Rainiers Colon Gives Up 9 Hits In 5 Innings, Rainiers Lose.

BOXSCORE: 2012 D.C. Bulldogs At 2012 Tacoma Rainiers                 8/3/2012
 
  Bulldogs           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Rainiers           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  R.Andino SS         5  3  3  0 .223     I.Suzuki CF         3  1  1  1 .232  
  N.Walker 2B         5  1  2  1 .239     M.Carp LF           4  1  1  2 .274  
  J.Werth CF          4  0  1  1 .228     R.Howard 1B         3  0  0  0 .233  
  J.Rivera LF         5  1  3  1 .268     C.Hart RF           4  1  2  1 .247  
  J.Heyward RF        4  0  2  0 .297     M.Reynolds 3B       4  0  0  0 .181  
  C.Headley 3B        5  0  0  0 .307     O.Infante 2B        4  0  1  0 .291  
  B.Wood 1B           4  0  3  0 .444     W.Bloomquist SS     3  0  0  0 .312  
  D.Storen P          0  0  0  0 .000     J.Mathis C          3  1  1  0 .114  
  D.Butera C          5  0  1  0 .211   D-J.Schafer PH        1  0  0  0 .281  
  C.Volstad P         4  1  0  0 .194     B.Colon P           1  0  0  0 .000  
C-A.Huff 1B           0  0  0  0 .249   A-J.Tabata PH         1  0  0  0 .341  
                                          L.Ayala P           0  0  0  0 .000  
                                        B-Y.Molina PH         1  0  0  0 .300  
                                          L.Coleman P         0  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      41  6 15  3                 Totals      32  4  6  4
 
A-Pinch Hit For Colon In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Ayala In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Volstad In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Mathis In 9th Inning
 
Bulldogs........ 1 0 0  0 2 3  0 0 0  -  6 15  0
Rainiers........ 0 0 0  1 3 0  0 0 0  -  4  6  4
 
Bulldogs (39-71)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
C.Volstad WIN(7-9)        8       6   4   4   3   5   2 116   4.88
D.Storen SAVE(11th)       1       0   0   0   0   0   0  10   7.00
Totals                    9       6   4   4   3   5   2
 
Rainiers (64-46)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
B.Colon                   5       9   3   2   1   5   0  77   3.60
L.Ayala LOSS(1-1) BS(1st) 2       5   3   3   1   1   0  37   6.75
L.Coleman                 2       1   0   0   1   1   0  27   6.47
Totals                    9      15   6   5   3   7   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 36,074 DATE- Friday, August 3rd 2012 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 3:18
LEFT ON BASE- Bulldogs:11  Rainiers: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Bulldogs: 1  Rainiers: 1
ERRORS- M.Carp-2, M.Reynolds-2
DOUBLES- R.Andino-2(15th), B.Wood(2nd), J.Mathis(2nd)
HOME RUNS- M.Carp(8th), C.Hart(9th)
WALKS- J.Werth, J.Heyward, B.Wood, I.Suzuki, R.Howard, W.Bloomquist
STRIKE OUTS- R.Andino, N.Walker, J.Werth-2, C.Headley, B.Wood, C.Volstad,
             M.Carp-2, M.Reynolds, W.Bloomquist, J.Mathis
GIDP- D.Butera, C.Hart
WILD PITCHES- L.Ayala
2-out RBI- J.Rivera
WEB GEMS- Bot 3rd: Jason Heyward robbed Bartolo Colon of an extra base hit.
 
In a two run game the D.C. Bulldogs ended a long winless drought and got by
the Tacoma Rainiers by the score of 6 to 4.
 
D.C. scored 3 runs in the top of the 6th inning when they had 5 base hits.  It
was enough scoring to earn the victory.  Drew Storen pitched a perfect ninth
to earn his 11th save.  
 
The win went to Chris Volstad(7-9) who allowed 4 runs in 8 innings. Luis
Ayala(1-1) ended up with the loss in relief.  He gave up 3 runs in 2 innings
of work.  
 
'Wow.  That's about all I can think to say.' said Jeff Sayen following the
victory.  'If ever a team needed a win, it was us.'