Results and Highlights from 4/28/12

Reading (14-7) – 1
Portland (7-16) – 9
WP: Chris Martin (1-2)
LP: Jonathan Pettibone (1-3)

HIGHLIGHTS: Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched 4 2/3 innings, allowing 1 earned runs, 3 hits and 2 walks while striking out 7. His threw 74 pitches, 44 of which were strikes, and he induced 3 ground ball outs and 0 fly outs … Chris Martin followed Dice-K with 4 1/3 scoreless innings for his first AA win … Hadlock Field had a sold out attendance of 7,368.

New Britain (13-9) – 3
Richmond (11-11) – 5
WP: Craig Westcott (1-2)
L: Steve Hirschfeld (2-2)
S: Tom Vessella (1)

HIGHLIGHTS: New Britain starter Steve Hirschfeld allowed 3 earned runs on 10 hits and 2 walks over 6 innings … Evan Bigley went 1 for 4 with a double, 2 RBIs and 2 stolen bases, extending his hitting streak to eight games … The Rock Cats have lost three in a row and four of their last five.

Trenton (10-11) – 4
New Hampshire (9-12) – 3 (11 inn.)
WP: Kelvin Perez (1-0)
LP: Matt Daly (0-2)
S: Ryan Flannery (2)
HR: New Hampshire – Koby Clemens (2), Mark Sobolewski (4)

HIGHLIGHTS: Mark Sobolewski was 1 for 1 with a solo home run. In his last five games he has collected 8 hits, 3 HRs and 7 RBIs … Koby Clemens hit his second home run of the season. His first came during the Fisher Cats home opener off of Jason Marquis back on April 12th … The Fisher Cats stole two bases (Ryan Goins, John Tolisano) and were caught stealing twice (Goins, Brian Van Kirk). As a team they have stolen 33 bases, have been caught 12 times and are second in the Eastern League in both categories.

Pawtucket (15-8) – 4
Columbus (12-10) –6
WP: Jose De La Torre (1-0)
LP: Tony Pena Jr. (0-2)
S: Jeremy Accardo (3)
HR: Columbus – Beau Mills (2)

HIGHLIGHTS: Alex Hassan went 2 for 4 with 2 RBI and a run scored. He was one of five PawSox batters with 2 hits in the game … Reliever Andrew Miller pitched 2/3 inning allowing a 1 hit and a run while striking out 2. It was the second straight game he has appeared in and the fourth time this week … The PawSox have lost three straight since having their season-high nine game win streak snapped.