8/4 Games

[Soxpranos]

Great Knight For Offense

August 4, 2005

 

FORT MILL, S.C. --The Knights put on an offensive clinic, scoring 12 runs on 17 hits to defeat the Durham Bulls 12-2 in the first game of the series Thursday night. With every Knight in the lineup collecting at least one hit, Greg Norton had two solo home runs while Ross Gload and Scott Bikowski each added another.

 

Joe Borchard was 4-for-5 with two runs scored, and Bikowski was a perfect 3-for-3 with a double, a home run, four RBIs and two runs scored. Norton (2-for-5, 2 HR), Ross Gload (2-for-4, 2B, HR, 2 RBIs) and Jamie Burke (2-for-5, 2B, 3 RBIs) each had two hits.

 

Working on the defensive side in relief of Jim Bullard, Matt Smith (1-6) earned his first win of the season after allowing just one hit in 2 1/3 innings. For the Bulls, Lance Carter was tagged with the loss after allowing four runs on five hits in five innings.

 

For the Knights, the scoring was early and often as they collected at least one run in every inning except the second.

 

The first of Norton's home runs put the Knights on the board in the first. After being dealt the leadoff walk in the third, Bikowski scored the second run on a double by Willie Harris up the right side, and Gload's solo shot in the fourth put the Knights up 3-0.

 

After working through four scoreless innings, Bullard got into some trouble allowing a double and two walks to load the bases in the fifth. The third walk of the inning scored the Bulls first run and led to Bullard's early exit.

 

In the bottom of the fifth, the Knights got the run back when Bikowski blasted his first home run of the season over the wall in right center field.

 

With two outs each time, the Knights added three runs in both the sixth and seventh innings. Against reliever Jason Phillips, the Knights tacked together five two-out base hits in the sixth, allowing Gload, Borchard and Burke to cross the plate.

 

The story repeated itself in the seventh as Phillips earned the first two outs quickly but allowed back-to-back singles to Borchard and Burke, who both scored on the double by Bikowski. Borchard's single drove in Gload, who reached on a fielder's choice.

 

The Bulls got their second and final run in the eighth as B.J. Upton scored on an Earl Synder single.

 

In the bottom of the eighth, Norton collected his 13th home run of the season, and Roosevelt Brown -the last Knights' batter to get a hit, scored on a ground out from Gload for the final run of the game.

 

The Bulls and Knights play game two of the series as Arnie Munoz (6-10, 3.75) will take the mound against John Webb (8-4, 4.50) for the Bulls.

 

Notes:

Matt Smith earned his first win of the season, 1-6.

Scott Bikowski hit his first home run of the season, 3-3, 2B, HR, 4 RBIs.

Greg Norton now has 13 home runs, and Ross Gload has 10

 

in High A ball... Gio Gonzalez took the loss..had a bad defensive game (Gio did) throwing the ball away .

[kapkomet]

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while, or

 

the sun shines on a dog's ass every once in a while.

 

[DBAHO]

As it was already stated, Charlotte beat Durham 12-2. Greg Norton hit 2 homers, Gload homered and so did Bikowski. Borch 4 for 5, Gload 2 for 4, no Anderson tonight. Harris 1 for 4 with a walk. Bull started, 4.2IP, 4BB's and 2K's with 1ER. Matt Smith picked up the win pitching 2.1 innings of scoreless relief.

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B-Ham got shoutout 2-0 by Mississippi. Owens 3 for 4 now up to .337, and only 2 other Barons with hits. Daniel Haigwood started, 7IP, 1ER, 2BB's and 10K's. Malone gave up 1ER in 2IP.

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/app/mil...msbaax_biraax_1

 

Winston - Salem lost 9-4. Not good for Gio, 4.2IP, 5ER, 2BB's and 5K's. Daigle who's back down in high A ball was 0 for 3 with a walk. Schnur with 2 hits, and Hinton too.

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/app/mil...frdafx_wswafx_1

 

Kanny won 6-0. Dan's sleeper prospect Adam Russell pitched 6 shoutout innings with 1BB and 2K's. Getz 1 for 5, Brice 1 for 4.

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/app/mil...kanafx_lexafx_1

 

Bristol lost 10-9 to Johnson City. Cunningham 3 for 6 with 2 doubles, Sanchez 1 for 5, moved from #2 to #6 in the order now. Viola gave up 6ER in 2.1IP starting.

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/app/mil...jcyrok_brirok_1

 

Great Falls winning 15-5 in the bottom of the 9th.

[BHAMBARONS]

Mississippi 2 Barons 0

 

W-Smith (9-1) L- Haigwood (2-1)

 

 

What a pitching performance tonight Chuck James is the real deal and will be an Atlanta Brave soon. James is by far and away the best pitching prospect in the SL this year with a big time breaking ball that made a lot of our good hitters look horrible. Right with him pitch for pitch was Haigwood who had a dominting breaking pitch as well it was very unfortunate that his only run was given up on a Antoin Gray Error who the inning before failed to drive in a run from third with one out. Jerry Owens had an awsome game 3-4 and was robbed of an RBI single on a great diving catch by Onil Joseph.

[dasox24]

Hell yeah. My boy Haigwood keeps rollin'. Hopefully, he'll start getting some more much deserved publicity.

[danman31]

Gotta love Adam Russell back in the Kanny rotation after missing a start or 2.

 

Great Falls won 15-6.Box Score

[southsider2k5]

Great outing for Bull.

 

I would have to imagine after only working 6 innings in the last month that the wheels came off in the fifth inning after he got tired. Great job none the less.

[kapkomet]

Bull's working hard to come back from his injury I see. GO BULL!

[southsider2k5]

Bull's working hard to come back from his injury I see.  GO BULL!

 

From what he told me a couple of weeks ago, he sounds like he is back to full strength now. When healthy a guy like that is invaluable to a team as he does everything from start, to spot start, to long reliever, to middle reliver, to set up man, to close. He did it all at Bham, and it seems like he is going to do it all at Charlotte.

[3E8]

Seems like Owens has a multihit game every other night.

[Rex Hudler]

Mississippi 2  Barons 0

 

W-Smith (9-1) L- Haigwood (2-1)

What a pitching performance tonight Chuck James is the real deal and will be an Atlanta Brave soon.  James is by far and away the best pitching prospect in the SL this year with a big time breaking ball that made a lot of our good hitters look horrible.  Right with him pitch for pitch was Haigwood who had a dominting breaking pitch as well it was very unfortunate that his only run was given up on a Antoin Gray Error who the inning before failed to drive in a run from third with one out.  Jerry Owens had an awsome game 3-4 and was robbed of an RBI single on a great diving catch by Onil Joseph.

 

I'll be honest with you, I liked Haigwood better last night. James was good, no doubt. He throws a little harder and his ball seems hard to pick up and seems to get on top of the hitter before he knows it.

 

 

But I liked Haigwood's poise and command equally as well and I really liked Haigwood's breaking ball last night. It was the first time I had seen him, but I came away quite impressed.