Baby Bomber Recap 6/1/13: Chien-Ming Wang pitches seven shutout innings in win

Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders: W 9-1 vs. Durham Bulls

RF Thomas Neal 1-5, 2 K - 16 for his last 37 (.432)
CF Melky Mesa 3-5, HR, 3 RBI, 2 K, OF assist - sixth homer of the season
LF Zoilo Almonte 2-5, HR, RBI, K - sixth homer of the season
3B Ronnier Mustelier 3-5, CS
1B Dan Johnson 2-5, RBI, K
DH Josh Bell 0-1, 4 BB (!!!)
2B Addison Maruszak 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI, K
C Bobby Wilson 2-3, 2 RBI, BB
SS Alberto Gonzalez 0-3, BB, K

Chien-Ming Wang 7 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, WP - nine groundouts, four flyouts
Dellin Betances 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K - 14 of 23 pitches for strikes
Mark Montgomery 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, HB - 12 of 19 pitches for strikes

Fourteen hits and nine runs helped the RailRiders easily beat the Bulls and one of the better pitching prospects in Jake Odorizzi. Wang continues to be fairly impressive, Neal continues to hit everything. Brett Marshall starts for SWB today at 5:05 pm.

Double-A Trenton Thunder: L 0-2 vs. Harrisburg Senators

DH Ramon Flores 1-4
CF Slade Heathcott 1-3, BB - average up to .246 on the season after an awful start
C JR Murphy 0-4, 2 K
1B Kyle Roller 0-4, 4 K - 58 Ks in 53 games
LF Jose Pirela 0-3, BB, K
RF Neil Medchill 1-4, K
2B Reegie Corona 0-3
3B Kevin Mahoney 0-2, BB, K
SS Ali Castillo 0-3

Jose Ramirez 6 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 2 WP - three groundouts, four flyouts
Fred Lewis 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, K

Ramirez had a nice outing, but his offense failed to do anything off Caleb Clay, who pitched a complete game shut out against them. Tyler Austin sat for the second straight day. Nik Turley starts for the Thunder today at 2:00 pm.

High-A Tampa Yankees: Game Suspended for rain with Tampa leading 3-1, will be completed today.

Low-A Charleston RiverDogs: L 1-8 vs. Augusta GreenJackets

CF Jake Cave 0-4
SS Claudio Custodio 0-3, BB
DH Greg Bird 0-2, 2 BB, K - batting .270 this season
C Peter O'Brien 1-4, K, pickoff - batting .294/.409/.618 over his last 10 games
3B Dante Bichette Jr. 1-4, K, E5 - fielding error, ninth of the season
LF Taylor Dugas 1-4, 2B, K - sixth double of the season
1B Reymond Nunez 0-1, BB, HBP
2B Jose Rosario 0-3, E4 - fielding error, second of the season
RF Danny Oh 1-3, RBI, K

Evan Rutckyj 5.2 IP, 10 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, WP - six groundouts, five flyouts
Derek Varnadore 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, K
Adam Smith 1 IP, 3 H, 3 R/1 ER, BB, K

The RiverDogs were out-hit 14-4 by the GreenJackets, which is obviously not a recipe for success. DBJ has now hit in seven straight games. If Charleston can hang on to first place for the next few games, they will automatically qualify for the playoffs as the first half champions. Jose Campos pitches for the RiverDogs today at 2:05 pm.