| MARSON HITS AND THROWS 'PIGS TO 5-4 VICTORY |
| Jake Woods Tosses Two Shutout Frames, Notches Fourth Win |
| BOX SCORE |
| A day after Superhero Night at Coca-Cola Park, Pig's catcher Lou Marson played Superman. |
| Marson, a member of the Phillies' 40-man roster, hit the game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning, and gunned-out the potential tying-run at second base in the top of the ninth inning, leading Lehigh Valley to a 5-4 win over the Indianapolis Indians in game three of their four-game set in front of 9,559 fans at Coca-Cola Park on a beautiful night for baseball in the Lehigh Valley. |
| With Lehigh Valley (35-38) and Indianapolis (34-38) tied 4-4 in the bottom of the eighth inning, the Indians called-on reliever Jason Davis (0-7, 6.64), who had his troubles in the frame. Davis, selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 1999 draft, allowed back-to-back singles to Andy Tracy and Miguel Cairo to begin the inning. Davis then fell behind hitter David Newhan, walking the veteran to load the bases, and setting -up the dramatic game-winner by Marson. |
| The IronPigs, who have now guaranteed a season-series victory against Indianapolis in 2009, started-off with three runs in the first frame against Indianapolis reliever Eric Hacker. Hacker, who allowed five runs on five hits in six innings back on April 28 against Lehigh Valley as a member of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, allowed four runs, three earned over five frames on Thursday. A costly error in the first inning by second basemen Shelby Ford, which scored Rich Thompson, gave the Indians a 1-0 lead, and set things up for Cairo, who doubled in two runs. |
| Now, with Lehigh Valley ahead by a score of 3-0, the 'Pigs added one more run in the third frame on a David Newhan RBI single, to push their lead to 4-0. With the lead, Kendrick was sharp over the first three innings, but struggled for the first-time in the fourth frame. And, with two runners on base, and two outs, Kendrick allowed a two-run double to Hector Gimenez, making it a 4-2 'Pigs lead.. |
| Two innings later, Kendrick allowed a leadoff home run to Garrett Jones, his twelefth of the season, which brought the Indians within a run -- 4-3. The 24-year-old righty then fanned Erik Kratz, but allowed another solo home run, this time to Brian Myrow to tie the game at 4-4. Myrow, who was acquired yesterday from the Charlotte Knights, hit his eighth home run of the season, in what was his first start as an Indian. |
| Marson, who entered play having hit in eight of his last ten games, finished the evening 2-3, with an RBI -- the game-winner in the bottom of the eighth frame. Marson has now hit in five of his six games since being activated off the D.L. 'Pigs' first basemen Andy Tracy remained red-hot, as he finished the game 2-4 with a double, an RBI, and three runs scored. |
| Jake Woods (4-1, 3.50) relieved Kendrick, and tossed two shutout frames to earn his fourth win of the season. Woods is now unscored upon in fifteen of his last eighteen appearances. 'Pigs' reliever Steven Register worked a scoreless ninth inning to record his second save of the season. |
| The 'Pigs have now won ten of their last twelve games, and twelve of their last fifteen. Lehigh Valley hopes to keep the winning way aliveon Friday in the finale. Taking the hill for Lehigh Valley in game four, will be RHP Carlos Carrasco (3-7, 5.20). On the hill for the Indians in the finale, will be RHP Jeremy Powell (4-2, 3.57). |
| 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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