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Hinton hits milestone
Mark Holliman joins Donovan Hand with 6th
victory
| June 26, 2009 |
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CHATTANOOGA |
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HUNTSVILLE |
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WP- Mark Holliman (6-2)
LP- James Adkins (2-6)
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CHATTANOOGA |
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HUNTSVILLE |
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Tomlin, cf |
4 0 3
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Stern, rf |
4 0 1
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Sellers, ss |
2 0 0
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Justis, 2b |
3 1 2
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Becker, ss |
2 1 0
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Lucroy, c |
5 0 0
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Bell, 3b |
4 0 0
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Melillo, 3b |
4 2 1
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Perez, 1b |
3 1 0
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Rottino, 1b |
3 1 1
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Lambo, lf |
4 1 1
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Caufield, lf |
4 2 1
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Mitchell, 2b |
4 0 0
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Parejo, cf |
4 1 1
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Giles, rf |
4 0 1
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Raburn, ss |
3 2 3
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Gutierrez, c |
3 0 1
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Holliman, p |
0 0 0
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Adkins, p |
1 0 0
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Baron, p |
0 0 0
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Nivar, ph |
1 0 0
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Hopf, ph |
1 0 1
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Guerra, p |
0 0 0
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Hinton, p |
0 0 0
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Rose, ph |
1 0 0
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Koss, p |
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Sartor, p |
0 0 0 0 |
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33 3 6 3 |
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31 9 11 9 |
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Melillo... LOB-
Chattanooga 4, Huntsville 9... DP-
Chattanooga 1... 2b- Rottino...
HR- Melillo (7, off Sartor), Lambo (7,
off Holliman)...
S- Holliman...
SF- Holliman 2...
SB- Raburn (4), Stern 27)... CS-
Tomlin (8)... Team RISP- Chattanooga
1-for-5, Huntsville 5-for-12.... GIDP-
Lucroy. |
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CHATTANOOGA |
IP
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HUNTSVILLE |
IP
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Adkins (L. 2-6) |
5
7 5 5 3 5 0 |
Holliman (W. 6-2) |
6.2 4 3 2 0 3 1 |
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Guerra |
1
0 0 0 3 0 0 |
Baron |
.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 |
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Koss |
.2 1 2 2 2 0 0 |
Hinton |
2 1 0 0 0 3 0 |
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Sartor |
1.2 3 2 2 0 1 1 |
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HBP- by Holliman (Perez) |
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Time: 2:50 |
Attendance: 1,879 |

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The night after
Zach Braddock made Stars history by becoming the first Huntsville
pitcher to hit a grand-slam HR (in his first professional at-bat, no
less), Robert Hinton made his milestone 100th pitching appearance for the
Stars -- the 6th Huntsville pitcher to reach that platform, as the Stars
continued to dominate Chattanooga in this series...... The Stars have
outscored the Lookouts, 34-14 in this six-game series, while hitting
.284........ Nice to see them win on my birthday.
Hinton came into the game, in relief of
starter Mark Holliman and
Casey Baron, looking for his 10th save, after
powerful Andrew Lambo turned a 5-0 game into a game within reach for the
Chattanooga Lookouts with a monstrous 3-run homer almost to
dead-center....... Cruising with a two-hitter, it looked like the momentum
was shifting in this game when in the 6th, Jonathan
Lucroy, with the bases loaded and one out, hit a comebacker right
back to pitcher Javy Guerra, who didn't have to move a foot to start a
1-2-3 double play ending a possible big inning....... The omen continued
to grow in the top of the 7th when Kevin Melillo's
throwing error allowed Joseph Becker to reach for a two-base error.
Holliman struck out Josh Bell, but Holliman grazed Eduardo Perez with a
pitch, setting the stage for Lambo's big blast. Tommy Giles singled hard
up the middle with two out, ending Holliman's night, and Gabriel Gutierrez
did likewise off Casey Baron, the new
pitcher, finding a hole through the left side of the infield. With runners
on first and second, it looked like Chattanooga was going to have another
big inning, but pinch-hitter Mike Rose lined out to
Freddy Parejo in right.
Hinton, the Stars' hot-and-cold closer,
took over in the 8th to face the top of the order. After a called strike,
Hinton came off the first base side of the mound to field a tough slapper
by James Tomlin. It would have been a risky throw. Hinton kept the ball
and as fast as Tomlin was able to reach first with the single, he was
forced out on Becker's grounder to Johnny Raburn. Hinton finished the
inning with four more pitches, then retired the Lookouts in order with a
grounder and a pair of strikeouts, using 17 pitches in the 8th....... But
no save for Hinton....... The Stars put across a pair of runs in the 7th
on a two-run single by Johnny Raburn (who had
his biggest game this year: 3-for-3 with 3 RBIs) and a 2-run HR by Melillo
(his team-leading 8th) that stayed just within the right field foul line
in the 8th.
Adam Stern
continued his stolen base resurgence, picking up his league-leading 27th
stolen base with a swipe of third in the 2nd inning. He has 4 in his last
5 games after managing only one in the first three weeks of June........
Saturday, the Stars turn back the clock and commemorate 1985 -- the very
first successful year of the team's existence when they drew over 300,000
and won the Southern League championship. Josh Butler and Travis Chick
return to face each other, as they did in the first game of this series,
so that should make the game interesting....... Chick was San Diego's #4
minor league prospect in 2005.
Robert Hinton has now moved into 45th
place among the Stars' all-time relief list in innings pitched (148),
ahead of Mike Maurer. Next is
Jack Krawczyk, who has 151 2/3 innings......
Hinton has a few more games to catch up to Scott
Huntsman (107), then should cruise past Dave
Latter (111) and Steve Phoenix (112)
for 3rd place before he's locked behind Maurer and the all-time leader,
Derek Lee, who leads with 136 appearances.
Shane Justis,
7-for-18 (.389) since the second half started, raised his average to .312,
7th best in the Southern League. The Stars, as a team, is 2nd in the
league in batting with a .262 average........ Donovan Hand, who starts
against Tennessee when the Stars go on the road, is 2nd among SL ERA
leaders (2.34). The Stars are 8th in ERA (4.08).
The Diamond Jaxx released former Stars
pitcher Patrick Ryan (2-5, 6.62), Friday
night...... Also Friday night, Birmingham pitcher Lucas Harrell (8-3,
3.25) was promoted to Class AAA-Charlotte (IL)....... Chattanooga signed
Ramon Nivar, a former major leaguer with Texas and Baltimore, prior to
Saturday night's game, as a free agent. Holliman got him on a grounder to
Melillo in the 6th....... Omar Aguilar picked
up his 1st win for Brevard County, tossing two scoreless, hitless innings
for the Manatees who picked up the winning run in a 4-3 game in the 9th on
a bases-loaded walk to Zealous Wheeler.
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