Dukes Stay Hot Win Again 3-1.

BOXSCORE: 2112 Franklin Kites At 2112 Duluth-Superior Dukes         8/28/2112
 
  Kites              AB  R  H RBI AVG     Dukes              AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Thole C           4  0  1  0 .250     M.Bourn CF          4  0  0  0 .275  
  A.Jackson CF        2  0  0  0 .287     I.Desmond SS        4  1  1  0 .281  
  M.Prado 2B          4  0  2  0 .314   B-R.Furcal SS         0  0  0  0 .341  
  P.Konerko 1B        3  0  0  0 .256     C.Gonzalez RF       3  2  2  1 .344  
  J.Bruce LF          3  1  1  0 .333     J.Loney 1B          2  0  1  0 .261  
  E.Longoria 3B       4  0  0  0 .253     D.Young LF          3  0  0  1 .289  
  J.Francoeur RF      3  0  0  0 .247   C-D.Fowler LF         0  0  0  0 .210  
E-C.Beltran PH        1  0  0  0 .227     S.Schumaker 2B      3  0  0  0 .256  
  J.Verlander P       2  0  1  1 .203   D-R.Theriot 2B        0  0  0  0 .240  
A-W.Rhymes PH         1  0  0  0 .386     M.Tejada 3B         3  0  1  0 .283  
  J.Smith P           0  0  0  0 ----     I.Rodriguez C       3  0  0  0 .245  
  C.Pennington SS     3  0  0  0 .247     C.Carpenter P       3  0  0  0 .037  
                                          R.Soriano P         0  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      30  1  5  1                 Totals      28  3  5  2
 
A-Pinch Hit For Verlander In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Desmond In 9th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Young In 9th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Schumaker In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Francoeur In 9th Inning
 
Kites........... 0 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  5  1
Dukes........... 2 0 0  0 0 0  0 1    -  3  5  0
 
Kites (79-34)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Verlander LOSS(11-6)    6       4   2   1   2   7   0  98   2.63
J.Smith                   2       1   1   1   1   3   1  32   4.50
Totals                    8       5   3   2   3  10   1
 
Dukes (72-51)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
C.Carpenter WIN(9-11)     8       3   1   1   3   1   0  92   3.53
R.Soriano SAVE(23rd)      1       2   0   0   0   0   0  15   2.21
Totals                    9       5   1   1   3   1   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 47,110 DATE- Thursday, August 28th 2112 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Mike Reilly, Jeff Kellogg, Eric Cooper, Laz Diaz
T- 2:38
LEFT ON BASE- Kites: 6  Dukes: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Kites: 0  Dukes: 1
ERRORS- J.Thole
DOUBLES- C.Gonzalez(29th)
HOME RUNS- C.Gonzalez(30th)
STOLEN BASES- I.Desmond(9th), C.Gonzalez(36th), J.Loney(16th)
SACRIFICE HITS- A.Jackson
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Young
WALKS- A.Jackson, P.Konerko, J.Bruce, C.Gonzalez, J.Loney-2
STRIKE OUTS- C.Pennington, M.Bourn, I.Desmond, D.Young-2, S.Schumaker-2,
             I.Rodriguez, C.Carpenter-3
WILD PITCHES- J.Verlander-2
2-out RBI- J.Verlander, C.Gonzalez
 
Chris Carpenter(9-11) and Justin Verlander(11-6) dueled it out with Carpenter
and the streaking Duluth-Superior Dukes coming out on top of the Franklin
Kites by the score of 3 to 1.
 
Carpenter was solid in the win.  He surrendered only 3 hits and 3 walks in 8
innings.  Franklin had a chance in the 9th but they came up short.
 
Carpenter was helped out by Rafael Soriano who recorded his 23rd save.