Games played on Monday, June 8

Triple – A

Louisville 8 (29-28) – Lehigh Valley 5 (23-34) 

Wes Bankston went 3-4 with 2 doubles, an rbi, and a run scored.  Kevin Barker and Drew Sutton each went 2-4 in the game.  Barker hit his 7th homerun of the season and drove in 3 rbis while Sutton tripled and scored 3 runs.

Josh Roenicke picked up his 9th save of the season by pitching a scoreless 9th and Justin Lehr improved to 7-2 on the season with the win.  Lehr didn’t pitch well, allowing 4 runs on 8 hits in 5.1 innings, but the offense scored enough to give him the victory.

Double – A

Jacksonville 6 (28-31) – Carolina  4 (32-26)

Juan Francisco hit his 12th homerun of the season and drove in 2 rbis in a 1-4 night.   Chris Kroski had 2 hits in 4 at-bats and was the only Mudcats player with 2 hits.

Jordan Smith picked up his first loss of the season and fell to 4-1 on the year.  Smith allowed 5 runs (2 earned) on 8 hits and 3 walks in 5.2 innings pitched.

Class A Advanced

Sarasota 4 (23-32)- Tampa  1 (24-30)

Denis Phipps drove in 2 runs and had 3 hits in 5 at-bats to lead the Reds to the win.  Jason Louwsma went 2-5 with a double and an rbi.

Travis Webb walked 5 and allowed 4 hits but still picked up the win.  Webb allowed 1 run and struck out 5 in 5.1 innings pitched to bump his record to 4-4 on the year.  He now has a 3.66 ERA on the season.

Single – A

The game between Dayton and Great Lakes was postponed.