Say Hey 8-12-07

[besbolbenbedygud]

Lot's of our locals in action on Sunday and many of them were outstanding!!!

what a great day........

Clay Buchholz............

  saw the mound again yesterday and for three straight games has had a repeat performance of 9 k's!!  Clay went 5 inning gave up 3 hits and 2 runs and got his first AAA victory for the AAA Pawtucket Red Sox.  In just his last three outings Clay has pitched 18.1 innings and struck out 27 batters with only 2 walks!!........congrats on the first win Clay!!!!

Chip Ambres.........

  had a 2 for 4 performance for the AAA Zephyrs.  In June Chip batted .320 in 26 games.....he's repeating that pace right now in August batting .317 in 10 games.......Good day Chip!!

Lew Ford............

  has taken his assignment very serious......VERY......He's back on the list today following up his 3 for 3 performance with a 2 for 4 day, scored a run, and had one rbi.  Both hits yesterday were doubles.  Since his move back down to AAA, Lew has gone 8 for 18, with 5 doubles, batting .444.............Bring those hits back with you to the Twins!!!....Great job Lew!!!

Jay Bruce...............

  went 1 for 2 with a double and scored a run.  Jay has 10 hits in his last 10 games and grabbed his first AAA stolen base on August 9th.  Jay is maintaining a .311 average in the month of August........Keep it up Jay!!!

Brian Sanches..............

  came in for a save opportunity for AAA Ottawa and did not disappoint.  In his 1.1 innings Brian gave up 1 hit and struck out 4 batters.......Nice job Brian!!!

Allan Harrington..............

  got 2 innings on the hill yesterday and registered 2 k's, for A Fort Wayne, dropping his era to a cool 0.77.  In 33.2 innings Allen now has 39 k's........Allen gave up 2 earned runs in early July.........he has not given up an earned run since!!!!! Simply......outstanding!!!

Derek Blacksher.............

  was also on the hill yesterday, for one inning, had a walk, and a strike out.  For Derek's last 13.2 innings he's only allowed one earned run to post a very impressive 0.66 era and 17k's.................Nice work Derek!!!