| INDIANS PLAY VILLAIN ON SUPERHERO NIGHT, BEAT 'PIGS 4-1 |
'Pigs Manage Just Three Hits In Game Two
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| It was Superhero Night at Coca-Cola Park on Wednesday evening, and it was Indianapolis starter Brad Lincoln, who did his best super-like impression. |
| Lincoln (1-0, 1.35), who was making his Triple-A debut, allowed just one run on two hits over 6.2 solid innings, en route to leading the Indianapolis Indians to a 4-1 victory over the red-hot Lehigh Valley IronPigs in game two of their four-game set on a hot and humid night in front of 9,655 fans in the Lehigh Valley. |
| Entering play having won nine of their last ten games, the Lehigh Valley offense, which has was batting .288 over those last ten games, failed to get the job done offensively on Wednesday, and failed to help out starter Gustavo Chacin (2-2, 3.81). Chacin, who was making his fifth start as an IronPig, retired the first four batters he faced, but struggled over the rest of his five innings of work. |
| Chacin, who was signed by the Phillies as a minor league free agent in April, struggled in the top of the second frame against the Indianapolis offense. A native of Venezuela, Chacin allowed a one-out ground-rule double to catcher Erik Kratz, which started the rally for the Indians. Two batters later, after a walk to first basemen Hector Gimenez, Chacin allowed a two-run double to third basemen Pedro Lopez, to make it a 2-0 Indianapolis lead. |
| One inning later, the Indians (34-37) came back with another two runs against Chacin and the IronPigs. This time, Chacin loaded the bases with no outs, but, helped himself out when he started a 1-2-3 doubleplay to come within an out of getting out of a jam. But, Chacin then allowed a two-run double to first basemen Hector Gimenez, giving the Indians a 4-0 advantage at that point. One the play however, Gimenez and Kratz were caught in a rundown, and it was Kratz who was tagged out at third for the final out of the inning. |
| The IronPigs failed to score through the first six innings of the game against Lincoln, who was dominate on the evening. Lincoln, who tossed thirteen games for Altoona (AA), entered the 2009 season as the number four prospect in the Pirates' system by Baseball America, and showed why on Wednesday. In the seventh however, Lincoln put two runners on, and with two outs, was replaced by former IronPigs' reliever Mike Koplove, who allowed an RBI single to J.J. Furmaniak to put Lehigh Valley on the scoreboard 4-1. In his first outing against his former club, Koplove finished with 1.1 scoreless frames, with one hit and one strikeout. |
| With Lehigh Valley trailing 4-1 in the bottom of the ninth inning, Indianapolis closer Chris Bootcheck retired the final three batters he faced in order to notch his twelfth save of the season. Lincoln, Koplove, and Bootcheck combined to allow just one run and three hits. |
| With the loss, Lehigh Valley drops just their third game in their last fourteen contests. On Thursday evening, Lehigh Valley will send RHP Kyle Kendrick (4-4, 3.80) to the hill. Indianapolis will counter with RHP Eric Hacker (2-1, 4.50). |
| Matt Provence and Jon Schaeffer will have the call beginning at 6:35 p.m. for the AT&T pre-game show on the IronPigs Radio Network, ESPN Radio 1230-1320 AM. The game will also be televised along the IronPig Television Network powered by Service Electric Cable TV & Communications. |
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