RECENT GAME ACTION

Hudson showed off his arm...and bat

CENTRAL CA 11, BROOKLYN 6

WP: Daniel Hudson (2-3, 4.11)

LP: Yovani Gallardo (3-2, 4.72)

Daniel Hudson may have allowed nine hits (three of the long balls) and six runs (four earned), but he was allowed to stay in the game and pitch seven innings for two reasons: first, the .45s scored seven times in the fourth (and 10 total in the fourth-through-sixth innings). Second, Hudson was 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI. Both RBI came on one of the doubles as part of the big fourth frame. Adrian Beltre had another multi-homer game for the hosts, with two to drive in three runs, but only Beltre and Troy Tulowitzki (HR, 3 RBI) provided any offense for the perennial contenders.

ST. FRANCIS 7, LOS ANGELES 0 (1^ST game of DH)

WP: Bronson Arroyo (3-4, 4.98)

LP: Jordan Zimmerman (1-3, 5.40)

LOS ANGELES 11, ST. FRANCIS 3 (2^nd game of DH)

WP: Tom Gorzelanny (2-2, 3.33)

LP: Kevin Correia (1-1, 7.00)

Bronson Arroyo threw a four-hit shutout with two strikeouts and benefitted from two Jose Bautista home runs in the first game of a double header in Los Angeles. Arroyo had a perfect game into the fifth before Nick Swisher lined a solid single to left field, and he escaped trouble (runners in scoring position) in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings. Jordan Zimmerman pitched well, giving up three runs (just one earned) in six frames, but Michael Pineda got rocked for back-to-back homers from Bautista and Vernon Wells in the seventh to break the game open.

In the second game, Los Angeles’ offense finally showed signs of breaking out of its opening slump. Kevin Correia, making his second (and possibly last) spot start, gave up five runs, all earned, on five hits and two walks in one-plus inning. The Wolverines continued teeing off on the Friar bullpen, scoring twice on Matt Guerrier and four times in the sixth off Joaquin Benoit. Six different Wolverines had multiple hits, and Mike Stanton drove in four. Edwin Jackson, the LA starter, didn’t reach two innings (giving up all three runs), but the relievers picked up the slack with seven and 1/3 scoreless innings.

NEW ENGLAND 4, FROSTBITE FALLS 3 (10)

WP: Tim Stauffer (4-2, 1.88)

LP: Chris Perez (3-1, 1.69)

SV: Papelbon (8)

Jed Lowrie blasted a Chris Perez pitch to the top row in center field at Rocky Top for a solo homer in the 10^th to make a winner out of Tim Stauffer, who pitched two scoreless innings with one hit and one walk. Felix Hernandez (7.2 IP, 3 R, 8 K) and Max Scherzer (7 IP, 3 R, 7 K) were matched pitch-for-pitch, but neither side could gain an advantage while they were in the game.

WORCESTER 5, YUMA 4 (10)

WP: Heath Bell (3-1, 2.70)

LP: Luke Gregerson (2-1, 3.38)

Two long home runs from Joey Votto weren’t enough, as Robinson Cano hit a walk-off to right in the 10^th to give the Eliminators the win in the matchup of the previous two BARB champions. Mark Teixiera and Michael Morse also homered for the defending champs. Cano’s shot came after three strikeouts and a flyout in regulation and drew Worcester a game closer to East-leading Frostbite Falls.