Wednesday, June 30, 2010

June 30 2010: Florence Freedom at Lake Erie Crushers

UPDATE: Freedom 5, Crushers 4 12 innings

Videos and story: Keep LBJ in C-L-E

Florence Freedom (14-23) at Lake Erie Crushers (21-16)
Andy Clark (3-2, 4.33) vs Phil Rummel (2-3, 5.97)

Florence
10 Billy Mottram CF
4 Tim Grogan 2b
23 Justin Pickett C
8 Mike Campbell LF
17 Stephen Shults SS
24 Johnny Welch 3b
5 Jimmy Baker DH
16 Cory Wine 1b
21 Justin Jacobs RF

Lake Erie
9 Dom Duggan CF
2 Jodan Rivera SS
21 Andrew Davis 3b
22 Eddie Tisdale 1b
30 Travis Vetters LF
4 Drew Saylor 2b
11 Lee Huggins DH
7 Wayne Bond RF
3 Julio Rivera C

Pregame Notes:
- LeBron James was a late scratch from the starting lineup. Dom Duggan was returned to the starting lineup.
- Crushers have not allowed a run in 20.2 innings including shutouts the last two nights. The team is tied for the league high with 5 shutouts this season.
- Tim Holmes pitched 7.2 scoreless innings last night for Florence. He is a Bay Village native.
- Before the game, the Crushers signed David Phillips before the game. The outfielder was starting for the University of Mississippi this spring where he played with Cleveland Indians first round pick Drew Pomeranz. Phillips hit .238 with seven home runs.
“He has some pop in his bat,” Massarelli said. “He is a left handed bat that will provide some bench strength. He has some arm strength. We will see what he brings to the table.”

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Pregame notes – Florence Freedom at Crushers, 6.29.10

Crushers Lineup

CF Dom Duggan
SS Jodam Rivera
3B Andrew Davis
1B Eddie Tisdale
LF Travis Vetters
2B Drew Saylor
DH Lee Huggins
RF Wayne Bond
C Julio Rivera

Pregame notes
– Wayne Bond makes the start in right field after starting Monday night's game in left.
– Lake Erie manager John Massarelli is scheduled to appear on ESPN's First Take Wednesday morning at 11:20. He will discuss about Wednesday's Keep LBJ in the C-L-E promotion.
– Entering play Tuesday, the Crushers are three games out of first place in the East Division and face the Florence Freedom (14-22)
– Tuesday night's starter, Josh Roberts, is 4-0 in seven starts this season, and has not given up more than four runs in each of this starts.

Crushers avoid sweep

With the 2-0 win on Monday night, the Crushers avoided getting swept by the East Division-leading Oakland County Cruisers. The Crushers are now three games behind the Cruisers, with the Traverse City Beach Bums sandwiched between the two ballclubs.

Starting pitcher Travis Risser earned his fourth win of the season Monday night, after starting the season 0-2. In four of his last five starts, Risser has pitched at least six innings and in those starts, has not given up more than two runs.

Hitting
Shortstop Jodam Rivera (.331) and third baseman Andrew Davis (.333) lead the team in hitting with entering Monday night's game against the Cruisers. Davis ranks third in the league and Rivera ranks fifth.

Recap: Crushers finish Sunday game with 5-2 loss to Cruisers

AVON — The Cruisers and Crushers weathered two rain delays during the middle game of their three-game set, but the Crushers failed to weather the Cruisers’ seventh-inning storm.

The resumption of Sunday’s rain-shortened game was a quick one on Monday, as nearly 25 hours after the original start time, the Cruisers defeated the Crushers 5-2.

The first rain delay Sunday afternoon pushed the start time back from 5:05 p.m. to 6:07 p.m, but wasn’t the only stoppage of the contest. During the middle of third inning, the screeching fire alarm sounded throughout All Pro Freight Stadium providing another short postponement.

“I managed that game knowing that weather was coming and it was probably going to postpone us,” Manager John Massarelli said. “We didn’t want to lose (Alberto) Rolon, we tried to sneak (Michael) Raymond in to give us an inning, but it backfired on us.”

Deadlocked at two entering the seventh inning, the Cruisers (23-12) brought nine batters to the plate and scored three runs to extend their East Division lead to four games ahead of the Crushers (19-16)

Cruisers hitters connected on four hits, including three doubles, off of Crushers reliever Michael Raymond in the seventh. Raymond recorded only one out in the seven batters he faced and was released after Sunday’s outing.

“He was struggling with the command of his fastball,” Massarelli said. “He has a great arm and a lot of potentinal, this is like the big leagues. We’re tying to win every night.”

Raymond relieved starter Esmelvin Jimenez after he pitched six innings of two-run, eight-hit baseball, continuing his 10-appearance streak of surrendering three runs or less.

Oakland County shortstop Luis Fernandez punched the ball through the right side of the infield for the first hit of the seventh. After a double by catcher Ben Barrone, center fielder Zachary Pace drove in Fernandez and Barrone with a double to left-center field to make it a 4-2 ballgame.

No. 3 hitter, Jeremy Jones, doubled in Pace to finalize the score line.

Raymond plunked second baseman Martin Parra, surrendered the third double of the inning to Jones and walked first baseman Joash Brodin to load the bases before exiting as the pitcher of record – his third loss of the season.

Reliever Alberto Rolon was substituted in for Raymond to face third baseman Kyle Maunus, but home plate umpire Jacob Asher suspended the game shortly thereafter Sunday night.

Rolon faced Maunus to resume play on Monday, struck him out and coaxed designated hitter Lee Rubin to ground out to end the lengthy seventh inning.

Following Saturday’s 3-1, one-hit loss to the Cruisers, the Lake Erie offense continued its meager run production throughout the prolonged, two-day matchup.

Third baseman Andrew Davis extended a single into a double to lead off the eighth, but was left marooned as first baseman Eddie Tisdale, second baseman Drew Saylor and designated hitter Lee Huggins all struck out, thwarting the threat of a rally.

Lake Erie scattered seven hits against Oakland County pitching, but failed to drive in runs as it left seven on base.

“They just have to learn how to control the situation,” Massarelli said. “Being a professional hitter at a higher level, you learn how to not be out of control. You’re getting pitches to hit because of your strike discipline. Hitting you can’t try harder at and do good.”

The Crushers snatched a quick, short-lived lead in the first courtesy of third baseman Andrew Davis’ sacrifice to plate speedy center fielder Dom Duggan, who doubled to leadoff the inning.

Cruisers right fielder Robbie Tolan tripled in designated hitter Lee Rubin from first to equalize in the second inning. The early see-saw affair continued in the fourth inning, when Crushers designated hitter Lee Huggins hit a laser home run to center field, his third of the season, which handed the Crushers a 2-1 lead. That was the last lead the Crushers maintained.

Following Huggins’ home run, Crushers’ hitters only managed three more hits the final five innings, and the side was retired in order three times.

Notes

Lake Erie signed reliever Travis LaMar to replace Raymond’s spot in the bullpen. LaMar was signed after playing college baseball at Wright State University.

“He’s going to be our 10th, 11th guy in the pen,” Massarelli said. “He’ll give us innings when we need him. The slider is probably his best pitch, he’s not an overpowering guy. Looking at his body type and the scounting report, he looks similar to (Jeff) Cinadr.”

Recap and Video: Crushers 2, Cruisers 0

AVON — On two first-inning runs, the Crushers avoided a three-game sweep by the Oakland County Cruisers with a 2-0, seven-inning win Monday night.

“I’ll take a shutout and a win,” Manager John Massarelli said.

The game was shortened to seven innings to compensate for the resumption of Game 2 of the series, which was suspended on Sunday due to inclement weather. Frontier League rules mandate any game scheduled after the completion of a suspended game must be shortened to seven innings.

Faced with an abbreviated game, the Crushers didn’t waste any time in the first.

No. 3 hitter, third baseman Andrew Davis, singled to right-center field, but Cruisers right fielder Robbie Tolan fumbled the ball enabling shortstop Jodam Rivera and Davis to score the only runs the Crushers needed to earn the win.

Rivera doubled with one out in the first to setup the scoring play.

Crushers pitching needed only two runs to earn the win, their first in the last four games.

Crushers’ starter Travis Risser worked five innings, struck out four and allowed only three hits to combine with closer JJ Pacella on the shutout victory. Risser threw 100 pitches to earn his fourth win of the season. Pacella closed out the Cruisers to pick up a two-inning save – his third of the season.

“He threw 100 pitches in five innings,” Massarelli said. “He had to work his butt off to get through those five shutout innings. He pitched around their best hitter (designated hitter Jeremy Jones) a little bit, and got him to hit his pitches. Travis pitched, he didn’t just throw tonight.”

The shortened game didn’t affect Risser’s typical workman approach to pitching.

“It didn’t affect my stuff,” Risser said. “It made me thinking to go out there and win this game. I wasn’t trying to go out all seven. The first inning I felt good, but I couldn’t locate my fastball today, so I was throwing a lot more sliders and changeups than usual. That’s why I was getting deeper into pitch counts.”

Both Risser and Pacella ran into trouble in the fourth and sixth innings, respectively. Risser, a converted starter, allowed a walk to Cruisers third baseman Kyle Maunus and a ground-rule double to left fielder Bobby Andrews in the fourth, but was able to record the final out of the inning to preserve the Crushers’ bid for a shutout win.

“I fist-pumped when that ground-rule double happened,” Risser said. “I was like, ‘get out of play,” because I knew that guy (Maunus) was probably scoring from first.”

In the sixth, Pacella surrendered a leadoff double to Cruisers first baseman Joash Brodin and a single to third baseman Kyle Maunus, but managed to retire the next three batters to end the sixth. Pacella was flawless in the seventh, retiring the side in order.

Lake Erie missed an opportunity extend its lead in the second inning, with Cruisers starter Kevin Asselin allowing the first three hitters of the inning to reach base. With the bases loaded and no outs, catcher Julio Rivera struck out swinging, center fielder Dom Duggan struck out looking and Rivera grounded out to first to end the threat.

That was the most legitimate scoring opportunity the Crushers had Monday as they were retired in order the remaining four innings they batted.

“We didn’t do a very good job with runners in scoring position,” Massarelli said. “That’s going to happen. If you keep the pitching and defense, and then the hitting gets going, that’s when you reel off your streaks. We were able to put a streak together last week because we were hitting, and our pitching and defense stayed pretty consistent. That’s a big key.”

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Oakland County at Crushers, 6.27.10 Pregame Notes

Oakland County (22-12) at Lake Erie Crushers (19-15)
Andres Esquibel (2-2, 4.17) vs. Esmelvin Jimenez (3-2, 3.56)

Oakland County Lineup
1. Zachary Pace CF
2. Martin Parra 2B
3. Jeremy Jones LF
4. Joash Brodin 1B
5. Kyle Maunus 3B
6. Lee Rubin DH
7. Robbie Tolan RF
8. Luis Fernandez SS
9. Ben Barrone C

Lake Erie Crushers
1. Dom Duggan CF
2. Jodam Rivera SS
3. Andrew Davis 3B
4. Eddie Tisdale 1B
5. Drew Saylor 2B
6. Lee Huggins DH
7. Wayne Bond LF
8. Arden McWilliams RF
9. Julio Rivera C

Pregame notes
– The Crushers were nearly no-hit Saturday night against the Cruisers, falling 3-1.
– Crushers hitters drew seven walks in the loss Saturday night for a total of 120 on the season. Third baseman Andrew Davis leads the team in walks with 19.
– Crushers are 7-3 in their last 10 games, and are only three games out of first place behind the Cruisers.
– In his previous start on June 22, Esmelvin Jimenez pitched six innings, surrendered only one run and three hits to earn his third win of the season. He hasn't given up any more than three runs in 29.4 innings of work during his 10 appearances this season. His record as a starter is 1-1, and the Crushers offense has put up an average of four runs per game in his starts.

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Oakland County at Lake Erie June 26, 2010

EDIT: Oakland County 3, Lake Erie 1


Oakland County Crusiers (21-12) at Lake Erie Crushers (19-14)
Wayde Kichens (1-1, 4.71) vs Matt Smith (5-1, 1.91)

Oakland County
Zachary Pace CF .223
Bobby Andrews RF .233
Jeremy Jones DH .331
Joash Brodin 1b .277
Kyle Maunus 3b .182
Luis Fernandez SS .208
Tom Clayton LF .143
Ryan Shay 2b .250
Lee Rubin C .333

Lake Erie
Dom Duggan CF .215
Jodam Rivera SS .345
Andrew Davis 3b .347
Eddie Tisdale 1b .308
Travis Vetters DH .220
Drew Saylor 2b .218
Wayne Bond LF .215
Arden McWiliams RF .198
Julio Rivera C .146

Pregame Notes:
- Oakland comes into the game in first place just two games ahead of Lake Erie.
- Smith is tied for the league lead in wins with a career high five. He threw seven shutout innings in his last start June 21. He has won five decisions in a row and won his last four starts.
-Joel Collins was placed on 7 day disabled list. Former Crusher catcher Nick Maragas was resigned. He had been the bullpen catcher.
- Andrew Davis has hit in 11 straight to match Jodam Rivera's 11 game streak that ended on Thursday. Rivera has reached base in 26 straight which is league high.
-Drew Saylor has hit in four straight. He had two hits and a RBI last night in Traverse City.

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Crushers 6, Traverse City 3

Crushers win seventh in a row

The Lake Erie Crushers overcame an early 3-0 deficit against the Traverse City Beach Bums to pick up their seventh straight victory 6-3. Down by three runs, the Crushers’ bats were silent for the first five innings as Traverse City’s Ryan Platt held the Crushers without a hit until Joel Collins hustled out a double on a hit to left-center field to lead off the sixth.

Jodam Rivera’s walk and Andrew Davis’ single loaded the bases for Eddie Tisdale, who got the Crushers on the board with a sacrifice fly. Travis Vetters then blooped a double down the right-field line to score Rivera and bring the Crushers within one at 3-2. Lake Erie got right back to work in the seventh against Jack Adams, who replaced Platt to start the frame.

Arden McWilliams picked up a one-out base hit before Julio Rivera, who entered the game in the bottom of the previous inning to replace an injured Collins, wrapped a two-run home run around the right-field foul pole to put the Crushers ahead. The eighth inning saw the Crushers strike for two more runs. Andrew Davis stood at third and Eddie Tisdale was at second when Andrew Saylor dropped a base hit in front of Beach Bum center fielder Jason Codiroli to score Davis.

Wayne Bond’s RBI-groundout finished the scoring for Lake Erie. Roberts picked up his fourth win of the season.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Windy City at Lake Erie, June 22

Windy City ThunderBolts (15-14) at Lake Erie Crushers (16-13)
Joe Scumaci (0-1, 6.75) vs Esmelivin Jimenez (2-2, 4.44)

Lineups

Windy City
Gilberto Mejia 2b .304
Guillermo Martinez SS .247
JT Restko 1b .290
Ryne White CF .280
Tim Alberts LF LF .261
Mike Sullivan DH .270
Mike Torres 3b .380
Dan Jordan C .203
Donnie Ecker RF .304

Crushers
Dom Duggan CF .223
Jodam Rivera SS .364
Andrew Davis 3b .330
Eddie Tisdale 1b .298
Travis Vetters DH .227
Drew Saylor 2b .193
Wayne Bond LF .205
Arden McWilliams .211
Julio Rivera C .125

Pregame Notes:
- The Crushers shutout an opponent for the second time in three games on Monday. It raised the Crushers home record to 11-6, it was the ninth win in 11 games and secured a fourth straight series win.
- Dom Duggan hit his first homer as a Crusher last night. It was the second grand slam of his career and his 5 RBI were a career high.
- Matt Smith pitched seven shutout innings to raise his record to 5-1 and his ERA to 1.91. Smith is tied for the league lead in wins and his ERA is second only to teammate Josh Roberts
- Esmelvin Jimenez is making his third start of the season after seven relief appearances. He took the loss in his last start. He is 2-2 overall with a 4.44 ERA.

Monday, June 21, 2010

LeBron to move from center to catcher?

There were smiles everywhere at All Pro Freight Stadium on Monday. And not just because the Crushers won their 9th game out of 11. The front office was abuzz because their contract offer to LeBron James, first reported in the Morning Journal, had been picked up by the National media including leading off the 6:30 p.m. SportsCenter.
Crusher manager John Massarelli played it straight when asked about it. He insisted he wanted LeBron to play center field.
His current center fielder Dom Duggan, who entered the game hitting .215, must have heard him. Duggan hit a two out grand slam in the second inning and drove in another run with a two out single in the third for all 5 RBIs in the Crushers 5-0 win over Windy City.



"I think he heard the rumors before the game," Massarelli said. "Came out and saw the early video tape heard he was going to play center, may have motivated him. We are thinking of moving LeBron behind the plate."

When told that there was some fear that people might misunderstand his comments in print as being serious. Massarelli said he was being serious and added he wanted to be interviewed by Jim Rome.

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Crushers interest in LeBron goes National

You can read about it here

Crusher manager John Massarelli on LeBron








Lake Erie manager Ryan Gates on how the idea came about.





Crusher 2b Drew Saylor on possibilty of LeBron as a teammate

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Windy City at Lake Erie, June 21

EDIT: Crushers 5, ThunderBolts 0 complete game story and videos

Windy City ThunderBolts (15-13) at Lake Erie Crushers (15-13)
Ricky Meinhold (0-1, 4.19) vs Matt Smith (4-1, 2.42)

Starting Lineups

Windy City
Gilberto Mejia 2b .312
Guillermo Martinez 22 ..247
JT Restko 1b .298
Ryne White LF .281
Tim Alberts DH .264
Donnie Ecker RF .321
Mike Torres 3b .375
Dan Jordan C .209
Kent Gerst CF .260

Lake Erie
Dom Duggan CF .215
Jodam Rivera SS .365
Andrew Davis 3B .321
Travis Vetters LF .321
Eddie Tisdale 1b .297
Drew Saylor 2b .200
Lee Huggins DH .258
Joel Collins C .206
Arden McWilliams RF .207

Pregame Notes:
- Today's game is for sole possession of second place in the Eastern Division behind Oakland County (17-11).
- Crushers won their third straight game and fifth in row at home last night 6-2 over Windy City. A win tonight or tomorrow would be the Crushers four series win in a row.
-Matt Smith gets tonight's start. He is 4-1 with a 2.42 ERA. He is tied for second in the Frontier League in wins and is seventh in ERA.
-Ryan Quigley was scheduled to start for Windy City but was a late scratch and replaced by Ricky Meinhold.
- Andrew Davis matched a Lake Erie record by going 4 for 4 last night to raise his average to .321. Davis had four hits twice in a game last year.
- Phil Rummel was the winning pitcher last night. Rummel is enjoying the friendly confines of All Pro Freight. He has allowed only one earned run in three starts at home in 18 innings of work. He is now 2-2 with a 5.65 ERA and a team high 25 strikeouts.

You can follow the game with video and sound and the call of the game by the Crushers Tim Calderwood here.

Crushers 6, ThunderBolts 2

For complete game coverage and video interviews of the Crushers 6-2 win over Windy City click here.

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Windy City Thunderbolts at Crushers, June 20

Crushers starting lineup
1. CF Dom Duggan .206
2. SS Jodam Rivera .370
3. 3B Andrew Davis .294
4. LF Travis Vetters .243
5. 1B Eddie Tisdale .292
6. 2B Drew Saylor .196
7. RF Arden McWilliams .212
8. DH Lee Huggins .258
9. C Joel Collins .203

P Phil Rummel (1-2, 6.75)

Pregame notes:

- Crushers enter today's game coming off another series win against Traverse City, their third straight, with a 3-0 win Saturday night.
- Crushers second baseman Jodam Rivera putting his seven-game hitting streak on the line today against Windy City. His .370 batting average is tops on the team, and is good for third in the Frontier League.
- The Crushers are 7-3 in their last 10 games and return home, where they are three games over .500 at 9-6.
- The Crushers are 14-13 and sit in fourth place in the East Division, 2.5 games behind division leader Oakland County.
- Starter Phil Rummel earned his first victory of the season on June 15 against Washington, when he pitched six innings, striking out six and allowing only one unearned run.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Crushers 8, Wild Things 2

UPDATE: Crushers 8, Wild Things 2


June 16
Washington Wild Things (8-14) at Lake Erie Crushers (11-12)
Zach Rosenbaum (0-1, 0.96) vs Matt Smtih (3-1, 2.70)

Pregame Notes:
* Crushers have won three in a row and will attempt to pull even on the season in the final game of the series against the Wild Things.
* Alberto Rolon picked up the save last night. It was his sixth which is second in the league
* Andrew Davis was 3 for 4 last night. He hit three singles, drove in the run that tied the game and scored on a delayed steal avoiding the tag on what looked to be a sure out.
* Matt Smith has won three consecutive decisions and has allowed just one earned run in his last two starts. He heads into the game tied for 10th in ERA.

Starting Lineups
Washington
Chris Sidick CF .322
Michael Parker 2b .284
Mark McGonigle LF .314
Adam Amar 1b .301
Jacob Dempsey DH .244
Luis Rivera RF .226
Alan Robbins C .310
Billy O'Conner 3b .333
Kyle Surprenant SS .211

Lake Erie
Dom Duggan CF .212
Jodam Rivera SS .347
Andrew Davis 3b .271
Travis Vetters DH .267
Eddie Tisdale 1B .250
Drew Saylor 2b .214
Wayne Bond LF .200
Arden McWilliams RF .200
Julio Rivera C .160

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Saylor shows why he is a fan favorite




Lake Erie second baseman Drew Saylor has not had the season at the plate he wants. He entered the game hitting just .213. His RBI single in the 8th inning ended on 0 for 20 streak.
Most player would understandably head straight for the locker room. Not Saylor. While most of the Crushers take time to greet the fans and sign autographs. Few come close to Saylor's dedication to the fan base especially the youngsters.
It takes Saylor a long time to make it to the locker room. Every time it looks like he has signed the last glove, shirt, seat cushion and even a shoe, another youngster files up and that attracts more kids.
Saylor always smiling not only signs, he interacts and talks to everyone.
"It is something I love to do," Saylor said. "Hopefully they aren't looking at the stats. They come here for that type of interaction. I remembere when I was their age I wanted anyone's autograpgh. Anyone who took the time to see who I am - that's what I try to do. I try to remember that."
Saylor says the interaction with the kids takes some of the sting of frustration away.
"Absolutely it does," he said. "It gets you to realize it is just a game and if you try to take it too personal or try to hard. They are out here trying to have fun. It gives you a chance to step back and reavalulate everything.

Crushers 4, Wild Things 2

UPDATE: Crushers 4, Wild Things 2

Washington Wild Things (8-14) at Lake Erie Crushers (10-12)
Jeff Sonnenberg (0-2, 6.00) vs Phil Rummel (0-2, 9.18)

Washington
Chris Sidick 2b .325
Billy O'Conner C .381
Michael Parker 2b .286
Adam Amar 1b .304
Mark McGonigle LF .313
Jacob Dempsey DH .240
Luis Rivera RF .237
Denny Duron SS .212
Kyle Surprenant 3B .235

Lake Erie
Dom Duggan CF .210
Jodam Rivera SS .347
Andrew Davis 3b .247
Travis Vetters DH .277
Eddie Tisdale 1b .246
Drew Saylor 2b .213
Joel Collins C .231
Wayne Bond LF .197
Arden McWilliams .186

Monday, June 14, 2010

June 14 starting lineups

UPDATE: Crushers win 6-2

Washington Wild Things (8-13) at Lake Erie Crushers (9-12)
Zach Groh (1-2, 5.12) vs Josh Roberts (1-0, 2.62)

Washington
Chris Sidick CF .342
Michael Parker 2b .276
Jacob Dempsey DH .225
Adam Amar 1b .307
Mark McGonigle LF .329
Luis Rivera RF .237
Alan Robbins C .316
Denny Duron SS .224
Chris Rainere 3B .246

Lake Erie
Dom Duggan CF .208
Jodam Rivera SS .343
Andrew Davis 3b .260
Andrew Saylor 2b .227
Travis Vetters LF .259
Eddie Tisdale 1b .231
Lee Huggins DH .291
Wayne Bond RF .193
Joel Collins C .224

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Crusher Starting Lineups June 12

UPDATE: Grizzlies 6, Crushers 3

Gateway Grizzlies (12-8) at Lake Erie Crushers (8-11)
Richard Barrett (1-1, 2.38) vs Esmelivin Jimenez (2-1, 5.06)

Gateway
Bobby Burk 2B
Brandon Peters LF
Logan Parker 1B
Charlie Lisk C
Jareck West CF
Justin Baum 3B
Adam Eggemeyer RF
Breck Draper DH
Tyler Heil SS

Lake Erie
Dom Duggan CF
Jodam Rivera SS
Andrew Davis 3B
Drew Saylor 2B
Eddie Tisdale 1B
Travis Vetters LF
Lee Huggins DH
Wayne Bond RF
Joel Collins C

Esmelvin Jimenez is making his first ever start in the United States. Jimenez made two starts for the Phillies in the Dominician Summer League. This season he has made seven relief appearances for the Crushers.

Thursday, June 3, 2010

June 3 Lineups




UPDATE: Crushers 10, Rascals 1

River City Rascals (6-7) at Lake Erie Crushers (4-7)

Tim Woodward (1-0, 2.35) vs. Josh Roberts (0-0, 2.46)

River City

Caleb Curry CF
Doug Sanders 2B
Scott Robinson 1B
Stephen Holden DH
Chad Maddox LF
Ryan Wehrle 3B
Jeff DeSmidt C
Chris McClendon RF
Jorge Gutierrez SS

Lake Erie

Dom Duggan CF
Drew Saylor 2B
Andrew Davis 3B
Travis Vetters LF
Eddie Tisdale 1B
Joel Collins C
Arden McWilliams RF
Lee Huggins DH
Jodam Rivera SS

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

VIDEO: Game 10 starting Lineups

UPDATE: Crushers 5, Rascals 4


River City Rascals (5-6) at Lake Erie Crushers (3-6)



Starting pitchers

RC: Tony Marsala (1-1, 3.68) vs. LE: Michael Raymond (0-1, 3.00)

Starting Lineups

River City
SS Jorge Guiterrez
2b Doug Sanders
1b Scott Robinson
DH Stephen Holdren
LF Chad Maddox
3b Ryan Wehrle
C Danny Sawyer
RF Chris McClendon
CF Joe Chavarria

Lake Erie
CF Dom Duggan
2b Drew Saylor
3b Andrew Davis
1B Eddie Tisdale
DH Travis Vetters
C Joel Collins
RF Arden McWilliam
LF Wayne Bond
SS Jodam Rivera