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6/3: Game 2 of the series has us sending out rookie Chris Collins, making just his second career start and his 15th career appearance overall. His last start came back on April 24 against this very same team, in which he lasted 6.2 allowing 3 runs (1 earned) on 9 hits and 2 walks. He has been very solid with a 2.81 ERA and a 1.29 WHIP over 25 innings.
On the mound of Phoenix is 25 year old lefty Scott Majewski. Majewski has begun the season on a tear, going 4-0 with a 0.64 ERA and a 0.96 WHIP through his first 4 starts (28 innings) after beginning the year with AAA Vancouver. Add 36 punch outs to that line and you can tell our struggling offense will have its hands full today.
The scoring opened in the first with both teams putting up a run on RBI groundouts by Vasquez and Baker, then an RBI singer by Jonathan Singleton put us up 2-1 in the opening frame. Phoenix responded quickly however, as an RBI double by 37 year old catcher Angel Mijares scored DH Brian Carter, knotting the game at 2. The Rattlers continued scoring steadily, as Vasquez upped his RBI total to 2 with a solo shot to right in the third. They added another later in the inning on an RBI single by Carter.
Another run would score in the 4th on an RBI single by, guess who, Vasquez, extending the lead to 5-2 and ending Collins’ day after a rough outing.
Majewski would settle in nicely after his shaky first, and last 8 innings allowing just 3 more hits, and one more run after a walk to lead off the ninth was followed up by a Mike Joyce homer moments later. That would be all she wrote for the Sentinels, however, as 8th inning runs had increased the Rattlers’ total to 7, and they walked away with a 7-4 loss. (17-25)
6/4: Hitting was the story of the rubber match of the series against our division rivals, as both teams combined for 30 total hits. Neither starter did well, as our Carlos Ortiz lasted just 3.1, allowing 5 runs on 11 hits with just 2 strikeouts. Chris Gomez got the start for Phoenix, and he lasted just an inning longer, allowing 5 runs on 7 hits with 2 walks. Our bullpen showed they were up to the task, as Davalos, Morgans, Mees, and Lopez combined for 5.2 innings of shutout, 6 hit baseball, and 4 strikeouts. Our offense would tack on two more runs later in the game as we walked away with the series victory, with a 7-5 win in this one. Caldwell (8), Singleton (7), and Kurtz (8) all homered in this one. (18-25)
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