Friday, September 23, 2011

Friars take 2 of 3 from Redbirds @ Jack Murphy Stadium

Game 1 at San Diego,
San Diego banged out 13 hits including 2 hits apiece from Kennedy, Jones, Lefebvre, and Juan Bonilla as the Friars outlasted the Cardinals.  Tim Lollar threw three innings of relief to even his record at 1-1.  John Littlefield earned his first save with one inning of relief in the ninth inning.  The loser was veteran south paw Jim Kaat. Padres 8...Cardinals 6.

Game 2 at San Diego,
The second game of the series went the way of the Padres too.  Chris Welsh remains perfect at 2-0 as he threw 6 innings of 4 run ball. Welsh got support from Randy Bass as he connected for his second homerun of the season.  Terry Kennedy banged out 3 hits. Gary Lucas pitched the final three innings, surrendering only 1 to nail down his fourth save of the year. Padres 7...Cardinals 4.

Game 3 at San Diego,
The Cardinals salvaged the last game of the series as lefty, John Martin pitched 8.1 innings of scoreless ball.  Martin kept the Padre batters off balance all game as he surrendered only 7 hits during his work. Bruce Sutter came on the 9th inning to get the final two Friar batters.
Cardinals 4....Padres 0.
--submitted by Joey Scigliano--

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