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Birmingham loses 3-0. Team is in an offensive slump. That won't last.

W-S wins. Charles Shirek moves to 7-0, 3.23 ERA

Jhonny Nunez's 8th inning: gave up a hit, walked one, threw a wild pitch, allowed two steals...and nobody scored. 3-0 West Tenn going to the 9th.

Poreda is probably done. 7 innings, 3 hits, 3 runs, 2 er, 2 bb, 12 k's ERA- 2.53

Gilmore with another hit. 3-4 today. 12-23 last five games. From .167 to .226.

That's 12 in 6 innings for Poreda. Viciedo with an error that cost a run. 3-0, top 7.

Gilmore 2-3 today. It's been a good 5 game stretch for him. Beckham is struggling. Pop out, sac bunt, strike out. Down to .274. I still think he'll go off one of these weeks like he did the first week of the season, but it's been a tough go the last few weeks with the slump and injury. Hopefully he's not still feeling that abdominal injury.

Leesman gave up 6 hits and walked 5 in 5.2 innings. Must have pitched out of some jams giving up only one run.

Beckham 1-12 since his return. He's at .279. Viciedo is at .265. Viciedo drew a walk on a 10-pitch AB. Noteworthy.

Jon Gilmore 9-15 his last four games. Up to .211. Good considering where he was.

Charlotte wins 2-0. Cassel with 5 shutout innings, Derek Rodriguez went 2, Russell and Link finished it off.

I really doubt Konerko would allow a trade to the Mets. Maybe if this was his walk year, but I just don't see that being a match.

Getting ugly for Jordan Danks. Last 8 AB's--7 K's. Beckham 0-8 since his return.

1-hitter for Contreras. Does he come back now?

Danks struck out on 3 pitches again. This time with 2-outs and the bases loaded. Slump.

That Winston-Salem game was under 2 hours, so I'll assume Hudson's pitch count was down there.

Double with 2 out in the 8th ended the no-no. Still 8 innings of strong pitching.

Jose Contreras no-hitter through 7 innings.

Danks flew out. Improving. Barons down 3-1. Retherford Sac Fly.

Sure.

Omogrosso is getting tagged. 3-0 in the 1st.

3 pitches and Danks is gone already.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 18, 2009 -> 04:22 PM) Be nice if Anderson could get a couple solid hits tonight. Is a lefty or a righty on the mound facing Charlotte? Facing a righty tonight. BA struck out in his first AB.

Birmingham has the A lineup going for the first time since Danks got called up and Beckham came off the DL. Should be good.

Kannapolis lost 5-4. Gilmore had a few hits. http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...lwdafx_kanafx_1