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RiverDogs Throw Back Catfish, 6-1

August 22, 2007 - South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston RiverDogs News Release


For the second consecutive night, four Charleston pitchers limited Columbus to three hits as the RiverDogs slapped the Catfish, 6-1, in South Atlantic League action Wednesday night in front of 2,224 fans at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park.

Charleston has taken the first two games of this important three-game series and is now within 1 ½ games of the first-place Catfish in the second half Southern Division standings. The RiverDogs improved to 34-24 this half and 71-57 overall while the Catfish fell to 35-22 and 76-51.

Charleston starter Eric Hacker (9-2) paced the pitchers by allowing only one hit through five complete frames of work. He surrendered Columbus' lone run while walking one and striking out a pair. Following suit, relievers Edgar Soto, Stephen Artz and Luke Trubee combined to give up two more hits while walking one and fanning five over the final four innings.

In the two games this series, each losses, Columbus has recorded a total of one run and a total of six hits.

Charleston scored two runs in the fourth inning with two outs to take the lead against Catfish starter Woods Fines (7-7). After walks to James Cooper and Seth Fortenberry, Kyle Anson and Josue Calzado hit back-to-back RBI singles giving the hosts a 2-0 lead.

Columbus cut the lead in half at 2-1 in the fifth inning on Matt Spring's groundout.

But the RiverDogs put the game out of reach in the seventh, pushing four runs across the plate against reliever Wilton Noel. After Brian Aragon's lead-off single, Luis Nunez doubled home a run to make the score 3-1. After Mitch Hilligoss reached on an infield single to extend his current hitting streak to 15 games, Cooper collected the fourth straight hit to plate Nunez.

Later in the inning, Kevin Smith was credited with a RBI on a groundout to third, and Charleston's final tally came on Anson's RBI groundout to shortstop that made it 6-1.

Maiko Loyola paced the Catfish with two of the team's three hits. Chase Odenreider went 2-for-3 with a walk to lead Charleston's nine-hit attack.

Fines pitched four innings and allowed two runs on three hits while walking three and striking out a trio of RiverDogs. Noel was charged with four runs in his two plus frames of work.

The final game of this seven-game homestand and three-game series with Columbus is set for Thursday night at 7:05 p.m. with Charleston sending southpaw Mike Dunn (12-5, 3.12 ERA) to the hill while the Catfish are expected to go with northpaw Will Kline (0-4, 7.11 ERA).


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