-out single scored a run in the 1st inning. �A single, a walk, and another 2-out single added another run in the 2nd. �Locke walked a batter in the 3rd, but erased the base runner with a double play. �In the 4th, he gave up 2 singles, but kept the Keys from scoring. �
Chris Cullen added 3 scoreless innings, allowing 3 hits and striking out 3 batters. �Michael Dubee earned the win with 2 scoreless innings to finish the game, allowing one hit and striking out 4 batters.
The Curve were held to 5 hits and 2 runs, as starter Mike Crotta allowed 7 runs over his 4 innings of work. �Crotta started out well, retiring the side in order in the 1st inning. �But the 2nd inning began with a double, a single, an RBI double, and a fielding error by SS Brian Friday brought in 2 runs before an out was recorded. �A double play helped, but another run came in on the play. �A single and a double after two outs scored another run in the 3rd inning. �Then a 2-run homer in the 4th, plus a double, a fielding error by Crotta on a bunt, and a sacrifice fly made the score 7-1.
LF Jeff Corsaletti brought in the Curve's first run in the 4th inning, when he followed 2B Jim Negrych's lead-off double with an RBI triple. �The Curve had been held to only one hit over the first three innings, a double by DH Jason Delaney. �C Steve Lerud added another double in the 5th inning. �Then Altoona scored again in the 7th, when Delaney walked and moved to third base on a single by Lerud. �1B Jamie Romak collected the RBI with a sacrifice fly to plate Delaney. �The Curve went down in order in the last two innings.
Derek Hankins allowed one hit and 2 walks over 3 innings of relief work. �Sha
wn Nottingham worked around 2
singles to keep the RockCats scoreless in the 9th.
ALTOONA NOTES:�
OF Jose Tabata has been reactivated from the Disabled List, after missing almost 6 weeks due to a strain of his right hamstring. �
INF�Pedro Lopez was moved up to Indianapolis, leaving a roster spot open for Tabata. �
