Dunn Adds to Homerun Lead, Tacoma Wins 6-3.





Dunn 32 HR's



BOXSCORE: 2011 North Carolina Knuckleheads At 2011 Tacoma Rainiers   8/3/2011
 
  Knuckleheads       AB  R  H RBI AVG     Rainiers           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  A.McCutchen CF      4  0  1  0 .293     I.Suzuki RF         3  0  1  0 .341  
  D.Barton 1B         4  1  1  0 .304     N.Morgan CF         4  1  1  0 .238  
  D.Valencia 3B       5  0  2  0 .347     A.Dunn 1B           4  1  1  1 .261  
  T.Hunter RF         5  0  0  0 .259     C.Blake 3B          4  1  2  1 .286  
  M.Kemp LF           4  2  3  2 .282     Y.Molina C          3  1  0  0 .259  
  G.Beckham 2B        4  0  2  0 .285     T.Wigginton 2B      4  1  1  1 .208  
  J.Lowrie SS         4  0  1  0 .373     R.Brignac SS        3  1  1  2 .333  
  G.Soto C            3  0  0  0 .243     A.Rowand LF         3  0  0  0 .143  
  J.Moyer P           2  0  1  1 .083     J.Niese P           2  0  0  0 .111  
A-Y.Betancourt PH     1  0  0  0 .242     C.Durbin P          1  0  0  0 .000  
  M.Wuertz P          0  0  0  0 .000     F.Rodney P          0  0  0  0 .000  
  T.Wakefield P       0  0  0  0 .200                                          
B-D.Ortiz PH          0  0  0  0 .304                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  3 11  3                 Totals      31  6  7  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For Moyer In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Wakefield In 9th Inning
 
Knuckleheads.... 0 1 1  0 0 0  0 1 0  -  3 11  1
Rainiers........ 1 0 1  1 0 3  0 0    -  6  7  1
 
Knuckleheads             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Moyer LOSS(4-4)         5       4   3   2   0   3   2  78   4.01
M.Wuertz                  0 2/3   2   3   3   1   1   1  24   7.03
T.Wakefield               2 1/3   1   0   0   0   5   0  33   4.32
Totals                    8       7   6   5   1   9   3
 
Rainiers (60-50)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Niese WIN(9-8)          6       9   2   2   1   5   0  90   4.65
C.Durbin                  2       2   1   1   1   0   1  29   4.50
F.Rodney SAVE(12th)       1       0   0   0   2   0   0  26   4.18
Totals                    9      11   3   3   4   5   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 35,683 DATE- Wednesday, August 3rd 2011 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:41
LEFT ON BASE- Knuckleheads:10  Rainiers: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Knuckleheads: 0  Rainiers: 1
ERRORS- G.Soto, R.Brignac
DOUBLES- A.McCutchen(28th), T.Wigginton(7th)
HOME RUNS- M.Kemp(22nd), A.Dunn(32nd), C.Blake(9th), R.Brignac(1st)
STOLEN BASES- I.Suzuki-3(55th), N.Morgan-2(44th), Y.Molina(7th)
WALKS- A.McCutchen, D.Barton, G.Soto, D.Ortiz, Y.Molina
HIT BY PITCH- I.Suzuki
STRIKE OUTS- T.Hunter, M.Kemp, G.Beckham-2, J.Lowrie, N.Morgan, A.Dunn-3,
             C.Blake, Y.Molina, T.Wigginton-2, C.Durbin
GIDP- J.Lowrie
WILD PITCHES- F.Rodney
2-out RBI- A.Dunn, M.Kemp, T.Wigginton, R.Brignac-2
WEB GEMS- Top 4th: Yadier Molina blocked the plate, saving a run!
 
In a good matchup it was the Tacoma Rainiers 6, the North Carolina
Knuckleheads 3 at SAFECO Field.
 
Jonathon Niese(9-8) had a steady outing.  He was reached for 9 hits and 1 walk
in 6 innings.  Tacoma won despite being out-hit by North Carolina 11 hits to
7.  
 
Niese got help from Fernando Rodney who earned his 12th save.  Jamie
Moyer(4-4) was charged with the loss.  He pitched 5 innings giving up 4 hits
and no walks.