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The River Cats lived to fight another day as they took care of Salt Lake to force a winner take all gave all five in a ten inning, 7-4 win.  Salt Lake jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the third but the River Cats answered and tied the game up in the bottom half of the inning.  The River Cats then took the lead in the fifth only to have Salt Lake tie it in the eighth, which sent things into extra frames.  Then Danny Putnam belted a big three run homer in the bottom of the tenth to win it.

It was Putnam’s second homer of the day and he finished with five RBIs.  Nicholas Blasi accounted for the rest of the offense and he belted two solo homers.

Brad Ziegler pitched an impressive game and he picked up the win.  He threw 2 2/3 shutout innings in which he didn’t give up a hit.  He walked two and struck out three.

The River Cats led their game against Salt Lake all the until the ninth inning in a tough 11-10 loss that now puts them two games down in a five game series.  The River Cats had leads of 5-0, 7-4 and 10-6 but Salt Lake scored three in the bottom of the eighth and two in the ninth to blow it.  Brad Ziegler was tagged with the final three runs and he took the loss but the game winning run actually came with Jeffrey Gray on the mound.

Nicholas Blasi went four for six with three runs.  Jorge Pierda went two for four with a double, three RBIs and a run in the loss.

The River Cats beat up on Salt Lake 8-6 and it was Daric Barton who got it done at the plate again.  He went four for five with a double, an RBI and two runs.  Dee Brown went two for five with a three run homer.

Brad Ziegler picked up the win with 1 2/3 innings of shutout relief.  He gave up one hit and he struck out one and the win pushes his record to 2-2 on the season.

This was a crazy game.  The River Cats scored a run in the seventh inning to give them a 14-6 lead before Tuscon rallied with six runs in the seventh and three in the eighth as the River Cats lost 15-14.  The two teams combined for 34 hits in this one.

Just about everyone was a hitting star but Donnie Murphy probably had the most impressive game.  He went four for five with two doubles, three RBIs and two runs.

Brad Ziegler took the loss although he just happened to give up the final four runs.  He fell to 1-2 on the season.

The River Cats beat the Isotopes 4-2 and they got some good pitching across the board.  Dallas Braden struck out seven in three shutout innings in his start and then Brad Ziegler gave up run in two innings with four strikeouts and he picked up the win.

Dee Brown was the hitting star in the win.  He went two for four and he drove in one of the runs.

The River Cats lost 5-4 and a lot of the damage was given up by three runs (two earned) on five hits and a walk in four rehab innings.  Brad Ziegler gave up two runs on four hits in 2 2/3 innings and he took the loss.

Jason Perry was the hitting star in the win.  He went two for four with an RBI.

Benjamin Fritz was about as good as you can ask on the mound for the Rockhounds.  He gave up five hits and three walks with three strikeouts in six shutout innings.  Unfortunately, the hitters finally scored but not until after he left the game so the win went to Brad Ziegler, who threw two perfect innings of relief.

The Rockhounds got both of their runs in the 2-0 win on one swing of the bat.  Gregorio Petit went yard with a two run shot in the eighth to win it.

Midland had several hitting stars in their 11-5 blowout win over Corpus Christi.  Richie Robnett went three for six with two doubles, two runs and two RBIs.  Georgio Petit had four hits and two RBIs while Brant Colamarino had two hits and three RBIs.

Brad Ziegler picked up the win in a solid relief appearance.  He gave up two hits with one strikeouts in 2 1/3 innings.

The Rockhounds outlasted Arkansas in a 7-6, twelve inning win.  Jeffrey Baisley had a huge game.  He went three for four with two homeruns, two walks, three RBIs and two runs.  Danny Putnam also helped out with two doubles and four RBIs.

Benjamin Fritz was roughed up in his start while Brad Ziegler picked up the win with a no hit twelth inning.