5/4: Up & Down

Durham Bulls 4, Columbus Clippers 2
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Notes: Durham improved to 14-9... Wade Davis earned his third win, allowing two runs on 6 hits in 5 innings. He walked 3 and struck out 3... Jason Isringhausen made his first AAA appearance on rehab, tossing a scoreless inning... Matt Joyce was 1-3 with a walk and a caught stealing... Reid Brignac was hitless in four at-bats and committed his 5th error...

Montgomery Biscuits Rained Out
Notes: Montgomery will play a doubleheader tomorrow night...

Fort Myers Miracle 6, Charlotte Stone Crabs 5
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Notes: Charlotte fell to 13-10... The Crabs led 5-0 at one point... David Newmann pitched 5 scoreless innings before allowing three runs in the 6th. He struck out 5 and walked 1... Rayner Oliveras allowed two runs and Austin Hinkle got the loss when he allowed an unearned run in the 9th... Cody Cipriano hit his 2nd homerun...

Rome Braves 10, Bowling Green Hot Rods 3
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Notes: Bowling Green fell to 12-11... Tim Beckham was 1 for 4 with a triple and two RBIs... Shane Dyer allowed 4 runs in 6 innings. Diego Echeverria allowed 6 runs(1 earned) in the 9th inning... Henry Wrigley collected 3 hits... Mike Sheridan drew his first walk of the season...

Up
Durham Bulls - SP Wade Davis: He hasn't been dominating AAA competition, but he was sort of like this in the first half last year with Montgomery. Still, he's 3-0 with an ERA a tick above 3.

Charlotte Stone Crabs - Cody Cipriano: Went 2-4 with a home run and 3 RBIs.

Bowling Green Hot Rods - SS Tim Beckham: Hasn't been hitting much, but he popped a triple and drove in two.

Down
Durham Bulls - SS Reid Brignac: Tough game for Brignac, 0-4 and his second error in as many games.

Charlotte Stone Crabs - Bottom of the order: Reid Fronk, Ryan Royster, Mark Thomas, and Omar Luna combined to go 0-13

Bowling Green Hot Rods - OF Jason Corder: Went 0-3 and saw his batting average plummet to .159