Richmond Braves Stick it to Indianapolis Indians, Grab 5-3 Win - AAA, International League

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - INDIANAPOLIS - Indianapolis scored two runs in the eighth and one in the ninth, but dropped a 5-3 decision to Richmond Wednesday afternoon at Victory Field.

The International League South Division-leading Braves improve to 22-17 overall and 9-10 on the road, while the Indians fall to 19-22 overall and 9-11 at home.

Richmond C Clint Sammons doubled to right and scored the game’s first run on an infield single by CF Josh Anderson in the third.

1B Barbaro Canizares then contributed to the Braves second and third runs, coming home on a single by SS Diory Hernandez in the fourth and blasting a solo homer in the sixth.

Richmond added two insurance runs in the ninth.  2B Derrick Arnold roped an single to score RF Joe Borchard and Anderson lined another base knock to plate Sammons.

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Canizares (2-for-4, 2 R, 1 RBI), Sammons (2-for-4, 2 R) and Anderson (2-for-5, 2 RBI) all registered multi-hit efforts for the Braves.

Richmond LHP Francisley Bueno (6.0 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 SO) improved to 2-1 with the win, while Indianapolis RHP Jason Davis (7.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO) fell to 2-4 with the loss.

LHP Jeff Ridgway, the Braves sixth hurler, came in for the final out and picked up his second save of the season.

After falling behind 3-0, Indianapolis scored two runs in the eighth.  CF Andrew McCutchen led off the inning with a single and LF Kevin Thompson drew a base on balls before RF Steve Pearce smashed a two-run double to left for his team-leading 22nd and 23rd RBI of the campaign.

The Indians added another run in the ninth when SS Josh Wilson and PH Adam Boeve hammered back-to-back doubles.

Pearce (2-for-4, 2 RBI), Wilson (2-for-3, 1 R) and 2B Jason Bowers (2-for-4) all recorded multi-hit performances for the Tribe.

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Post-game quotes -- INF Josh Wilson

(on his ninth-inning double)
"Being down three runs, I wanted to take a strike.  I didn’t want to give anything away.  After the count went 2-1, I was just looking for a good pitch to hit.  I was expecting a fastball over the middle of the plate.  I got one, and put a pretty good swing on it."

(on the Indians fighting back when they fall behind)
"Unfortunately, we haven’t been scoring too many runs lately.  We’ve been throwing together some small rallies late in games, but we need to get the bats going much earlier.  We’re waiting until our backs are against the wall, and, lately, that’s been too little too late."

(on the performance of RHP Jason Davis)
"Jason (Davis) gave us another great outing today.  Three runs in seven innings in a quality start.  That’s all you can ask for from your pitcher.  Jason was throwing strikes, and he kept getting us to the dugout quickly.  We’ll be in good shape the rest of this season if we continue to get quality starts like that."

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