Duluth-Superior's Bats Wake Up, Pound Out 13 Runs and 6 Doubles.

BOXSCORE: 2123 Maine Lobstahs At 2123 Duluth-Superior Dukes         7/30/2123
 
  Lobstahs           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Dukes              AB  R  H RBI AVG
  G.Parra CF          4  0  1  0 .322     M.Bourn CF          5  2  1  1 .296  
  J.Bay LF            4  0  1  0 .279     D.Fowler LF         5  1  2  0 .232  
  M.Carp RF           4  0  0  0 .263     J.Loney 1B          4  2  4  4 .372  
  C.Santana C         4  1  2  0 .248     C.Gonzalez RF       4  2  1  0 .261  
  C.Kotchman 1B       4  1  2  0 .316     D.Ackley 2B         5  1  2  4 .280  
  W.Bloomquist SS     1  0  0  0 .203     J.Posada C          4  2  3  2 .256  
A-J.Hardy PR,SS       1  0  0  0 .296     I.Desmond SS        5  1  2  1 .258  
  M.Fontenot 3B       3  0  0  0 .274     A.Miles 3B          5  1  2  0 .293  
  C.Fisher P          0  0  0  0 ----     C.Lee P             4  1  2  1 .291  
  T.Ross P            0  0  0  0 .000                                          
D-E.Carrera PH        1  0  0  0 .341                                          
  E.Renteria 2B       4  0  2  2 .281                                          
  B.Colon P           0  0  0  0 .261                                          
B-B.Upton PH          1  0  0  0 .215                                          
  T.Coffey P          0  0  0  0 .500                                          
  S.Linebrink P       0  0  0  0 ----                                          
C-J.Pacheco 3B        1  0  0  0 .158                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  2  8  2                 Totals      41 13 19 13
 
A-Pinch Ran For Bloomquist In 4th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Colon In 5th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Linebrink In 6th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Ross In 9th Inning
 
INJURY: Willie Bloomquist INJURED (for 0 more games) in 4th inning
 
Lobstahs........ 0 0 0  2 0 0  0 0 0  -  2  8  0
Dukes........... 4 0 2  2 4 0  1 0    - 13 19  0
 
Lobstahs (44-42)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
B.Colon LOSS(3-8)         4       9   8   8   2   3   1  90   5.45
T.Coffey                  0       4   4   4   0   0   0  18   3.79
S.Linebrink               1       3   0   0   0   2   0  23   4.88
C.Fisher                  2 1/3   3   1   1   1   0   0  35   3.86
T.Ross                    0 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   9   2.45
Totals                    8      19  13  13   3   5   1
 
Dukes (54-43)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
C.Lee WIN(12-6)           9       8   2   2   1   8   0 135   3.32
Totals                    9       8   2   2   1   8   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 48,359 DATE- Wednesday, July 30th 2123 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Charlie Reliford, Mark Carlson, Dana Demuth, Doug Eddings
T- 3:12
LEFT ON BASE- Lobstahs: 6  Dukes: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Lobstahs: 1  Dukes: 1
DOUBLES- C.Santana-2(22nd), E.Renteria(13th), J.Loney-2(18th), C.Gonzalez(18th),
         D.Ackley-2(17th), J.Posada(13th)
HOME RUNS- J.Posada(6th)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Colon, C.Lee
WALKS- J.Hardy, J.Loney, C.Gonzalez, J.Posada
HIT BY PITCH- W.Bloomquist
STRIKE OUTS- J.Bay, M.Carp-2, W.Bloomquist, J.Hardy, M.Fontenot-2, B.Upton,
             D.Fowler-2, C.Gonzalez, D.Ackley, I.Desmond
GIDP- M.Fontenot, I.Desmond
2-out RBI- D.Ackley-2, J.Posada-2, E.Renteria-2, J.Loney
 
Cliff Lee completed the game without help from the bullpen and James Loney had
4 hits and 4 RBI as the Maine Lobstahs were badly beaten by the
Duluth-Superior Dukes, 13 to 2.
 
Loney helped send the fans home happy.  He doubled in the 1st inning, doubled
bringing home two baserunners in the 4th inning, stroked a one-base hit
scoring a run in the 5th inning and laced a base-knock resulting in a run in
the 7th inning.  Duluth-Superior totaled 19 hits on the night.  
 
Lee(12-6) finished the game allowing 2 runs in the victory. The losing pitcher
was Bartolo Colon(3-8).  He was knocked around by Duluth-Superior, allowing 9
hits and 2 walks in 4 innings.  
 
'We really needed this win' said Mike Swanson.  'That first drink of water at
the end of a drought sure does taste good!'