The Knights beat the Louisville Bats Friday, 5-3 in Lousiville, KY. Royce Huffman and Cole Armstrong each had a nice game at the plate, both collecting a pair of hits in 4 at bats and each collecting 2 RBIs. Both of Huffman's hits were doubles, and the Knights scored 3 runs in the 8th inning for the winner. Trailing 3-2, the Knights loaded the bases against Louisville, and scored on a 2-RBI single by Armstrong and RBI double by Huffman. Cole Armstrong has been on fire since being called up to AAA. In 12 games with Charlotte, Armstrong is batting .511 with 6 doubles and no homers.
Wes Whisler pitched well in the start, allowing only a run on 5 hits in 5 innings, but did not factor in the decision. The win went to recently demoted DJ Carrasco, even though he entered the game with Charlotte leading 2-1. Carrasco allowed the Bats to tie the game in the 7th by allowing a run, and then allowed another run in the 8th. International League All-Star Josh Childers pitched 1.2 innings for the save, allowing 1 hit and stiking out 3.
The win moved Charlotte to 48-52 on the season. They are in 2nd place in the IL Southern Division and are 5 games behind Durham. The Knights and Bats play tomorrow in Louisville at 6:15 Eastern time.
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BIRMINGHAM BARONS
The Barons beat the Montgomery Biscuits 3-1 Friday night in Montgomery. Pitching was the story of the game, as Aaron Poreda threw 6 innings of 1-run ball, allowing 5 hits, walking 1, and striking out 3 for his first win in AA. He's pitched well in 3 of his last 4 starts. Carlos Torres and Jon Link combined for 3 innings of scoreless relief to nail down the win. Link pitched the final 2 and struck out 3 to pick up his Southern League leading 27th save of the season.
Brandon Allen continued his great start to his Baron career. In his 2nd game since his promotion to AA, Allen hit his 3rd homer for Birmingham and currently is hitting .374/18/49 in 91 games split between the Barons and Winston-Salem. Allen was a 6th round pick by the Sox in the 2004 June Draft out of Ohio University.
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WINSTON-SALEM WARTHOGS
Despite a furious late-game comeback, the Warthogs dropped a 9-7 decision to the Myrtle Beach Pelicans Friday in Winston. John Ely had another rough start, allowing 6 runs in 2.1 innings of work and picking up the loss, dropping his season numbers to 3-11 with a 5.51 ERA. Richard Brooks allowed another 3 runs in the top of the 8th. The Warthogs scored 3 runs in the 6th inning, courtesy of a C.J. Retherford solo home run, RBI double by Freddie Thon, and balk courtesy of Myrtle Beach's Billy Killian. The 'Hogs also scored 4 in the 9th, highlighted by a 2-run double by Estee Harris.
The Warthogs are now 15-12 in the 2nd half of the season, good enough for 3rd place in the Carolina League's Souther Division, 1½
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KANNAPOLIS INTIMIDATORS
The Intimidators lost to the Charleston River Dogs, 4-2 on Friday night in Kannapolis. Jason Rice took the loss, dropping his record to 6-6. He allowed 4 runs (only 3 were earned) in 5.1 innings. The highlight of the night at the plate was Sergio Morales's solo home run in the 5th inning. Morales added a single to go 2-4 on the night.
Kannapolis is now 14-13 in the season's 2nd half. They are in 4th place in the South Atlantic League's Southern Division, 3½ games out of 1st.
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GREAT FALLS VOYAGERS
It was an ugly game at Centene Stadium Friday, as the Voyagers were clubbed by the Orem Owlz, 10-0. The loss went to Kevin Skogley, though he pitched better than his line indicates. Though the first six innings, Orem only lead 3-0, but Skogley fell apart in the 7th, failing to retire a batter he allowed 3 singles, threw a wild pitch, and was replaced by Stephen Sauer who allowed both runners he inherited from Skogley to score. Drew O'Neil and Matt Wickswat were both ineffective, as well. Offensively, the Voyagers were held to only 2 hits, a double by Nicholas Damas and a single by Kyle Shelton.
Great Falls is 16-14, 3 games behind Billings in the Northern Division of the Pioneer League. They open a 4-game series with the Ogden Raptors tomorrow night in Great Falls.
MiLB.com Recap & Play-by-Play | Great Falls Tribune recap
BRISTOL WHITE SOX
Finally, the BriSox won Friday over Johnson City at Boyce Cox Field. Gregory Infante picked up the win, pitching 6.2 innings, allowing 2 runs on 4 hits. Kevin Asselin threw a scoreless ninth, striking out a pair to pick up his 6th save, best in the Appalachian League. Bristol scored 3 runs in the 5th on an RBI single by Andrew Garcia, an RBI groundout by Hancer Vargas, and a fielding error by the Cardinals' shortstop.
The BriSox are 14-11, 3½ games behind the Elizabethton Twins in the Appalachian League's Western Division.
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