Santana Stifles Rainiers, Strikes Out 12.

BOXSCORE: 2011 North Carolina Knuckleheads At 2011 Tacoma Rainiers   8/2/2011
 
  Knuckleheads       AB  R  H RBI AVG     Rainiers           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  A.McCutchen CF      4  0  1  0 .294     I.Suzuki CF         4  0  2  0 .341  
  D.Barton 1B         5  0  0  0 .305     N.Morgan LF         3  0  0  0 .238  
  D.Valencia 3B       5  0  1  0 .346     A.Dunn 1B           4  0  0  1 .261  
  T.Hunter RF         4  1  1  0 .262     C.Blake 3B          4  0  0  0 .281  
  M.Kemp LF           4  1  1  0 .276     C.Hart RF           3  1  1  0 .236  
  G.Beckham 2B        3  1  2  1 .282     T.Wigginton 2B      3  0  0  0 .208  
  J.Lowrie SS         4  0  2  2 .381     J.Mathis C          3  0  0  0 .294  
  G.Soto C            4  0  1  0 .247   A-K.Morales PH        0  0  0  0 .307  
  E.Santana P         3  0  0  0 .118     R.Brignac SS        3  0  1  1 .333  
                                        B-J.Tabata PH         1  0  0  0 .286  
                                          C.Richard P         2  0  0  0 .097  
                                          K.Loe P             1  1  1  01.000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  3  9  3                 Totals      31  2  5  2
 
A-Pinch Hit For Mathis In 9th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Brignac In 9th Inning
 
Knuckleheads.... 0 0 0  0 0 3  0 0 0  -  3  9  1
Rainiers........ 0 1 0  0 0 0  0 1 0  -  2  5  0
 
Knuckleheads             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
E.Santana WIN(7-10)       9       5   2   2   3  12   0 133   4.29
Totals                    9       5   2   2   3  12   0
 
Rainiers (59-50)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
C.Richard LOSS(9-8)       5 2/3   8   3   3   2   6   0  93   3.88
K.Loe                     3 1/3   1   0   0   1   3   0  38   0.00
Totals                    9       9   3   3   3   9   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 49,271 DATE- Tuesday, August 2nd 2011 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 2:43
LEFT ON BASE- Knuckleheads: 9  Rainiers: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Knuckleheads: 0  Rainiers: 0
ERRORS- G.Beckham
DOUBLES- G.Beckham(13th), J.Lowrie(7th)
STOLEN BASES- C.Hart(14th), R.Brignac(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- N.Morgan
WALKS- A.McCutchen, G.Beckham, E.Santana, C.Hart, T.Wigginton, K.Morales
STRIKE OUTS- A.McCutchen, D.Barton, D.Valencia-2, M.Kemp-2, G.Beckham, G.Soto,
             E.Santana, I.Suzuki, N.Morgan-3, C.Blake-3, C.Hart, T.Wigginton,
             J.Mathis, R.Brignac, C.Richard
WILD PITCHES- C.Richard
2-out RBI- R.Brignac, G.Beckham, J.Lowrie-2
 
Ervin Santana dominated striking out 12 Tacoma batters as the North Carolina
Knuckleheads defeated the Tacoma Rainiers by the score of 3 to 2 at SAFECO
Field.
 
Santana(7-10) gave North Carolina a solid outing.  He didn't allow much, just
5 hits and 3 walks in 9 innings.  North Carolina had 9 hits for the night.
 
Clayton Richard(9-8) ended up with the loss.  He was touched for 8 hits and 2
walks in 5 and 2/3 innings.  'Everything felt great' Santana said. 'I had a
good fastball, I felt I could throw it by everybody tonight.'