Melissa Martinez | Comments Off | Portland Beavers Double Up the Memphis Redbirds 6-3 - Box Score and Recap
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at 12:44PM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com –
MEMPHIS, Tenn.
– Paul McAnulty was 3-for-4 with a three-run homer and four RBIs, Wade
LeBlanc turned in six strong innings for his eighth win and Peter
Ciofrone matched an eight-year franchise record by hitting in his 19th consecutive game as the Portland Beavers beat the Memphis Redbirds 6-3 Tuesday night at AutoZone Park.
With the win in the road-series opener, the Beavers (54-47) moved to
seven games above .500 for the first time this season and have now won
seven of their last eight games as they continue their steady climb up
the North Division. Portland also ran its season-best, road-winning
streak to four games and beat the Redbirds for the ninth time in the
last 11 meetings dating back to the 2005 campaign.
LeBlanc
(8-7), who didn’t give up a hit until the fifth, exited after six solid
innings. The left-hander struck out seven and gave up one run, three
hits and two walks for his first road win since June 7.
Edwin Moreno logged his fifth straight save by pitching a perfect ninth inning.
The loss went to Clayton Mortensen (4-3), who yielded five runs, five
hits and a pair of walks in his six innings of work for the Redbirds
(56-47).
McAnulty’s second home run since joining the club
prior to the all-star break flanked the Beavers to a 3-0 lead in the
first. He later hit an RBI double as Portland added two runs in the
third inning. Ciofrone singled on a line drive to right field and
scored on McAnulty’s double to stretch his current hitting streak to 19
games, a string that ties Terrmel Sledge for the longest streak since
the Beavers returned to the Pacific Coast League in 2001.
David Freese, a former San Diego Padres farmhand, doubled and drove in all three Memphis runs.
After Freese’s RBI single in the sixth snapped a string of 15 straight
scoreless innings for Portland pitching, the Beavers plated an unearned
run in the seventh for a 6-1 lead.
Freese hit a two-out, two-run double in the eighth to help the Redbirds trim their deficit to three runs.
The series continues Wednesday night at AutoZone Park. First pitch is 5:05 p.m. (Pacific).
Beavers Game File
TUESDAY’S GAME: Beavers 6, Memphis 3
WINNING PITCHER: LeBlanc (8-7)
LOSING PITCHER: Mortensen (4-3)
SAVE: Moreno (13)
HOME RUNS: McAnulty (2)
WEDNESDAY’S GAME:
Portland (Justin Germano: 2-5, 5.13) at Memphis (Mike Parisi: 7-2,
3.82), 5:05 p.m. (Pacific); live audio broadcast on KKAD AM-1550 and www.portlandbeavers.com.
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