PLANETARY EXTREME BASEBALL ALLIANCE
KENTUCKY THOROUGHBREDS AT MANCHESTER MAULERS
08/04/2039
 
PLANETARY EXTREME BASEBALL ALLIANCE
KENTUCKY THOROUGHBREDS AT MANCHESTER MAULERS
GAME ID: 1728 - THURSDAY, AUGUST 4TH , 2039 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kentucky Thoroughbreds (62-47) 1 2 1 0 0 2 3 0 4 13 14 0
Manchester Maulers (52-58) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 6 0
Valdés Leads Charge, Kentucky Blasts Maulers
The Kentucky Thoroughbreds put together a convincing win at Whiten Field, defeating the Manchester Maulers, 13-3. Lorenzo Valdés was one of the hitting stars. He belted 2 home runs, while adding 6 RBI and scoring twice for Kentucky. Sa-yoor Chang, the winner, improved to 5-3. He held the Maulers to 3 runs on 4 hits over 5.2 innings, while striking out 6 and walking 2. Esteban Benítez collected his 3rd save.

With Kentucky leading 9-3 in the top of the ninth, Valdés came up to bat against Manchester pitcher Brian Tilghman. Valdés hit a fastball to left for a grand slam home run. His 2nd home run of the season put the Thoroughbreds on top, 13-3.

"I just try to bring what I bring to this team," said Valdés.

The second-place Thoroughbreds lifted their record to 62-47.
KENTUCKY BATTING LINESCORE MANCHESTER BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Mu RF 5 2 1 0 1 1 4 .229 15 45
L. Kossan 2B 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 .312 5 24
P. Bermúdez CF 5 2 3 2 0 2 1 .293 15 59
D. Gore DH 4 3 2 0 1 0 1 .308 15 64
L. Valdés LF 4 2 2 6 1 1 1 .400 2 10
S. van den Adel 1B 4 0 0 0 1 1 3 .290 2 11
J. Cruz 3B 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 .274 4 32
Y. Takahashi C 5 1 2 2 0 0 2 .222 0 5
N. Honma SS 4 0 0 0 1 0 4 .221 8 29
Totals 41 13 14 11 5 5 18      
BATTING
Doubles: P. Bermúdez 2 (29, 1st Inning off H. Velásquez, 1 on, 1 out; 9th Inning off B. Tilghman, 1 on, 0 outs) , D. Gore (36, 6th Inning off H. Velásquez, 0 on, 0 outs) , J. Cruz (20, 9th Inning off B. Tilghman, 1 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: P. Bermúdez (15, 3rd Inning off H. Velásquez, 0 on, 0 outs) , L. Valdés 2 (2, 7th Inning off S. Hodges, 1 on, 2 outs; 9th Inning off B. Tilghman, 3 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: S. Mu , L. Kossan , P. Bermúdez 8 , D. Gore 3 , L. Valdés 8 , J. Cruz 4 , Y. Takahashi 2
2-out RBI: L. Valdés , J. Cruz , Y. Takahashi
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Mu , S. van den Adel
Team LOB: 6

BASERUNNING
SB: S. Mu 2 (45) , P. Bermúdez (36) , J. Cruz 2 (35)

FIELDING
OF assists: 1 (Mu(Chin at 2nd base))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Carpenter LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .244 10 32
A. Ramírez 1B 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 .278 10 35
E. Chin DH 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 .275 12 35
C. Hsu SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .276 4 14
V. Torres 2B 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 .219 7 32
J. Meléndez CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .245 7 39
R. Cuellar RF 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .258 5 32
J. Ruíz C 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .234 2 20
T. Titmus 3B 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 .189 4 14
   a-P. Orocumojica PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .284 16 50
   b-D. Simmons 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259 9 38
Totals 31 3 6 2 2 9 11      
a - P. Orocumojica pinch hit for T. Titmus in the 7th
b - D. Simmons substituted for P. Orocumojica in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: S. Carpenter (10, 3rd Inning off S. Chang, 1 on, 1 out) , E. Chin (12, 3rd Inning off S. Chang, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: S. Carpenter 2 , A. Ramírez 2 , E. Chin 3 , V. Torres
2-out RBI: E. Chin , V. Torres
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , C. Hsu 2 , J. Meléndez
Team LOB: 3

BASERUNNING
SB: A. Ramírez 2 (25) , V. Torres (14)
CS: V. Torres (8)
KENTUCKY PITCHING LINESCORE MANCHESTER PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
S. Chang W (5-3) 5.2 4 3 3 2 6 0 109 3.33   
E. Benítez SV (3) 3.1 2 0 0 0 3 0 40 3.18   
PITCHING
Game Score: S. Chang 53
Batters Faced: S. Chang 22, E. Benítez 11
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Chang 4-6, E. Benítez 3-3
Pitches - Strikes: S. Chang 109-67, E. Benítez 40-28
Inherited Runners - Scored: E. Benítez 1-1
WP: S. Chang
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
H. Velásquez L (6-9) 5.1 6 5 5 1 2 1 101 3.92   
S. Hodges 1.1 4 4 4 1 1 1 36 7.79   
B. Tilghman 1.1 4 4 4 3 1 1 51 7.40   
A. Massingham 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: H. Velásquez 37
Batters Faced: H. Velásquez 23, S. Hodges 9, B. Tilghman 11, A. Massingham 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: H. Velásquez 9-5, S. Hodges 3-0, B. Tilghman 2-1, A. Massingham 0-2
Pitches - Strikes: H. Velásquez 101-64, S. Hodges 36-20, B. Tilghman 51-26, A. Massingham 13-8
Inherited Runners - Scored: S. Hodges 1-1 , A. Massingham 2-0
WP: H. Velásquez , S. Hodges
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Lorenzo Valdés
Ballpark: Whiten Field
Weather: Clear skies (70 degrees), wind blowing in from left at 7 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM ET
Time: 3:55
Attendance: 15420
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