Kites Prove Too Much For Dukes. Verlander 19-1.

BOXSCORE: 2123 Franklin Kites At 2123 Duluth-Superior Dukes         8/28/2123
 
  Kites              AB  R  H RBI AVG     Dukes              AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Thole C           6  1  1  1 .248     M.Bourn CF          3  0  0  0 .289  
  N.Walker 2B         5  2  3  2 .246     J.Loney 1B          4  0  1  0 .365  
  C.Beltran LF        6  1  4  2 .329     D.Fowler LF         4  1  1  0 .253  
  J.Bruce RF          4  0  1  1 .258     M.Trumbo RF         2  0  0  0 .231  
  G.Blum 3B           4  0  0  0 .000   B-C.Gonzalez PR,RF    1  0  0  0 .266  
  J.Thome 1B          4  0  1  0 .200     S.Schumaker 2B      4  0  0  0 .264  
  J.Rollins SS        3  2  2  0 .261     J.Posada C          2  0  1  0 .251  
  J.Verlander P       5  0  2  0 .176     R.Webb P            0  0  0  0 ----  
  A.Aceves P          0  0  0  0 .000     K.Kendrick P        0  0  0  0 .300  
  A.Jackson CF        4  2  2  2 .261   C-I.Desmond PH        1  0  0  0 .264  
                                          M.Capps P           0  0  0  0 .000  
                                        D-D.Young PH          1  1  1  0 .259  
                                          R.Theriot SS        4  0  2  1 .280  
                                          A.Miles 3B          4  0  0  0 .299  
                                          Z.Greinke P         1  0  0  0 .068  
                                        A-J.Arencibia C       2  0  0  0 .223  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      41  8 16  8                 Totals      33  2  6  1
 
A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Greinke In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Trumbo In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Kendrick In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Capps In 9th Inning
 
INJURY: Mark Trumbo INJURED (for 0 more games) in 7th inning
 
Kites........... 0 0 0  0 0 4  4 0 0  -  8 16  1
Dukes........... 0 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 1  -  2  6  3
 
Kites (80-33)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Verlander WIN(19-1)     7 2/3   4   1   0   1   6   0 111   1.63
A.Aceves                  1 1/3   2   1   1   0   2   0  23   2.71
Totals                    9       6   2   1   1   8   0
 
Dukes (66-57)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
Z.Greinke LOSS(10-8)      5 2/3   7   3   3   5   5   0 120   4.06
R.Webb                    1       3   3   3   1   1   0  26   9.00
K.Kendrick                0 1/3   3   2   2   1   0   0  23   4.21
M.Capps                   2       3   0   0   0   0   0  21   3.35
Totals                    9      16   8   8   7   6   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 49,662 DATE- Thursday, August 28th 2123 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Mike Reilly, Jeff Kellogg, Eric Cooper, Laz Diaz
T- 3:13
LEFT ON BASE- Kites:14  Dukes: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Kites: 1  Dukes: 3
ERRORS- G.Blum, S.Schumaker, R.Theriot, A.Miles
DOUBLES- N.Walker(23rd), C.Beltran-2(34th), D.Fowler(23rd), D.Young(8th),
         R.Theriot(10th)
TRIPLES- A.Jackson(6th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Rollins(26th), J.Loney(4th)
WALKS- N.Walker, J.Bruce-2, J.Thome, J.Rollins-2, A.Jackson, M.Bourn
HIT BY PITCH- G.Blum, M.Trumbo
STRIKE OUTS- N.Walker, C.Beltran, J.Bruce, G.Blum, J.Thome, J.Verlander,
             D.Fowler-3, C.Gonzalez, A.Miles, Z.Greinke, J.Arencibia-2
GIDP- C.Beltran, A.Jackson-2, S.Schumaker
WILD PITCHES- Z.Greinke
PASSED BALLS- J.Posada
2-out RBI- N.Walker-2, C.Beltran-2, J.Bruce, A.Jackson, J.Thole, R.Theriot
 
Carlos Beltran had 4 hits and 2 RBI as the mighty Franklin Kites outscored the
Duluth-Superior Dukes 8 to 2.
 
Duluth-Superior never recovered after Franklin took the lead in the top of the
6th inning when they tallied 4 runs on 5 hits.  The teams had been locked in
a scoreless duel until the 6th inning.  
 
The winning pitcher was Justin Verlander(19-1) who allowed 1 run in 7 and 2/3
innings. Zack Greinke(10-8) was the loser.  He surrendered 3 runs and 7 hits
in 5 and 2/3 innings.