Reeling Portland Beavers Lose Again to the Salt Lake Bees, 5-2
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 10:41AM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com – PORTLAND, Ore. – Anthony Ortega earned his fourth Triple-A victory and Brandon Wood was 3-for-4 and hit his 31st home run of the season as the Salt Lake Bees defeated the Portland Beavers 5-2 Monday night at PGE Park.
Freddy Sandoval doubled twice among his three hits and was one of five
players to drive in a run for the Bees (79-57), who are zeroing in on
the North Division crown.
Ortega, who is already 4-0 in just
five Triple-A starts since joining the Bees from Class AA Arkansas,
allowed two runs and seven hits while striking out four over seven
innings against the Beavers, who have lost five in a row.
Darren O’Day inherited two runners with no outs in the bottom of the
ninth but retired all three batters he faced to secure the win and earn
his sixth save.
The Beavers (68-68) enjoyed a brief lead after
getting a run-scoring single up the middle from Luke Carlin in the
second, but Sandoval doubled and scored on an RBI single from Kendry
Morales in the third.
Wood, who on Monday was named a PCL
postseason All-Star, and Chip Ambres exchanged solo home runs in the
fourth inning, and the game remained knotted 2-2 until the sixth when
Bobby Wilson’s double scored Morales, who reached on a leadoff double
of his own, and Adam Pavkovich added an RBI single.
Sandoval’s RBI double upped the advantage to 5-2 in the seventh.
The loss went to Josh Geer (8-9), who struck out eight across 6 2/3 innings but gave up five runs and nine hits in his 27th start of the season, which matched the most by a Portland pitcher since the 2001 campaign.
The Beavers and Bees will play a doubleheader Tuesday night at PGE
Park, with the first of two, seven-inning games starting at 6:05 p.m.
Shawn Estes takes the hill for a major league rehab start for Portland
in the opener.
NOTES: Brian Myrow hit his 53rd
double in two seasons with the Beavers, taking over sole possession of
third place behind Jon Knott and Paul McAnulty among career leaders
since the team returned to the PCL in 2001 … Bryan Corey worked two
scoreless innings in his third rehab appearance with Portland.
Beavers Game File
MONDAY’S GAME: Salt Lake 5, Beavers 2
WINNING PITCHER: Ortega (4-0)
LOSING PITCHER: Geer (8-9)
SAVE: O’Day (6)
HOME RUNS: Ambres (21), Wood (31)
TUESDAY’S GAME 1:
Salt Lake (Giancarlo Alvarado: 7-4, 4.33) at Portland (Shawn Estes:
4-2, 4.23), 6:05 p.m.; live audio broadcast on KKAD AM-1550 and www.portlandbeavers.com.
TUESDAY’S GAME 2: Salt Lake (Kasey Olenberger: 4-6, 4.77) at Portland (Justin Germano: 2-7, 5.17), live audio broadcast on KKAD AM-1550 and www.portlandbeavers.com.
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